When Did It Get To Be March??

Good gracious, St. Patrick's Day is this week! I'm not complaining; I'm ready big time for spring to be here. This has been just a miserable winter and it hasn't even been that bad here compared to other places. I'm just glad it's almost over.

I did finally get some stitching done this weekend! I've been working on-and-off on This Is the Day and I've almost got the top alphabet and fill-in finished:

The end is in sight! I think the rest of the sampler should move pretty quickly after I get this part done. It can't possible be as tedious.

I haven't finished the fob I've been working on -- I'm the only person I know who can turn a fob into a long-term project -- but yesterday I pulled the DMC colors for a couple of reproduction samplers from SANQ. One is Isabella Johnstone; I have a piece of 40-count pearled barley from Lakeside that I think I'll use for her. The other piece is Margaret Havelock from issue #58. The called-for fabric is 28-count fawn from Lakeside but I'll go stash diving to see what I can find for her.

I had an uncontrollable attack of start-itis today and I decided to go with Earth Sampler, from The Primitive Needle. I've had it kitted up and ready to go for a while. I'm using the called-for Weeks and GAST fibers on a piece of 40-count navy bean linen (Lakeside?) It's a very small start, but it's a start:

The pink thing on the left will be a rabbit when I get its head finished. Kind of an interesting color for a rabbit; it looks more brownish in the photo, but it's charted for GAST pomegranate. I'll see how it looks as I get more in around it and if I decide it's too pink, I can always frog and re-do.

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Finally, the fur-kids:

See, they actually do things besides sleep!