Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Gaining Momentum

Whew!  So here I am, finally in an upright position!  Still coughing, but not like before, this sure has been hard to shake!

A couple of days ago my brain finally kicked in so I was able to concentrate a little and get some stitching done.  I was way behind in a few SALs so I stitched like mad on Au Point du Croix and managed to catch up.  Since I'm on a scroll frame with this piece, you can only see the last few pieces.  I really like this one!!




Just as soon as I finished stitching up parts 9 and 10 (which you can see here) they published part 11.  I guess that can wait until tomorrow...I really wanted to stitch on something different!!  Here is Marquoir Francoise...



Part 9 of the SAL Maryse is having came out a couple of days before I left for Alaska, so I wasn't able to get it stitched before I left.  It took an entire day (well a day with a fuzzy brain from the flu I had) but I was able to catch up with this one too!  (Just a week before the next part comes out...suddenly I feel like I'm on a treadmill!!  LOL)




I did a little rejoicing when I finished these up last night knowing that today I could work on whatever I wanted.  So this morning I thought for a bit, and pulled out one of those crazies from a few years ago...the Christmas Quaker Bellpull from Wienhenberg.  I love this pattern, but because it's stitched over one, it is one of those patterns I can only handle in small doses.  I'm going to start a weekly rotation and hope to make a concerted effort to try and finish before Christmas 2015.  I need to make some goals on it...



After a little while working on that I pulled out something I haven't worked on for a little while, Royal Garden.  I was determined to finish these motifs that look like curly Qs.  In order to finish with one length of thread I had to start with 90 inches.  I can tell you my arm is tired from pulling such a long thread through each time!!  I finished up 6 of them today!!    The next section I will be working with satin thread...this could be challenging as it has a mind of it's own.  Wish me luck!!  Here's my progress so far...



I still have some time left over tonight so I think I'll do a little crocheting.  I really want to finish an afghan for my Mom before the winter is over.  I have close to 200 squares left to make but I've already made more than that, so if I really concentrate I could probably get them done in a few days.  So....off to get some squares done.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope the predictions of a harsh winter don't have you too discouraged.  All I can think is that sometimes those hard winters lead to getting a lot of crafts done, so stock up on supplies and hot cocoa and get ready to enjoy creating things with your hands!  Happy Stitching!

6 comments:

Mouse said...

glad to hear you are feeling a wee bit better ... and well done on catching up on all those sals etc etc etc ... come over here pleaseeeee and help me ...lol hope we don't get a really bad winter ..can't do with it tooo cold ... love mouse xxxx

Kaisievic said...

So glad to hear that you are feeling better. You have certainly worked hard to keep up with your SALs. Lovely stitching.

Linda said...

Congrats on making such great progress on all your projects DJ.

Linda

Annie said...

All your projects are wonderful! I hope you continue to feel better:)

Denise SA said...

How wonderful all caught up on your SALS wish I could say the same hanging head in shame. Your needles are definitely smoking

Caitlin @ Naughts Cross Stitches said...

Gorgeous stitching they look amazing.