havanaholly Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, KathieB said: Do you have a light table or light box to use with your leaded glass work? Maybe if you work over it ... <just thinking > What about putting a lamp on the floor under your frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 10 hours ago, blueirishmoon said: Thanks! Slow seems to be working better for me. Variety, smaller portions, and a few other things have helped too. Almost finished with my current stitching project, but I ran out of the color of embroidery thread I was using, so I have to get more. Decided to start something else, but it's hard to see the holes as the fabric is black. I've been holding it up as I stitch so the overhead light shines through the back, but that makes my arms tired. I wonder if it would help if you placed a mirror under the fabric with a light above, maybe the light would reflect back up through the holes in the fabric? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 All good suggestions, which I'll keep in mind for the future, as I've almost finished it. What seems to help a little is if I'm wearing a light colored shirt, I look down at the project, and the lighter color shows through the tiny holes. I think working with the silk gauze is less difficult, even though the stitches are smaller, because I have magnifiers which take care of that problem. Dinner tonight was Chinese takeout. I had orange chicken which is glazed with orange peels and chili peppers, white rice, and some egg drop soup. Mmm. Eating my dessert now, some very spicy ginger snaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 The last time I cooked shrimp I popped it in the oven with some orange marmalade and powdered ginger and we had it on pasta; it was pretty yummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I may have to revise what I said about silk gauze! Just started a project using 40 count, and it's a little more difficult than the 30 count. Just have to work more slowly, I guess. Dinner with the parents was delicious. My dad grilled some steak, and I had a baked potato and some corn with mine. No salad, because it was a treat night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 My el cheapo loupe from Harbor Freight is my go-to stitching aid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I have magnifiers, Holly, but the 40 gauze causes me to skip the correct hole sometimes as I stitch. Which I then spend a few minutes unpicking if I catch it right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I think I'm glad I've never stitched on silk gauze; batiste handkerchief material is hard enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnmini Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Well, guess I am either going to Hobby Lobby (if they are open) to buy porch rails or I am going to have to order online and delay putting on the Bellingham porch details until later. I have been trying to use as much from my stash as possible and was so happy to find some railings.....but ended up 3" short! ARGH! Hate when that happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 38 minutes ago, jbnmini said: Well, guess I am either going to Hobby Lobby (if they are open) to buy porch rails or I am going to have to order online and delay putting on the Bellingham porch details until later. I have been trying to use as much from my stash as possible and was so happy to find some railings.....but ended up 3" short! ARGH! Hate when that happens! Me too! That's how we end up with a stash in the first place....buy too much or too little, in the stash it goes. Maybe you can find something on eBay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnmini Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Well, Hobby Lobby was a bust. Ordered online. Guess I should have just done that in the first place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I like to wander around Hobby Lobby.....but it leads to not buying what I initially went in to buy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Happy Fathers Day to all the mini dad's and DH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 A very nice father's day was had with my family. My mom made roast beef for dinner, and my dad got to open cards and a gift afterwards. Making progress on my tiny silk gauze project. I also finished the larger scale one I started before this one, as I managed to get more thread to finish it. Currently I'm working on a vintage CJ originals kit, of a medieval unicorn firescreen. I hope to put it in one of my future tudor projects. I think I will continue to alternate between the two sizes of silk gauze projects, as I have quite a few in my backlog to clear out, and I don't want to have any mental exhaustion working on the same size over and over. Currently taking a break from working on any rugs, but I hope to get back into those too. I have plenty to keep me busy and avoid any exposure to summer heat and bugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Have taken the chance on a new camera. Hope to see it by the end of the week, and then maybe I can upload more pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Helped mom make dinner tonight. Italian stuffed shells and sooooo good! Enough leftovers for a repeat dinner on the weekend, too. Made some nice progress on the unicorn screen. I'm into filling in the background now, and the navy blue is making all the other colors really pop. A few more days of steady stitching should see it finished. Next project: a needlepoint picture of a mountain lake scene done on 40 count gauze. Then I think I'll switch back to the 30 count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Just the thought of 40 count gauze makes my eyes hurt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) Camera is here and test driven. LOL. Will post photos later. Later is here and I'm having a little trouble. Can't seem to download the photo editing software that goes with it, and having a bit of a head scratch over how to connect camera to internet connection so I can transfer pictures to my pc. Will have to do more reading I guess to puzzle it out. Edited June 27, 2020 by blueirishmoon forgot something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Finished the unicorn screen tonight while watching a movie I remember seeing on tv as a child, the seventh voyage of Sinbad? That animation of the creatures and the hammy acting is so corny, but enjoyable nonetheless. On to the next project tomorrow, the mountain lake picture. Dinner with the parents beforehand, Dad is planning on grilling cheeseburgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 4 hours ago, blueirishmoon said: ...That animation of the creatures and the hammy acting is so corny, but enjoyable nonetheless... Ray Harryhausen was the best of the stop-motion animators and his work raised the bar that led to the CGI animation we see today; but some of it IS hard to watch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 This afternoon I thought that sitting out on the deck in my zero gravity chair might be good for my aching knee and swollen feet. Unfortunately when I opened the chair for the first time this year, I neglected to check that the mechanism was locked into open mode. I sat down, went to stretch out in the chair and it started closing up with me inside. The back of the chair was next to the steps that led to the upper part of the deck, so I wound up laying there, folded up, my head and shoulders leaning against the steps and my knees up in the air. I knew if I called for help it would take DH forever to respond, so I had to extricate myself by myself. Fortunately, I have strong stomach muscles, even though I haven't done a situp in a decade or two, and was able to get up and out. Just as well, he'd have just laughed at me for a while before he tried to help me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 44 minutes ago, grazhina said: I wound up laying there, folded up, my head and shoulders leaning against the steps and my knees up in the air. Yikes! Good on you for extricating yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 17 hours ago, blueirishmoon said: Finished the unicorn screen tonight while watching a movie I remember seeing on tv as a child, the seventh voyage of Sinbad? That animation of the creatures and the hammy acting is so corny, but enjoyable nonetheless. On to the next project tomorrow, the mountain lake picture. Dinner with the parents beforehand, Dad is planning on grilling cheeseburgers. I loved those movies as a child too! I tried to get my kids to watch one and they were bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 My mom was planning on watching with me, but she had forgotten she promised to have dinner with my aunt, so I watched it alone. Reception was sketchy tonight with the few thunderstorms that were passing through, so my star trek reruns were interrupted. Still, made a good start on the new project despite that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 We took The Kid back to Tallahassee yesterday after his month-long visit, stopping on the way home in Bonifay, FL, for lunch at Pho Noodle and Kaboodle, a most excellent Vietnamese restaurant we had eaten at once before, back when we were winding down our house hunt between Pensacola and Mobile. We had banh mis with small bowls of won ton soup, and I have never tasted a more delicious won ton. The restaurant is much changed in appearance from last time; the owners rented out half their building to an oyster house. One of the nice things about the FL Panhandle is that none of the towns are much more than an hour's drive from the Gulf of Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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