I’ve been on holidays for the last week so that means I have had lots of time to get some stitching in. Added to the previous week where I actually took time of an evening to do some stitching - not something I have done much of for a while. I’ve started picking up a project on Sunday and working on it for a week, so I have progress on two WIPs to share.
First up is Pumpkin Pixie. I got a stack done on her - mostly trees and background though. I had to leave the very light colours of an evening because they were so hard on the eyes which is why so much of the dark tree was stitched on the next page without the first one being finished. The photo is not the best but it shows what I’ve done.
And to show just how much I got done in one week (ok, there was a sunday, anzac day and a good part of saturday put into this), I’ve added a photo of the chart pages to photobucket. The dark green is all I did last week.
Then last Sunday I started Blackstone Garden. I really wanted to do it on fabric I already had rather than buy more in - especially as I had bought some of Vikki’s linen for it but those two just didn’t work. So I went for Pansy (see previous post). It’s 28ct, so the crosses seem very large and it was strange stitching such large crosses after a week of 28ct over one, but it was also a nice break on the eyes. I had to stitch some of it more than once since I apparently forgot how to count but I had great fun working on it. Here it is after a week of work on it. If you want to see the colours a little better, I have a close-up of earlier in the week too.
Ok, while I haven’t done much stitching in the last 12-15 months, I do have some progress. There were some days where I just went on strike and did some stitching - mostly weekends or evenings. And of course, after I submitted my PhD I was able to get a bit more time in (when I wasn’t sleeping or looking and applying for jobs). So on with the piccies….
First we have Mystery X and Cirques. Managed to get Part 2 finished just last week on the former. And I went back and put the beads and crystals in for parts 1 and 2. Even made a start on Part 3 and got a good chunk of it’s beads in too. I’m all beaded out now though, so I won’t be picking it up again for a few more weeks.
The colours aren’t too good in the pic for cirques, but at least you can see how much I’ve done and have a small idea of colours. Although, the fabric is not actually blue.
Next some HAED progress. There’s a new start this year (Drac’s Leaf) and more progress on Stella. I’ve finally reached her face.
And I’ve been buying some silks. So now I want to start Blackstone. So what colours to do. I tried to take some pics of different floss tosses, but most of the scans and photos didn’t really give a good idea of the colours. I bought mottled magpie tears (from Vikki Clayton) thinking it would be a good one (and 36ct too which is good), but it just wasn’t right. So I went through my stash looking at other colours. Here are a couple of them.
The green I’m using is Vikki’s Dragon Opal (jadeite and black) and the other is a velvet midnight/ultraviolet mix that I had her dye for me. Originally I was thinking of more of a grey blue background. The ones above are PTP pansy (left) which is obviously more purple and grey and the one on the right more green and grey/brown (not sure it’s name count or anything). Of course, the stitching show is coming up, I could always take my spools to see the gals from Stitches and Spice and see if they have some ideas.
Ok. So I have been slack. But I was doing something very important, at least for some of the time. And I have proof….
Ok, so some of you know I like turtles. I’ve been taking some photos of turtle log (well that’s what I call it) when I walk past it each morning. Thought I would share.
One turtle…
Two turtles…
Three turtles…
More…
Hehe, ok, not more turtles. But very cute. I have been trying to get a photo of one of the little ducky families for a while now. Here are the babies. They were smaller than a tennis ball.
Well I got home today and here waiting for me was a lovely gift from Nancy. Yep, the halloween exchange from Nancy had arrived. And man, was I spoiled!
Didn’t I score! I’m really looking forward to using those gorgeous threads and fabric. Now, the stiching was only done in a week. How? I’m thinking Nancy is another octopus. Here is a close-up of her beautiful stitching.
I love the cats sooo much, and I really needed a needle book, how did she guess? Here is a pic of the other side of the scissor fob and the inside of the needle book.
Thank you Nancy! I love it all
Well Vicky and I went off to the craft show last month and I came home with all sorts of goodies. Much of it I can’t show as it is for gifts and such but here are some pretty pics of all that I came home with.
First of all here is a cool little quilt package and bits that I got (buttons, etc). Some fabric for finishing and my first q-snaps.
And then I got lots of threads. A stack of Carrie’s threads and some gorgeous blue linen from Stitches and Spice and some dinky dye silks.
I have done a bit of stitching over the last few weeks, but as I’ve been tired I have been sticking to nice simple over twos. This also means I’ve been playing with silks. My favourite of course has to be Cirques, and I will keep working on this one now until I finish the skein and have to order more.
I have also worked on a couple of assisi freebie bookmarks. Of course I started winter, but I have to order some more Ice Dragon. I have now done autumn too and just have to put all the metallic in now. Although that could take a couple of evenings.
The colours in the Cirques pic are pretty close, but the autumn bookmark pic is not so good.
Ok, so many of you know about my little boy. So I thought I would share a photo for those of you who have not met him in person. I took this photo about 30 mins ago. Macros loves sleeping on my bed and this particular pose is one of his favourites. Of course he has given me a scare a few times, especially the first time, as his breathing gets very slow and shallow and sometime his tongue hangs out too. There has been more than once that I have stood still and watched closely until I see his chest rise 
He’s a good excuse not to make the bed
This weeks is late again. The theme was technology. There were stacks of things I could have chosen, but decided to go for the simple approach. For those not in the know, this is the lid of my apple laptop
This week’s theme was books. As soon as I saw that I thought I’d go to the work library and take a photo up from the floor - without lying on the floor of course. It didn’t quite turn out as I had hoped, but in all not too bad I don’t think.
