1. In the category 'culinary endeavours' (which don't feature often in this blog) (and for good reason) (I think cooking is best left to people who don't make a habit of burning their hair whilst dousing chicken with port wine) (which I have been known to do on occasion) (but since everyone's bound to be expecting pumpkin soup tomorrow and I couldn't find pumpkin soup in a tin I had to make my own): Pumpkin Soup a la Annemarie
With nothing but a little water, a whole lot of pumpkin, a bit of seasoning and some truffle oil. Hopefully none of this will prove fatal.
2. In the category 'selfish stitching is all good and well, but sometimes you have to make an exception': a gift for someone who's coming to my birthday/sip 'n' stitch party tomorrow. She's not a stitcher, but she's frightfully interested in every stitchy thing she's ever seen displayed in my house. My tactic will be to overwhelm her with stitching until she caves, just to get me to stop talking about stitching (which never works, but what does she know?). My success rate is quite high, and so are my hopes of succeeding this time. Anyway, if this gift doesn't do the trick, I don't know what will (she said humbly)
It's Winter Song by Blackbird Designs, taken from this year's JCS X-mas ornie issue. I used the fabric in the background for the backing.
3. In the category 'I don't know why the hay this took me a whole MONTH to finish, but finish it I did'
Fruitful Clusters by The Goode Huswife. Actually, I do know why it took me so long: I enjoyed it so much, I didn't want it to end!
Plans for November:
1. Finish Katrina's Neighbourhood RR
2. Finish Kathy's Neighbourhood RR
3. Work on my parents' 40th anniversary sampler
So you see, no selfish stitching for me for at least a month. Boo.
Hope you're enjoying a lovely, autumnal weekend!
26 comments:
Happy Birthday Ms. Scorpio. : ) Feel good that you are almost 11 yrs younger than me.
Your stitching looks fabulous as does your soup. Did you strain it a bunch? I do tend to use the puree out of the can. Try some pureed as a pasta sauce-yum!
It should be your birthday by now. Hope it's a happy one. Your Fruitful Clusters is beautiful!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Annemarie,
I'm not brave enough to try making pumpkin soup, but hope yours was tasty!!
The Winter Song ornie is GORGEOUS!! I LOVE it! Beautiful finish!
And Fruitful Clusters is gorgeous also!
Congrats on your finishes! HAPPY DANCE!!
Cindy F./TX
The soup looks yummy and I love the fruitful cluster's finish. i think your friend will love the ornament and Happy Birthday to you Dear Annemarie!
The pumpkin soup looks really good and so festive with that bright orange color. Your little blackbird stocking ornament is adorable.
Hi An :) Wishing the happiest of Birthdays to you and hope you have a great year ahead !!
Cool 'proud' things, they all look excellent, as for the soup... well tomorrow will tell ;-) but it sure looks tempting enough to me !
I love your BBD stocking , I have just finished stitching the same one . Your backing fabric is VERY nice and I hope the whole thing does do the trick of converting your friend to be one of us LOL. Look what magic you weaved on Harmien and how fantastic she is with a needle since you got to her !!
Your GH finish is gorgeous too , nice to have a finish even though you do have to stop stitching to get one ;-))
Have a the BEST sip n stitch day with your friends only wish I could have joined you all, have fun
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday dear An
Happy Birthday to you
with love from England xx
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a lovely day and have fun sipping and stitching :)
Your finishes are great by the way, congrats
Happy Birthday Annemarie! :) I hope you have a wonderful day.
Your finish is gorgeous and the soup looks very tasty. Love the stocking too, it's such a cute design :)
Happy birthday Annemarie!!
I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Your BBD stocking is So~ pretty!!!
I think I should get the magazine for this one.
And your Goode Huswife is absolutely beautiful, I can understand why you didn't want to finish this design!
Happy Birthday Annemarie! The pumpkin soup looks delicious, hope it was a big hit.
I try to look at the round robins as though I am stitching for myself because in the end I will have a gorgeous piece that was stitched for me. My personal goal is to be finished with all my round robin commitments by the end of November. I've decided 2008 was not a year for selfish stitching but 2009 will be the year for me :-).
Your Pumpkin Soup looks delicious! Both of your stitched pieces are very beautiful, and congratulations on the finishes!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday. Of course the long-awaited gift and card are still sitting here in my "to be mailed when someone drops a huge bag of money in my yard" pile. I really have no trouble actually REMEMBERING to get gifts and cards...it is just the outrageous postal rates that slow me down. Rest assured it will be winging it's way to you some time before the end of 2008! I too have set myself a-flame with the stove. First date with hubby I thought it would be cool/hip/sexy to light his cigarette from the stove burner...hey, give me a break it was the 80's. Anyway, I got a little more "lit" then the cig and singed the front off(yes OFF, not of) my hair.
The soup was yummy and the company great for the Sip'NStitch. It was fun to meet you for real finally but also Barbara, Margaret and Harmien. I would love to have you all here one day. Thank you so much for an enjoyable day and I hope you will like using your project basket.
Hugs en groetjes ~
Heidi
Happy Birthday, Annemarie! I hope you will get lots of nice pressies. The BBD stocking is lovely and your friend will be well impressed. I love the Fruitful Clusters too - at least you have one stitching for yourself to tie you over in November. Have a Happy Birthday week and hope you get spoiled rotten!
I enjoyed such a wonderful day with you, Annemarie. Thanks so much for letting some good friends share your special day with you and your family. I hope the dinner out was delicious, and that Pelle enjoyed a fun couple of hours with his Opa & Oma. :D
Happy Birthday!!
That soup looks yummy and your stitching is great!! I want to stitch that BBD ornie so badly! And Fruitful Clusters is in my stash...need to pull it out!
The picture at the top of your blog is just adorable!!
The soup looks great! And so do the finishes! Happy Birthday!
Dearest Annemarie
Happy Birthday my friend. I wish you a new year filled with all the love and laughter your heart can hold.
Many hugs
Kathy A.
BON ANNIVERSAIRE !
Happy Birthday Annemarie! May the coming year be very good to you :)
Love the cute BBD stocking. But, my goodness...the Goode Huswife finish is STUNNING! The colors are so gorgeous, I really, really LOVE that one.
Some pretty amazing finishes and I hope you convinced your friend to pick a needle!
Happy belated birthday to you! I've never had pumpkin soup before. Did it live up to your hopes? And, I just have to ask, was it made from your very own pumpkins??
Love the BD ornament. Fabulous choice for the backing. "Fruitful Clusters" is wonderful as well, but then you probably already knew that, didn't you?
Will you be stitching the 40th anniversary sampler on 40-count fabric?? LOL!
Oooh I love that mini stocking - too cool too cool!! Great finish too. Hope you had a great sip n stitch and converted your friend. xx
Belated happy birthday Annemarie. Reading the comments I think you had a wonderful day ::). The soup looks great, I have never tried making it myself, but my SIL does a great job.
And congrats on your finish, it is beautiful.
Happy Belated Birthday Annemarie!
Love the little BBD stocking and your Fruitful Clusters finish looks lovely.
Happy birthday! I love the little ornament, so cute! And your Fruitful Clusters is gorgeous! Congrats on the finishes!!
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