Whoops!

Ok where did this week go? I ment to update this on Friday, I took a piccy and everything and now it's nearly the next Friday. Somebody slow the world down please!

Last week's stitching was on Enchanted Flute and I did make some progress. For some reason I was dreading stitching on it, as you may have noticed it has been ignored for some time. I think this is because of the amount of confetti stitching and the size of fabric I chose (32 ct - must have been mad). Anyway, I actually really enjoyed it, just didn't get as much done as I would have liked.

However, page 4 is very nearlly finished now and will certainly be done on it's next rotation.

This week has been back to Dragonfly so look out for an update tomorrow on that (hopefully) and my TUSAL!

Black, Black and a bit of 310!

Yep! All I seem to have stitched this week is good old 310! Her hair is definately growing though! By the bottom of this page of chart I think the whole row is 310 so there is still plenty more to go.

But Dragonfly goes away now for a week while I stitch on the much neglected Enchanted Flute. There isn't too much to do to finish page 4 on this one so that is my aim for this week and the colours will definatley make a change to black.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all. I hope you have had a good Christmas and that the next 12 months are kind to you. Is everybody making New Year's resolutions? I thought I would promise not to start another project until I've finished one, but as I've signed up for the HAED SAL and am just waiting for my materials to arrive, I know I don't stand a chance of keeping that one!

I thought a good way to start this year's blogging would be to take up to date photos of all my projects so that I can see where I am with everything and can record my progress at the end of the year. So here is Poppies as it stands at the moment (not a lot done!).

Then we have Enchanted Flute, good start so far (page 5, in think) but not been stitched on for some time.

Next is Dragonfly, still my favourite stitch and close to finishing page 8.

And then there is Cletic Summer. A good session on this and it could quite quickly be finished, relatively speaking, as she is the smallest project I've got on the go.

And, of course, there is the new start, a HAED quick stitch of Curl up with a good book. This won't be the whole chart but just a small part of it, hence quick stitch! Nothing to show of yet but I'm sure the first stitch will go in as soon as the material arrives.

I've started my new ort jar for the TUSAL (actually it's the same one as last time I've just emptied it and started again) a picture will be posted on 4 January (the first new moon).

Here's to a good year everybody, may you all be happy and healthy!

Another butterfly

I've spent the past week stitching on Enchanted Flute again. Another butterfly is appearing in the picture and there is another larger butterfly to do before the page is finished.

I'm really torn between stitchingon this and on Dragonfly. They are both addictive. For now I'll will stick to a weekly rotation (changing on a Monday), but I might change that to fortnightly so that Enchanted Flute can progress a bit quicker. There are so many confetti stitches in it that it does grow very slowly.

Happy stitching and thanks for your visit.

This Week's Progress

This past week has been spent on Enchanted Flute again. I've got about half way through page three of the chart and the butterfly is begining to show.

So, it's gone away now for another week and Tatty Ted has come back out. I know they are all I seem to show at the moment, but then they are all I stitch on! I can't put Enchanted Flute down, and Tatty Ted has a deadline so I'm forced to make room for him. However, hubby is away one night this week so I might just get the advent stuff back out, although there is no chance of that being done for this christmas now - after all I'm still only on number 3!

Happy stitching to all, may the frog stay away, and thank you for visiting.

More Enchanted Flute

This week's stitching has been dedicated to Enchanted Flute and there is good progress to show on it. I'm still waiting for the butterfly to make an appearance but I'm sure it will before this page is finished. The stitching is now the full width of page three so I guess I've got about ¼ of the page done (allowing for all the confetti stitches).

I'm still really enjoying this but it is going to go away now this week and I will spend the week on Tatty Teddy. Then it really depends on how he is progressing as to whether I go back to this or continue with him - or maybe I should spend some time with my Celtic Lady or even visit my Poppy Fields. Oh dear too many BAPs on the go and not enough time.

I recently bought two Mill Hill kits as something small and different to do. This first one was a Tiny Treasured Diamond called Icy Snowflake. I had seen this one last year and liked the look of it so I gave in this time and bought it. It actually stitched up really quickly, only taking me three days to get it done.

I also bought Orchid Tassel which is stitched on paper which I've not used before. I let you know how it turns out. I've not started it yet.

At last I've managed to finish page 2 of Enchanted Flute. The next page of the chart gets a lot lighter as there is a clear change in the colours. I'll be moving on to the butterfly soon.

Tatty Ted is still continuing. I shall be making him top priority now. I've finished all the numbers down the side and am working on the second of the three teddies. I'll post a pic when there is a bit more to show.

