Just One July SAL and a FINISH!!!!!!!!!!

I decided to take Preening Pixie with me on all my vacations this summer.  Being stuck in a car and on long plane rides gave me plenty of time to work on her mirror.   I even worked on her on the cruise ship.  I completed the left side of the mirror on my North Carolina trip.  The bottom right side was completed on the cruise, and when I got home.  I was determined to finish it!!!  

I think she turned out gorgeous on this fabric.  It is so much nicer than the navy aida that came with the kit!!!!

As I was going through my Bloglovin blog list I saw this one from Linda at Stitchin with my Furbabies.   She is a little crazy because she is on start 206 for this year!!!  That is right..206 starts this year!!!!  She mentioned that her friend Justine at Justine's Cross stitch  was doing a personal SAL of one project July...work on one project in July to see how much progress she could make on her stitching.  I thought this was a GREAT idea.   So I am going to spend the rest of July working on my HAED Faery Tales.  Since I only worked on Preening Pixie to begin with this month, I finished it!!  So I am going to make a dent on my HAED challenge page.  If you aren't on the HAED facebook page they do a quarterly challenge ot make you stitch in a new way.  This time around it is parking...which I my favorite way to stitch!   

Biltmore - Servants quarters

Sorry..I meant to post this last month but my Husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary in May.  Our present to ourselves was an Alaskan Cruise!!!!  We left for our trip on June 26th and didn't make it home until July 3rd.  Lots of pictures to post...but I want to finish the Biltmore!


Most of these pictures were taken behind glass doors....I don't think explanation are necessary.

all these jars!!!

I can just see them roasting meat on this spit!

Love all the copper!!!!

Look at all the tea servings!!!

servants table is bigger than mine at home!

I would hate to use all these irons!

My grandma had these washboards...

Such pretty cloths...

Biltmore - 3rd Floor Guest quarters - lot of pictures!!!

More pictures!!!  We are now headed to the 3rd floor which is the guest quarters.  Are you lost yet???  I was telling my friend that we could live here and never see each other!  One of the workers said that in some letters guests would get lost and need help getting to where they were going!

Guest living rooms...yes there is a mannequin - it has to do with the dress show. I will post the later.

Me next to the fireplace in the guest living rooms. 

More guest living room

guest bedrooms

Stairwell going down to the first floor!!!

Can we just move in here????

Biltmore 2nd floor - family rooms! - Post 2

Here we go Upstairs!!! We figured the wider edge was for the women and their dresses. I do have more than this but they contain the pretty dresses so they will have to wait

The chandeliers for the top 3 floors!

Tapestry on the way up to the 2nd floor.

Set a chairs in the family living area

Mr. Vanderbilt's bedroom

Me standing beside one of the doors...I am 5'1

Writing desk in Mrs. Vanderbilt's room, chaise lounge and bed  I want a room like this!!!  Wow!! No Words!!!