Sunday, May 2, 2021

A Beary Good Bookmark

 Today has been a very cloudy day with extremely blustery weather since late afternoon.  My husband usually watches a little t.v. in the evening but when he turned it on, there was nothing but a black screen.  It seems that the wind has taken out our satellite dish.

Last night I joined a #saturdaynightcraftalong on Instagram by posting the cross-stitched bookmark I finished yesterday.

Many years ago, when I couldn't find these in the market, I gave some aida cloth and trim to someone who cut and sewed a bunch up for me. 

 I did stitch a few in the past, but still have about 10 to make use of so I dug them out the other day and this was the first one I made.

It still needs to be ironed and backed with felt.  I've started stitching another one but am missing one floss color.  A craft group friend has it in her stash so I will swing by her place soon to pick it up.

Have you read any good books lately?

Wishing you a beary good day!

11 comments:

kathyinozarks said...

Beautiful work Tammy

Dee said...

I am reading a VERY good book now. I'm reading Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. It was recommended to me by a friend.

Love your little bear-y good bookmark. I think I may have that pattern in my stash.

Betsy said...

What a sweet, sweet little bookmark. Do you know how linear thinking I am? It never occurred to me to make my own bookmarks out of aida and lace trim! How ridiculous is that? I wanted to make bookmarks for friends a couple of years ago and couldn't find any like this so I gave up. Oh my gosh! Now I can make some myself. Thank you Tammy! Sometimes I irritate myself. I have no imagination but I follow directions well. :-)
I hope you have a lovely Monday. We're in for some thunderstorms tonight. That's one think I love about being back in Nebraska. The rolling thunder across the sky while I sleep. It's like a lullaby to me.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy

Mrs. Micawber said...

What a sweet bookmark. Stay safe in that crazy wind!

Delighted Hands said...

Such a pretty bookmark--they make great thank you gifts, too!

Melisa- pinkernpunkinquilting said...

This is the cutest bookmark. I have found it hard to find aida bookmarks here too. How wonderful you found someone who could cut and add the sweetest trim. Have a beary great week Tammy and happy stitching.

www.self-sufficientsam.blogspot.com said...

The weather has been strange this Spring. I'm enjoying it but while we're in the '60s
up North is in the '80s! Totally turned around.
I love your bookmark. So precious and I would back it with that pinecone fabric...it goes perfectly with it.
I got rid of my satellite years ago because whenever the weather was bad there was no t.v. and that was when I was inside and wanted to watch it! LOL! I have Roku now and a subscription to Netflix and I am good. I can still see some news and weather for free. Regular channels cost $25 a month here so I pass on that. There's not much I care to watch except YouTube podcasts. Have a great week!

Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder said...

Dearest Tammy,
That is a lovely cross stitching!
Well, in three weeks I'm hoping to find some leisure time (while on vacation in the Tennessee mountains) to start reading. A book about cats by blogger friend Leah: https://catwoodsporchparty.wordpress.com/
Husband Pieter read her very informative Catwoods book already. So will I, now I finally get more time after having managed tasks to simplify our lives.
Yesterday we biked together 32 km. Sunday a week ago we did 37.8 km. I'm enjoying this so much and want to build around more rounds.
Big hugs,
Mariette

Maya Kuzman said...

Amazing stitching Tammy!

Angie said...

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Not exactly a happy story, but I learned a lot and I enjoyed the "female strength" message. Cute bookmark!

Crafty in the Med said...

Very pretty bookmark indeed. I am so tired of the plastic advertising bookmarks . I think a pretty bookmark like this would make a big difference.I used to do a lot of cross-stitch a few years back but I must have fell out of love with it as I turned back to my first primary craft which is crochet. I have some Aida cloth tucked away so I just might go back to a bit of cross-stitch :-) Thanks for the inspiration. keep well Amanda x

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