Another W.I.P. Photo

Diane Graebner - Christmas Eve:

19.2% complete as of 22nd December 2008.

A Finish to Report

A. Fox Original - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow ...:

Finished on 19th December 2008

Stitched on 14 count Hand Dyed (by me) Aida. I changed the design a bit, including re-charting one of the larger snowflakes.

Monarch Beauty

Kustom Krafts - Monarch Beauty:

Seven parts of the Mystery SAL on the Kustom Krafts group finished. 48% complete.

Cabin in the Woods

HAED - Cabin In The Woods (Faulkner):

Page 19 Finished. 1 page (of 42 pages) stitched which is 3%

Latest Update

HAED - Tomboy (Fenech):

24 pages (of 36 pages) stitched which is 69.1%

HAED - Serengeti Glow (Schimmel):

10 pages (of 12 pages) stitched which is 77.8%

Kustom Krafts - Monarch Beauty:

Six parts of the Mystery SAL on the Kustom Krafts group. 36.6% complete.

HAED - Cabin In The Woods (Faulkner):

Half of page 19 (of 42 pages) stitched which is 1.8%

HAED - Sampler Letter R (Fenech):

Page 1 (of 4 pages) stitched which is 40.6%

HAED - Kustom Krafts - Blue Eyes:

Page 1 (of 9 pages) stitched which is 13.9%

Finishes:

Whispered by the Wind - Snow:

Finished on 24th November 2008

Stitched on 14 count Hand Dyed (by me) Aida.

Angel Stitchin - Candle Light:

Finished on 17th November 2008

From Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments 2008. Stitched on 18 count Blue Cloud Aida.

August and September Progress

HAED - Tomboy (Fenech):

22 pages (of 36 pages) stitched which is 64.3%

HAED - Serengeti Glow (Schimmel):

7 pages (of 12 pages) stitched which is 72.7%

Kustom Krafts - Monarch Beauty:

Three parts of the Mystery SAL on the Kustom Krafts group. 6.4% complete.

Shinysun - Shades of Blue (Marsh)

Half a page (of 6 pages) stitched which is 10.8%

HAED - QS Hang in There (Middleton):

Half a page (of 4 pages) stitched which is 15.4%

HAED - The Pink Rose (Lenoir)

1.5 pages (of 35 pages) stitched which is 5.2%

A couple of progress pictures

Lizzie*Kate 12 Blessings of Christmas Flip-it - Faith:

Finished on 2nd August 2008

HAED - Invariance (Bowser):

1.5 of 42 pages stitched which is 4.5%

Kustom Krafts - Monarch Beauty:

This is the first part of the Mystery SAL on the Kustom Krafts group. 1.5% complete.

Two Finishes and Four Updates

First the finishes.


HAED - TT Snow Family (Raisch):

Finished on 19th May 2008

Derwentwater Designs - Cliff Top:

Finished on 28th June 2008

Now the updates.

HAED - Serengeti Glow (Schimmel):

6 of 12 pages stitched which is 58.5%

HAED - Tomboy (Fenech):

21 of 36 pages stitched which is 61.2%

HAED - Desert Princess (Bowser)

1 of 18 pages stitched which is 5.6%

HAED - Celestial Night (Fain)

1 of 36 pages stitched which is 3.6%

Stitching Update

Here is my stitching update since the last post:

Lizzie*Kate - Winter Boxer:

Finished at last! I am celebrating this finish as I have had it on my to-do list for what seems like forever. It is stitched on 28 count flax linen and I really don’t like stitching on this fabric. I just have the Summer Boxer left to stitch.

Lizzie*Kate - 12 Blessings of Christmas Flip-it - Hope:

This was my first attempt at dying fabric and I am pleased how it worked out. The design is the first I have stitched of the '12 Blessings of Christmas'. I have the other 11 charts and will stitch them all one day.

CNSC - The Visitor:

I have stitched 1 of 4 pages which is 25%

HAED - Invariance:

This has so many colour changes it took a long time to get this far. I was ready for a change when I reached the end of the page!
I have stitched 1 of 42 pages which is 3%

HAED - TT Snow Family:

34% stitched

HAED - Serengeti Glow:

I have stitched 2 of 12 pages which is 20%
This is a lovely chart to work on. I was tempted to stay on it awhile longer, but Tomboy was next on my rotation and I haven't stitched on that one for a few months.

I am currently stitching on two projects, HAED - "Tomboy" and Solaria Gallery - "Girl from Alhambra", which I will show in my next post.

I’m back again – well sort of.

Thank you for all the messages and emails. I will get around to replying ASAP.

It was an unplanned absence due to a couple of things. Firstly out of the blue Richard talked about us moving and after a long discussion we decided it would be the right thing to do. We spoke to the estate agent who said he thought our house would sell quickly as there was a shortage of this size house on the market in this area. We rushed getting things ready, doing all the jobs that have been put off. I also had to go through everything I own and try and get rid of half of it as we will be moving to a smaller house. Wow, I have a lot of stuff! As soon as we put our house on the market things cooled down and houses are now not selling in the area (well this size anyway).

Well amongst that I had health problems. I am receiving treatment which is going well.

My stitching has suffered as although I am stitching sometimes, there have been a few weeks when I couldn’t do any at all. In fact this is one of them as I just don’t feel well enough, I am missing it though.

I don’t know how often I will be able to write my blog, but hopefully things will get back to normal (whatever that is) soon.

Even though I haven’t done as much stitching, I still have some to share with you as it has been so long since I last did an update. I haven’t stuck to the rotation, just stitched on whatever, whenever.

I have finished Lavender & Lace Celtic Winter:

This is waiting to be framed now. It looks better in real life, but then don't they always?

Next I worked on HAED – Tomboy:

I have reached the 52% mark which is 18 pages. This was my target for the year. There are only 18 more pages to go!

Lastly is HAED – QS Believe:

This is at 16%, which is just over half of the first page. I was surprised at how much confetti or isolated stitches this had on the butterfly. Maybe it was just I wasn’t feeling too good while I was working on it, so it seemed worse.

I have also just finished Lizzie*Kate Winter Boxer but haven’t taken a photo yet, will show that next time.

I am currently stitching on The Visitor, which is a picture of a fox. It reminds me of the foxes that visit our back garden. I am trying to get the first page finished before taking a photo, so hopefully I will be able to stitch again soon.

Well that’s it for now, thank you for reading my blog.