Look Kathy Look!!!!

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

On Friday afternoon I put the last few charms on the Queen and doesn't she just look great? Are you proud of me Kathy???

B&L had arrived by that time and were both intrigued by the Queen. I thought it a little odd that they were so taken by her but didn't pursue the matter. All became clear on Saturday when we opened our presents.

This was one of mine! Do our friends know me or what???

Today is CdC day and I am looking forward to getting to work on it. I got a great early start to the day today...it helps that Dan was out the door at 5 am and for some reason I did not go back to bed... I have vacuumed, got bread in the bread machine, fudge cooling , almost ready to beat and my blog written! all before 7 am!

Good News

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

I almost forgot to post this good news. Angie ( Thursday stitcher) phoned from Arizona earlier this week to report that her new grand-daughter Samantha arrived safe and sound on November 11. Mom, baby, both grandmothers , Dad and big sister Olivia are all doing fine.


Here is my finished teapot. I decided to not include the writing that was on the handle and the base. The sparser look suits me better. I expect it will become a tea cosy.
Kathy...are you looking?..here is the Queen. The backstitching is gradually allowing the pciture to have some definition. It is slow going though.
And finally my progress as of last Friday on Pretty Pumpkins. The colours in this design are fantastic!

I am obsessed

September 13, 2007

This is as far as I got on "It's good to be Queen" before I got sidetracked by Cirque des Cercles. There is something about that chart that has me fascinated. Anyway, earlier in the week I showed my beaded circle from "Cirque". Since then I have stitched two more of the circles in varigated thread, one in Emerald Waterlilies and one in Cherry Waterlilies silk. They are going to make fabulous ornaments. Pictures will follow.

Anyway yesterday I was just obsessed with finishing the second one and stitched all afternoon on it. The beauty of these ornaments is that they have cost me virtually nothing since both the fabric I used and the thread I used, in both cases, were all leftovers from various other projects.
I am also way behind in my ornament stitching for this year so this is a fast and gorgeous way to catch up quickly. I had invited the Cobourg stitchers here last evening and some of them are looking forward to an ornament finishing day so I had better have some stitched so I can demonstrate for them when we do have the ornament finishing seminar.

Queen is coming along nicely but has suffered a bit this week during my Cirque/ornament frenzy!

Progress Pics

September 4, 2007

Here is the latest progress picture of Joyce's HAED design "The Tempest" As you can see it is really taking shape.


And my week's progress on "It's good to be queen" , with my toes peeking out at the bottom. I worked on it a bit more at our weekly stitching session with Joyce this morning and managed to fill in the blue called for inside the letters in Queen.


My stitching may take a bit of a back seat this week, as I had to get home early this afternoon since three loads of wood are being delivered. The first one is here with the remaining two coming along in the next little while. The rest of the week will likely be taken up throwing it in the basement and stacking it. I hope I'll be able to lift my arms to stitch when the Thursday stitchers show up!

A finish, a middle and a beginning

August 27, 2007

Molly from Carriage House Samplings...

It's Good to Be Queen from one of Mary Engelbriet's books
Last year the Thursday Stitchers took part in a round robin. We stitched nutcrakers, International bears, cats, penguins, teapots, all our tomorrows children, a Christmas piece, initial angels, and probably some others as well. This year we are embarking on a stitch along. A couple of months ago, Cross stitch Gold magazine published a couple of teapots in successive issues. Some of us are doing the blue one and some the yellow one. We will have an impressive collection of tea cosys, pillows and pictures when we finish them. I am doing the blue one.
No sign of the sign.