Stitchin' Update

This week I got a bit of stitching done.  This might be the year of LizzieKate finishes for me- LOL, since they are quick and easy patterns.  I worked on the Year with Charm series.  

Here is January.

And February.

My oldest DD decided to start a rainbow heart pattern.  Here is her progress on it.

Friday morning, while helping my kids try to make bubble gum, I got a splinter in my right index finger!  Ouch!  That made stitching pretty hard most of the weekend, so I have been taking a break- playing Mario Kart on the Wii.  And the kids are complaining because they can't play!

I got a package from my finisher on Saturday.   Here are the finished pieces.

I love the black fuzzy thread on the spooky cat hanging ornament!

The quilt fabric for Home of a Needleworker is a pretty purple splotchy color. 

It did not photograph well, so here is a close-up of the fabric.

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Finish Number 24!

Woo Hoo!!!! I finished Home of a Needleworker. Fixed the mistakes this morning, and got the rest of the stitching done today. The kids were playing with their neighborhood friends as the public school kids were off today.

Home of A Needleworker, by Little House Needleworks
stitched on 28-count antique ivory linen
Sampler Threads Barn Grey, Cherry Wine, Evergreen, Oatmeal, Pumpkin Patch
Sable, and Weeks Dye Works Cocoa and Purple Haze

I only have 3 more goals to complete before the end of the year. I better get to putting a face on the wiseman!

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Company, Halt!

There I was, zooming along on Home of a Needleworker. I was really close to being finished. Only the nose on the black bird, the scissors, and the ribbon border on the bottom. I was stitching, stitching, less than 100 stitches to go!

Frogs came a'courtin'....

Oooops! Can you see it?

Typically, I am a

lazy

non-perfectionist stitcher, but even I can't ignore that boo-boo. The last loop on the ribbon is not the right size.

Guess I will be frogging it out!

New Start

I started another pattern. This one is Blessings Be Thine, by Blackbird Designs.


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Stitching Update

I got a good bit of stitching done this week.

The Nativity Wiseman is coming along. I finished up the embellishment on the sleeves.





Home of a Needleworker is almost done. I am going to be altering the pattern a little, since the piece of fabric is small (bad measuring on my part!).


This is the progress I made on a gift pattern. That's why I am not showing the whole piece.



A new start too this week. This pattern was a birthday present from my mom this summer. She actually wanted to stitch the fob for me, but since my dad ended up in the hospital, things didn't quite go as planned.

Star Fob, by Prairie Moon,
stitched on 32-count beige linen,
using WDW Father's Day,
whitewash (not shown) and Turkish Red (not shown)

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Weekend Update

Here are the pieces I worked on this week.

A close-up of cherries on Home of A Needleworker.

Here is my progress on the Nativity Wiseman. I finished up the back-stitching along the bottom, and finished his foot.

And I got finish #20 earlier this week! (previously posted)

Stitchin' News- Another Finish!

I have finished another pattern!

Uncle SnowSam
by The Stitchworks
Stitched on 10 ct Sand Tula, with DMC 310, 321, blanc, 311, 433, 783

I actually completed this on Monday this week, but school and other stuff kept me pretty busy, so I didn't get to post it.

Here is what I have worked on this week.

Back-stitching on the wiseman.



Progress on Home of Needleworker.



Finally, this is a surprise for my youngest daughter, Blue Jean Bear.

Weekend Update, August 23, 2009

My stitching week was pretty eventful. First I had the tragedy with the nativity wiseman. Highlighter!!!! But amazingly enough, hand sanitizer removed it all. That was a great tip!

I made some progress with Home of a Needleworker. I am working on the light outline of the windows and doors. Plus I did some more of the green. I really like this pattern.


Next, we have an update on Uncle SnowSam. He is stitching along very quickly. I am hoping to finish him up today, but I haven't planned school for the kids for tomorrow yet, so we will see what happens.


Tomorrow I will start my rotation with the wiseman again. I will be keeping highlighters very very very far away from him! LOL

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August 16 Update

I got a little bit of stitching done this week.

Uncle SnowSam


Home of A Needleworker

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Updating My Goals

I have been back home for 10 days. I haven't stitched a thing. Not a thing! Nothing! Part of it is that I am feeling tired still, and I figure I would probably just make mistakes. The other part is that I didn't get to do any school planning for my two DD's in June. So the last few days, I have been planning and organizing our school stuff. In two more days we leave for our original trip home. So now I am in full packing mode.

