Now I really thought when I got a phone call the other day about the framing for the panda, it was to tell me that the framing was done. Noooooooooo it’s not and now I am on a new adventure!

What you see here is what I selected at the framers. Dark green silk matting that compliments the green beads, a little touch of black under it and this really great frame that matches the gold beads. That green! ooh that green! Needlepoint Inc Silk which I say is a celadon green is actually tagged in the mint green range…okay so what do I know? Well there isn’t much available in that green, so this is what I came up with. God bless both Susan and Peggy, the owner of Newport Needlepoint as they have both gone way over and above the call of duty to make sure that this gets the best framing humanly possible. The phone call was to tell me that the mat color was too dark, too nubby and that I needed to go fabric shopping for a lighter colored silk and with less nubs.

So hence the panda prowl as now I am looking for fabric. I went to Needlepoint of La Jolla yesterday and Michelle poured through the fabric samples with me from Marlene and I think that we found one. Another idea was to take a road trip to Britex Fabrics and that would be quite a trip being that it is in San Francisco! If you are ever there, it is a must stop destination! Four floors packed floor to ceiling with every fabric, button and sewing accessory you could ever think of. I have a dear friend who works a few doors away from Britex and she becane my designated shopper! There is some fabric on the way to me now and I will hope its the right one!

Sylvester is giving me the look yesterday “Feed me Mom” and yes the cats do eat on the counter. First of all as soon as I move the dry food to the floor, ants show up for dinner! and secondy I don’t cook! and if I do break down and spend some time cooking, they know at that time to stay out of the kitchen! and until next time…keep on stitching