Its Saturday March 23, 2013

I don't have any pictures to share but my stitching news is that Autumn Cardinals is at the framers and I will be picking it up on Friday. I love the framer I use now.  His/their prices are affordable,
they have a great sale that runs all summer long and if you can believe it your framed piece is back to you in ONE week  Can't wait to see it framed.  I have even pulled out everything to start on Summer Cardinals.  I didn't think I would start another one so soon. I have LK's Jingles to start but I'm having a hard time getting a piece of fabric at a reasonable price.  I only need 9 inches wide but I need at least 27 inches long. I ordered one piece but when it came it was to yellow.  I also bought another piece yesterday but I have a brain skip. When I got home and checked the stitch count with the actual size of the fabric it was of course to short. I have more mushroom 28ct Luguna that I could open a shop of my own. Okay I really don't have that much.

The sun has been shining for a few days and that always makes me feel good.  I can hear lawnmowers on the block grooming the grass. Its still to cold outside for me at 44 degrees so I'm inside and I'm going to finishing stitching a little Saint Patrick's day design and then I think I'm going to start stitching Lovebird. Its a cute little cardinal sitting on a spool of thread. Maybe I will leave it to be framed when I pick up my Autumn Cardinals on Friday.

I hope you are all seeing a bit of spring, that your not living in the Midwest or East Coast where the foul weather is. Have a wonderful weekend whether you are pulling weeds in your yard or stitching in your warm cozy homes.

I'll share my finished piece next week.

Another UFO Update

I wonder if I will ever get this thing finished? I'm stuck  on the gold leaf in the top left hand corner. I have more berries to stitch and the rest of the basket then on to all the back stitching. When I started stitching this I didn't read the directions. Why should I it looked pretty cut and dry to me.  Well if I had of I would have known that this designer shows half stitches so you can see where the back stitching goes.  I've never ever seen that before.  I'm now going back as I find the half stitches and turning them into full x's! I'm looking forward to getting this finished and framed but I'm really burned out on it.  Did I mention that I have the other three seasons from this designer to stitch.  I really want to get them finished before we move back to California so all the frames match. I have almost 4 years to get the other 3 done.  I should be able to get it done.  I have so many charts to stitch that its crazy. 

 

Its been a good week since I started this update and I've made lots of progress.  I didn't make my personal deadline but so goes life.  I have very little to do before I start back stitching.  In fact the basket is done except for a little bit of the lighter brown. There's a gold leaf on the upper left that took me a full week to get done.  I just couldn't get the symbols right.  I finally decided to start at the top of that leaf and work down.  Changing colors every few stitches if I had to.  I finally got it. 

I've decided not to show anymore photos of this stitch until it is completely stitched and cleaned and pressed or until its framed.  We'll see!

Have a wonderful week and I hope you get to stitch as much as you like.

Sandy