Kathy Barrick: August 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

FINALLY!! The Thread List for Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow!!

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I bet you guys were thinking this would never happen! Finally, the thread list is ready. First I'll give you the Needlepoint Silks, then the DMC conversions. Here goes:

Needlepoint Silks:
123, 124, 127, 128, 155A, 158, 159, 184A, 186, 204, 206, 241, 242, 244, 251, 293, 303, 313, 316, 331, 345, 401, 422, 473, 475, 512, 523, 524A, 526, 527, 548, 556, 587, 623, 636, 671, 692, 693, 694, 695, 722, 724, 725, 765, 767, 856, 867, 871, 902, 912, 928, 951, 957, 963, 972, 976, 982, 987, 991BB, 993.

Two skeins will be needed of 993. Also, if you are stitching on 32- or 36-count linen, I would recommend getting two skeins of both 993 (black) and 991BB (white). I believe you'll be fine with one strand each of the rest of the colors.

AND, Mint Frost from The Thread Gatherer. Almost one complete skein was needed on 40-count linen. I would assume two skeins will be needed for 36- or 32- count (or larger) linen.

My DMC conversions are:
407, 3772, 3858, 3857, 502, 890, 934, 3790, 839, 3064, 3778, 3012, 732, 3011, 3053, 936, 801, 831, 610, 3013, 580, 3363, 320, 3822, 780, 3817, 3849, 3848, 3847, 3818, 935, 972, 3371, 3776, 3777, 415, 3046, 3045, 680, 782, 975, 920, 918, 3829, 898, 402, 712, 3865, 869, 830, 3750, 3032, 3031, 646, 642, 3021, 640, 644, White, 610

AND, Mint Frost from The Thread Gatherer. Almost one complete skein was needed on 40-count linen. I would assume two skeins will be needed for 36- or 32-count (or larger) linen.

Let me know if you have questions...

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Friday, August 28, 2009

Art Update

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Art is home from the hospital. And he's thrilled to be here! We are learning the routine of his care. Fortunately, he has one working arm and his legs are fine, so there is lots he can do on his own. There is also lots he cannot do.

This has been my first opportunity to post. Thank you, thank you for all of your wonderful comments, e-mails, phone calls, good wishes and prayers. They are so very appreciated. I wish I could answer each of you individually, but I just can't. Please know that I am very grateful.

Will keep you posted. Since Wednesday, I've gotten absolutely NO work done. Be patient, that thread list will come eventually!

Kathy

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Recent Developments

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To all of you who have been patiently waiting for the thread list for Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow: please be patient!! It's coming.

My husband was in a motorcycle accident Sunday night and has been in the hospital ever since. He's had one surgery so far and more may be needed. He flew face first into a tree. Most of his injuries are to his face and his mouth. Extensive oral surgery will be needed in the weeks to come. I've been driving back and forth from home to the hospital for the last couple of days. I'm not getting much work done! Once he's released (probably Thursday), I'm sure I'll be spending a lot of time taking care of him. So, please be patient with me! I will get the chart work done on CHRH as soon as I possibly can and will post the thread list immediately.

Thank you!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

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Wow you guys! Thank you so much to everyone who responded to my cry for help! I so appreciate each and every reply! I've found a stitcher and she lives very close, so that will help with my short time frame.

You guys are fabulous!!

Kathy

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Model Stitcher Needed in a Hurry!!

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Do any of you blog readers have time to stitch a model for me??? It's a small design. The linen is 40-count camoflauge, the threads are Weeks. The stitch count is 49 x 87. I would need to be done within a week or two, I'm sorry to say.

Any takers???? If so, please e-mail me at kbdieter@aol.com or call my cell at 443-536-6710 or call my house at 717-792-9409.

Thank you!!!!

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Collections & House Photos

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It occurred to me that I only post photos of my house at Christmas time. You've never seen it in it's ordinary state. And, I've been thinking about collections recently. I'm such a collector. I'm happy to say I've slowed down in recent years, but a collector I am and probably always will be. Fortunately, I started most of my collections years and years ago, back when antiques were more affordable. If I had to replace all my antiques today, I wouldn't have very much!

The photo above is my collection of gourds, not very old, not very expensive, but well loved. Carol Sims gave me the two large ones for Christmas last year. I love them!

This is a small collection of antique sewing stuff that is in my living room. The most recent thing I bought in this collection is the green spindle pincushion. I bought it about 7 or 8 years ago.

This is my collection of transferware. The photo below is a close up. On top of the cuboard is my collection of blown glass jars. I've had those for more than 20 years.

