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Saturday, May 3, 2014

April Showers

If April showers really do bring May flowers every time I say this line that silly joke pops into my head.  Oh you don't know it?  Well, "if April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?  Pilgrims!!! - it was hilarious when I was eight!!!  than it will be VERY colorful here in central Virginia this month. We had almost 5" of rain over a three day period this week.  Lots of roads closed due to flooding but fortunately, no major damage near us.  There was some rather dramatic footage of a portion of a street collapsing onto a train track in Baltimore but fortunately, nobody was hurt.  It all cleared off Thursday afternoon and it has been beautiful since.  Hopefully that wasn't our entire summer's allocation of rain!

Reading through my blog list I came across this idea - use mason jar lids as mini-pie pans - I think that is an absolutely ingenious idea and will have to give it a try soon.  Although not with rhubarb...

In case you missed them, there are a couple of SALs starting up.  Blackbird Designs has a very cute sampler and By the Bay Needleart is hosting a mystery.  According to Donna, this mystery is not a seaside theme so very interested in seeing what direction she is taking.

It is the first Saturday of May which means it is time for a YOTA post.  YOTA is being hosted at Pull the Other Thread - and she has an amazing finish shown on her post this month!  YOTA is a WIP finishing SAL and do I have WIPs!  I have really enjoyed the focus on getting things finished that this SAL has given me. While I still have a lot of things in various stages of stitched, I have fewer than I did a couple of years ago so I am happy.

If you check out my WIPocalypse SAL post for April you can see my progress on several of my pieces.  I have worked on Elegant Doily  and Secret Victorian Garden since that post so will only show my progress on those two.

Secret Victorian Garden went from here:


To here:


And Elegant Doily  had more eyelets stitched as it is hard to see progress on a large white-on-white piece I'll only show portions of it from now on.  


This will stay on the frame for the rest of this evening.  Santa's Magic will take its place tomorrow.

11 comments:

Melissa said...

Great progress! Secret Victorian Garden is looking beautiful!

llknbillburg said...

Wonderful progress on both pieces and I just love that Hardanger!! Keep up the good work. It will be worth it in the end! Laura

Mouse said...

hahahha .. I got it now ...lol mayflower .. took me awhile ;) gorgeous progress on secret garden and love your hardanger piece ....
hoping to do the Blackbird one :) love mouse xxxxx

Chris said...

You are a funny girl! I don't think that I have ever heard that joke before.
Lovely progress, you are getting a lot done this year!

Pull the other thread said...

Absolutely beautiful stitching. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying YOTA.

Dani - tkdchick said...

You've almost got another corner done there!!!! That doily is going to be quite stunning!

Lumiruusu said...

Yur Victorian secret garden almost lets me speecless It abslutely amazing piece of stitching. The hardanger looks beautifull as allways -You such a talented needleworker!

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

I love your joke, very funny (and clean too!)

You have made great progress on both pieces, I love seeing photos of your Chatelaine design. This is inspiring me for when I start mine later this year.

Faith... said...

Beautiful progress on Secret Victorian Garden!

Angie said...

WOW. Secret Victorian is gorgeous

Stitching Noni said...

SVG looks so pretty. I love watching this one grow :)
Your pretty doily is lovely - so delicate.
Great progress :)
Hugs x