Progress Days 6-21

It's been 21 days since I showed an update on The Lord's Prayer.  Some days I didn't have enough strength to hold the q-snaps much less put any stitches in, some days I was lucky to stitch for 10 minutes before I had to put it down and other times I sat and stitched for most of the day.  Needless to say, I'm not exactly sure how many days I have been stitching on this one.

Here's the current photo:

As you can see, I'm a little past half done.

Debra

Doctor Visit

Well I finally know why I couldn't get over this cold - it's not a cold.  We won't know which it is until the blood work gets back but it's either atypical pneumonia or whooping cough.  I'm completely whipped by this thing so not sure how much progress will get done on The Lord's Prayer in the next few days but will get back to it as soon as possible.

Thanks to everyone for all your comments; they help me keep going.

Debra

Progress Days 4 and 5

Today is day 11 and I think this is the worst cold I've ever had; tomorrow I'm calling the doc.  I've only had 2 days where I felt like stitching since the last post and I forgot to take a progress photo after day 4 so you get both days.

This one is going fast.

Debra

Progress on The Lord's Prayer - Day 3

I've got a cold and I was so stuffy I couldn't sleep.  Got up at 3:30 AM and started stitching and stitched off and on all day so got quite a bit done.  Take a look:

 

I don't know if I'll do any stitching today as this cold won't let go  and it really has me down; just might spend the day in bed.


D

Progress Day 2

This is after 2 days stitching.

I started a new cross stitch piece yesterday from My Big Toe titled The Lord's Prayer.  I'll post a photo after each stitching day; this is where I stand after the first day.

I'm spending today stitching so there will be an updated photo tomorrow.


Merry Christmas, 


D

A Few More Completed Pieces

Here are a couple more pieces for my future quilt. 

This is Kit #31 from Lizzie Kate entitles Big Girl Panties.

This is Kit #32 from Lizzie Kate entitled Normal.

This one is Waxing Moon Designs #147 - Frugal Samplings

This is also from Waxing Moon Designs; it is #ML06 called I'm Right - He's Wrong

This one is Waxing Moon Designs #067 - Everyone Brings Joy, but it isn't finished yet.  The chimney smoke and the picket fence aren't stitched and I'm not sure what thread color to use.  The design called for DMC 3865, but since this is stitched on white that one is out of the running.  What color(s) do you think would look best?

This piece was already stitched, but needed to be washed and pressed; now it's ready for framing.  It is #123 titled Country Seasons from The Prairie Schooler.

There's now 8 pieces stitched for my quilt and that many or more waiting to be stitched.  Obviously this is going to be larger than the lap-size quilt originally planned.  Who knows how large it's going to be by the time I get done stitching.  

Can you guess which one is DH's favorite so far?

D

My Sister's Quilt is Finally Home!

Last week DH and I finally took the drive to LA to deliver the quilt I made her.  This quilt is large enough to serve as a bedspread on her queen bed or a comforter for the king bed.  This is called Sunshine and Shadow from the book Tradition With A Twist.  I love how it turned out.

Here's the full view.

Here's a close up of the outer border:

See my mitered corners:

Here's a few pictures taken during the drive back.

Molly & DH driving:

What's out there?

I'll help you watch the road:

I Love You Daddy:

No shots of Sassy this trip cause she stayed in my lap the whole way and way too close for pictures.

That's it for now.

D

A Few Completed Pieces

Normally I like to stitch big projects, but recently I've been stitching little pieces with what I consider cute sayings.  Right now I'm working on Lizzie Kate's Normal so apparently I haven't burned out on this style yet. Don't know what I'm going to do with them, but will figure something out later. But I have a question for my stitching friends. 

On the Don't Interrupt piece the designer alternated colors for each letter throughout the piece except in the word "Interrupt".  Since I started in the center and counted up to the first letter, that was the first word I did and it was completed before noticing the alternating colors.  Do you think this was a chart misprint or do you think the designer intended it to be this way?

These haven't been laundered and pressed yet so forgive the wrinkles.

Don't Interrupt

 

Curiouser & Curiouser

I Can Resist

Please let me know what you think about the Don't Interrupt piece.  Should I leave it as is or should I take out the U-P-T and re-stitch them in alternate colors?  I know it boils down to individual taste, but I'm interested in whether or not this comes across as an intentional design issue or if it looks like a stitching error to you.

Thanks for your comments,

D

2011 Stitching Update as of Jan 27

I know quite a few of you will remember that I signed up for the 2011 stitching challenge where we were to start a new project on each of the first 15 days of January. I changed the challenge somewhat so that I could incorporate some UFOs that are lying around here. I've had to modify it even more.

I did okay the first couple days, but around the 4th or 5th, my back was hurting so bad I just didn't feel up to pulling the required threads and fabric so I just kept stitching on the newest project.  I actually stitched on it until it was completed.  I started this on Jan 4 and completed it on Jan 16 (I think).

I still didn't feel like pulling threads so I picked up the piece I started Jan 3rd and finished it.  I don't know why but I can get a good shot of this one; every shot is just a bit blurry.

