Cabin Fever Stitching, etc.

This is getting tough. There are so many things I miss. Going out to eat with my mom, my son's girlfriend (Tiara), and shopping pop ins to Home Goods and Marshalls. I'm trying. I'm trying very, very hard to appreciate the fact that none of us are sick at this time, and that the hardest thing I have to do is to not go anywhere. But it is getting to me. How about you? Are you dealing with it all OK? Give me some tips if you have them.

I got the leaf branch nearly done on Flag Folk.

I have loved this design for so long--started it last year on a different colorway of my own dyed fabric, but didn't like it as much as this one. It's an enjoyable stitch thus far!

I spent the weekend trying to get my spare bedroom in shape. All my crafty stitchy stuff was all over the place. I put away all the stash charts I acquired the past year (yep, I said year). I reorganized nearly all my DMC floss. Next up is coming up with a good storage method for left over specialty flosses. Again, if you have any ideas, let me know.

While filing away my floss, I came across a few groupings of floss that I have NO IDEA what to do with. I know I purchased them for certain projects, but now--it's anybody's guess.

Oh my, what have I done? I looked and looked, and can't decipher what they go to. That's three separate groups, purchased at different times and set aside for some project. Ha!

A bit more recent stash to show. Hey, I can't go out and buy any Rae Dunn, so here I sit, browsing through my stash unload groups and when something pops up I can't live without, I get it. It makes me happy.

I have been searching for Moon Garden for probably 10 years. I could never justify paying what it was going for on ebay-ever. I scored a very nice, new, chart for a great price and couldn't turn it down. I already had all the supplies kitted up, just waiting for the day when it happened. Though, now that I think of it, I recently scored a large piece of black Heatherfield fabric and might do it on that! I bought it for another project, but Moon Garden might need it instead!

I used to LOVE Heatherfield fabric. I'd love to see Wichelt start to produce it again. They had so many wonderful colors and my favorites were the ones with the multi-colored specks in the fabric. I have a few things framed that I did on Heatherfield. I'll take some pics soon and talk about that great fabric.

Try to stay sane out there. And wear your masks. I have some bandanas on order from Hobby Lobby, and purchased a good number of hair elastics to use the fold over technique for simple mask wearing. I didn't have much luck with sewing them, but may give it another go. I saw a doctor say that one of the best "filters" for the mask is just a folded up paper napkin (think Bounty). So, using bandanas will easily allow for that until I can do something better.
Keep safe and well, and until next time,