All the pretties

August has been super busy.

It started with a family lunch, then my birthday, the Knowledge and Needles Open House and a stash zone still waiting to be finished.

Also - my boss was away most of the month so work was busier than normal.  

Needless to say, blogging hasn't been the highest on my to do list.

But I have some progress pictures to share.

First: so of the glorious stitching on display at the Knowledge and Needles Open House.  I keep waiting for Ann to include drool bibs.

On my way to the Open House I picked up Teresa Wentzler's The Castle from the framers.  This guy is all mine

I have managed a little stitching progress

Blackstone fantasy garden

Canada sampler

Serenity prayer

Journey's end

At long last a post!!

Also a finish

Yesterday I put the last stitches/beads on Fortunate traveller!  The last bit took much longer than I thought it would.

The Fortunate Traveler
TW Designworks
28 count cream lugana
DMC threads and Mill Hill beads

Don't look outside

It is very white outside today.  

It started snowing this morning and expected to still be snowing tomorrow morning.  I am not looking forward to going to work.  

I realized that I didn't blog finishing stretch!  I finished him last weekend.

I have been working on the net on the main border; the top and right side are done.  

I have also managed to get two Red Threads by Rosewood Manor stitched.  I still have to assemble them together - I didn't like the way it was working this morning and took it apart.

Epiphany and Wild orchid

It's a scene

Things have been super busy the last couple of weeks.  

Last week at work, I was drafted to be a training instructor and spent the week developing and presenting instructions for our new software.  Ack!   I am not a public speaker... though it seemed to go ok; we haven't gotten too many questions yet.

I have been working away on Fortunate Traveller.... and have finished the dragon scene including all the back-stitching.  I even have started Stretch.  

 

A mile of back-stitching

At long last stitching progress!

On January 1st when I got up I started Canada Sampler by Stitchrovia. I only did a bit before going back to Fortunate traveler.  I am hoping to get some more stitching on it later this month.

There has been much progress on Fortunate traveler!  

First, the verse is finished - after having to frog the bunny and two lines.  I was out by a thread.  

Then I started on the top left of the dragon scene and started filling in any missed stitches and added the back-stitching.  Lots and lots of back-stitching.  I still have to finish the dragon's eye, but will do that once the rest is complete.

As of this afternoon (and the taking of the progress picture) I have five of six pages done, there is a little left on page five where I want to complete page six to make the back-stitching easier.  

Once the dragon scene is complete I still need to do Stretch the dragon, finish back-stitching the border, add eyelets and lazy daisy and then bead. 

State of the Stitching 2016 Edition

Here we are at the end of 2016 and I thought I would take a look at the stitching year that was.  

This year's finishes:

Snow is coming (AuryTM Designs) Ornament
Serenity prayer (My Big Toe) 
One hundred years (Lizzie Kate)
Wedding row - the green version (Bent Creek)
Little hedgie (Just Nan)
Oakley owlet (Just Nan)
A couple other ornaments

I did manage to get a lot done on Fortunate traveller which isn't finished but is close.

Stitching in progress 

Bees knees by Ink Circles

Forest Walk by Heaven and Earth Designs

Fortunate traveller by Teresa Wentzler

Spring Quaker by Rosewood Manor

Touching the autumn sky by Mirabilia

Tour des marques by Silver Lining

 

Plum pudding by Glendon Place

Winter tree silhouette by Artecy

I'm getting a couple more projects ready to start in January including our yearly SAL.  

Here's to more stitching next year

Better late then never

The best laid plans never seem to work. 

I have had blog on my to do list but I never seem to manage to fit it in. Things have been busy the last few weeks and the rest of this month is busy at work as we move to a new software system.

This past weekend was wonderful and relaxing as I went to Retreat. 16 other great ladies and three days of stitching. 
And a lot of food. 
And laughing. 
It was a blast.

I didn't set stitching goals in October. Right now I can't remember why - oops. If you don't set them that means you succeeded right?

November Goals

Work on Fortunate Traveller - I want to have this all finished this year

Work on Touching the autumn sky

Work on blanket that I started to crochet

Progress

Touching the autumn sky
 
 
















Fortunate traveller

Here a stitch, There a stitch

I had such a fun day at work today.  For those of you who don't know I work in a library, the technical side not the side that deals with "clients".  Today I got to do one of those things that is listed under "other assigned duties".... and it involved a hammer.

Oh yes, I was told to hit things.  

One of our book trucks lost a wheel.  How my co-worker managed this I did not ask.  But as I control the tool box I got to fix it.  I got it out of book truck time out, flipped it over and put the wheel back in.  It was fun.  Then I had to do real work which wasn't as fun.  