The transferware collection is fairly new for me. About five years ago, my friend Anne Brown started collecting transferware when we went antiquing together. I thought she was nuts! It didn't take long before I was convinced that it was pretty cool stuff! This collection is actually a combo of Anne's transferware and mine. When Anne decided she didn't want to decorate with antiques any more, I bought her collection from her. And the cupboard it's in!

The tiny compote on my dining room table contains part of my collection of stone fruit. I've been collecting that for about 10 years. There's another bowl of it in my kitchen and one in my "old office" as well. We've yet to come up with a name for the room that used to be my office.

I've been collecting stoneware forever. I haven't bought a piece for a good 15 years. I keep it on top of my cupboards in the kitchen. It goes great with the beamed ceiling.

This is the compote of stone fruit in my kitchen. I LOVE this photos because it shows the crooked-ness of everything old. The compote is crooked, the chopping block is crooked, the fireplace wall is crooked.

This is my (small) collection of firkins in my dining room. I'm very grateful the bucket bench it's on is small so that I don't need to keep buying firkins. They're much too expensive these days!

This is just a far away shot of the bucket bench and firkins.

This is the living room fireplace with the woodstove we use to heat the front part of the house. It has my big collection of ONE antique painting.

This red cupboard is in my living room. It's a pretty boring cupboard but I love the beeskeps on top. I have one more beeskep that lives on top of the dryer in my laundry room.

This is a closet in one of the guestrooms upstairs. I love the little antique dress on the door. I've been collecting antique children's clothes for years and doubt I'll ever stop. They are my biggest downfall.

This is a collection of little sewing stuff in the guestroom. I've had every bit of it for years and years.

The same guest room. I take the curtains off the windows in the summertime. Stone houses are very dark because the window well are so deep, so anytime I can let it some light, I do!

More antique clothes in the same guestroom.

More antiques in the same guestroom.

More antique sewing stuff in the other guestroom.

Antique clothes and quilts in the other guestroom.

More old children's clothes in the other guestroom.

That's it! Until Christmas!!

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Friday, August 14, 2009

A Weird Kind of Day

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Today was a strange sort of day. I'm sure everyone has them from time to time. I don't like them one bit.

It started when I woke up this morning, headed down to the studio, as usual. And couldn't seem to make myself do one thing.

Not one single thing. I kind of flitted from thing to thing, accomplished absolutely nothing, and finally thought "enough!!" So I walked over to Anne's. In my pj's. The dogs came too. Anne was working away, being quite productive, but stopped working to chat.

I talked her into going out to breakfast with me. She's such a good sport! Went home, got dressed, and off we went to Bob's. (Bob Evans, cause we're such class acts.) On the way, I had a flat tire. Art was down in WV working. All the other male friends we knew were working, so we walked home. About 2 miles. Then we got in Anne's car and went to Bob's.

This story has no moral. The rest of my day was fine. I didn't accomplish much, but that's ok. It's Friday afterall. I just couldn't think of anything exciting to post about so I thought I'd post about my flat tire. The first flat tire I've ever had by the way. Does that make this post more interesting?

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Good News

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I am breathing a GIANT sigh of relief tonight. The Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow design is FINISHED! I've never worked so hard on a design in my life!! It's DONE!!!! I'll mail the chart for the last block off to Carol tomorrow and I'd bet the ranch she'll have it done in a week. I'm not sure who will be happier, Carol or me!

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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Hello from Philly

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Hi Everyone!

I'm in Philadephia with Liz for the weekend. She's doing her big wholesale jewelry show. So far it's been exciting, stressful, fun and exhausting! The jewelry is gorgeous and very inspiring. I haven't seen any that resembles my kind of jewelry, but I am in awe of the workmanship of the jewelry I've seen. I need lots of training! There are several schools in the Baltimore area that offer jewelry programs. I wish I lived a little closer, but I keep thinking it's time I start taking some classes. I need more skills!!

As much as I love the jewelry part of my life, I have been focusing on the sampler part of my life as well. Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow is a-l-m-o-s-t done. Carol is stitching the 11th block and 12th block is almost finished being designed. The frame has been ordered and when I get back home next week, I can start working on the lay-out for the chart. The silk thread list isn't quite ready yet, but should be within a couple weeks. I'll post it as soon as I can.

I plan to have two other new designs for the St. Charles Market in late September. I'll give you more details later. My thanks to Joanne Ambrose for stitching An Independent Mind for me. It's gorgeous Jo and I so appreciate all your support with this one!

Would you believe I stitched the third new design MYSELF??? That's quite a shocker, huh?!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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