Came home to another sweet package today! My waterlilies order from ebay!
I'm getting so excited about this project! The colors are so amazing!
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Magic....The Gathering
So begins the gathering of materials for my first Chatelaine piece. I received my first batch today. Dinky Dyes and NPI silks! The colors are sooo beautiful and the sheen of the silk is just magic!
And thanks to Danielle and her genius idea, I made my first ebay purchase in YEARS when I found a seller online offering Carons Waterlilies waaaay below the regular price.
I still have quite a bit to go in completing the gathering. Plus, I still have to pick some fabric! My lns is having a super bowl sale in a few weeks so I will definitely be taking my list and marking off a few more things!
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Tiny Birds
Birds stitched over one. After the swan debacle, I decided it would better for my sanity to stitch the over one motifs using a half cross stitch. Its worked out very well so far, but I've learned my lesson when it comes to over one stitching and 40 count.
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
First Finish of 2012
Complete with french knots. They aren't perfect, but they're on there!
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Sweet Progress
I've made a nice bit of progress on A Sweeter Love by Plum Street Samplers. I'm stitching on 40 ct. using the called for silks. I'm really enjoying this stitch and it will be very special for me as I plan to personalize it for our wedding. Above the couple I am planning something along the lines of a rhodes heart with our initials and the in the space between the "bride" and the white house, adding our wedding date.
Last night and today I stitched the flowers in the border, finished another motif and started working on the border around the verse. I found two mistakes in the vines of the border. Too far along to frog, one doesn't really matter but the other puts off my border by one darn stitch. So, I will have to remember that when I do the other side to make sure they line up.
Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!!
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Birthday Fun -- Part One
I haven't yet uploaded pictures from my camera yet but I used my phone to take pics of the coolest bday gifts ever!!
Friday, my hubby got home from work and gave me an early gift. This beautiful necklace! I love it sooo much! I showed it to him a few times (and texted him the website link) and he remembered how much I liked it!
The other gift is this super awesome blanket my gf gave me. Dh surprised me by setting up a double dinner date with her and her hubby Friday night and she was waiting outaide the restaurant when we pulled up! I am in love with this blanket, it is so soft and cuddly and cupcakes! She said when she saw it, she knew it was for me.
Funny story of the night....after getting home from dinner that night I sat down to cuddle up with my new blanket and do some late night stitching. Well, the ends of couch recline and as I grabbed the handle on my end to put up the footrest......it broke off in my hand!!! So, no more reclining for this girl. I've spent the last week trying to find the best new way to relax and it is very difficult!
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
And Back To Our Regularly Schedule Programming
Happy New Year!! Four days into the new year and it's back to the same old, same old. I had an amazing new years/birthday weekend with my DH. Once I upload pics from the my camera, I will be sure to share the fun with all of you.
Many of my online stitching pals have posted blogs in the last few days about resolutions and goals they have set for myselves. I reviewed my post from last year and some of the goals I had set for myself were kept, and some were not. I won't go into the sad and pathetic details, but this year I decided to take it easy on myself. There is nothing more depressing for a stitcher than to read about another stitching stating that they ONLY had 3, 500, 372 finishes this year, much less than the previous years finishes. Honestly, I might have had a whopping four finishes this year. BUT, after considering that I spent the majority of last year planning one of the most important days of my life (my wedding, duh) and that I STITCHED EVERY FREAKING FLOWER IN MY WEDDING BOUQUET (not to mention my MOH's and the grooms bout)....sooooo thats like a hundred finishes, right? So, boo yah. LOL.
Anyway, I took an extra day for myself yesterday. It was lovely, DH was back to work so I had the house all to myself. I stewed in my own filth and wore my pj's all day while sitting on the couch stitching and watching "The United States of Tara" on Netflix. Wow, thats a wacky show. Funny, though. I worked all day of my January Cottage. Much impressed with my progress!
At some point, I took a small stitching break to go through the pile of stuff that has accumulated at my end of the couch in our living room. In one bag, I packed in all my wip's and kitted projects and left them nicely tidied away. In another bag, I packed miscellaneous things such as threads or random bits of fabric. I also put in a few things I was given or bought that are just no longer my dish or I stitched them and must needs find something to do with them now. I see a giveaway in the future!! Right now though, they are jammed into our spare bedroom where all the other random things in our house gather.
After DH got home and started playing a video game, I trudged upstairs for a light bit of housecleaning and found an old faithful on my desk in our bedroom. Poor 'Sweetest Love', patiently waiting for some attention. I grabbed her up and finished stitching the roof on the white house and this heart and crown motif. I love this motif, it is my favorite on this piece. I think I am having a new found thing for crowns. I also love the key which is in the picure showing all that I have done so far.
Many of my online stitching pals have posted blogs in the last few days about resolutions and goals they have set for myselves. I reviewed my post from last year and some of the goals I had set for myself were kept, and some were not. I won't go into the sad and pathetic details, but this year I decided to take it easy on myself. There is nothing more depressing for a stitcher than to read about another stitching stating that they ONLY had 3, 500, 372 finishes this year, much less than the previous years finishes. Honestly, I might have had a whopping four finishes this year. BUT, after considering that I spent the majority of last year planning one of the most important days of my life (my wedding, duh) and that I STITCHED EVERY FREAKING FLOWER IN MY WEDDING BOUQUET (not to mention my MOH's and the grooms bout)....sooooo thats like a hundred finishes, right? So, boo yah. LOL.
Anyway, I took an extra day for myself yesterday. It was lovely, DH was back to work so I had the house all to myself. I stewed in my own filth and wore my pj's all day while sitting on the couch stitching and watching "The United States of Tara" on Netflix. Wow, thats a wacky show. Funny, though. I worked all day of my January Cottage. Much impressed with my progress!
After DH got home and started playing a video game, I trudged upstairs for a light bit of housecleaning and found an old faithful on my desk in our bedroom. Poor 'Sweetest Love', patiently waiting for some attention. I grabbed her up and finished stitching the roof on the white house and this heart and crown motif. I love this motif, it is my favorite on this piece. I think I am having a new found thing for crowns. I also love the key which is in the picure showing all that I have done so far.
So it seems that my goal this year will be to stitch from my stash. I had set the same goal for myself last year and seemed to do very well with it. Most of the stash I purchased last year wase fabric or threads to kit up charts that I already had. This year, I can now spend stitching those kitted up projects. My first Chatelaine chart came in the mail last weekend so I will also slowly, but surely, be gathering the threads and treasures needed for that start. As for now, I have PLENTY to keep me busy!
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