Away from home.

I am visiting my sister in Indianapolis. The great part,  besides seeing her and Mom, is that spring has arrived here. Beautiful daffodils, magnolia trees in blossom , yellow Forsythia peeking from corners and some red bud trees:  all make my heart sing with joy. Oh, to smell rain and green grass and flowers again. I needed to borrow a light coat as it is too warm for mine when I left at 32 degrees. 

My sister had her stitches out this week on her elbow where she broke many bones and had 2 replaced. She is having therapy with homework as well.. And we have been out and about some. I do enjoy new restaurants and got to see her family for her birthday.

 And I have brought hand work for the evenings.

The first is a sweatshirt project which I saw on Instagram from Flynn and Mabel. Here is the link I saw:  Video of how to    I had it all prepped at home: I used puffy paint to "draw" the lettering, followed by embroidering over the paint in a satin stitch.

The sweatshirt (for me) is a light blue and the colors are lilac and purple, light and dark teal, and light and dark blue. 

The second is a wool applique for spring also prepped at home as soon as I had been asked to come. 

This is wool applique on a plaid flannel. I shortened it from the original pattern. It is for my dining room table.