Civil War Meditative Scroll Finished

   I finished up my scroll this morning. I am very happy with it.

    I had some strips of the reproduction fabrics left over that were used in the scroll, so I used it for now to tie. I may stitch up the sides at one point.

  I had purchased two of these awesome vintage bobbins on Etsy when I was setting up my scrolls to stitch.

I will come back with better photos-you know my camera is pretty awful I will share more photos soon-once I figure out the lighting

   You  may also remember the gifted bird that my friend surprised me with-I love it! I think it is perfect for this scroll too as I think it fits the time period-civil war era 1800's

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I really enjoyed slow stitching his project very much-and my America 250 scroll is ready to stitch next. Found it very relaxing-which I need these days (taking care of husband)

  I moved my scroll to another location in the living room so I can enjoy seeing it. I changed up the ties for this too, which I like better.  I tore a few strips so not as wide and then put several strips together, tied a knot on each end to hold the strips together. Loosely tied on the scroll to keep in place. 

    I am in love with the vintage textile bobbins I found to use for this project. These were a special find-I ended up buying a second one for the next scroll. I have a few wooden sewing thread bobbins ready to work out a design for as well.

 I also wanted to share the fiber artist that has inspired me-I think I have shared her videos in the past.

 

Seeing End of Scroll This Morning

 

I apologize again for the poor photo. Soon I guess I will see if I can figure out how to use Larry's cell phone and take photos that way 

  I should be able to finish the stitches within the next few days. To finish the scroll I will stitch a blanket stitch around the outer edges and then add to one of my vintage bobbins.   Then soon start on my patriotic scroll.

This has been a blessing for me-stitching without a lot of thought right now and accomplishing something in the end.

For me I did a brave thing-Larry is just too ill now to make decisions-he can but it would be an argument-We have numerous dead trees here along with huge ones that need trimming. We have gone through some major wind storms with nothing dropping yet-but last night I decided it was time.

   I browsed on Facebook Marketplace and found someone that looked good he is about an hour away and has numerous good reviews . My neighbor is here now too and he has two large trees to cut down as well.  I didn't even discuss this with Larry-mentally I needed to take charge and do this. 

  So hoping it works out well.  Smiles.  This is expensive but I am hoping he will make a bargain do to the huge job here. If it works out one less stress thing to worry about going into storms and winter.

  He sent me a photo of his setup as I was concerned the area he needs to drive down is between two steep hills-the area closest to the house is a concern but only way to get down there. 

    We have a friend that would do it but he would be using a very very heavy truck and he is not bonded or insured so that was a concern if something went wrong 

Wish me luck

  We continue to be in this very very hot and humid cycle. Once this ends hoping we get back to more normal weather. Along with some rain too. 

  I have many more hummingbirds still as I think some traveling through are sticking around a bit do to the high temps-They are such a joy to watch. I have always loved them

Hot Hot and Hotter & Crafts Update

   Good morning,

   This morning I grabbed my -not so good-camera to see if I could catch the sunrise.

We have a very dead tree that needs to be cut down that shows up in these photos.

Below photo the clouds began to cover the sun

Another week or more of extreme heat and humidity here at Lake in the Ozarks and surrounding areas. We were do for a hot summer though-we get these every couple of years or so.

I made a dental appt on Monday as over the weekend-one of the bad areas on the bottom with fillings was giving me issues. My car is a 1999 Mountainer  and I just do not feel comfortable driving it in these extreme weather conditions, especially since I couldn't get an early appt. So this morning I called and cancelled-will see how this goes. To keep things in check I take an herbal antibiotic Oreganol. 

 I have done some more hooking on the rug. Have been struggling with the white wool as it is really too thick-don't remember this being such a struggle. So I dug through my wool stash and found a much thinner white wool. I think I will mix it with the thicker wool so it will not be so noticeable-it is a different shade of white as well. I may need to think more on this as the photo really shows up the difference in the whites

Yesterday I worked on the civil war era meditative scroll. Am liking it so far Most stitch this across the length not the width-decided this direction would be easier to stitch and it is-I may go back and add some decorative stitches to some of the edges.

  Well I am off to eat my bowl of oatmeal with added freeze dried blueberries and strawberries.

Enjoy your day!

For Deb-I love these wooden vintage ones I had one already and bought two more off of etsy-had to hunt for a good price  You may be able to find one there at a resale shop  I set up for a few wooden sewing thread spools too

Good Morning Thursday

   I visited a few blogs this morning-but sadly could not leave a comment-Again. Just don't understand why I continue to get failed to publish.  and I just tried commenting back to your comments here-ugh failed to publish   thank you for visiting and commenting

  This morning is the first in many many days that we don't have high humidity along with the hot temperatures. I have close to a dozen hummingbirds now that are very hungry by dawn. So, I was surprised the high humidity was absent this morning-early.

 I now have hospice set up at home to help us-Larry's two nurses are amazing-so am thankful.

The other day I grabbed my basket with the civil war era  meditative scroll to begin stitching. Many lay out this project as they go but I set up a couple-ready to stitch. Decided it would be easier for me to stitch across the short end-and then I may go back and stitch across the length-that would secure all the fabrics down better. I had shared photos on Instagram yesterday.

 One of my slow mail friends-who sends me surprises through out the year-sent me an appliqued bird-that I love. Looking at it again-thinking this looks like the same width as my scroll-and it was-So I will be sewing it to the end of the scroll once I am finished.  I have been thinking that I may sew a blanket stitch around the edges for a nice finish.   photos will enlarge-just click on them

 Enjoy your day