Stitching & Stuff

Hey,

Sorry no post yesterday... it rained.... again.... all day.... (sigh). Anyways, I stitched like a demon over the weekend. Got quite a bit done on Steam Punk Fairy, then switched over to Fruit Cocktail. I stitched last night on Queen's Croquet Ground.





I found the floor stand I want. Now to come up with $400! Its the Mark II from www.hearthsidescraftworks.com. I really wanted one with the spring loaded feature so that you don't have to unscrew anything to get to the back of your work. Also, this will fit around my chair. I like that it comes with the pattern holder and accessory tray too. Since I'm going to be using at least 2 Pako needle holders, I think I'll see about getting an extra tray. So now all I have to do is come up with the money!

I'm posting a bunch of stuff on Etsy this week so please, please, please go BUY IT!!! My username on Etsy is BrightStitch. There will be some new scissor fobs, some great fabric fat quarters, and a bunch of Dimensions GC Petites kits. (I can finally part with these now that I almost exclusively stitch my patterns and HAEDs) Also, I'll be posting a few finished XS items too.

Mood: Waterlogged
Song: Always a Flame - Gene Loves Jezebel

Stitching Update

Ok, I worked on three things over the weekend... I finished the first page of Mermaid of the Deep (no pic of this one), I finished my second page of Speckled Fairy, and worked quite a bit on Steam Punk Fairy.

Speckled Fairy


Steam Punk Fairy



I also bought a new set of DMC colors for Steam Punk. I'm still perfecting having the threaded needle ready attached to the bobbin, but those are threaded with one strand. I'm doing Steam Punk on 18ct with two strands. I figured that it would muck up the whole system if I switched back and forth. Also, for the 18ct I like to do a loop start so I want really long pieces to start with. For the 28ct over one, I want a much smaller strand to start with. Soo.... I figure I'm going to have to have two sets of DMC eventually... one for over one and one for larger count projects. I knew I bought that extra Jammer for a reason.

Remember... you can never have too much floss! :)

Progress on Steam Punk and Speckled Fairy

I stitched quite a bit this weekend considering how busy I was with other things. Friday night DH and I took his 87 Iroc to the dragstrip. First time in while that we've been at night. It was nice not to be in the sun. The Iroc ran ok, it's still stock right now, but he plans to put a turbo set up in it soon. Saturday I went to play bingo for a while, then off to the grocery store to get some stuff to make to go to a party Sat. night. I made a green bean casserole (sans mushrooms). We had a pretty good time. There was lots of food and plenty to drink. As it happens when you get old, we didn't stay too late, so I got some stitching time in when we got home. Sunday, I took my son school shopping. Wasn't too bad, we were able to get all he needed at Target. They wear uniforms here (well, polo shirts and jeans or khakis) and all he needed was some jeans and some shorts. I stitched for a while in the afternoon, then again later at night.

Here is my progress on Steam Punk Fairy:


And on Speckled Fairy:


I'm really going to get those WIP pages done today, really! LOL

Mood: blah-ish
Song: Unhappy Birthday - The Smiths

Sunshine and Rainbows... maybe

I couldn't face the whole 613 crisis so I decided to stitch on Rainbow Mermaid last night. But no.... you can't escape that easy... I found that Rainbow Mermaid has been stitched with the imposter 613 too. Anyways, after looking at what I had done so far, I decided to continue on this one with the incorrect color. It looks fine because the overall colors on this one are more green to begin with. So here's my progress as of last night.









And here's my progress on Steam Punk from the night before:


I sincerely wish all I had to do in life is stitch... I could go all day.

I should be finished with the rest of the WIP pages today, be sure to check out the links on the left side.

Have a fricken happy day,
Cheryl


Mood: cranky
Song: Dr. Online - Zeromancer

Steam Punk Start

Well, like I said I'm weak.... I started Steam Punk Fairy on Tues night. Got quite a bit done.

Pattern by Heaven and Earth Designs

We've recently moved our home based business to an actual store, so my computer went there. This has given me A LOT more time to stitch in the evening because I'm not distracted by surfing the net or playing games on pogo.com.

It's different than most of my WIP's in that I chose to stitch on 18ct Aida instead of my usual 28ct. Seems to go faster but I think it's just that you're covering more area with each stitch. Here are some progress pics:

Original:


First Night:


Last Night:


I actually took pictures of all my WIP's last night... and there were more than I remembered! I think I should probably at least try to finish something soon. LOL I did finish a sampler for my DH's nephew's wedding last week, I forgot to take a picture of it. I'll try to post it tomorrow.

I'm working on having a progress page for each one that you'll be able to link to from the list on the left. I think I have the layout the way I want it, tis just a matter of collecting all of the data on stitch counts and such. I hope to post a few of them today, and the rest perhaps tomorrow.

Happy Stitching,
Cheryl