What I have been doing lately :)

I recently joined a embroidery group on Yahoo called StitchMAP and immediately was sucked into all the wonderful things going on there. This was the September embroidery challenge, a Victorian Pincushion. I was a great new exprience for me because I usually stitch from patterns, this one was kind of blind. It came to us in 3 lessons and we had to complete our first lesson before moving on to the next and we didn't know what we were making until lesson #3. First choosing fabric and ribbon, then the flower motif, and then we received the pattern. About 30 signed up and the results are turning out wonderful. If your interested in embroidery you should check StitchMAP out in Yahoo Groups.

Boo!

Ok so I have finally finished my Halloween wall hanging. Whoo hoo! It has taken just under a year (kinda got bored after the words were finished) but anyway hope you enjoy it as much as I. The web and the pumpkins are stitched with Krenik glow-in the dark threads and they do show up at night its pretty awesome. The heading is stitched with metallic green/black and the pumpkins are outlined with metallic coral. The words are my favorite and not because of the thread(regular DMC in 24" lengths ) but because it really sums up the season. Hope you like it.

Next stop OCF 2010

The Oregon Country Fair 2010

Wow! Wow again! This experience was truly amazing for both us and the girls. Can you say wild, wacky, eye catching, friendly, clean, green, warm, beautiful, lets just say it wow'd the senses. Here are some pictures of the 41st annual event.

Oregon part Tres

....from Lincoln City and the Devils Lake campground we followed the road south. We stopped at Cape Foulweather, Yaquina Head, South Beach (and had an awesome lunch), Cape Perpetua, Haceta Head (viewpoint), Florence, and on into Eugene. Brian was eagerly awaiting our arrival. That evening he took us to a viewpoint overlooking the college so we could get a feel of the city. We then went to dinner at Papa's Soul Food, the food was great as well as the area.

We started the next day with coffee and a pastry from a cute little bakery around the corner from Brian's, one of the great things about cities in Oregon you always have a bakery and a market right around the corner. I wish more cities would go back to the neighborhood markets, I loved Hawkins Market and Swanners as a kid. We then set out on our daily adventure. Brian navigated the trip for today which took us north to Salem and then to Silver Falls. It was breathtaking, I wish we had the time and the stamina to do the whole loop, which consists of seven beautiful waterfalls and a 8 hr walk. Anyway here are the pictures up to this point.