On Saturday we spent the day at Rebecca's grandparent's cottage. It was a fantastic day to be sitting on the screened in deck... you've got it stitching.
The erratic life of a busy stitcher
Monday, July 05, 2010
Thanks Rebecca!
I had a fantastic, perfect stitchy weekend at Rebecca's! She had me out to her place from Thursday-Sunday and oh boy did we stitch! Bonnie joined us on Friday and... oh boy did we stitch! On Sunday Beth joined us in the afternoon, it was so good to see her again.
Here's where Celestial Dragon ended up at the end of the evening yesterday (with a little bit of Hunter's tail). I finished yet another 1/4 of the dragon and got a good start on the last. Unfornately once all of the cross stitching is done on this last 1/4 I won't be finished yet! There's the scales to backsttich... all in gold blending fillament (ick), then the whole background is netting, all done in backstitch, witha bead in each corner! Lots and lots of beads!!!! So unfortunately the finish line isn't in sight.
On Saturday we spent the day at Rebecca's grandparent's cottage. It was a fantastic day to be sitting on the screened in deck... you've got it stitching.
The boys were just having so much fun in the lake!
Bonnie was a sweetie, after she found herself a flower frog... she managed to find one for me too (for a great price!!!). My scissors are now proudly displayed in my new scissor frog. Thanks bonnie!
Hunter was being adorable while I was trying to photograph Celestial Dragon, so I took a picture of him.
Cuddles was feeling left out so he got his picture taken as well!
On Saturday we spent the day at Rebecca's grandparent's cottage. It was a fantastic day to be sitting on the screened in deck... you've got it stitching.
CD is looking so good. It will be spectacular when it's done. And what sweet kitties. They look so comfortable!
ReplyDeleteThe dragon is looking better and better. Sounds like a great weekend. Love the photo of the guys jumping into water. And your scissors look great in their new home.
ReplyDeleteAwesome stitching, Dani! Ugh, I am not much for blending fillament either. It's pretty & all but such a pain to stitch with.
ReplyDeleteLove the cat's photos. They are adorable!
You've made a lot of progress!
ReplyDeleteThe collection of scissors looks fantastic in the frog.
Great job. When people ask me why I don't sell my needlework, thoughts of your piece and others enter into my mind. They have no idea how much work we do on our projects!
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is "WOW." The patience needed to stick with a project like this is unimaginable. Kudos to you Dani! It'll be done in no time if you keep this up! :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had a great time. CD is looking great, I don't envy you the beading and backstitching. Love the kitties!
ReplyDeleteYes we did get lots of stitching done, with some fun stuff and eating thrown in.
ReplyDeleteYour very welcome for your scissor frog... Sometimes you find the neatest things when you are not looking for them.
Can't wait to see you again!
CD is progressing sooo well. Ugh backstitch. Love the pictures of the cats and the boys and your new scissor frog.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful weekend. CD looks really impressive, its going to be absolutely stunning when its done.
ReplyDeleteSweet cats too
Wow, you're really making progress! I have to disagree though :-) the end is in sight, might not be in the very near future, but you are getting so close to finishing!
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures of the cats!
Wow, you've got so much done - great going! He's spectacular.
ReplyDeleteJust incredible, Dani!! Good luck with all of that blending filament--I avoid it whenever possible. It just doesn't like me :)
ReplyDeleteYour kitties are so darling--such sweet little faces...
CD is looking fab, good luck with the beads and back-stitching.
ReplyDeleteCute kitties!
Looks like a great weekend Dani. You are doing wonderful work on (my) dragon!!!! Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great scissor frog from Bonnie.
See you Saturday.
Great job on CD...Hunter and Cuddles are adorable!
ReplyDelete-Jen
CD is looking so good, such a lot of progress since i was last here, i am way behind on blog reading - sorry.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab weekend you had, love the scissor frog
That sounds like an awful lot of work still to go on CD! Looks great though!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great weekend. I just purchased the same flower frog at one of the antique shops near me. There's all kinds of them around here.
I had a wonderful time as well...and I'm glad the photo of the boys doesn't show too much of me, but the face on me is priceless! Stitching, eating and gabbing - it was a wonderful long weekend. See you soon!
ReplyDeleteOh Dani CD is getting more and more a dragon, all the best withe the backstitches and the beads....
ReplyDeleteHugs
Erna
It sounds like you had a wonderful time at your stitchy weekend. You may not be able to see the finish line on CD just get, but you are definitley over half way. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI love your kittens !
ReplyDeletebeading can be a drag, but it does make it look so much more stunning !
What an awesome weekend you had, much deserved :) Your pics are so fun, and your WIP looks beautiful and you are making great progress ((hugs)).
ReplyDeleteKaryn
WOW! You made a great progress on Celestial Dragon, it is looking stunning!!
ReplyDeleteI love the flower frog scissor holder idea. Yours is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSooooo...did you jump in the lake too? It looks quite chilly.
CD looks great! It looks like you had a fantastic weekend. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had such a lovely weekend - CD is looking brilliant, it's coming along so quickly!
ReplyDeleteThe dragon is really looking great. But what I really love is your scissor frog. It is gorgeous and I love all your scissors too. But the best thing is the great weekend you had.
ReplyDeletePatti xxx
Great job and .... i love that dragon !!!The frog scissor holder is really gorgeous :D !Very nice pictures Dani, you were definitely a very nice weekend ..
ReplyDeleteHugs Ingrid
Glad you had a great time :) CD is looking stunning!
ReplyDeleteCute kittie pics. They look very contented.
amazing stitching!!i love the scissor frog!.
ReplyDeleteCD is looking great - love your scissor frog!
ReplyDeleteFun furbabie pictures, they look so sweet. Love your flowerfrog, where do you find those at? Nice progress on CD. I didn't realize all the backstitching with filament was left as well as the beading part, that will make for a bit more time till done.
ReplyDeleteAs to your question on the cat mats, yes they go home with the cat when it is adopted so it has something familiar to smell and snuggle with while it is adapting to its new home.
Sue
Looks like you had a fabulous weekend!
ReplyDeleteI'm liking the flower frog :)
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