Movin' On Up!

Try as I might I could not manage to take a decent photo of my Random Thoughts piece! We'll just have to make due with what we have!

I've been working on it almost every day since I last posted and it's now time to move the q-snaps! Woohoo! I really should have some sort of ceremony for this! Or maybe I should wait until I get past the fold in pattern? Or heck! I'll just do both!

Too bad it isn't Friday or I'd break out the boxed wine!

Chugging Along

I feel like the Little Engine Who Could every time I work on Random Thoughts! Yesterday I decided it was time to stop ignoring the more difficult parts of the sampler. There's this celtic knot looking design that's done entirely in Queen Stitches. I've never had much success with this particular stitch but seeing as how I'm not creative enough to figure out a substitute, I threaded up my needle and got to work!

I think I can! I think I can! I think I can!

Before I knew it, I was chugging along, one stitch after another, watching the design grow! I made a couple of mistakes and had to do a little ripping but once I got going I didn't want to stop! Before I knew it I had rounded the bend and was heading down hill! Chooooo choooooo!

I knew I could! I knew I could! I knew I could!

No news on the house in Florida. Neighbors have reported some damage to their own property and apparently there's a lot of debris everywhere. We'll be sitting tight until we hear something.

Cape Coral vs. Irma

This is the last view we had through one of our security cameras before we lost power at the house in Cape Coral. It might have been a blessing because I was a nervous wreck watching the trees bend in the wind and the power lines dance around. Yikes! We're still waiting to learn if we had any damage, but optimistic that everything will be okay. So many people have been impacted by Irma, and I know how fortunate we are to be warm and safe and dry here in Michigan.