Then I picked up the piece I started Jan 2 - The Witches Wheel.  Here's what it looks like after 3 1/2 skeins of black and 7 days of stitching.  Ignore the wrinkles and hoop marks as the ironing board isn't out and I didn't want to ask M to set it up for me.

I'm not giving up on the challenge list I posted; just revising it a bit as I hate to keep asking M to put these threads away and pull these threads for me.  He's been a complete angel since this started and I know he doesn't mind, but we all know how we love to play in the fibers ourselves.  Saw the surgeon Jan 18 and he told me again no bending, lifting or twisting until my next visit which if Feb 15; then we get to start that wonderful thing called physical therapy.  But hey, if it gets me back to playing in my thread boxes again I'll be one happy camper.

D

For some of you, these pictures won't mean much as this is a little snowfall to you, but here in Atlanta GA USA this is unusual weather indeed.  The snow started falling at our house around 5:30 PM and within an hour we had 3 inches on the ground; before it stopped snowing we had 5 1/2 inches and then the sleet started.  Along with governors from Alabama, Louisiana, and several other southern states, one of the last acts of Georgia's outgoing governor was to declare most of the state to be in "a state of emergency."

In most areas, school was closed for the entire week while drivers sat in their semis on interstate roads for 24 to 48 hours while they waited for the roads to clear up some.  I saw videos on the news of people using cross country skis to get to stores and work, but I think the best one I saw was of one young gentleman who laced up his ice skates and took of down the middle of Peachtree Street during the height of what is normally the afternoon rush hour traffic.  He was having a grand time as he was the only commuter on the entire road.

Here are a few pictures from around our home.

2011 Stitching Challenge - Day 3

I worked on Life Lived For Others by Glendon Place today.  This was the first of twelve designs issued for the 2010 Stitch Your Heart Out Campaign.  Although I purchased each chart, I never seemed to find the time to stitch along with everyone else so I'm getting started a little more than a year late.

Here's a photo of the design:

And this is how my piece looks. I'm using a 32-count fabric called Lupine by Picture This Plus.  As you can see I think I changed everything but the actual design. LOL

I wonder what tomorrow will bring?

D

2011 Stitching Challenge - Day 2

Here's my start on The Witches Wheel by Glendon Place.  If you look close enough, you can see where the left hand cat was stitched.  Unfortunately, I miscounted and put it 1 row too high so I had to rip it out. 

Here's what the design will look like when complete:

and here is what's left after the frogs paid me a visit:

Not much of a start, but I'm hoping to have this one completed for Halloween. 

Not sure what I'm going to stitch for Day 3 - maybe a square for Patrick's quilt or one of the SYHO pieces.

D

2011 Stitching Challenge - Day 1

For my first piece, I decided to stitch a LHN ornament.  I didn't get it all stitched, but did get a good start on it.  This isn't one of the monthly pieces though, but I think I said that LHN ornaments would be one of my challenges so I'm hoping this fits the bill.

Here is Joy by Little House Needleworks; stitched 1 over 2 on 40-count Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linen.

My piece for Day 2 is The Witches Wheel by Glendon Place; check back later for a photo.

D

2011 Stitching Goals

In no particular order, here are the new starts planned for January 1-16:

1. SYHO pieces - all of them
2. LHN Ornament series - all of them
3. The Witches Wheel by Glendon Place
4. A Christmas Spirit by Passione Ricamo
5. Cheaper Than Therapy by My Big Toe
6. The Work of Christmas by My Big Toe
7. The Lord's Prayer by My Big Toe
8. Enough quilt blocks to complete twin quilt for newest grandson Patrick due in March
9. Santa's Magic by Mirabillia
10. Merry Gingerbread Christmas by Sue Hillis Designs
11. Fairy Xmas Greetings by Passione Ricamo
12. Earthdancer by Butternut Road
13. Angels on High Christmas Ornaments by Dimensions
14. Christmas Treasure Collection by Victoria Sampler
15. The Snow Day (Snow Globes) by Blackberry Lane Designs
16. The Three Wise Men Ornament by Blackberry Lane Designs
    

For January 17-31, here are the UFOs I'd like to work on throughout the year (again in no particular order):

1. Angelic Snowmen Ornaments by American School of Needlework
2. Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow by Carriage House Samplings
3. Queen of the Needle by Just Nan (for Deborah Markham)
4. 2008 Snowmen Series by The Vermillion Stitchery
5. Heavenly Afternoon Ride by Kustom Krafts
6. Tapestry of My Life by Leisure Arts
7. Mates by Dimensions
8. Opening His Pack Christmas Stocking in The Stockings Were Hung by Leisure Arts
9. Bent Creek Snapper SAL started in 2008
10. Noah's Ark by Teresa Wentzler
11. Aleyna's Name Ornament by M Designs
12. More Cancer Ribbon Squares to complete a lap quilt
13. Monopoly by Dimensions
14. The "Brrr-"muda Triangle by Stoney Creek
15. Ball in December 2010 Just Cross Stitch Magazine by Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks

Who knows how much progress I'll make on these, but it will be more than I have right now.

D