Stuck inside since DH had trip to ER

Completed 1 week of the 14 days since Jack's visit to the ER but now have to start all over again since he has to go back in to have the stitches removed.

Oh well, I'm enjoying Johanna Basford's drawing videos. You can find them on her web site and Facebook page. I'm also making face masks. That and doing lots of embroidery in the evenings is keeping me busy.

Here's a pic of some of our "girls", we have 9 plus the 7 ducks. I have soooo many eggs since we can't see people to give them to. I'm going to have to make a few angelfood cakes. :)

If it ever stops raining I can take the last pics I need for my new pincushion pattern. I prefer to use natural light but the weather is not cooperating.

Third 2020 Stitch-a-long free pattern

Here's a photo of my finished version of this month's stitch-a-long. The pin heads are large beads but French knots could be used. Same with the pearls. Have fun and use the stitches you like!

Sorry if you didn't get last month's thread pattern. Look for another next month and remember the patterns are only up for 1 month. This one will be removed on April 24.

This is the third in a series of embroidery patterns featuring sewing items. Eventually they willl be sold at my Etsy store.

©Billie Jo Heisler 2020

All rights reserved

 Disclaimer:

I drew this design by hand then used a software program to edit it.

Please consider the drawing copyrighted. You have my permission to print copies of the drawing in any size for your own use but not to share or sell. If you want to share the pattern please link to the blog pages.

The embroidery design is my own. I have not knowingly copied anyone else's work.

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BTW, all of last years free patterns will be removed at the end of the month!

Happy Spring, There's a SALE at Etsy!

Happy Spring! I'm celebrating with a 25% off sale on my PDF patterns at Etsy!

With so many of us following the request to stay at home I thought I'd put my patterns on sale at Etsy at least for the next month, though it may run longer. Etsy only allows 1 month at a time for a sale. I'll renew it for another month if we're all still pretty much housebound.

As some of you may know from reading my blog I've had panic attacks my entire life, yes even when I was a toddler, it's one of my early memories. There were many years when they got so bad I was housebound and the thought of leaving set off fear. Now that I consider myself a medium functioning agoraphobic the thought of not being able to get out is causing me mild panic. I think it's coming from worrying that I may go back to full blown agoraphobia and not be able to go out without having panic. So to keep the fear at bay I'm going out but only to drive from one of our houses to the other. We have 2 places we live at and the drive is about 20 minutes apart. This is working so far. I hope you all are doing well. Let's follow the rules and just maybe the virus won't spread as fast.

BTW, the newest free embroidery pattern will be up next week and all of last years free ones will come down by April 1 or 2.

Week 8 TAST results

Week 8! I put the running stitch pic over the twisted lattice band pic. Next to the lattice is a starfish I embroiderd. I'll be cutting it out and sewing it over the lattice. The running stitches are meant to be the circles you see on water when things drop into it. In this case it's the beads representing drops of water. My other samples are on the right of the picture.