Time is Ticking...

Have I told you I love old pillow ticking? 

It's just one of those

simple

&

timeless

things...

My collection consists

of light blues

in narrow stripes...

 

darker indigo blues...

 

blues with reds...

&

wide blue stripes

(my personal favorite)

I've spent a few evenings surrounded by piles

of ticking that I've collected over the years.

Thumbing through it,

folding and refolding it,

even picking off some

down from their backside's

and 

for the most part

contemplating

and 

trying to

visualize...

But enough playing with the ticking,

it's time to get down to business.

Time is ticking,

and

a decision needs to be made

as market is quickly approaching

and 

I've got deadlines to meet.

I've always wanted

to incorporate 

old pillow ticking 

into a sampler design. 

The idea has gone from a sketch,

in my sketch pad,

to almost reality.

Except...

except, I'm "scaird" to death

to cut into the freshly cross stitched sampler...

It's going to give me sweaty pits.

I just know it is...

Wish me luck.

And with any luck,

in a few weeks,

you'll see the finished product

in a new cross stitch pattern.

Crossing all finger & toes that I don't screw it up,

Brenda