It’ll be a Margaret Sherry Christmas

I prefer to make Christmas presents for my family.  I’ve stitched two Leavitt-Imblum free angels, one Nora Corbet free cherub, a Martina Webber freebie and a Passione Ricamo freebie.  I went through the magazines that I have and found a bunch of Margaret Sherry designs that will make really cute ornaments.  So far I’ve gotten [...]

EAC Seminar 2009 Kingston, ON

It’s been a while since my last post…life interrupts.  Getting over a sinus headache, busy at work, muscle spasm in my neck and a mother in the hospital for a week.  Well I’m all better, it’s the weekend and my mom got home a couple of days ago and is feeling better. 

I had a good [...]

Back from vacation but…

I got back from my trip to the Kingston, Ontario stitching seminar a couple of weeks ago, but have had a bad sinus infection ever since and haven’t been up to posting.  I’ve barely been stitching.  I started being sick half way through seminar (not cool) and had to take a few sick days once I [...]

My Year for Hardanger Improvement

I have a three wedding gifts to stitch this year.  July, August & September.  Two cousins and a co-worker.  I am going to stitch the same pattern for all three because I like the design, it works up quickly and I want to improve in hardanger.  I should be fairly proficient by September!  I really [...]

Been busy…lots planned for this year

I’ve decided that Christmas 2009 will be one of stitchy gifts.  I am going to do smaller ones.  I like stitching Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum’s free angels…they work up quickly and the result is wonderful.  I’ve already stitched a couple for presents before.
I am working on the Challenge that my guild is doing.  We did one last [...]

Latest Finishes

I’ve taken pictures of the ornaments I made for my mother and grandmother.  I made the name ‘EVA’ from the Margaret Sherry alphabet.

Getting some “Air”

I am going to be trying my hand at canvas work.  A fellow TCS member lent me a pattern she thought I would enjoy stitching as a first piece.  The pattern name is “Air” by Toni L. Figgins c1995.  The Rainbow Gallery colours are: Raspberry (Encore), Copper (Fyre Werks), Cherry (Neon Rays), Wild Rose (Pebbly Perle), [...]

Fairy Grandmother progress

I’ve gotten a lot done since July.  Makes the November deadline of my Mom’s birthday seem achievable.
I’m on vacation for the next two weeks so who knows how much more I’ll get done.

What’s between my laptop and I?

My younger cat Rocket (two years old).  When he wants attention he’ll wiggle in between me and the laptop very, very slowly so I won’t “notice”.  It takes him a full two minutes to get from the arm of the chair to right in front of the laptop.

I’ve picked up the Casalgudi again

I took about a week and a half off.  Now I’m going to get backto it.  There are a bunch of bullion knots to do.  I have two of them done.  Enough for tonight. 

Here is an update on the second ornament: