Tidbits-June 21, 2009

Visiting Home Sweet Home!

Last week I made a fleeting visit back home to Missouri. The trip was short but sweet and I loved every moment of the humid and hot weather in Missouri. Okay, don’t laugh….or laugh. People, this is JUNE and I have yet to see summer here in Maryland! I had started to double check to see if somehow I was not residing in some tropical location as it rains and rains and rains every day.

I sat in the front yard for several hours just enjoying the heat and the sun and then took the picture for rememberance, until my next trip home.

While home, I did visit several friends. One of our friends, Richard, whom I have mentioned several times told me that he had finished several more rooms in his house. Richard is one of the most amazing interior decorator and Antique assessor that I know. What absolutely blew my mind, as it has in the past…was the marbeling effect that Richard did on the trim going up his stair case. That is all hand painted folks!

It was a bit difficult to leave home but I have good memories and hopefully there might be another trip sometime before summer is out.

Sadia’s Heirloom Group:

I’d like to take advantage of the post and thank all the friends who took part in the first quarter Heirloom Challenge in my Heirloom Yahoo Group. The result of the challenge was quite interesting as it was tied! Of course, every item was fantastic. The two winners were Angela and Hero.

Angela made a lovely dress and slip. The design on the dress is a free sample from “Basant” collection. This was Angela’s first time creating something of this magnitude and I think she did a fantastic job! Angela made the dress for her DGD and despite her fears that it may not be appreciated as much as the love she put into it….I think it is a definite heirloom and the love and care she has in its making will be appreciated.

Hero created quite an interesting blouse and I must say I was taken aback and quite thrilled at seeing something so very unusual. Hero used a design from the cutwork collection Arabi 2 and stitched it out at various places. She also used the free sample lace from Grace I, Bonnets and Booties on the lapel and added some pintucks for accent. What a lovely job!

Needless to say, both ladies were winners as well as all participants. The idea of the group is to promote creativity among embroiderers and to inspire and motivate them to go beyond the ordinary. I’m very proud of all contestants and anxiously await to see the enteries for the next contest.