Photo Hunt #69 "Funky"

I started going through my files to find something "funky" it was a bit of a trip down memory lane when I started looking... but then I remembered this picture I took back in May of a tulip and for some reason the colours are over exposed or something because it had this funky/cool effect.

I have been stitching this weekend and I was hoping to finish the ornament I've been working on. But we went and spent some time with family today so while I did stitch outside for a bit while we visited I didn't stitch anywhere near as much I would if I had been at home by myself. Needless to say its not done, and I'm too tired to take a picture of my progress right now.

I should finish it tomorrow evening.

Photo Hunt #68 "Creative"

Alrighty ... time for another PhotoHunters update!

When I think of creativity my first thoughts are of crafting and such activities. It takes a lot of creativity to turn pieces of fabric, or other items into something beautiful. My first thought is of my Mum's quilts. This is called a shadow quilt while it was in process back in 2002. Its now finished and I covet it every time I visit my Mum.

Photohunt #67 "Tiny"

Its been a long time, since July that I've participated in Photohunt so I've got about 10 or so to catch up on! Number 67 is where I left off with the theme of tiny. Look at that wee bug on that wee Forget-me-not.

Finished Von's RR!

Finally! Its done! Between my travels, work and life, and getting Fair and Square done, its taken me about two weeks to get Von's Neighbourhood RR stitched up. It took some thinking to pick something for Von's RR as she wanted a English Cottage theme. I knew I had nothing in my stash of charts, so I pulled out my magazines. I got lucky and pretty close to the top of the stack I found a pattern in an old Just Cross Stitch Issue. This is actually a part of a larger design with a fox hunt but this small section was just too perfect!

I put in the final back stitches tonight! If I hadn't been so exhausted from work I probably could of finished this on Tuesday or Wednesday.

The Hunt

by Angela Pullen Atherton

Just Cross Stitch October 2005

I hope you like it Von!!!

September Goals (a little belated)

Whew! What a week and just one more day to go at work! (I'm looking forward to being at home this weekend!) I think I've finally got enough brain power to think about my goals!

August Recap
Finish Noah's Sub - Yes! Done!
Stitch One Ornament - Got it started
Stitch Kathy's Instant Gratification RR - Yup
Stitch Neighbourhood RR that shows up next - Got it started
Stitch Fair and Square exchange - Yup
Work on The Castle - a little

September Goals
Finish Von's neighbourhood RR
Stitch up gift
Stitch Sweetheart Tree RR
Finish ornament
Work on The castle

Long Weekend Update (Finally!)

Well my long weekend started as soon as 2:30 rolled around!

Bye, bye work! See you on Tuesday!

After a stop for gas and a caffinated beverage, my radio set to my favourite station it was time to hit the road! Just over three hours later with a stop for dinner I made it to Kathy's! As usual its a greeting with hugs and lots of catching up (its funny despite things like e-mail and MSN you still can find things to catch up on!). We settled in to stitch and watch movies. Kathy worked on her floral wreath and I started my fair and square exchange. We stitched late into the night (as all good stitchers like to do).

Saturday we woke up to a beautiful day on the shores of Lake Ontario! Kathy and I stitched the morning away as we waited for 1PM to roll around when a couple of the Brighton Thursday Stitchers to join us. We ended up with a nice cozy little group of me, Kathy, Judie, Angie, and Lisa, it was nice enough (but a little chilly at times) for us to stitch out on the deck overlooking Lake Ontario. Finally, late afternoon we were driven inside by the chill in the shade. Kathy fed all of us a most excellent spaghetti and everyone stayed to stitch until 8PM!

We had a beautiful sunset that evening.

Of course Kathy and I kept stitching... I even finished my Fair and Square exchange. Of course I can't share pictures of it yet.

Sunday was our finishing day! The main reason for my trip down. Kathy and I both had numerous ornaments to finish and other techniques we wanted to play with. What a long day too... we started our foray into finishing at about 10am... we didn't finish until 11pm!

Boy did we make a mess! If Kathy's hubby ever saw the mess we made... I think he would of just walked right back out of the door (he was away).

Of course some of the stitching ladies came by to stitch and sake their heads at our flurry of finishing!

Ann (left) & Kathy (right)

Beatrice (left), Barb (middle), Ann (right)

But we weren't totally done, we still had the trim to do on our ornaments we left that until the next day. I'll share pictures of all my finishing with you another day... I made one flat fold (still need to make some cord for that), one cube-it, and a stack of ornaments.

Here are the cube-its we made...

Left & Center Kathy's, Right mine, Dragon Dreams A Spot of Tea. We're really happy with how these turned out!

Kathy, thank you for a fantastic get-away! I enjoyed every moment of it!

I'll Post Soon...

Hi Folks! Just stopping in for a moment...

I had a great weekend and will tell you all about it soon (and pictures)... However its the first week of school and I always find it one of the hardest physically I'm just exhausted and don't have the time/energy to post just yet.

So I'm around... please check back, it may be the weekend before I find the oomph to get a nice entry put together for you.