goodbye sock monkey transgressors

saying goodbye to the seven deadly sins for a while and going off to new parts of the world to find my hubby. i'll be back in a few weeks, unless i get swallowed up by his love and can't return.

miss you all!

more embroidered clothes

here are some more clothes of mine with stitching on them. i can't seem to stop myself. much of what i own, i have stitched on, including leather purses and shoes. the top two photos are of a windbreaker jacket that i got for cheap, but didn't like too much. i was in a circles mood, so i stitched circles, practicing various stitches - sampler circles (?).

then i got this pair of orange pants on sale. who wears orange pants? they had to have embroidery on them. my quilting friend, tonya asked if i was worried about the embroidery stitches coming out after a few washings. you can see pretty clearly on these pants the fray check that is showing to keep the stitches from fraying. i put a little on the ends of all my threads. usually the fray check doesn't show, but on these pants it shows hideously (see the little white spots?)! anyway, i have worn and washed these pants for about three years...no unraveling.

what does vegetable surprise mean? i became a vegetarian when my kids were young. in order to keep their interest in our new meals, when they would ask what was for dinner, i would tell them 'vegetable surprise,' which sounded better that saying something like tofu and eggplant. vegetable surprise is a sentimental phrase to me. i must have been feeling sentimental when i stitched these pants.

stinky the sock monkey

look at stinky. doesn't he look cute? he is another member of the seven deadly sins family. as you can see, it says BO under his arm. come to think of it, stinkiness isn't always such a sin. if stuff in my refrig didn't stink after a while, it would stay in there forever (just a reminder to hubby, what life is really like with me!).

i like taking pix of the sock monkeys cuz i get to show off my quilts in the background and my beautiful front porch. here is stinky waving to big hiney across the ocean. luv to U!