More Quotes

My friend DD sent me this quote, which I love, love, love, love, love!

Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, 1859

Keep 'em coming, people!

Today's UFO is Alpine Garden by Drawn Thread. I started it for a friend's wedding, sometime in the late 90s. However, I couldn't finish in the one year period, so I sent a pine needle bowl, which she loved. There is a major mistake in that square on the bottom, which has prevented me from picking it up again.

Lee's Big Idea

How many needlework quotes can we come up with?

1. "She seeketh wool and flax And worketh willingly with her hands." Proverbs (from Lee)

2. "A woman with needlework in her hands is generally assumed to have no other thoughts in her head, and can safely harbor any number of improprieties." Patricia A McKillip, Od Magic (from Melissa)

3. "I pray that risen from the dead/ I may in Glory stand/ A crown, perhaps, upon my head/ But a needle in my hand." I found that but I can't remember where. Mind like a sieve.

4. "I cannot count a day complete, 'til needle, thread, and fabric meet" best pal's inspiration quote

Please add your quote in the comments!

Today's UFO, pictured above, is Majestic Rooster by Eileen Bennett. It's from an old issue of Cross Stitch and Country Crafts. I started it sometime in the mid-90s, and abandoned it because I started stitching in the middle, then jumped around. Theres not a mistake in the stitching--the whole thing is riddled with mistakes. So, I put it aside. After all that, my mother changed her decor...