Woebegone!

Hi all! Here I am again, posting on the Blogger page. I uninstalled the Blogger app and now can't reinstall! Haha. My iPad is almost 6 years old and can't update no more because there is not much storage left. I have gotten rid of a lot of apps like games, email apps, etc to open up some storage but it's not happening. I'm glad I can do it this way.

It's been a week the past week. I've had some pain in my right arm, the stitching arm, and finally went to the doc. I have tennis elbow! I'm looking at 6 weeks at no stitching, and trying to use my left arm at work. I think I developed it at work and stitching is exacerbating it. I haven't stitched in 4 days and it's not going well!

So instead of pouting, I have FFO'd a few things. First is one of the monthly Birthday Cakes designed by Brooke's Books:

The cakes are free but I haven't been able to find them on her site. I stupidly down loaded the last 3 of the year, October-December and didn't get all the others. I'm almost certain they can be found at Craftsy. Maybe you've heard of Craftsy? Anyway, I finished stitching it in November and kept forgetting to post about. I also forgot to add the beads to the cake, just regular 11 seed beads so I added those before the FFO. I like how it turned out. The trim is a store bought cord that I received in an exchange package. Here is the back..

Oop, here we go with the center margin. I'm not sure how to change that. I used that homespun for the back.

Next up, from the Dept. of Reworked Finishes..

I'm pretty sure this is a Threadwork Primitives design. I first finished this 3 or 4 years ago, maybe longer. It was a hanging pillow with ribbon hangers and patriotic fabric for the back! I didn't like it so I took it all apart and cut it with narrower margins from the stitching. The fabric at the bottom is also on the back. I used the cream colored fabric ribbon at the bottom there, made a bow and sewed on the white button with the jabco chocolate kiss button. I like it much better!

Next one is from Notforgotten Farm, can't remember the name of the pattern though..

I haven't FFO'd it yet because I want your opinion. Should I darken this more? I already gave it another coffee bath and a bake. The model on the chart shows hers much more darker, like she used WWD Straw linen. It was also finished like a tombstone and that's what I tried to do. I made up some new cuss words sewing the curves! Anybody know of a better way to sew curves like those? I wished I had taken a picture of the back fabric. You know how old old headstones in damp humid areas have moss growing all over them? Well I used a batik fabric for the back and if mimics moss. I show it next time.

After I coffee bathed the tombstone, just for fun, I added red and yellow RIT due to the bowl and threw in this little piece of linen and then baked it..

I love it! I'm sure something Halloween will look good on here.

Well, Blogger is acting up. I better get. Although I'm not a you know what, I just want to say it's 62 degrees here, door is wide open! I know a lot of you are dealing with those frozen temps. Hope you stay warm and safe. 

Take care!