Progress...Sunshine

Well, I find it weird, that this is one of my most worked on progress pieces right now and for some reason I never put it on my Up for a challenge list...Oh well, I may have to change that. Here is my progress on Lamb #5.

I have been trying to work on it a little everyday, I actually ran out of the light colored blue of the sky, so need to get some more, but I keep pressing on with the HUGE sun, and working in the clouds, so there is still progress happening! i REALLY want to finish this one by the end of the month so that I can use most of next month to put the Quilt together, and have it done by the time my lil' Lyssa-Bear arrives in March. I have been having trouble getting comfy when I try ot sit for long periods of time to stitch or read though, so I have not been stitching AS much as I would like, but IF I can get this done before February then I'll be happy!

Progress on Petal

I realized that I had forgotten to post a progress photo of Petal before I put her away for the month. So, here it is:

For the most part everything but the white and backstitching is in. When I return to work on this next month, I will have alot of white to work on....oh , joy....

Man, so far, this first part of this month has been crazy! I usually try to have my motnhly smalls done by now, and I just finished my two letters today, and have astart on my checkered block, which I will share in my next post.

I normally have a lot of stitching time, as when the hubs is at work, I have long stretches of days to do housework and stitching and reading...not always in that order! lol, however the first part of this month has been a little different.

First we had a 4 day weekend, to commemorate independance day, and so I spent much of those 4 days hanging out with the hubs, and with friends, BBQing and basically doing your normal holiday- type things. So, the hubs was off Mon and Tues of last week, then on Weds. was his finals day for the 6 week class he's had to take for his work, so he had 2 tests, and got home early, then we had to run and get me a new dress, for the graduation banquet for the following night. Thursday, we had his graduation ceremony in the morning, lunch with fellow graduates in the afternoon, then a few hours to relax and get ready for the graduation/awards ceremony banquet that night. Then Fri, the hubs was off work again, as it was his b-day so we spent much of the day hanging out and doing birthday type things. Phew....I have to say not a whole lot of reading or stitching time in there for me, but it was a nice week overall. Except for the slight feeling that I am catching a bug of some sort! I have taken long 2-3 hour naps almost every day in the afternoons, and have been going to bed pretty early. And this morning I woke up with a scratchy throat, and a dry cough! UGH! I don't want to be sick! I have not gotten sick at all since we got to this island a year ago. Oh well.

But next week, things should start returning to normal, as the hubs returns to a normal work schedule, so I'm hoping to play catch up on both stitching and reading. In my next post I will share photos of the letters N and O, and possibly my progress on my July checkered square.

Not much work has commenced on Snow Valley Express, because as I started to put a;little bit of time on it, I quickly realized why I threw it to the way side in the first place! It is a PAIN IN THE WAZOO!!!! The pattern is hard to follow and there are alot of color changes....and complicated backstitching! ugh! This project will be a sure labor of love if I get it done!!! So grab your pom poms and cheer me on, cause I am gonna need it with this one!!!

Progress Photo Friday!

Ok, I REALLY needed to show some progress photos, since this month I have posted all of 3 times so far, and I talk about the fact that I have been working on this or that, or that i finished this or that, but you probably are thinking "Yeah right! where's the proof?!" So, here I am with my photos, and I apologize if they look a little grainy, its bright here so they kinda look funny.

First: Here is "The Abbey". My goal in May was to finish Page 1 on this one and I actually finished Pages 1 AND 2. Now when I say "finished", I mean with the cross stitching, because O man but do I have a lot of back stitching to do here! I cringe to think of it!! Very detailed all over the house, I suppose I could get a start on that next month, but I have sorta been enjoying the easy stitching of the sky and the clouds here. I thought I would wait until I finished Cross stitching the whole thing and THEN do the backstitching, but I don't know as I want to wait and save allllll that back stitching for last....hmmmm....decisions, decisions....


Second: here is a photo of my progress on Howling at the Moon. Page 3 is coming along pretty Quickly. Most of what I have been working on here is all that dark blue back ground, but every so often I get bored of that and trickle down and work some of the gray in the wolf. I think it is starting to morph into something recognizable...what do you think?

