Thursday the 26th
We are rounding down on the shortest month of our year. A month of some cold interspersed with unusual warmth. Today there is a patch of snow no larger that six inches square on our front yard. Even where snow had been pushed and piled . . . there is nothing. How blessed we are.
I have resources in the studio that serve me well. Older picture frames that I had hung on a nail in the cistern closet. I re-measured my stitched design that was inline to be stretched and pinned. Short memory that got a jog. It measures 14.50 x 10.50. After stretching and pinning, I have a scant quarter inch showing of the width of the base fabric and a half inch on the length showing. I am very happy with that. There was a piece of foam board that was cut to put on the back. The frame that I used already had the saw-tooth metal hanger on the frame. Hmm. Above the thermostat in the living room was a nail. I feared the length of the frame needed more room than there was. Nope, there is even a few inches to spare. Everything fell into place.
This newly hung project is the second such project that took months to stitch. I did enjoy doing them. It brought great satisfaction that I could manage getting them from a wrinkled finished stitched piece to a framed addition to our home.
I know I will have a new stitched design in place before long. My break of doing heavy duty stitching, brought about mini pillows that are also finished. Having items finished is important to me. Going forward it will be more difficult throwing out finished items than a wrinkled mess with frayed edges.
All of my endeavors are about keeping me content with having something to show for my days. My grandmother, Laura Wendlandt, who lived her days of 90 plus while being wheelchair bound, always, yes always, stressed to me that if God gave you a day, you had to show something for that gift. As she dispensed her wisdom she would be rolling back and forth just by inches in her wheelchair. I cherished her.
With that I will take my leave. ♥