WHAT'S IN THE BASKET ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

1. I think that the designer of this painted canvas is Patty Mann:

I need to figure out a stitch and threads for the checkerboard border and then this will be finished after some loooong years!  I am leaning toward black ultrasuede squares sewn on,  but am at a complete loss for the white squares.  (Suggestions welcome!)

2. This is a painted canvas by Cooper Oaks:

I'm thinking of doing everything in tent and doing the flowers in ribbons.  But that would mean that I would have to learn to do ribbon work!

3. Poppers by Needle Delights Originals...counted canvas:

4. This is definitely one of my very oldest WIPs...Big Zipper by Bent Creek:

5. I thought I was going to re-start this next one on different linen and had selected a light grey that I thought would look better, but now that I've seen Picture This Plus's Wren, I keep thinking that it might be a lovely alternative.  This is Alphabets by The Drawn Thread:

6. Flowers Awake by Rosewood Manor on Barnwood linen:

7. And my progress on Printemps by Birds of a Feather. Getting there, surely but slowly!

I had a marathon planning/paperwork session at the dining room table today to try to get a little more organized.  If I can manage it physically, I am going to start some Spring cleaning this week.  If I stick to my plan, I will celebrate my birthday (which happens to fall on Good Friday this year) with a spotless house, purged closets, sparkly baseboards and windows, and a tidy studio!

Pray for me, kids...this is going to be rough!  I do promise, though, that if I can't handle it (which I will know tomorrow morning after about fifteen minutes), I'll call for help and get an army of trained professionals in here to do a proper job of it.

I'll leave you with a picture of Bubba...my sippy cup.  I received my fancy new silicone ice cube trays from the Amazon and think their big cubey-ness is swell!

One of these days I'm going to pick up a few more of these sippy cups from the Targets so I might give this one a rest.  He's in continual use, and has so far managed to hold up pretty well with nightly scrubbings, but I should probably have a back up!

So that's the report for the day, my dearies.  Only one ugly cry so far, so I might be making progress. I was fine until I opened the ziploc of turkey bacon to use on my sandwich and waited for Stewey to come around the corner for a piece.  I swear, he could be sound asleep in his little fort under the bed and still hear that bag opening to bekon him to the kitchen!

Oh, how I miss my BabyDear....

Here's hoping that your Sunday has been swell.  I am going to get back to The West Wing and stitching!