IHSW - Late Posting Again

"A man's mind plans his way,
but the Lord directs his steps
& makes them sure."
Proverbs 16:9
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I didn't get as much stitching done this weekend as I had hoped, but I did finish 3 things & got a start on a fourth.

Design:  From Me To You

Designer:  The Blue Attic

Fabric:  Lambswool linen 32 ct

Floss:  Recommended DMC

This design is supposed to have the outline of a somewhat large white heart stitched to the right of the peacock but it looked too Valentines Day to me.  I thought about adding something else there ... maybe a little key ... but my husband thinks it looks fine as is, so as is it will stay   : )  

Design:  Tis Better

Designer:  La-D-Da

Fabric:  Some kind of 32 ct linen

Floss:  Recommended Gentle Arts

I've been wanting to stitch this little design since I bought it & I really like the way it turned out.  What I don't much care for is the thinness of some of the GA flosses.  I like my cross stitches to cover the background & that doesn't always happen with GA.  Still, it's a lovely design which I'm sure I'll be stitching again   : )

Design:  I'm not telling right now   : )

I'm keeping this design under wraps for now. It's an odd shape, quite rectangular rather than square, so I'm opting to stitch it without a Q-Snap.  So far, so good!

I've got quite a few things accumulating that need to be finished into pinkeeps or whatever.  I keep trying to talk myself into doing that.  Hey!  Maybe Pearl would like to give that a shot!  I'll have to ask her   : )

I've got another iris blooming!

I forget the name of this one but a nice size clump was given to me last year by Winnie, the daylily lady. She actually loves all sorts of growing things but her favorites are daylilies.  This iris blooms twice a year, once in the spring & then again in the fall.  I wish they all did that   : )   Please try to ignore those sad looking rhododendrons in the background.  Yesterday we had quite a storm.  The rain was pretty heavy at times & we had some thunder & lightning, but the worst of it was the wind!  We had 50 mph winds which actually loosened a downspout on the side of the house!  I am thankful that it was not totally pulled away!  We are predicted to have more storms today so I am sending John up to the foundation block pile at the end of the yard to bring back a block to hopefully secure the downspout until we can get it fixed.  Anyway, I had hoped during all that wind that it was blowing off all those rhododendron flowers, but no such luck.

I hope you all have a lovely day!  I have a lot I should be doing.  What I actually will do, however, remains a mystery   : )   Well, not all of it.  I'll be eating.  Can't let a day go by without doing that!  Wait ... this is me I'm talking about.  I can't let an hour go by without eating something ... lol!  In fact, I think I'll go rustle me up some grub for lunch right now.  Some of you have been showing off your baking skills recently.  Maybe I need to look at my recipes   : )