Happy Dancing…

I have two finishes to show off.  I put off updating my blog last week when I finished my penguins, but now I’ve got two to show.  Yay!

Here’s the penguins that I stitched for Andrew.  I’m going to make it into a pillow at some point…

The picture looks awfully dark, but it is stitched on white evenweave.

Here’s Tender Gaze.  I started it well over 2 1/2 years ago and it kept taking a back seat to whatever else I ‘d decided to stitch.  I finally pulled it out and finished it.

Not sure what I’ll do next – either I’ll finish wrapping the bars on my table topper, or start something else.  I’m not sure I feel like getting back to the bar wrapping just yet, so maybe I’ll start another one…

I hope everyone has had a lovely holiday...

I have had a wonderful, if busy, holiday - busy in that I feel like I've been cooking a lot!!

I didn't manage to finish my table topper in time for this Christmas, but I'm sure I'll be able to guarantee it gets finished for NEXT Christmas.

Anyway, just a quick message (since I've been AWOL for awhile) to wish everyone the happiest of holidays.

Remember my stocking?

Back in January/February, I stitched Just Nan’s Burgundy Bouquet for myself.  Well, I forgot all about it until I was looking for something the other day and found it.  I figured, with Christmas coming at us very quickly, that I should get it sewn up.

The other day, I finally got around to doing it.

I’m pleased with the way it turned out (well, except for the name tag which I think is a bit heavy).  I’m looking forward to hanging up all four this year – finally, a full set.

I’ve been steadily working away on my Rico table centrepiece.  I can’t show a picture since all I get in the photo is RED – nothing but a sea of red.  Hopefully I’ll manage to get a good picture of it when the cutting is done – but I’m not anywhere near doing that yet.

Today has been a non-stitching day, so far.  I have been doing some redecorating work.  I sanded down one of the kitchen windows (messy work!) and then painted a base-coat on it.  I’ve also painted a 2nd basecoat on the tiny window, plus a topcoat (the first coat  I painted had dried since it was this morning).  I’m done that for the day, I think – maybe.  I’m eager to get the windows done, so MAYBE I’ll paint another basecoat on the larger window tonight.  We’ll see how tired I am.  I still have the large window to sand down, etc., so it’s not as if it’ll be completely finished.

It’s been ages…

I know, I know – ages and ages since I’ve updated my blog.  For awhile there, I wasn’t stitching at all and really had nothing at all to say about it.

Now I’m stitching, but trying to spend less time on the computer.  I’ve succeeded somewhat.  Unfortunately, I’m not visiting the boards as often as I used to – perhaps I’ve lost interest in them since I started, or just trying to prioritize my life a bit better.  It’s a catch-22 situation – if I spend time on the computer, then I don’t get any stitching or housework done,  I’ve got so many charts and kits in my stash that I’ll never get to if I’m constantly on the computer.

I’m currently stitching in a large Rico table centrepiece for Christmas.  It’s a hardanger star about 2.5 feet wide, so it may take me awhile.  I’ve just started on the inner part of the outer star – the kloster blocks.  Once the kloster bocks are done, I have to do a blanket stitching around the edge of that star – then I start cutting and wrapping.

Anyway, this was meant to be a quick post.  I’ve just finished my workout for the day and need to get into the shower.  The kids are at school until 12:15, so I don’t have as much time to myself as usual today.

At long last…

It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged about anything.  Sorry about that – life does have a way of getting in the way.

I’ve just finished stitching a design that I really ought to have done 11 years ago – but I probably wouldn’t have had the skill to complete it back then anyway.  My stitching has come a long way since then and I’ve learned a lot – mostly with the help of the internet.

This year, my DH and I have been married 11 years.  I never managed to get around to stitching a wedding sampler for us, so when I saw The Victoria Sampler’s Forever and For Always, I decided that was the one I wanted to do.   Now, credit crunch or not, I refused to pay out the £24 for the accessory pack.  I decided to just choose my own colours, keeping as close to the colours on the chart as I could.  I didn’t want to COMPLETELY change the look of the colours, in case my choices in colour were gaudy in comparison.  Anyway, here it is in all its glory:

Looking at the photo here, the colours aren’t very true to life.  The leaves on the roses are more of a moss green than yellow, for one thing.

On another note, the kids are back at school.  My DS just started school and so is on mornings only until Sept. 22nd.  They tend to ease them into school – good for the kids, but for parents of more than one child in school, it means going back and forth a few times…  Oh well, just another couple of weeks of this.

Summer Biscornu finish

Some of you may have heard of the Victoria Sampler competition running on the VS Yahoo group.

I’m pleased to say that I have finished my entry for the competition.  I’ve used some hand painted silk ribbons that I found on Ebay for the flowers.

Here it is:

I’m quite pleased with the way it has turned out.

Just a quick progress update

I’ve been working away on the penguin design for Andrew – trying to spend a little more time stitching and less time on the computer (although that doesn’t appear to be happening today so far).

I’m currently trying to also plan Andrew’s birthday party – fun stuff…