And lastly here is Petal, the 4th piece in my 5 piece lamb project. I guess it is coming along pretty well. I was hoping for a finish on this one this month, but I really just don't think that will be happening! I have actually been setting this one aside WAY too much, I think I am starting to get tired of this project...oh no!!! Not now when I finally have a reason to finish it!!! UGH, I am actually thinking of taking a break from this project next month, and pull out another WIP to take it's place, just for July, just to mix things up a bit. I'm sure you are all sick of seeing the same 3 projects going on too! My little monthly series are the only thing that really changes form month and that is still working on the same overall project, just different scenery. We shall see. I am starting to get a little burned out on these same projects, so it is time for a change....

Well, my dear stitchy friends, I am off to enjoy the morning's sunshine as I am thinking rain will be here this afternoon. I want to go for a walk, it's very humid here this time of year, but it doesn't seem to bother me much! Although after being out in it for awhile, it sure feels good to be back in the cool A/C of my home again! Well, I hope you all have a lovely weekend!!

I'm not Sleepy- finished!!

So, #3 is finished for this series!! I love these little guys, they are sooooo cute!! When I first started stitching these little guys, I wasn't even married yet, and none of my friends were having babies, but I thought it was cute and thought well if I finish it I can just tuck the quilt away for someday when I do have a baby...well, then this year I decided to finish this project, with still no one in mind to finish it for, but just wanted to cross another WIP off the list....

Weeeeelllllll.....Yesterday I got the news that my brother's GF is pregnant!!! So, now I have a recipient for my intended quilt...a reason to finish it and make it into a Quilt!! She is due in January, so it gives me plenty of time to finish the last two pieces, and put the quilt together!! I may also have to re-stitch the first piece as well, as when I started this project I didn't have the charted flosses so I improvised, and I am realizing now that the blues and Yellows are quite a ways off from these other ones....but, I still have time to get them all done and quilted up. I am so excited! I get to be an aunty again!!! A new baby to make things for! I think I also have two Noah's Ark pieces that I finished about 4 years ago originally intended for a college friend of mine, who was having twins, and then we lost touch so I finished them,but they never made it to their intended destination.....now they have a new destination for them!! Thank you all for your wonderful comments,and motivation in your lovely creative blogs! After I wrote about not wanting to stitch or blog, I looked through some blogs, and then started letter "K" (out of order...J should have been next, but oh well) and my May checkered block. So, I am back in the saddle again!

I'm Not Sleepy

Here is "I'm Not Sleepy". I started this in March, right after I finished "Raindrops", and am just now getting around to sharing an update! I am hoping to have a finish on this one this month. This one I normally keep next to the couch and work on while I'm watching TV, so guess I will have to watch a lot of tv if I wanna get this one done!

Raindrops-finished!

Well, here she is, all finished! (I assume it's a girl-she's wearing a pink bow!) Although I fear this photo doesn't look a whole lot different from the last one I posted of it. But now it is all filled in!

Sorry for the creases! oops. now I only have three more pieces to do in this series, and I can start making it into a quilt....for who? I have no idea! But oh well, it's been in my "WIP's" pile forever! And I just want to finish it, to say that I finished it!

Raindrops....the pile of cotton has a face!

So, all I need to do is fill in all the white, and do the rest of the back stitch and this one is done! I think he is so cute!!! I can't wait to start on the next one in the series!

Progress on "Raindrops"

I haven't been posting much here....oops, i have been somewhat enthralled with my reading and books, I tend to go in shifts when it comes to my hobbies, sometimes I'm really into stitching, other times reading at other times scrapbooking, etc, etc. Since I made my goal to read 75 books last year, I decided to do the same this year, and wanted to start the year off strong with reading.



However, I have still been stitching. So, here is a photo of Raindrops, as it looks now. I am pretty much finished with everything but filling in the white, and backstitching.


I have been working on this one while I watch ER season 10 (bought with Christmas gift money) and Private Practice season 1, which was on sale at the BX here for 16.47$- What a deal!

I have also been putting in time on Howling at the Moon and The Abby, but they are both in the room where hubby is sleeping right now, and I don't want to disturb him, so will post photos of those later.

