WIP progress

As you can see this still has areas that need to be filled in. Or at least I hope you can see that. I have a shopping list that I need to get next week to finish it off. It should take me about another day as most of the missing areas are speciality stitches and beading. I will post completed pictures when it is all finished. But can't supply a picture with it framed as it is a gift for a friend (not on these groups). She is giving it to her grandchildren for Christmas.



This is the top half.I did it this way so hopefully you can actually read the saying. It is a very touching verse.




Here is a closer look at the bottom half.

Newest WIP

Ok as promised here are finally some pictures of my new WIP that I am working on. It is another Welcome Hearts banner. This is what is done so far. Got smart this time and am doing all the stitching as I come to it so this one should take less time to finish than the last one did.

New WIP

OK so this is not a picture of my current WIP but I could not resist this as she was sleeping quietly while I stitched.Isn't she cute in her new collar??



Here is my current WIP. It is the Welcome Hearts banner from Victoria Sampler. I will put a list of what materials I am using tomorrow if I remember. This picture is as of 11:30 this morning.



So I have worked quiet a bit on this today and this is what I have accomplished by 4:30 pm. I am hoping to get another good chunk done tomorrow as well.



I almost shot this little fart today as she kept stealing my cottons. She thought they were great play toys.

Snowman is done.

OK well I finished my snowman turtleneck today. I think it is really quite cute. The pictures are not really the greatest but you get the idea. I just have to wash it now.




I also started a new project today. It is another turtleneck. This one will have a little girl with a cake upside down beside her. Here is todays progress.



These pictures were taken the other day on my laptop. Lucy was being a pain so I decided to let her see herself on the camera. Wrong thing to do cause she just kept walking on the keyboard. Kinda difficult doing things when the pages go flipping.But I love her anyway.

Another progress pic

OK here is the latest progress picture of my snowman since I posted last week.
Also here is a picture of it on the turtle neck I am putting it on.



The other day Lucy was sitting on my bed quite innocently so I was able to snap these pretty good pictures of her.




Isn't she cute.

Stuff

Here is a good picture of my little monster Lucy-furr aka Lucy. She was playing on my bed with my jeans and I was able to snap this picture. I think it really shows her colours.



This is my angel I posted the other day. It is not properly framed but I was interested in what it would look like so I placed the frame over it. I am quite impressed with it. I am not a big fan of tone on tone but with the black frame that helps alot.



I have talked about the other colours I am doing the angel on so here is a picture of the fabric. The one is Ruby Wine 32ct Belfast Linen and the other is Blue Spruce also 32ct Belfats Linen. The ruby is more of a deep red/burgandy not bright.



Someone asked me as to where they could find the pattern. I got is as a part of a Christmas present. The info is Hardanger Angel by Threads and Things. Designer Karen Buell from 1989. The only thing I would say is it is not really a beginner piece.

Here is my current project I am working on. It is Februray snowman from Vermillion Stitches. This is 2 days worth of stitching.

Wren Song Design Update

Ok so here is the latest on the Wren Song Designs. 4 are done and 2 (one pattern) are left to do still. Maybe this week coming I will get them done. The pattern is called the Bridal Roses. They are not very big 3 inches finished actually. So I was talking with the owner of my LNS this week saying I wasn't sure how I was going to finish these off. They are supposed to be done as round ornaments. Apparently that is a very skilled task to be able to do. Sounds to fussy for me. So we decided I was going to get some cream to beige cardstocka nd make them into cards. I think that would be really neat. The actually pattern calls for the pink colours as seen in the top left hand corner but I decided to change them up a little. The last two I have to do will be the pinks (that are called for) for one of them and then the other will be various shades of purple. The first one took for ever to do but the other three worked up really quickly.

Today I spent time working on my Victoria Sampler Welcome Hearts Bellpull. I finished the petite blanket stitch a cross the top and put in the nun stitch. That took a bit of figuring out. I have started down the last side with the blanket stitching which I hope to finish tomorrow and start the cutting as well. I will attempt to do this on my own but if I run into troubles I have my class next weekend so I should be fine.

Yesterday I met a friend for coffee and while waiting for her I saw another lady who used to work at my LNS. We chatted for a bit and she said that she teaches classes and holds a stitching group at her place twice a month. She invited me to join them. She said the teacher that I am taking lessons from now comes and helps out. I am seriously thinking about joining. She told me to call anytime I had any questions, needed any help or just wanted to show her some of my work. I thought that was very nice of her. I might as the teacher next Saturday what the group is like then make my decision as to weather I will go or not. That would be twice a month and the other two weeks I would still go over to the LNS for "private" lessons.

