Always stitching

I haven’t posted much over the summer…about once a month.  I’ve certainly been stitching though.  I’ve finished 3 Christmas presents and started a fourth.   I did a little blackwork design of a lobster.  I printed a picture of a lobster and used graph paper to get the basic outlines going.  I have PCStitch so I [...]

Finished Christmas Present

I finished Christmas Tree 2007 tonight.  The beads are all on.  Now I have to frame it before Christmas.  I’m going to work on the Peony for a little bit.  I find cross stitching relaxing in general but working on something that has no self imposed deadline is a naughty pleasure.

Christmas Tree 2007

I’ve started putting the beads onto the tree.  I’m hoping to have it done in a couple of weeks.  I think that my Mom is going to love it.  After I finish this I am going to focus on the non-gift stuff.  The Town Clock Stitchers have a stitch-in this Saturday and I am going [...]

October Stitching Intentions

I have the best of intentions when it comes to getting a certain amount of work done on this or that project, but life intervenes.  I started Ivy Pixie by Mirabilia in September and meant to set it aside and finish up Heirloom Christmas Sampler by Thea Dueck (Victoria Sampler) but that didn’t happen.  I [...]