Works in Progress

September 28, 2007

I went back to my Teapot on Thursday and for the first week since we started I actually enjoyed working on this design. I think it is because I finally did a whole lot all in one colour and the thing is finally taking some kind of shape...well teapot shape I guess.

I had a phot of Glendon Place's "Pretty Pumpkins" to share as well but as it is very blurry and there is not much there anyway I deleted it. This is another over one piece so even though I spent a lot of time on it last Friday the result is just a tiny blob. It didn't help that I had to rip a whole bunch out right at the beginning either. Ripping out over one work is tedious!!! . But today is Pretty Pumpkin day with Carmen and Colleen so after today I should have a bit more to show plus I will endeavour to take a n0n-blurry image and to not have to frog vast quantites of it either!

This week for some reason, I hauled out my Heart' s Content kit and did some work on it. As it is over one on 29 count linen, the progress is slow but I am enjoying it. I believe I am in the mood for it these days beacause it is all in one colour which cuts down on the decision making when stitching. I must be feeling overwhelmed or something to go to such lengths just so I don't have to be making decisions!!

I also did a bit of work on "It's good to be Queen" but really it was just some back stitching and some white so it wasn't enough to justify a picture. As a matter of fact it is probably the multicoloured Queen that I was escaping from when I jumped to my monochromatic Heart's Content pattern!

Amazing what you can do in an hour

September 5, 2007

This is what I managed to get done on Tuesday after John delivered the three loads of wood.


This is what I was faced with this morning in the garage This is what I did in an hour...there are two layers of wood there. I like throwing it in the basement and stacking it but an hour is about my limit. Today, I threw, stacked and threw some more. Tomorrow , or maybe tonight, I'll stack the stuff that is all in a heap.
This is what is left in the garage for tomorrow
This is what I worked on last night when I couldn't cope with the quarter stitches and changing colours of "Its good to be Queen"
Yes this is a Heart's Content kit done over one on 29 count Glenshee linen but it was easy to just stitch away at the border without having to refer to the chart or colour guide.