Soldiering On

Over the Hills and Far Away arrived, so yesterday I went to Fredericksburg to kit it up. It calls for DMC and 32 count fabric. I thought long and hard about doing the conversion to NPI, but decided not to; at $4 a skein, it would have been an $80 proposition and currently I have several silk projects going. I really miss using the silk though...so I'm trying to assess whether it's likely to turn me off the project halfway through to use the cotton. I had to stitch a little British soldier, just to see what it looks like. I notice the picture is not true to the DMC greens called for by the design, yet the other colors are correct--odd. Any significant work on this (or any other project) is going to have to wait now for me to finish Wendy's RR and get some major homework out of the way.


Oh, well--vacation coming up in two weeks. I have a few things on the two-week agenda which might yield some interesting photos. I'll be headed for the Cape for a few days (and visiting a stitching shop or two); I'll be expoxying the garage floor (maybe); I may hop one of those super-saver comfy coach buses to New York City ($15 each way--amazing, when you consider the shuttle is over $300, and even Amtrak is over $200) and indulge in a little shopping for work duds and perhaps a bit of museum-going; we may head to suburban Baltimore and visit the coolest-ever store that sells mid-century used furniture. I have my eye on this:

And these: 1920s Portuguese hospital cabinets. I'm thinking of getting one for the stitching room, if I like it in person.

In any case, I'm looking forward to getting out of the house--I've been housebound for months, it seems.
And watch this space; there may be a new family member arriving in the next week or two if all goes well.

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