A new start- The Gaze

Here is my meager start on Kustom Krafts "The Gaze".

Here is what it will look like when finished:


Not much progress. But still a start.  This one was for The New Starts SAL at Full Coverage Fanatics FB group.

Thank you for stopping by! Happy stitching!

Flower bride Update

Here's one that hasn't seent he light of day in awhile. but I pulled it out for a SAL I'm in at the Full Coverage Fanatics Facebook group. So, I brought it out to give it a bit of love. So, it's coming along.

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Day Surrendering to Night Update

I really should be much further along with this one, but I keep working so much on Autumn Peace, that a lot of my other projects keep going by the wayside. Oops.

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Autumn Peace Update

As you can see, I am still chugging along on this one.   I still really am enjoying it, and wanted to have it finished by June 1st, but that won't be happening. so, I'm shooting for July something....wish me luck!!

Thank you for stopping by! Joyful stitching!

Autumn Peace update

It's coming along!! I've only got 4 partial pages left to a finish! (3 half pages and a quarter, so 1 full and 3 quarter pages!) I have really enjoyed working on this! I'm so behind on Blogging this year!! I cannot believe it's been nearly 2 months since I last blogged! (ok, it's been 2 months and a day!)  I have a new start, and progress on  few pieces. I will have another new start tomorrow.( I joined the full Coverage Fanatics FB group, so that is why I have so many new starts, to go along with the various SAL themes.) Tomorrow I will be starting Moonlight Bay, by Kustom Krafts.

It looks like this:



I'm super excited to start it! I love all the blues in this chart!!

Thank you for reading, Happy Easter, if you celebrate!! And I will try to get back here again to share what I've been up to again, before too long!

Winter Rose First update of 2018

This project still seems to be the red headed stepchild in my world of stitching.  I still have a hard time picking it up, though I have recently found myself picking it up more frequently as of late (like in the past week)
I hope you're all having a great day! Thank you for stopping by!

Autumn Peace Update

This piece continues to steal the show in my life of stitching! I absolutely LOVE working on it, and barely a day goes by that I don't pick it up!! It is full of confetti, but I don't seem to mind it! 

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DS2N first update of 2018!

Oh man, but I fell off the blogging wagon. It was like once the Holidays were over I just needed a break.....from life, it appears! Haha!  for some reason, I'm finding it really hard to get motivated this year. I feel like a huge slump! So, I never got around to a 2017 wrap up post, or a 2018 goals post.....And here it is with only a week left of January....I may still get to them, but for now, I just want to update my progress.

Here is what Day Surrendering to Night looks like....although, I think I have a bit more work in on it, as you can see I took that photo almost 10 days ago! Ooops. Like I said.....so unmotivated. Sorry.  I am just glad I am picking this one up now on a fairly regular basis, as it always seemed to slip by the wayside. I started this page on Sept. 11, and I had a projected goal to finish this page by Jan. 3rd....And I still have more than half left to go for a finish....yeah....VERY behind!! Oh well. Life happens, right?

Hope the first of the year has been treating you well! Hopefully you're getting lots of stitch time in, and making some headway on some of those goals you set for the year!

Thank you for reading!!

One last post for the year! Winter Rose update!

I am really pleased with the amount of progress I saw on this one this last month! It really does stitch up quite fast once I pick it up!

Well, I guess this is where I say goodbye to 2017, and Hello to 2018!! I hope all my readers had a lovely year, and was able to reach any goals, stitching or otherwise that you may have set for the year. I will be posting a 2017 year end wrap up soon! So.....I guess I'll see yah again next year!! Thank you again for another great year of blogging. for without my readers this blogging thing would not be as fun!All your comments and views really mean so much! And I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

                                               

                                   HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Autumn Peace update

 As you can see....I got my page finish on page 8 of this one!! I finished it on November 21st, and then continued onto page 9:

And here's where I got to on this one. I am STILL LOVING this one SO much! I love the colors, and it's fun, although, I have to admit this last month I have had a bit of frustration with the amount of confetti in this one, it really slows down progress. I'm just glad I really enjoy it so much!

Hope you had a beautiful Christmas!! (If you celebrate)  I pre post all my blogs, so as you can see I'm posting this on the 10th, so Christmas hasn't happened for me yet, but when this goes up I will have and I'm sure it is gonna be a great day!!

Holy cow! only 6 more days until 2018!!

DS2N update

I was able to get a bit more done on this piece, although I am sadly WAY behind my schedule I had set out for this one! I started this page on Sept. 11, and this little bit is all I've gotten done in all that time.(the bottom portion on the left) I really need to pull this out and get some serious work in on it, or I won't get it done for  along time yet. the portion I stitched was only about 1200 stitches give or take in 3 months time! I should be MUCH closer to a finish on this page!  Oh well.  Life....it gets in the way of my stitching sometimes....

Hope you are all getting lots of stitching in! Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

School of Dolphins update

I was able to finish the first column on page 1 and start the next column. So, not a lot of work but a little, which is better than none, right?

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season, and some wintery weather. Stay safe out there! And as always, thank you for stopping by, and also for all your lovely comments!

Progress on my problem child project! Winter Rose...