Ancaster Fair Results

Ok so I goofed on what places I got at the fair. How I have no idea, but I did. So anyway I actually got 3 firsts, 3 seconds and a fourth. So in some respectes I did better than I thought. I still had one article that didn't place. Here it is. I did this for my Mother for Mother's Day one year. The verse says " My mother's garden, like her heart,brings joy to each of us childern, blah, blah, blah" when I go upstairs I will write the verse down and fix this.

So my three first this time were my stocking (which took second last weekend), my pincushion (two firsts for that) and the In Loving Memory (which has 2 firsts and a second ( that one I entered the year I made it and it took first then)).

Ok so what were the seconds. Well they were the christmas card (this took third last week), my t-shirt (which was a first last week, but different category this time), and my towel (which took a third last week).

So the picture that took fourth was my little baby on linen. That was the very first thing I did on linen and hated working with it. Now I love linen. It is a material that needs sometime and patience with but is really not that hard to do.

So far this year I have done pretty well. We shall see what comes of the last fair in afew weeks. I worked on my Victoria Sampler Welcome Heart Bellpull and I have the W in now and started on the E. I will try and post a picture for that either tomorrow or Tuesday.

My Current WIP

Ok so this is not the greatest picture there ever would be. I tried using my cell phone for the picture but as you can see white on white is not the best to be photographing. This is what I have been working on this last week. It is working up pretty easy actually. I am finished the section where the first heart is and working on the second. I will try and post a better picture maybe tomorrow if I get the chance. Possibly after I come home from the fair.

Been a few days

Ok well today I was busy getting my fair enteries ready for the Ancaster Fair. My Niece and I took them out tonight. I have 8 entereies in this fair so we shall see how well I do this time. I put in some of the same stuff as the Binbrook fair. The Stocking, In Loving Memory, t-shirt, pin cushion, christmas card and the towel. If you would like to see pictures of them check out Binbrook Fair Results below.

This is one of the other pictures I did. I was the first project I ever did on linen. I have one other entery that I don't have a picture for that I submitted.

I will post on Monday my results with pictures. I can not pick my stuff up till about 7 or 8 pm so I might give a quick update Sunday night

I have been having trouble with my ears the last few days. They feel like they are completely plugged. Like just getting off an airplane. I saw the doc today and he says they are fine but he thinks it is from my allergies. So I need to get a stronger antihistamine and see if that works. Lets hope so. Well I am off to bedsince my ears are bugging me. Tomorrow I hope to work on my Victoria Sample Heart Welcome Bellpull.

Post #2

Well here it is post number 2 for the day. Don't get used to it tho. After droping off my uncle I went to the gym and did a very brief workout. I find it hard working out after 9 am and today it was 10 am. So you say well that is only an hour difference shouldn't be that much harder but it is. I was able to workout for about 40 minutes. I figure something is better than nothing. Tomorrow I will be back at 8:30 am for an hour and a half work out.

So then after the gym I had some errands to run and then called my LNS to see if I could get some help with my Hardanger. Since I taught myself I did it the easiest way I could so that I could see what I was doing and when I made a mistake. Afew people that do Hardanger couldn't tell I didn't do things properly. Well today I learned how to wrap the bars the correct way and to do Dove's eyes. Here are the ornaments I have been working on.The top two are finished and just need to be cut out. The one inbetween the two is about half finished and I have the last two to start. Then with the scraps I am going to make earrings. That should be an interesting feat. Well I will try and post another update tomorrow on my progress.

I was RAKed

Yesterday when the mail came there was a nice manilla envelope for me. It was from Terry Forester. She sent a pile of buttons and charms. Thanks very much Terry. I will use them for sure. Well what I don't have to fight Mackenzie for. Here is what she sent.Later tonight I will post a more up to date picture of the ornaments I am doing. I have two completely finishe and a third almost done. Then I can move the hoop and finish the other two.

Yes are you lucky two posts in one night.

Current WIP and stuff

Ok I know I should post more often than when I have finishes and WIPs but sometimes I just don't know what to right. Well here is my current project. These will be Hardanger ornaments when I get them finished which hopefully will be this week. My mom said she wants a bunch of them for her friends at work for Christmas. SO now I have to go buy more material because she only wants certian colours. Sorry the picture is kind of hard to see. It is Ecru on Antique White evenweave 28 ct. The pattern is one by Wren Song.Some of you know I put my work into the fall fairs for judging. Well last year my 5 1/2 year old niece decided she was going to do a piece as well. This is her stitching. Not bad for a 5 1/2 year old. The funny thing is she thinks she will enter it into the fair this year and take first prize. Off of me. I think I will have to make her a tag and just put a 1st place ribbon on it for her and hope she doesn't know the difference.Well we have had a record amount of rain this summer (and it is STILL not done). So last Thursday I decided that Mackenzie and Tracey could paint T-Shirts. So we brought Tracey to my house and away they went. This first one is Mackenzie's can you tell. I must admit it is pretty good for a 6.5 year old. The main thing is she had a ton of fun.This is Tracey's shirt. You can tell the difference in ages. Tracey will be 10 in November. She had a great time doing her shirt. Then the girls were able to play with each other for quite awhile after we ate lunch. Suprising I didn't go insane like I thought I would happen.

