The Bees Knees~

Dear friends,

Welcome back to my  little corner of the blogosphere!  I have some fun pics to show you today!

First up are some pictures from our latest guild meeting.  The theme was bees.  The ladies brought in things they had stitched or collected, related to bees.  The most magnificent bee item was this bee skep casket which was designed and made by Pam Zolkosky's husband.  Every year, a group of women exchange gifts and every year Pam's husband designs and makes a wooden something as her (their) gift.  After that, Pam stitches all the accessories for it.  I'd guess this was about 8 inches tall and about the same circumference.  It was big, beautiful and creative!

Feast on this beauty~

Next up are other items our talented guild members brought in.  I'm sorry that I didn't get the name(s) of those who brought each item.  But, as you can see, they are all talented!

Fabulous, right?

The project in this next pic (upper left) was our bee project for the day. 

Sharon had her nephew make these wonderful cherry spools for us and she designed the pattern to go with it. 

I think I'm going to leave the pin cushion top off of mine so you can see the beautiful wood and use the fabric to make a coordinating scissor fob. 

Then, I'll use the spindle to hold the scissors.

It's in the queue.   

My other favorite thing that was brought in was this bee skep hat by my friend Nadine. 
I LOVE this and just had to try it on. 
Luckily, she said she didn't mind if I put it on my head.

Wouldn't this be a fun Sunday, church picnic hat?
Yeah, I'd totally wear it~!

 If you ever see a fancy, vintage hat like this grab it for me, will ya?

One of the last estate sales I went to was the home of a sewer and a stitcher. 

I found this small spool holder that I thought was adorbs and it totally went with the little box my  mom had found for me at an estate sale in Virginia a couple of years ago.

One of the other things I found at the same sale were these floss organizers full of

1/4" silk ribbon and silk embroidery floss. 

The boxes were $10 each, I think, but on the last day, they were 1/2 off so I got them all.

Why not? 

This was not all of it, either. 

A whole lot more was in bags, still in original wrap and/or wound on old, wooden spools and because they weren't sorted like these were, they were even cheaper.  A huge bag for $2.50 on the last day. 

Next time I'll show you the shaker style boxes I got with ribbon embroidery on top of them.

They were even more of a steal than these were, if you can believe it!

I didn't get as much stitching in during the Olympics as I thought I would and despite my best efforts, the grassy area of PSS's "A Yuletide Welcome" is not quite done. 

Here's a little peak of it and the floss I'm using for the grass.

A few more rows...

Thanks so much for all the sweet, encouraging and thoughtful comments on my last post.

You are all a blessing to me and I appreciate you so very much.

Be well,

Peace,

Terri