And now for stitching.

I thought I would post an update of Fortunate traveller.  I am hoping to spend at least part of the weekend working on the scene.  Right now I am doing a lot of confetti stitches: a stitch, change colour, another stitch.  

Mind the puddle

It's a good thing I was home this Saturday.  I went to go into the bathroom and the rug went squish. Bleep. 

Frantic searching.

Oh, the water line is leaking.  Bleep again

Turn water shut off

Call building maintenance.

New supply line - all fixed 


So - after all that fun I thought I should stitch and relax.

Here is the progress on Fortunate traveller - actually I will post the last picture too.

July 25

Today

Boxed in

Here a box
There a box
Boxes everywhere!

I have made some really good progress on Fortunate traveller - despite the complaining that Dani is doing on how long it is taking.

I have finished all the ivy and flowers on the border, and added the inner borders.  I will be doing the back-stitching as I go.

I have moved on to the title section and am still debating what part is next...

Make it epic

I was told that this post should be epic.... 

I don't know why - it's only the 1000th post to the blog. 

I declare this post to be epic just because it is number 1000 - and I have posted twice this month :P

I have stitching progress to share... 

A finish

Oakley Owlet 

Just Nan

Limited edition ornament

32 ct linen

DMC threads

A tree

Winter tree silhouette Arctey.com

 

 

 
A bee

Bees knees - Ink Circles

A journey

Fortunate traveller - Teresa Wentzler

I am oh so close to being all the way around - it's my goal to finish the ivy this week


Epic Post 1000 - out

It's too hot to think of a post title

Summer decided that it wants to start early here.  On the weekend it felt like the middle of July.... and I haven't gotten any of my summer clothes out so I went and spent most of Saturday at the movies seeing Captain America :)

I have managed to get a little stitching done.

I finished the stitching part of the latest Just Nan limited edition critter

 Little Hedgie

Just Nan

32 natural linen

DMC threads

I started Winter tree silhouette.  I am almost finished the first page; it is one over one on 25 count.

I also have been making some progress on Teresa Wentzler's Fortunate Traveller.  

Guardian on the wall

I must share my most epic Christmas present from the parents.

Like most stitchers I have a pile of finished-unfinished pieces.  Getting them framed and on the wall hasn't really been a priority.  

But for Christmas the parents decided that they would take a piece to the framers.  

This might have also been because mom likes seeing the finished stuff and she really can't when it's in the bin.

Teresa Wentzler's The Guardian is now all framed and on the wall.

Traveler Progress

A few weeks ago on a trip to the parents, I took along Fortunate Traveler to see if I could get a little done.

I've managed to add a little green; but not as much as I had hoped.

The Kitchen Sink

I've been meaning to do a couple posts in the last week or so but got side-tracked with finishing Cirque.

Hopefully this won't be too boring.  Oh, who am I kidding it will be!

There was no TUSAL post in July.  Why you may ask?  Funny story:

Picture it:

Stitching chair, chair-side table, ORT glass, open bottle of diet coke.....

If you're thinking to yourself Christin dumped the bottle of coke all over the place, you'd be right!  

All over the table, on the carpet, in the WIP basket.... it was a mess!

Out of this disaster is the good news that the only causalities were some working copies and the July ORTS.  Given the fact the basket is full of projects, I'll take it.  

I have moved the basket to the other side of the chair away from the line of fire.


At the end of July I went to see the parents and attended our yearly family reunion.  While I was there I needed some cord to finish the owls and popped into Fabricland.  Of course I couldn't just get little cord:

Also a couple weeks ago, Dani and I were at the local mall poking into stores for no reason when Dani spotted this:

The scissor frog I got a couple years ago fits!  Who needs an ice cream bowl when they can have scissors?

This past weekend was my birthday.  Here is my baby photo from 40 years ago:  

My friend tells me I look like I was plotting....  dad agrees

I have a little stitching to share.  I got out Fortunate traveler and worked on the leaves a bit.  Still way behind on this.

Weekend Stitching - FT

This weekend I decided it was past time to get out Fortunate traveler for some attention.  I haven't worked on this since summer time,having put it aside to work on other things.

It was a little odd to be working on 28 count, most of my projects the last little while have been/are 32 or 25 count.  

Yesterday I put on season 4 of Sons of Anarchy and worked away on the border.  It's coming along nicely, especially after I found all three pages of the top (don't ask).  

Before

After

WIPocolypse Catch-Up

WIPocolypse was last week, and I had it on my list of things to do but got busy.

Here is my progress on the projects I've worked on recently.  I've put most of the projects on hold while I work on Corn Mill.

Fortunate Traveler

Cirque des cercles

Corn Mill