Ok! So, I started this project on Sept. 22. I RE-started it on Oct. 29th.   Remember how I said this was a plethora of newness for me? 25 count fabric, 2 over 1 tent stitch, working on q-snaps/hoop? Wellllll....apparently THIS old dog? Cannot learn new tricks!

I HATED it, at first! but I pressed on....I was just getting in the groove, working on it at a good clip, when I found a ginormous counting error....and that was when we had to say our goodbyes, and go our separate ways!

However, I really want to work on this project, and it is a project for one of the SAL's in the Full Coverage fanatics group on FB, so, I started it again....And I'm enjoying it a little bit better now...I'm still having a hard time trying to figure out how to slip this one into my rotation, but as you can see....I have done a little work on it, so...there's hope!

Thank you for stopping by, and Joyful stitching to you all!

LET THE CHRISTMAS CRAZY BEGIN!!!!!!!

Autumn Peace....More progress than most!

This is my primary focus piece, because I am stitching it as a gift for my mom, so I tend to pick it up almost daily, while the rest of my projects languish in the background crying for my attention. Not only is it a gift for my mom, but I truly DO love working on this one! So, that also probably plays a part in the fact that I have no trouble working on it for the amount that I do every month!  I have less than a quarter left of this page, then it's onto the next one!! I hope to have a finish on this page by the next time I post, but we shall see how that goes, as we are sliding into the end of the year, and holiday time is upon us. So, busy, busy times! But, I will still see a good chunk of work on it, no less, I'm sure!

I hope all my American readers enjoy Thanksgiving on Thursday, and that we can all find something to be Thankful for. Enjoy eating until your seams groan in protest, and hopefully enjoy lots of good time with family and loved ones!

Thank you again, for stopping by, and as always, Joyful stitching!!

DS2N Update

Wow! I really need to pick this one up more! I should be so much further along! I know! I feel like I say this about every project I post! Oh well, at least I got a little but of work in on it!

Thank you for taking your time to look in on my progress! And thank you for all your lovely comments!!

Til next time-Joyful stitching!

School of Dolphins update

I have no idea why, but I am having a hard time picking this one up.  I LOVE the fabric, since it's dyed (by me! ) but that's about all I love about it! It's stiff and hard to work with, so I find myself having to really push myself to pick this one up, not to mention that I STILL have not quite figured out how to rotate 4 projects sufficiently to my liking. I'll get there....one of these days, I'll have my beans straight and things will get done, but for now.....here we go!

The gray blob growth larger!! Ta-da! But not by much! I feel as if I should be MUCH further along with this, but....what can ya do? There are only so many hours in a day! But I'm glad I was able to get at least a little stitching in on it.

I hope everyone is having a great day! It's cold and rainy and generally feeling like fall today, so I'm loving it! And Friday will be my FORTIETH birthday!! GASP!!! Wow!! I don't feel "that" old, but there it is staring me right in the face! Ha! Ha!  So, I think we will be having a fun weekend full of gifts, and hanging out with my family for the weekend.

Thank you for reading! and I hope you all have a lovely rest of your week!!

Happy Fall!!!

WHAT is happening?! Another new start?!

For the most part I like only rotating about 3 projects at a time, since most of my projects are full coverage, I feel the less amount of active WIPs I've got going, the more progress I see on each one. However, I joined the "Full coverage Fanatics" stitching group on Facebook, and Septembers challenge was new starts. I couldn't pass it up! So, I started:

Winter Rose By Heaven and Earth Designs.
and here's how far I was able to get on it:

This is a project that has a plethora of firsts for me: first time stitching on 25 count lugana. (I usually opt for 18 count aida) first time tent stitching, (2 over 1) and first time stitching with a hoop. (I am an in-hand stitcher) I had to use a hoop, as number one: those holes are SO tiny, I thought if I stretched out the fabric I would be able to see the holes better. And Lugana is a very soft fabric, not as stiff as the aida that I'm used to stitching on, so it was flopping all over the place while trying to stitch in hand. I started off using Q snaps, but because the those pipes are so big around, I was having a hard time handling it, but the hoop is much better, so going with the hoop.  I had a hard time getting used to this, but now I'm in a groove with it, and loving it!! doing that tent stitch really makes the progress go fast!!  SO! Now I have 4 active WIPs going! (insert look of shock here) I'm trying to figure out the best method for rotating, but I'll get it eventually. 

Thank you stopping by!! If you celebrate, I hope you have a great and fun Halloween! And I'll see yah next month!!

Autumn Peace Update....

Boy! Crazy confetti! but it's been broken up with large chunks of the black in the trunk of that huge tree, so I go back and forth between confetti heavy parts, and solid black parts, it's coming along.

DS2N update

I'm working on page 7, now I have less than 2 full pages left to do on this one! I'm getting so excited for a finish!!

School of Dolphins update

I've been plugging away at this one, and it's now a larger blob of  gray! LOL....

Hope you all have a great weekend.  my mom is out visiting us for two weeks, so I doubt much stitching will get done this month, but what can you do? I've considered living in a cave and become a hermit, but...I don't think I'd get enough light in a cave to do the stitching I love to do, do you? LOL