A Morning of Finishing

Well I couldn't procrastinate any longer... so this morning as soon as I got up it was into the craft room for me! Of course part of the problem for me not finishing these items was the fact that I was just never home to do it! Today I'm having a lovely Saturday at home just puttering around... might even take a nap soon!

First my friend Chrisanne made up three versions of her nametag... so I finished all three for her! They all have penguin fabric on the back too! I think I like the last one the best!

Also I hope my massage therapist doesn't read my blog... because Monday I have an appointment with her and she happened to mention it was her birthday! So I finished up Brittercup's Portrait of a Cat and Portrait of a Dog as pillows for her. They're so cute!

Once I'm done online... it'll be back to Noah's Sub... I can see a page happy dance in the near future!

SBQ

Q :As we all know, stitching in the winter can really be rough on the hands. What do you do to treat your hands well in the cold winter months? Do you have any suggestions for creams or soaps? Or perhaps a special regimen that you would like to share?

A : No real regime here... I just use hand cream frequently while I'm at work.

Not much progress on Noah's Sub ... I'm tired!

Today's picture : another picture of the grounds at Manoir D'Youville.

Progress, and More Progress!

Alright... stright to the point, as promised, progress spictrues!

Noah's Submarine from Stoney Creek

The Accolade Timeless Designs

Mini Cottages 4 by Michael Powell

Sweetheart Tree RR - Round 2

As I'm sure I said earlier this week I received the next installment of the SHTRR on Tuesday. Right then and there I started on it... I didn't want to have a last minute scrabble like I did with my own and my last TWRR! I worked on it every spare minute I could find this past week. I managed to finish it while I was visiting with my stitching friend Kathy this weekend!

Here's an adaptation of some of the bands from the sampler Fleuressence c1996

Jennifer's layout is very interesting, she's turning it into some kind of book! I'm anxious to see it when she's done the finishing on it... of course it'll be awhile this is a rather large RR with 8 stitchers (the average is 6).

Here's the area where she asked us to stitch our names... why they're upside down I have no clue but there's a reason!

While visiting with Kathy this weekend I've made amazing progress on several of my current projects! Noah's Sub has grown in leaps and bounds! Michael Powell's Mini Cottages 4 no longer looks like white and grey blobs. And I've worked on the Accolade as well. I'll be sharing progress pictures of all of these with you tonight after another full day of stitching!

Greetings From the Shores of Lake Ontario

Since Friday night, I've been here on the shore of Lake Ontario outside of Brighton. I'm having a little weekend visit with my stitching friend Kathy before she does her snowbird thing for the winter! (lucky lady!) I've had a nice visit so far down here, hanging with Kathy in her beautiful home bare meters from the water. I've gotten so see a couple of friends in the area, and oh boy I've stitched a lot! Makes up for the month of almost no stitching I think!

I've finished the first installment of the Sweetheart Tree RR. I've worked on my Michael Powell Mini Cottages 4 and I've put in time on Noah's Sub! All of these will deserve photos here on my blog when I get back home Sunday afternoon!

Till then!

P.S... Christin is it done yet?

No Rest For The Wicked!

Well I had one night of Noah's Sub ... before my next round robin showed up in the mail! So today I started on Jennifer's Sweetheart Tree RR.

I think I should be able to have that done in the next day or two, then I can go back to "The Sub"... that's if the last installment of the TWRR doesn't show up first!

This picture is from the grounds at Manoir D'Youville in Quebec.

Chili Peppers, Cute Furry Purries, An HD and Goals

Well life still hasn't slowed down for me yet! I think its about to... maybe?



Friday night after work I hooked up with Christin and Chrisanne in Chapters. After resisting any purchases (who can deny a new book?) we grabbed a bite to eat. Good thing too, we got to the Scotia Bank Place in time to catch the last two songs by the opening band for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mars Volta. They were sooo loud I couldn't stand to go find our seats! While wandering the concourse, after buying my concert shirt I ran into someone I didn't expect! You can ask Christin, no matter where I go I seem to be able to run into someone I know! Anyhow I had to double check when I spotted this person... my nephew Nick with his Dad! How cool is that, my 11 year old nephew going to the Chili Peppers concert! He even had better seats than we did, we were in the nose bleeds off to one side. Poor Christin and Chrianne had a bit of a run in with a couple of fans during the show you can read about it here at Christin's blog she can tell it better than I can! Anyhow it was a great show, and I got some pictures! (well the best I could do considering our seats!).

This weekend has been spent at the OVGS booth at Fibrefest, demonstrating/promoting the guild. Which I have to say I enjoy doing since you get to talk to so many people about my favorite hobby! The only down side is I spend all weekend there, and once again away from the house. It is a challenge to make good progress on a project when you're starting and stopping... and some frogging had to be done now and again on my Sweetheart Tree RR that goes in the mail on Monday.

Saturday morning, Hunter was being super cute and of course I've captured the moment! The sun was shining bright, and he decided to go between the blinds and the window in our bedroom. So I captured his shilloutette. I tried to get a picture of his eys by lifting up one slat of the blinds... but you can see this very quickly turned into a game! Oh he was so cute!




This evening I just finished my Sweetheart Tree RR! . So here it is :

Blueberry Heart

c 1996 Sweetheart Tree

28ct White Jubilee

DMC threads, substitute Mill Hill beads for Delica DB-27 Metallic Green AB

Hopefully I'll have at least a week before my last TWRR shows up and my first SHTRR and I'll get some stitching in on Noah's Sub, and I can share my progress with you... I don't think I've touched it at all this month!!!

Now here's my September Goal Review :

Stitch TWRR - Yes, done just in time!
Work on Noah's Sub - an ity bit!
Stitch an Ornament - never got one done
Stitch a freebie - didn't have the time
Plan Sweetheart Tree RR - Yes, just in time!
Plan Ornament RR - The organizer has let this fall apart :-(


October Goals :

Finish TWRR
Stitch Sweetheart Tree RR
Work on Noah's Sub
Stitch an Ornament
Stitch a freebie