I am so not cool.

Yeah, send a needle through your finger during a workshop (see above project-Under the Sea, Over the Top, not complete), so NOT cool. My table mate, Betty, was so kind during my time of need. Here is a hint if it ever happens to you: when you feel a needle go through your finger, resist the impulse to rip said finger away from the needle. Tough to do, but you will suffer less damage. It was a top stitch needle for goodness sake. I should of had a little respect! The finger is mending quite well, but the doofus feelings will take a while to dissipate.

So the little pink cross stitch (another button roll) I have been working on while watching TV will have to miss getting stitched on tonight. Danger of blood stains. (see Stacy Nash for vintage cross stitch projects)

Here is the linen thread I need for my long-in-coming sampler. I have dragged the poor project through airports for about 10 years without putting a stitch in it. I got "over the hump" so to speak with encouragement from the Silver Thimbles Group in Grayson last Friday night. I finally finished all 6 pesky strawberries, and have moved on to try the bit of drawn thread work, but I had a hard time finding the proper linen thread. No excuses now (except for the finger). The thread came from William Booth, Draper.

New Button Roll

I was so excited to get these pictures posted so I could deliver this button roll to my co-worker. While the photos loaded I thought I'd double check that I used the correct initial for my co-worker's daughter. Okay, I need to backtrack a bit. A co-worker asked me to make her daughter, who is going away to college, a button roll. The proud mom said she had to put "Kalie's buttons in a baggie" for her to take them to school and she would love for me to make her a button roll. Well, I should have checked the initial sooner (like last week) because I remembered the daughter's name wrong. It is Halie, not Kalie. Looks like I have two button rolls now. And no delight in delivering it tomorrow. UGH!