The Needlepoint

I've been needlepointing for a long time

I took up in early marriage

And BS (Before Sarah), I did quite a bit of it

Made mostly into cushions

After a fairly long hiatus, I took it up again when we went on our

first transatlantic cruise

It gave me something to do with my hands

(and kept the book count down to a reasonable number)

Unlike some hobbies, needlepoint takes longer

so even if you're fairly prolific, you don't have

"hundred" of projects to find homes for.

For a few years, I had the cushions put away

One often tires of things.

But I got them out again

And "sprinkled" the cushions around the living room

However, two (or even three) cushions in the wing chairs

were one (or two) too many!

And a "line up" of cushions on the sofa

meant too much moving off (Husband Jim)

and putting them back on (me!)

But then I came up with a solution . . .

In the guest room

Which had a wonderful window seat

And one lone long cushion.

Which is a good backdrop for the needlepoint ones.

Some were from "kits" while others were from charts

Two mostly blues on this end

While a companion blue and white pillow anchors the other end

And then some florals bring a spot of color

As well as one "pattern" cushion

I like the cushions in the guest room

They're not in anyone's "way" and they make me smile whenever I go past 

and glance inside.

And I'm still needlepointing

working on a cushion that Jim got me a year ago Christmas.

It shall be in one of the wing chairs downstairs

And that cushion will come upstairs to join the others on the window seat.

It's Monday and I'm sharing my cushion "exchange" with Susan at Between Naps On The Porch for Met Monday