More pictures

Second post today. Glenna asked for pictures of what Lois Minshall and Not for Us Alone look like as finished pieces. Good point, Glenna! Sorry! lol! Here's Lois.



She's charted for AVAS, so mine won't look exactly like this when done. I'm hoping I'll still like it anyway!

Not for Us Alone is a mystery class, so you're not supposed to know what it looks like. It's hard to find pictures online as a result. I hope that Lynn in Utah won't mind if I provide a link to her album. Click on her name for the link. Scroll down in the little side bar area and you'll see Not for Us Alone. Lynn does absolutely amazing work -- I always love to look through her albums!

Stick to the rotation!!

Well, for now I've conquered the startitis that I've been having. I've decided to do a very loose rotation of Ruthie Sundays, and then rotate every week between Not For Us Alone and Lois Minshall. I think. I may throw in a Collaboration Etui Wednesday in there with another online friend. :D




In the meantime, I did manage to finish Chapter Two of Not for Us Alone on Monday.




Don't look too closely at the seed stitch around the shield motif. I messed up a bit. For those of you who think I'm a perfectionist, think again. At least when it comes to ripping out seed stitch. lol!

After I finished that up, I needed some plain cross stitch, so I was good and picked up Lois Minshall again. Here's where I am with her as of today.




(It's another cloudy day today, so the pictures may be a bit dark.) I don't know if I said before, but I'm using 40ct Vintage Light Examplar and an NPI conversion from Jean at the Attic. (No affiliation, etc) With Not for Us Alone, I'm using the kit -- 36ct Zweigart and Amy Mitten's Fibers to Dye For fibers.

I'm glad today's Friday, but totally bummed that we have to turn the clocks ahead this weekend. I think they did the right thing in changing when to turn the clocks back in the fall, but they moved the moving-the-clocks-forward thing to a time of year that's a bit too early IMO. I'm liking how it is right now, sending the boy child out to the bus stop when it's light out as opposed to pitch dark or just starting to get light. Next week it'll be back to sending him out when it's just getting light again. And waking up in the dark. Bleagh!! The only good thing will be not having to drive in the dark to and from evening activities. Anyone who knows me knows I hate driving in the dark!

Well, TGIF anyway! Have a good weekend, everyone! And thanks for following my blog and posting comments!

My first blog post!

Ok, so I've been waffling about this for ages. After all, my DH has a blog. So many of my online friends have blogs. Why shouldn't I have one too? A final push and here I am! I really don't know if I'll even have anything to say, but here goes! lol!

I know for me, pictures are an important attraction of blogs. So here, hopefully, is my first picture.

I'm taking an online class by Amy Mitten called Not for Us Alone. I've wanted to stitch this piece for ages, and now I finally am! This is just a part of what I've stitched, but it's the most interesting part. I love the ladies and the gentleman and dogs, don't you? Unfortunately, I've put aside another project to work on this one, but hopefully it will get picked up again -- I have enough UFOs as it is! Oh, and apologies for the wrinkles. I have never figured out how to get those creases out of a piece of linen, and as for ironing before taking a picture, -- well that just doesn't happen! I'm afraid with me wrinkles are a part of life!

I feel like all of a sudden I'm on a big stage with all eyes on me! Talk about stage fright! lol! One of the things I pondered a lot with a blog was what I would feel comfortable blogging about. It remains to be seen what I decide, whether I'll stick to just cross stitch or delve into other realms of my life. I hope this blog ends up being interesting. I'll do my best to make it so!

Anyway, I will be arranging my blog in the next few days and adding various things to the sidebar. Thanks to Siobhan for pushing me into the blog world!