House Samplings

This is one of my ongoing projects; House Samplings by Hillside Sampler. I need to motivate myself to finish it. There is only one house left so you'd think that wouldn't be a problem but it is. This design is done with NPS (needle point silks) and they are wonderful to work with. I must say, I love the silks. They are a little pricey but really nice and soft. Hillside Sampler has a lot of patterns I like and a new one from them is fruit samplings and I love that one. I think I must get that for my stash. :) Back to this project....there are a lot of places to do over 1 which i like very much. The birds are over 1 and the letters and year are as well. Actually, I think they were suppose to be over 1 half stitches but I decided to complete the stitch. The only problem is that the robin on top of house #1 is way too fat. I think I am going to take it out. I somehow made it 2 - 3 stitches wider than the pattern said and it is one fat bird.

I went to the stich-in at Colonial Needleworks last Thursday with my friend Gail and it was fun as usual. I met some new stitchers and saw some old friends. I could stitch all day.

On the book side of life I am almost done with "A Clash of Kings" by George R. R. Martin, which is his second book of that series. It is so good but very long (over 900 pages) so I am anxious to start his next one and another new book. I do read multiple books at once; can't help it. I got a Borders gift certificate for my birthday (thanks Gail) and bought 2 new books today. Strategery by Bill Sammon and The Jesus Papers by Michael Baigent.