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This month's International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW) had the theme of butterflies.  My daughter, Avalon, loves butterflies and we had previously picked out this pattern from Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) a mini size of Butterfly Effect from the artwork by Kate Powell.  I chose a pale sky blue hand dyed Aida from Mystic Fabrics from my stash and started at the bottom center.  The needleminder is from the cover art of the book "The Mists of Avalon" by Marian Zimmer Bradley. 

This story is what prompted my mom to suggest naming my daughter Avalon Rose.  As I was looking for the right name to accompany my son's name, Tristan William.  Their names are a reflection of my history background with a focus on English monarchs.  Which also explains the Henry VIII pattern I'm working on, LOL!!  

Tristan is named after the character in the movie, "Legends of the Fall" portrayed by Brad Pitt.  His middle name is honor of my stepdad William "Bill" Vanderheid and my stepbrother William "Little Bill" Vanderheid.  

After mom suggested Avalon, I knew her middle name would be Rose not only for my city, Portland, called the "City of Roses", but also for a very dear friend, Cecil aka Tonya Rose.  This would solidify our family as part of the "Rose" drag family forevermore.  

Slainte Mhuth (Much health)

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IHSW--April 2021

IHSW or International Hermit and Stitch Weekend always starts on the third Friday of the month.  It's a chance to lock yourself away and focus on your stitching for the weekend.  You can take part on your blog or via the Facebook page - IHSW on Facebook.

But as I work weekends, my stitching is confined to the evenings.  I started off with "Simplicity Vintage"

It's difficult to tell in this picture but those are not all the same color stitches.  There are blue stitches and then there are blended stitches which are made from using two different color threads in the needle, in this case the same blue with a dark gray.

Next I worked on "Letters From Hogwarts" which is a SYOA--Stitch Your Own Adventure.  It has a story written that as you read it you choose which path to follow and it gives you different items to include in your pattern.  I'm so far behind as many people have already completed their stitching of it.  But I'm following the Slytherin path in anticipation of gifting it to my favorite daughter.

On Saturday I worked on my HAED SK Maleficent.  She's been neglected since I messed up the 100 day challenge back in February when we had the winter storm and lost power.  But she's slowly progressing.

Saturday I had an outing with some wait time so I did a little stitching in the wild on the Plague Doctor.  He's on 14 count Aida so I can see this without my magnifying lamp, LOL!!  This makes for the perfect on the go WIP that I always carry.

Finally on Sunday I stitched on our first president, George Washington.  Although, after I took the picture I thought it might be Beethoven!!  We'll see how he turns out, I might have to rename him!!

That's a wrap on IHSW for April.  I look forward to seeing what May brings!!  Feel free to leave a comment or a link to your blog post below.  Until next month...Be Well!!

Slainte Mhuth (Much health)

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2021 Beginnings

I begin 2021 with 45 WIPs

Name------date started

1. A Right Royal SAL 2018.06.26

2. Happy Halloween SAL 2018.10.13

3. Jane Austen SAL 2018.10.24

4.FoE Fandom SAL 208.11.21

5. Mythical Medieval Mansion SAL 2018.11.23

6. GoT Banners & Castles 2019.01.03

7. Temperature Tracker 2019.01.05

8. Temperature Tracker 2019.01.10

9. FoE 20th Century Books SAL 2019.01.08

10. U.S. Marine Corps Logo 2019.01.09

11. Linen & Threads Mystery 2019 SAL 2019.01.11

12. Marvel Heroes 2019.01.14

13. Henry VIII 2019.02.15

14. 2019 Drawlloween 2019.09.10

15. Twelve Days of Christmas 2019.12.25

16. Letters from Hogwarts SYOA 2020.01.01

17. Tudor Maiden 2020.01.20

18. HAED Mini Warriors Red 2020.02.01

19. George Washington 2020.02.17

20. The Happy Couple 2020.02.20

21. Eye of Newt 2020.03.02

22. Plague Doctor 2020.03.18

22. HAEDCon 2020 name badge 2020.04.23

23. Ingredients 2020.04.23

24. Bubbly Magic Blackwork SAL 2020.04.26

25. I am SHERlocked 2020.04.28

26. Fleur d’Orleans 2020.05.12

27. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble 2020.05.16

28. King 2020.05.21

29. Moon and Stars 2020.06.18

30. Dragonfly Watch 2020.06.20

31. Bumblebee 2020.06.23

32. Representation Matters 2020.06.27

33. Notre Dame Cathedral 2020.07.01

34. Once Upon A Midnight Dreary 2020.07.19

35. Queen 2020.08.13

36. Sister Suffragette 2020.08.19

37. Mackintosh Rose 2020.09.20

38. LDS Pandemic 2020.09.24

39. Simplicity Vintage 2020.10.06

40. Tardis Christmas 2020.11.02

41.Tea and Cake SAL 2020.11.02

42. World Landmarks 2020.11.04

43. Christmas Santa Train 2020.11.23

44. Thanksgiving Ornament 2020.11.23

45. Alpha Paris Women Fashion 2020.12.31