Well we are now going on to week #4 with out having any arrhythmias or needing the Bisoprolol. The Amiodarone seems to be doing the trick right now which is fantastic. The only problem with it is my TSH (thyroid) and my GGT (liver) are already being affected. Hopefully as I am on the Amio longer things will straighten out. I would hate to have to go on another drug because the Amio is affecting my system too much and lose the "good" health I am now finally starting to have. I guess the real tale will be in November when I have the Pacemaker checked out and see how many episodes I have had that I was not aware of.

Yesterday we had a semi family BBQ at my aunts house. My uncle is here from up north. We had 13 people there for dinner. Unfortunatly we were missing 6 people. But like I said to my mom no matter when we have it there is always some one who can't come for some reason.

This is a busy week coming too. I will try and post daily as to what is happening.

Semi-Finish and stuff LONG

Well here are two semi-finishes for me. I completed the bookmark Friday and did the diamond on Saturday in about 3ish hours. Now I have to cut the centers out so that I can learn how to wrap the bars properly for Hardanger. I hope to do that later this week.

I have been feeling really well now for about the last 3 weeks. I have not had to add any extra meds (Bisoprolol to the Amiodarone) since July 14. Which is really good. I will know on Wednesday what my blood levels are and see if the Amio is going to affect my thyroid at this small dose. Hopefully I can stay here for awhile. I have not had actually (probably just jinxed myself here) since early July.

I have been going to the gym twice a week now. The first week was only once and last week was one good work out and a modified one cause some how I hurt my knee. This week I am hoping to get in two good work outs and a modified one plus maybe a walk or two. Just have to play it by ear. I guess I should load my MP3 player tonight for the gym tomorrow.

Tuesday last week Mackenzie and I did some errands after the gym. I had picked some vegetables out of the garden and decided to take them to a friend of mine which just happens to be a Nun. So we go take the veggies to her. Mackenzie ( who is 6 1/2 years old) was telling her we were going on a mission.

Mackenzie: Auntie and I are going on a mission today.

Friend: Oh really. That's nice.

Mackenzie: Yes we are going to find Grumpy's ( Grumpy is what she calls my father her grand father) parents at the cemetery.

Friend: (looks at me) Oh that sounds nice.

Me: Yeah they are missing. I know they are dead and have been for awhile but can't find the headstone.

Mackenzie: We are looking for a War Cross too cause it is missing also. So we will have to go on a mission to find it.

Friend: (says to Mackenzie) Well I am sure your great-grandparents are there. Do you think they would have moved the bodies?

Mackenzie: Probably.

So we leave and start heading to the cemetery and the conversation between Mackenzie and I goes something like this.

Me: That lady was a Nun.

Mackenzie: Oh.

Me: (Figuring she didn't know what a nun was) I said yes she wears a habit like the Sisters in your church.

Mackenzie: We don't have any in my church.

Me: Yes you do the church you go to with school has Nun's in it.

Mackenzie: I haven't been to church with school. (She goes to a Catholic school)

Me: Yes you have. Grandma and I took you there at Easter time.

Mackenzie: No we didn't go to church at Easter.

Me: Yes we did.

Mackenzie: Does your friend wear a habit to church on Sunday?

Me: I don't know.

Mackenzie: Well why don't you know Auntie?

Me: I have never been to her church.

Mackenzie: I wish you knew everything in the world.

Me: Why?

Mackenzie: Cause then you would be my smartest aunt ever.

Me: Well thank you. How can you argue with that.

Later in the week mom and I promised Mackenzie that she could do her china tea set. We kept telling her that was a project for a rainy day. Wednesday was finally the rainy day she wanted. So we went to the gym did a couple of errands and her an Grumpy painted the Tea Set. See pictures below. Apparently she told Grumpy he couldn't do certain pieces cause she couldn't trust him enough to do it neatly and the way she wanted it. My father used to do beautiful Toll Painting. But can't be trusted by a 6 1/2 year old. I am sure from the pictures you can figure out who did what.

