First March Break HD!

Yay I'm starting March Break off the way I wanted to with a Happy Dance!!! I've just finished up my March ornament (hopefully I'll be able to squeeze in a second!). This is a selection from the JCS 05 Ornament RR, Golden Garland By Paw Printings c2005. This one makes ornament number 7 for 2006!

I'm really enjoying these Ornament Round Robins! I'm stitching a lot of ornaments I would of never personally chosen and finding out I'm enjoying them. Also I'm not having to buy expensive supplies for just a little bit of stitching. Better yet my ornament comes kitted up in the mail and I don't have to plan what ornament I'm going to stitch from one month to the next.

With the completion of this ornament, I'm starting my March Break 2006 stitching project. I have already got the first stitches in Jeannette Douglas's Bug Collector in the bright colour scheme. Instead of stitching this one the recommended white fabric I'm stitching it on a piece 32ct Lugana Colour Blooms in Blue Cloud. Now I'm not sure when or where I got this fabric from. I think its a Silkwever Colour Bloom before it was sold off to what is now Heaven and earth Designs. I think its going to look fantastic on this fabbie!

Off to stitch! Stitch! Stitch!

I'M FREE!!! & SBQ

Yay! Its finally here! March Break! One whole week of freedom and lots of stitching!! I do wish I was going away this year but that's just not in the books. However, I have plenty of activities planned for this upcoming week! I'm starting with a trip down to Brighton to visit my friend Ann, owner of Knowledge and Needles. I'm helping her to re-organize the shop.

Now onto the SBQ...

Q : Do you have an organizational system for your patterns? If so, how do you organize them? If not, have you considered organizing them?

A : Yes I do have an organizational system for my charts. I use binders and sheet protectors. I have a binder for just Teresa Wentzler Designs, one for just Dragon Dreams Designs and one for Chatelaine Designs. From there I have 4 binders for assorted designers volumes 1-4. In my assorted binders I have the charts alphabetically organized first by designers/company name then by chart title.

Well once I'm done online I'm going to finish up my March ornament then I'm going to pull out everything to stitch Jeannette Douglas's Bug Collector. This is my vacation project!

Late Night HD

Whew! I'm tired this morning! Last night at about 12:15am I finished the third of four models for Great Bear Canada! Yay one left to go!

Celestial Dragon Progress

I had a great night with Celestial Dragon last night! I completed the inner row that mirrored the outer border I had stitched. I wish I could focus more time on this project.

Tonight, and for the rest of this week I'll be working on my model for Great Bear Canada (#3 for this year).

Gifts and Stash

Yay its Celestial Dragon day! I'm looking forward to getting to some stitching once I'm done here online! I think once I'm done my models I'm going to make celestial Dragon my focus project and put Noah's Sub on the backburner (which it has been since January). I'd like to get CD finished for the fall.


Well lets go from oldest to newest in terms of gifts. Last week I finally got my Valentine's Day gift from my other half. Its not a very romantic present but its a useful one. Todd got me a v-groove/free form cutter for my framing.










Late last week I also got RAK'ed by Eileen over at The Wagon BB! She sent me a frebie chart, Mermaid Mitten and the specialty fabric needed to stitch it on. That you Eileen, what a treat!!!








Today was a stash mail day! I received two parcels in the mail. One was from Needlecraft Corner, it had two of the Fantasy Faire 2006 charts I wanted. I also ordered second copies for Christin, we often do things like that, if we both want the same thing one of us will order 2. My second parcel, was a long awaited one from Traditional Stitches. In that parcel was 2 skiens of medieval Mulberry SNC and 6 Mill Hill star treasures for the JCS 05 RR I'm in. The RR is already underway so I can send off the extra floss and treasures this week. Also from traditional Stitches I ordered a skein of WDW Scuppernog before a kind friend bought me one. These items had been on back order since December so its nice to finally have them.

A Quick Catch Up

Becuase it's wayyy past my bedtime! I got a lot accomplished today, so I wanted to share!

I ormentified three ornaments today (Sunday). So far I'm keeping up with my plan that I will finish ornaments every time I have 3 stitched up so that I don't have a huge pile in November/December!

I finished :
Prarie Schooler Freebie (I had no clue this was such a bad picutre I'll take a new one tomorrow... there that's better!)

















Next was Christmas Blessing finished as a pin-keep.



















Finally, Never Too Big By Dragon Dreams



















Finally, I made fantastic progress on Celtic Banner!!! I think I'll have that border done in one or two more rotations.

SBQ and Model Progress

First this week's SBQ, not a topic I have much to say about...

Q : What cross-stitch magazines or other publications (as opposed to blogs) do you read on a regular basis? What do you like about them?What do you not like? What would your perfect publication include?

A : There's nothing in paticular I like to read in terms of needlework periodicals. Actually my criteria for buying a magazine... its got to have something I like to stitch in it! The only other reason I would buy a magazine is if it has an in-depth article on one of my favorite designers or if it had directions for a cool finishing technique.

Last night I started the first of two more models for Great Bear Canada. Boy did I stitch like gang busters! I've almost finished the first colour in the design. I think this is going to be a quick stitch!!!