Noah's Sub Progress

As promised from yesterday's post... here's my progress on Noah's Sub. Boy I wish I could have more time to work on it!!!


The last installment of my ornament RR arrived today. I'll get to that sometime this week.

The Castle Progress

Well I'm pretty tired tonight, didn't do anything but stitch this weekend so no good reason why. So let's get down to business... here's The Castle by Teresa Wentzler. I got a good chunk done on Saturday.

Tomorrow I'll treat you with my Noah's Sub progress. I also worked on Tour Des Marques for the first time since January... Maybe I'll share that progress (not much really) later in the week when I need something to blog about.

SBQ

I've decided to hold onto SBQ's ... for days I really don't have much to show or talk about. This SBQ is from April 5th.

Q : How do you decide which stitching blogs are worth repeat and/or regular viewings? Are there certain things you look for in particular?Are there things you wish there were more of? Less of? Is your blog a good example of what you like to read?

A : I like to visit blogs that are about stitching... I'm honestly not too interested in blogs that are about some one's day-to-day life, unless its someone close to me. I like to see what other people are stitching on... ideas and concepts they have to share... and how they're finishing items. Those are often blogs that get my repeat visits... also blogs of my stitching friends. I always make a point of visiting any blog where someone has left behind a comment. I take the time to look at their blog, read some pots, and hopefully leave some comments in return. Its also sometimes fun to click on a random blog link on someone else's blog, blog comments, or a signature. Sometimes I discover a great blog that way. Also all of my commenters get added to my favourites on my computer and when I have the time I'll try to stop by and visit. Its a challenge to find the time to visit a lot of blogs. I'm sure like many of you, I end up prioritizing what blogs I'm going to visit beyond that day's commenters.

I'd like to think my blog is a good example of what I like to read... primarily its about stitching, with a smattering of life. I also love photographs, that's why I try to accompany every post with some type of image.

I'm looking forward to picking up The Castle tomorrow!

Photo : Cuddles... well being Cuddles.

Hedgehoggie Number 2

I've really been puttering with this next hedgehog, taking my sweet time. Actually I think all my stitching over the last two weeks kinda burnt me out a little, I haven't been rushing to pick up my stitching. I have one last colour choice to try out but I don't have it. I'll pick it up in a few weeks from Ann's booth when she's set up at the Cataraqui Guild's Merchant Mart in Kingston on the 28th.

Hedgehog Quaker

cThe Workbasket

Stitched on : 28ct Queen Ann's Lace Joblean

using DMC Colour Variations 4210

finish #15

Thank you for all the well wishes with my toe when I went back to TKD on Tuesday! I took things gingerly through that first class, and I made it through okay. Wednesday night I was back to teaching, that went well enough but I didn't run a smooth class like I usually do... focused on the toe I suppose. I know one wrong move the wrong way and owwieee! I also went again tonight for the black belt class. I really want to go for my 3rd degree this fall so I've GOT to go and train!

Noah's Sub Progress

I think having two weeks off of Taekwon-Do definitely helped with my stitching time! I got so much done on Noah's Sub in the last week!

Tonight I'm going to try out TKD and see how my toe does.

A Small Easter Finish

As I said in my last entry I was stitching up a couple of hedgehogs to see what colour of floss I'll like best on the Queen Ann's Lace fabric I bought (I already have 28ct in my stash but Paragdim is going on 32ct). Today I stitched up my hedgehog using DMC Colour Variations 4130, it only took a few hours, and I've got the first few stitches in the next one... as for the third, I'm going to have to buy that colour. I thought I had bought the dark blue in that same DMC line, but apparently I didn't.

Hedgehog Quaker

c The Workbasket

Stitched on : 28ct Queen Ann's Lace Joblean

Using : DMC Colour Variations 4130

Finish #15 of 2007

From this photo you don't really get a true idea of how the fabric and fibre colour work. I'm quite fond of this combination so far.


Once I'm done here online, I'll pull Noah's Sub out and give it some of my attention. I'll pull that second hedgehog back out tomorrow.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter one and all. I hope you're all enjoying your long weekend, with family and friends. We're not having a traditional Easter this year, Todd and I are not going to any family dinner. We had our Nephew over until early yesterday evening, that night we had a few friends and Todd's sister over for poker and UFC 69. Today we're just laying low, watching the Malaysian Grand Prix that we PVR'ed last night (at 2am... I thank the genius who invented the PVR!). Hunter posed for a lovely little Easter picture for us yesterday.

On Noah's Sub I'm still in never-never yellow land, and I'll be sharing a progress picture of that with you tomorrow. Today, I've got my progress on The Castle to share with you... I'm now officially 1/4 done! Yay! Next Saturday I'll start the bottom right hand page.

Today I'm going to start a small design (a freebie) called Hedgehog Quaker by The Workbasket to test floss colours for Paradigm Lost by Long Dog that I'll be starting in the fall. I'm actually going to stitch this design three times as I have three colours I want to test on the fabric I've chosen.