More progress on Freezun Seazun

Ok well here is todays progress on Freezun Seazun. It is really taking shape fast. I started on the Holly leaves tonight. Got two done and said done. I will work on them tomorrow when I have the sunshine and the patients. I can't wait to have this finished now. At first I was worried that the fabric was not blue enough. But now that I am adding the blue it is looking better.

I didn't do much exercise today as my arms hurt from working out at the gym yesterday. But not bad enough to stop me from going tomorrow. I will do what I did yesterday plus add in leg weights. Hopefully I will still be walking on Friday. Well so much for easing in to the gym slowly. It looks like the arrhythmias are fairly well controlled at this point which is fantastic. Now lets hope it stays that way for awhile.

Today I had my niece so we called our cousins to see if they wanted to get together and do something. The girls haven't seen each other at all since school finished. So we were going to go Glow in the Dark Mini Golfing. When we got there the place had 150 kids already there. Must have been a day camp outing or something. So we ended up going to the movies instead. We saw Wall-E. It is not quite what I was exptecing but it was good never the less. But the better entertainment was when the four of us were in the theater alone eating the popcorn. The girls (ages 6 and 9) each got a small popcorn and with it you get a flavoring for it free. So they both picked Salt and Vinagar because you know they have to be the same. Well Tracey (9 year old) put half the package on her popcorn and Mackenzie (my niece and the 6 year old) put the whole thing on hers. So we were eating it and dying with the amount of vineager on it. I started with taking the first few pieces and inhaling nearly choking one the strength. Mackenzies was so strong. I finally mixed it up enough it could be eaten. Well Vicki my older cousin grabbed a handfull and was eating the popcorn. Thought she had a kernel and it was actually a clump of Salt & Vinager mix. Well I thought she was going to pass out it was so strong. She was sitting their stamping her feet and rocking back and forth. I was laughing so hard I had tears streaming down my face and I couldn't breath. Tracey said to me my face was beat red from laughing.

Vicki and I are 5 years apart and are just like sisters. The crazy times we have had together.

WIP progress and stuff

Ok I have the main picture now outlined and the word "Freezun" in. Not bad progress for 2 1/2 hours today. I have now started the blue boarder where the snowflakes go. Hopefully it won't take much longer to do.

My garden is really comming along nicely. It smells like a funeral home with all the lilies I have. At least that is what they remind me of. Here are some pictures of the garden I really like.

I love this picture. It is of my Shasta Daisies and my Cherokee Sunset Gloriosa Dasisies. They make a nice contrast together.

This is just one section of my lilies. I have 4 spots in my garden with various lilies. I have pictures in my webshots of all my flowers in the garden. Adding more almost daily. Feel free to check it out. They are all in Garden 2008.

http://community.webshots.com/user/AuntieKathy

Today was my first day back at the gym in almost 2 1/2 months. It was great. I have been told to start slowly but that kinda didn't happen. I did 30 minutes at 2.8 on the Treadmill. 15 minutes on the bike and 15 minutes of weight training. Then my friend called me and asked if I wanted to go for a walk. SO I walked for an hour. I really like this being able to exercise again. Tomorrow I am taking my niece and 2 cousins to play 18 holes of glow in the dark mini golf. That should be loads of fun. I should be so sore by Thursday that I can't move but it is back to the gym and mega gardening. Doesn't sound like too much stitching is going to get done. I am sure I will find some time for it.

Freezun Seazun current WIP

This is Freezun Seazun by Calico Crossroads. It is on Forget Me Not Blue. After I frogged the white around the out side about 22 times I finally got it all to match up properly. There are so many 1/4 stitches and with white ont he Forget Me Not (almost white its self) it is hard to follow sometimes. Hopefully this will be done this week.

Cherie I did this one next just for you since you liked it so much.

Frustrated

I sat down this afternoon to work on PEACE by M Design and found it has a number of mistakes. SO I will be taking it out at a later date and fixing it but untill then I have started "Think Spring" by Calico Cats. I have already put i the satin stitched flower twice and taken it out twice. I will do everthing else first and then get some help putting the flower in after.

Current Project

This is my current project that I am working on. It is "PEACE" by M Designs. I started it with different threads earlier in the week but found they were to thick and didn't lay properly.So I have now changed to DMC Variations #4030 (I think). I have the beads picked out to go on here already now I just have to find something for the top.

2 Finishes and a WIP

Here is my second Baby blanket. I am doing the 4 corners and the 2 center squares just for something different. This is square #2. The second fish.The green fish is the first center square. I did him 4 times. He is full of mistakes but I was not taking him out again. You would never know unless you had the pattern right there and did a line by line search.

Here is the first corner. This little fish was a fairly quick stitch only took me two days.