You better not pout....

He is finished! I have completed another WIP for 2009, Patriotic Santa by Bent Creek. Once I got a new skein of navy blue perl cotton (Thanks, Mom!), I was able to finish him off today. His star charm is hanging sideways on the picture. I am going to try finishing him myself, maybe as a flat fold.

Things that Make You Go Arrrrgh!

I had a little bit of time to work on Patriotic Santa on Thursday. Last week, I accidentally cut a strand of blue on the right side of his scarf. I ended up having to pull out 2 1/2 rows of stitches before I was able to save the strand.

On Thursday I started stitching the blue again. I only had 2 more strands of the perl cotton because I bought this pattern fully kitted, and they supplied all the floss and fabric. One of the strands was not enough to finish the scarf. If you look closely, you can see the third row is only half complete. And I needed more blue for the flag. So I stitched what I could of the flag and now I am out of blue perl cotton.


It is really annoying to have to buy an entire skein of perl cotton just to get 20 inches of fiber. I will probably have to order it too, since there is not a local shop here, and my only choice is Hobby Lobby. Arrgh!

The Frogs Came Home...

Actually, this is a funny story. Yesterday morning, my youngest dd, BearLover, did in fact find a large frog in our garage. We had to open the door and I scared him out with a broom.

However, the frogs came to visit my stitching as well. Apparently, I accidentally cut a thread. So now I am ripping out rows of blue on Patriotic Santa, trying to find where I can save it. Arrrggg!

End of the Week...Finally!

Wow, what a week I have had. I started antibiotics for a sinus infection a week and a half ago. All this week, I faithfully took my med, but was not getting any better. This past Monday, I started getting a stabbing pain in my left ear. Well, I thought, maybe I should give the antibiotics another few days.

By Friday, I was a mess. My ear was hurting, I had a horrible sinus headache, and was pretty much just miserable. Fridays are usually crazy for me and the kids. We have a homeschool co-op that meets for 3 hours, then my oldest, Miss TwinkleToes, has a violin lesson, and then we follow it up with gymnastics. Plus this past Friday was our First Friday get-together with the other military families in my Hubby's office, and the kids had AWANA. Whew!

I managed to get a doctor's appointment, but it wasn't until 5pm. Hubby was coming over to the side of the island where all of our activities are, because there was a new military family coming in. So I convinced Hubby to come by gymnastics and pick up the kids, while I had to go to my appointment.

By the time I got done with the appointment, with a prescription for new antibiotics, I didn't think I would have time to go to my regular pharmacy to pick it up. So instead, the nurse called it in to Walmart for me and I went to pick it up. The line at the pharmacy took me 15 minutes to get to the front, only to be told it would be another 5-10 minutes, and they would call me. 45 minutes later, I got back in line to get my prescription to find out they only had 6 days worth of a medicine that I have to take for 2 weeks! So not only did I spent my entire evening at Walmart, I have to go back next week to get the rest of my medicine! And I didn't have any dinner, and lunch was a Jamba juice because we were running late from co-op! Needless to say, I was not a happy camper!

But the good news is that I did get some stitching done this week. My Nativity Angel is almost done! All she needs is a face and the remaining back stitching, and she will be complete.







Here is Patriotic Block at the beginning of the week.




And at the end of the week. For some reason, I can't find my black thread, so I will have to wait until my order from 123stitch.com arrives to do the fuses on the firecrackers, and the other block.





Here is Patriotic Santa at the beginning of the week. He is coming along pretty well. I seem to have made a mistake on him, but I think I can cover it up okay.




At at the end of the week, here is what he looked like. I was able to work on him waiting for my appointment.






Last, but not least, I will have a new project to start, as soon as my order arrives. I was reading on my friend Courtney's blog, All Stitched Together, about the American Soldier Memorial project.

From the group home page:

The American Soldier Memorial Project A site that honors the fallen heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
Counted cross stitchers and machine stitchers are always welcome
Our Mission: Is to show support to the fallen service men and women by giving a memorial to their family.


I have joined the group and will be stitching a memorial for a fallen soldier. I am so excited about it. I will be posting another entry about my soldier soon. And as soon as I get started on the project, I will be posting pictures.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Completed Goal

Hooray! Hip, Hip, Hooray! I have completed another one of my 2009 Goals. I completed one page of Masquerade. Wow- I am half way done with my goals and it isn't even the end of March yet. In addition to completing two goals this week, I made some progress on a couple smaller pieces that are in rotation. Also, I worked on the angel.

Here is Masquerade.


Patriotic block



Patriotic Santa ( I just figured out that I have my Patriotic Santa stitching upside down in the slide show in the side bar- oops!)




As you can see, I got a lot of progress made this week. Next week the public school kids are on spring break, so my girls may be getting a break from school by default. I should be able to get in some good stitching as well.

UFO Tuesday

Tuesday I worked on one of my unfinished objects, Patriotic Santa by Bent Creek. I have increased my project rotation by 5 more small projects, but I didn't add them to my goals list. I will post pictures of those as I work on them.