Their Song

Their Song (Loose Feathers #24)
Blackbird Designs
Weeks on 28ct Apple Brown Bindy
Begun 5/30/07 Finished 8/7/07

I finished it last night. I only needed to finish up the top set of blackbirds and the cherry stems on that top branch. That sounds easy enough, but on Sunday I ran out of Charcoal thread with a bird and a half to go. This was all I lacked.

I zipped over to my LNS on Monday at lunch, and guess what? They were all out of Charcoal thread. The sweet woman working looked in the back for me to see if they had any but didn’t find any. So she went into her own stitching bag and handed me her Charcoal. It was more than enough to finish my birds, so I’ll be taking what’s left back to her tomorrow. Disaster narrowly averted! I was determined to finish this before we left.

I plan to start Katrina’s RR when I get back and then I’ll be getting back to stitching on Baby Garden (I still have that over one goldfish pond to look forward to).

I am grateful for a finish!!

80 thoughts on “Their Song”

  1. It looks fabulous! So glad you found that thread! OMG, that’s our stitching nightmare, isn’t it!?
    Hugs,
    Deb

  2. It looks fabulous! So glad you found that thread! OMG, that’s our stitching nightmare, isn’t it!?
    Hugs,
    Deb

  3. It looks simply adorable! Kudos! Sounds like your LNS goes the extra mile for their customers, give them an A+.

  4. It looks simply adorable! Kudos! Sounds like your LNS goes the extra mile for their customers, give them an A+.

  5. Fantastic finish, I love the combination of colors. Your LNS sounds like it has some fantastic ladies working there.

  6. Fantastic finish, I love the combination of colors. Your LNS sounds like it has some fantastic ladies working there.

  7. It’s gorgeous, congratulations Michelle! How kind of that lady to give you some of her personal stash too 🙂

  8. It’s gorgeous, congratulations Michelle! How kind of that lady to give you some of her personal stash too 🙂

  9. Congratulations on your finish! Its beautiful. Im glad you were able to finish it before your hols. Have a great time!

  10. Congratulations on your finish! Its beautiful. Im glad you were able to finish it before your hols. Have a great time!

  11. What a kind thing for someone to do…go into their own stitching bag and get floss! WOW! That was a true random act if ever I heard one! So glad that you were able to finish up and meet your goal before you left! It is stunningly gorgeous 🙂

  12. What a kind thing for someone to do…go into their own stitching bag and get floss! WOW! That was a true random act if ever I heard one! So glad that you were able to finish up and meet your goal before you left! It is stunningly gorgeous 🙂

  13. Beautiful finish! I’m so glad that the lovely woman working actually had it in her bag and was kind enough to give it to you. 🙂

  14. Beautiful finish! I’m so glad that the lovely woman working actually had it in her bag and was kind enough to give it to you. 🙂

  15. Oh my gosh, you finished that already! It is just beautiful 😀 Congrats! That was so nice of the lady at the LNS 🙂

  16. Oh my gosh, you finished that already! It is just beautiful 😀 Congrats! That was so nice of the lady at the LNS 🙂

  17. It looks wonderful Michelle. Congratulations! You see a fellow stitcher always understands! It sounds like you have a great LNS.

  18. It looks wonderful Michelle. Congratulations! You see a fellow stitcher always understands! It sounds like you have a great LNS.

  19. Congrats on the finish! I can’t believe you ran out of thread when you were so close… very nice of her to give you her personal skein!

  20. Congrats on the finish! I can’t believe you ran out of thread when you were so close… very nice of her to give you her personal skein!

  21. Congratlations on a beautiful finish!! I for one just love birds and yours are really nice!! Your LNS sounds like they are so nice in there!! I am glad that you got the thread you needed! Debby 🙂

  22. Congratlations on a beautiful finish!! I for one just love birds and yours are really nice!! Your LNS sounds like they are so nice in there!! I am glad that you got the thread you needed! Debby 🙂

  23. A lovely project Michelle. How wonderful that woman in the LNS was to give you her skein of Charcoal to finish your project with. Now you’ll have a nice story to go with this piece. We stitchers do stick together, don’t we.

    Hope that you and Eric have a wonderful vacation and I look forward to hearing about some of it when you get back, perhaps with some pictures.

    Cheers. Judy

  24. A lovely project Michelle. How wonderful that woman in the LNS was to give you her skein of Charcoal to finish your project with. Now you’ll have a nice story to go with this piece. We stitchers do stick together, don’t we.

    Hope that you and Eric have a wonderful vacation and I look forward to hearing about some of it when you get back, perhaps with some pictures.

    Cheers. Judy

  25. Hi Michelle,

    Great finish! What a nice lady in your LNS store to help you out with the thread. I’m happy that you were able to get it finished as you had hoped.

  26. Hi Michelle,

    Great finish! What a nice lady in your LNS store to help you out with the thread. I’m happy that you were able to get it finished as you had hoped.

  27. Leslie aka zoeandcooper

    Excellent finish! How sweet of the women at the store to give you some of her personal thread stash to finish it.

  28. Leslie aka zoeandcooper

    Excellent finish! How sweet of the women at the store to give you some of her personal thread stash to finish it.

  29. So pretty. These sampler designs never seemed to be my taste, but lately they’ve really been growing on me! 🙂

  30. So pretty. These sampler designs never seemed to be my taste, but lately they’ve really been growing on me! 🙂

  31. Wow what a beautiful finish Michelle!! That is such a pretty sampler and your stitching is just the best ever!! You should be so proud!! Debby 🙂

  32. Wow what a beautiful finish Michelle!! That is such a pretty sampler and your stitching is just the best ever!! You should be so proud!! Debby 🙂

  33. Congratulations! Your finish is beautiful. And what a kind lady to dig into her own stash to give you the thread you needed to finish – a true stitcher there! And definitely a shop to go back to.

  34. Congratulations! Your finish is beautiful. And what a kind lady to dig into her own stash to give you the thread you needed to finish – a true stitcher there! And definitely a shop to go back to.

  35. Aussie Stitcher

    It looks wonderful, congratulations. How kind of that lady, she is a ‘real stitcher’ knowing how frustrating it can be when we can’t get what we need.

    Joanne

  36. Aussie Stitcher

    It looks wonderful, congratulations. How kind of that lady, she is a ‘real stitcher’ knowing how frustrating it can be when we can’t get what we need.

    Joanne

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