I hope everyone had a lovely New Years holiday and that you aren't freezing too badly!!! Be safe out there in all that snow, and I will think of you as I bask in the warm tropical sun...60 degrees and sunny here! =) Now, now, stop throwing those snowballs at me!!!! LOL

Raindrops

sorry for the crappy photo, we just got a new printer and so my picture program has totally changed and i don't know how to fix it, I am soooooo pissed!!! I hate computers sometimes!! Well, this is the progress i have on Raindrops, seems to be the only piece I have wanted to work on lately.

Wow! Time is a-flyin'!!!

This month has seemed to go by in a swift blink of an eye!!! I remember my brithday (The 10th) and now here it is the end of the month already...and sadley this is only the second time I've posted all month!!! SAD!


I have been stitching however, the piece i seem to be stuck on now is "Raindrops" which is The second piece in the 5 piece lamb series I am doing. So, here are photos, to show some progress.

This is how it looked on Monday morning when I picked it up, and THIS is how it looks now:
Hubby and I have been renting lots of movies to pass the time this long holiday weekend, and you can see that I have been making good use of that time! I am almost entirely finished with the top left hand quarter of this piece! I'd say I'm a quarter the way done, more actually...I am really enjoying this one! I love the pastel colors in this one...but then of course there is all that dreaded white!!! Blech!!

Well, Thanksgiving this year was small, but nice!! Then after we ate, we packed up some food and took it down to the gateguards here at our military base and fed them all. So we made a few young military guys who live in dorms and would not get a warm homecooked meal pretty happy. And that is what the holidays are all about! Giving and sharing!

Progress Photo Friday!

First off, I must say that this has not been a very productive stitching week for me, Hubby was home from work on Wednesday for the Vetrans day holiday, and the day before that was my birthday, so basically all I got done was 4 hours in on Howling at the Moon, and a little bit on the second piece in my lamb series, which I have decided is my project for #4 on my goals list.

But speaking of the lamb project, I wanted to share the fabric that I will use to finish the quilt once the 5 stitched squares are done. The lighter blue will be the connecting squares between the 5 stitched squares. I'm doing a 9 patch, so the other 4 squares will be in this print. And the dark blue one will be the backing fabric. You can't see it, but the backing fabbie has sparkles in it!!! It is so pretty. This photo really doesn't do these fabrics justice, but I think it will set off the colors in the stitched pieces really well, and it all fits, with the Night time sky theme.

I will share photos of the lamb piece a little later this weekend or next week, that way I will have a "filler" post between these Friday photo posts.

This is the progress I've made this week on "Howling". Once I sit down with the needle on this one, it flies!!! If I keep up the pace that I have so far this month on it I don't see why I won't get page #4 finished!

Wanna hear how impatient I can be when I want to start a project? This is kinda funny! This piece is actually called for to be stitched on Navy background fabric, but Iwas SO anxious to start it, and didn't have any Navy fabric, so I started it on white and will fill in ALLLLLL the background color! That is what those two DARK blue streaks are... reminders that I could have saved myself ALOT of stitching if I'd just been patient and waited to order Navy Aida to come in, but nope! I now get to STITCH every square of background color in....Now that's loving stitching! LOL...Oh well, I sorta did the opposite with "The Abby", it calls for me to stitch in the background blue of the sky and instead I pulled a piece of light blue aida...so it works! =) Happy Friday everyone, and have a great weekend!

Oh yeah, and one more thing! I finally have access to "Goodreads.com again! Yippeee!

Good Night Mr. Moon

And yet another finish!! This is the first time I've featured this little cutie in my blog! I started this project in 2001. This is a 5 piece project that was in Stitcher's world magazine in March of 2001, it was a series featured in the March, May and June issues. and I want to do all 5 pieces and make them into a quilt!

When I picked this one up at the beginning of the month, I had not started the lamb, and I still needed to fill in alot of the white in more than half the clouds. And all the backstitch. I think I stopped working on this one because of all the white!!! But I think it came out really cute!! And naughty me! I already made a start on the 2nd piece of this 5 piece project...just moments after finishing this one!!! That was NOT on the goal list!! Oh well, too bad! =)

I'm anticipating a finish on the Midnight Watchman by the end of this week, as I sat down yesterday and hammered out something like 2 or 3 hours of work on it yesterday, after posting here about how lazy I'd been. There's just something about perusing blogs that makes me want to stitch!!! And boy did I!!

One more WIP down!!! I rock!