Friday, August 21, 2009

New Finishes and stuff

This is my latest project. It is another contest biscornu from The Victoria Sampler. As you can see this is a fall one this time. I wonder if we will have a winter one too. I really took my time on this one. Don't get me wrong it is not hard at all. I was just lazy mostly and spread it out of the whole week rather than probably about 1 1/2 days.







Here is a not so good picture of Bethany's Sampler finished. I will see if I can get a better picture of it. Now I have one more to do to sell.



I need to kick my butt in gear this weekend and get me entry forms one for the Fall Fairs so I can get my tags before hand.

Ok as you all know I have several gardens around the house plants and veggies. Well I have never seen anything like this before. I have a sunflower with another sunflower growing out of the center of it. I will post more pictures of it as it progresses. Only things like that happen in my garden. My niece calles it the mutant sunflower.




Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

New and progress report

This is my current WIP. It is called Bethany's Sampler by Dragon Dreams. I did this one for my niece when she turned a year old. Her's is on yellow linen. I have a friend who wants this for her two grandchildren. This is 2 days progress.



Now the green one is not totally finished. I still have the petit blanket stitch and the nun stitch to finish. They both still need beads and the hardanger. The next picture of these they will be totally finished and hanging.


Here we are playing catch. Mom throws the paper up the stairs and I knock it down. I like looking at the world upside down. Things just look so much better.


Oh look mommy wants to make the bed. Let's make it impossible for her.



Here we are sleeping quietly on mommy's bed. Aren't I an Angel with devil horns.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Garden

Ok here are some new pictures of my poor pathetic garden for this year.

As you can see I have several coneflowers (echinica). I forget what this is called but will look it up and post it later.





Ok I tried to turn this but I don't know what happened. But this is a yellow and black coneflower that grows upto 8' high.









This is called Tomatoe Soup and to look at it that is exactly what it looks like.



The rest of the pictures are of the garden in general. I have several coneflowers purple, white, green, tomatoe soup,yellow, tiki torch and one that starts out orange and then goes pink. Can we say coneflower obsesed?

Monday, July 20, 2009

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.



Wednesday, July 8, 2009

WIP progrress report

Ok so here is the progress I made today. Doesn't look like much I know but if you look you can see the amount I have done.



Here is a closer look at on of the individual heart on the banner. You can see the little flowers in there that are purple. They are almost the same colour as the fabric. I still have to put some beads on here which I think are going to be a perl grey colour. Well that is the plan at the momment. I wrote down the list of materials I am using but that is upstairs.



About two weeks ago I got this early birthday present from my parents. It is a Daylight lamp not an Ott lamp. So far it has helped at night and on dull days. I think it will really help when I do my angel on black.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Done Done Done

Well almost three months and it is finally done. Tonight I have dinished my angel on ruby wine. The material colour does not show very well but you get the idea. I am now griding my Sangria to do the Welcome banners on. This material was from Annette in an ESC hand dyed-fabric exchange. Can't wait to see how they will turn out. I have enough material to do two of them on one piece. Hope to have the out line of one done by the weekend.



I haven't put up a picture of Lucy in awhile so I took this one tonight. She is now 7 1/2 months old and a supper suck. Anytime I go out she sits at the back door and cries and bawls cause I am gone. Another family member has to get her and cuddle her still she settles down. What a baby.

Here she decided my foot tasted good.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

One WIP done

Yep Friday I finished my Cherry Blossom Biscornu with the help of my niece. She helped me stuff the biscornu and passed the beads while I did the sewing. I am glad I did the back and the front different as there were not the right amount of beads to do them both the same. I like them different anyway. Makes them more unique.





Ok so now I just have to finish the angel on the ruby wine material. I don't have a picture of that update but should have it all done by tomorrow. I don't have alot left to do.

What to work on next?

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

New WIP and a progress

Ok so here is a picture of my newset wip. It is kinda hard to see since it is pale colours but it is Cherry Blossoms Biscornu by The Sweetheart Tree. Tge pictures of this will be kinda lousey even when done as it is on an irredecent material.



I understand afew of you are "dying" to see my angel on the Ruby Wine material. So ok here are some progress pictures. She should be finished this week.





Here it is finished incase you were wondering.



In my last post I put a picture of the biscornu I did for a contest. Well the picture was not all that great so I got a "professional" to take one for me. Well ok it was my dad (who did professional photography at one time). So here is the better one.



I will say who it is for after they have been judged.