My
 list of things I need to work on is patiently waiting on my studio 
desk.  I continue to treat myself by finding projects on hand that get 
pushed aside when more pressing tasks need attention.  I bought this 
wool little runner kit a couple of years ago.  The canoe, of course, 
caught my eye.  The wool pieces came with the kit, and, had the pieces 
been larger, I would have made the cabin red, with a green roof.  I 
stitched on the pieces with a hand-stitched blanket stitch over the 
course of two  evenings.  It made me think back on the old days, when my
 sewing group did handwork as well as machine work.  My friends that are
 in an angel sewing guild are pleased.  I backed the runner with another
 big piece of wool, and did a blanket stitch around the edge.  Years 
ago, we used computer paper with its perforated edges to keep the 
stitches consistent.  There probably aren't that many left that would 
even know what "computer paper" is!  I just went for it...the stitches 
are perfectly imperfect.  And, I had fun making this little project and 
remembering auld lang syne.  Jerilynn

 
I think it's charming!
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