Weekend!

It was a stitchy kind of weekend around here. I got up at o-dark-early to take my guy to the airport Saturday, but since it was Saturday I didn't have to worry about going to work and I went back to bed instead. I slept until after 10 -- something I never do! -- and when I finally got up and got moving, I decided that a trip to the LNS was in order. I have two that are about the same distance from here but I hadn't been to one of them in a while, so I headed out that way and came home with this:

The stocking chart is Sophie's Stocking from Shepherd's Bush. I had got the chart for Tina's Stocking to do for myself when I get Robert's Stocking finished, but when I saw this I had to grab it. The colors and some elements of the design look similar to Robert's, so I thought it might be a better one to do than Tina's. Although I do like Tina's Stocking....decisions, decisions.

I was flipping through a basket of Carriage House charts and came across The Gingham Dog & The Calico Cat so of course I had to have it as well (all your fault, Glenna, you enabled me with your pictures of this!) I love the bright reds and yellows and it's not a large design -- I think about 5" x 10" (more or less) on 40-count fabric. And I've always liked the poem.

After I came home, I settled in to watch some football (go Steelers!) and worked on This is the Day. I put in a few rows of background and all the letters to the left of the u, the H and the X.

Today was more football and some serious stitching on Robert's Stocking. This piece stitches up so quickly; I got most of the little patchwork blocks done as well as the reindeer on the left. I'm planning to make this my Sunday focus piece for the next few weeks and get it done.

I also made this today:

It's banana bread with walnuts; I had some chocolate chips in the fridge, so I threw in some of those also. Yummy!

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Here's hoping everyone has a great week -- happy stitching!