Thank you for visiting.

I'M BACK

Have you missed me? To be honest I really don't know where the time has gone and I had no idea that it's been over two months since I posted. Life just gets in the way sometimes doesn't it? I'm still working - my contract has just been extended to the end of August, not bad seeing it was originally to the end of March! Children have broken up for school summer holidays - eldest has now left primary school and starts comp in September - again, where has the time gone?

Now for stitchy updates!

To be honest, I hardly stitched for about a month so progress may not be as great as you expect. Most of what I have done has been on Enchanted Flute and she now looks like this:-

I've nearly finished page 2 of the chart and I'm moving away from navy and black into pale blues and greens.

I've also started a new piece by Anchor called A Host of Poppies. This is what it should look like when finished:-

And this is how it looks at the moment:-

This piece was actually bought for me for my birthday and is not one I would have chosen. Having said that I'm really enjoying stitching it. Funny how things turn out.

Celtic Summer is the other piece that is in progress. I've not taken a pic of her as I didn't think I had stitched on her, but having looked at the last pic posted here I have done some more so I'll post a pic next time.

I am going to have to put all these projects on hold for a while (or at least add to the list). I've kind of started a tradition of stitching something for each new arrival in our family, and as the next one is due in January I really ought to make a start. I've chosen the kit and it has arrived, so hopefully I'll make a start over the next day or two - although I would like to finish page 2 of Enchanted flute first.

Anyway, this is the piece I've chosen. It's a height chart of Tatty Teddy.

And finally, my Totally Useless SAL. This is what my jar looks like now.

Thanks for visiting and I'll try not to leave it another two months before I post again. Happy stitching to one and all.

Baking day!

I don't mean really hot, I mean baking as in cooking. I used to make fancy fun birthday cakes for my children but as they've got a bit older, and life has got bussier, I've stopped doing it. However, my sisters friend found out about it and I have just done my first commissioned cake. I'm glad to say that the recipient was very pleased with it, as was her father who it was for.

On a stitching front, I've been working on Enchanted Flute whenever I get the chance, and I've finished the last part of my round robin. I really haven't had much time at all so progress on enchanted flute is slow.

The Lady Returns

Yep! I've got her back. Celtic Winter is home from the framers. Yes it was expensive, but they have done a great job! I've had to take the pic from an angle otherwise all you'll see is the reflection but you get the idea.And here is an update on Enchanted Flute. There is progress, really! This is really my main project at the moment, and I'm not stitching much else, so posts will be slow for a while. I'm still really loving doing it though - just as well as there's another 23 pages of chart to go.

Doggy Finish

It seems to have been ages since I posted anything, but I do have a finish to show you all. Remember the black and white stitching I had you all guessing over? Well the Golden Retriever has finally materialised. Here he is completed and framed in all his glory, ready to go to my DH's grandmother for her 92 birthday later this week.

I've also completed the Round Robin piece and sent that on. I've now got the next one to stitch and will crack on with that next week.

Yesterday, I managed to put in quite a bit of time on Enchanted Flute. There are so many confetti stitches that all though I've probably done another4-500 stitches, no more of the pattern is showing. I'll give it another couple of sessions before I post another pic, that way there should be more to show in general.

Hope everybody has had a great easter break. Now back into the garden to make the most of this lovely weather! Ironing? What Ironing? That can wait for tomorrow!!!!

Spring has sprung!

Wow, it is a glorious day today. It's a shame I've been stuck in an office for most of it.

My stitching progresses - here is the completed page one of Enchanted Flute.

I ordered the rest of the threads for this the other day so ordered the fabric and threads that I need for Celtic Summer while I was at it. Now, if I could leave Enchanted Flute alone for long enough I could make a start on it.

The golden retriever is also coming along, and is begining to look recognisable. I'll try to post a pic towards the end of the weekend so you can see the progress for yourselves.

The round robin is almost done, I've run out of thread so I will need to get some more, just not quite sure when! Does anybody know how close DMC is to Anchor? If I swap mid stitching will it show?

Lets hope this wonderful weather continues over the weekend and we get lots of lovely, bright sunshine for stitching in!

More Enchanted Flute

Well, here is the result of all my stitching time since my last post! I am loving this and really can't put it down at the moment. I've very nearly finished the first page, leaving about 23 to go!!!!


I am going to have to put this down now for a week or so as I must do the next part of the round robin stitching and finish the Golden Retriever, both of which are needed by early April. So until they are done this will have to wait.

I hope everybody is getting plenty of stitching time.