However, today I did look over my current WIPs. I think I am going to be adjusting my 2009 goals as well.

2009 Goals- Modifidied May 2009

* 1. FINISHED! Leisure Arts Heirloom Nativity Angel
* 2. FINISHED! Leisure Arts Heirloom Nativity Shepherd #2
* 3. FINISHED! 1 page of Masquerade
* 4. FINISHED! Surprise miniblock #1
* 5. FINISHED! Surprise Miniblock #2
* 6. Leisure Arts Heirloom Nativity Wise Man#1
* 7. American Soldier Memorial
* 8. Eagle Sampler
* 9. Christmas present #1
* 10. Christmas present #2
* 11. Gift #1
* 12. Christmas present #3
* 13. L&L Angel of Spring 1 page

The surprise gift isn't going to happen now. I am disappointed about that one too. I am only planning on two Christmas gifts now. Plus I am reconsidering the L&L Angel of Spring. I am balking at stitching it over 1. I think I will need to get some new fabric for the whole set, and use my other fabric for something different. That will change my goals for the rest of the year.

I have reduced my WIP rotation to include four other projects besides my current unfinished goals.

1. Home of A Needleworker



2. Star Sampler, by Blackbird Designs using Cranberry Bog material by R & R Reproductions and ST Banker's Grey floss



3. Home Sweet Home on the Welcome Friends by Karen Hyslop, The Cross-Eyed Cricket, on 32- count Belfast linen in driftwood, and DMC floss 221 and 413.



4. Uncle SnowSam, by The Stitchworks. Sorry don't know the fabric count, using DMC blanc, 311, 321, 433, and 783.

Father's Day Update

Wow, it is hard to believe it is Sunday. Time slows down in the hospital. My dad has had some good days and some not so good days.

I guess I haven't explained what the situation is here. My dad has pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed in December 2006, six months before we moved off to our island. It was a rough move for everyone. We were living 4 hours from my parents, and we moved more than 2000 miles away.

My dad has responded well to his medication for the most part. He has been able to lead a relatively normal life, without the cancer being the main focus. The last six months there have been some setbacks as two different medications have failed.

Now, unfortunately, the tumor has spread to his stomach. That was causing the extreme pain he was experiencing two weeks ago. The surgery he had on Wednesday was to attach his small intestine to the stomach in a different area since the tumor was encroaching and blocking there. This procedure is only a way to provide a nutrition pathway, it is not to eleviate pain or fight the tumor at all. One always hopes that it will help with the pain, but that was not the primary purpose. My parents both want to pursue a new drug treatment, so hopefully the primary doctor will start with that soon.

So now we are dealing with the recovery from surgery. Abdominal surgery is pretty intense. He has had some good days and some bad days. We are hopeful he will be able to be released from the hospital next week sometime. I will be staying longer and hopefully be able to help with the house and grocery shoppping.

Anyway, sorry for the long drawn out explanation, but I wanted to tell the story.

On to a little stitching news:

I have been working on the home of a needleworker. I decided to change the old blue jeans (Crescent Colors) to a purple, since I am a purple girl.





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June 19th Summary

I have had a lot of stitching time here at the hospital. Both my parents slept most of the day yesterday, so I had a lot of quiet time to be able to stitch and stitch. Here is my progress since getting here on Saturday.

This is the Eagle Sampler. I finished the eagle last night and started on the flag.




This is the Easter block that I am stitching for Mom. The fabric has some pretty bad folds in it. I hope they come out!



This is my newest start, Home of Needleworker (too), by Little House Needleworks. I saw this one on several blogs and just had to get it. I have changed some of colors. I am using ST oatmeal, cherry wine, pumpkin patch, cocoa, sable and evergreen. They are close to the colors in the original patern picture, and I didn't have the ones it called for.




This is my progress on the soldier memorial. I am about to run out of blue again! What a dork I am sometimes.



An update on the family front: My Dad had his surgery on Wednesday morning. He was pretty out of it the rest of the day and we were having issues with controlling his pain that day. Thursday he was doing better. Now Friday he has been up a couple of times walking today. He is still having some pain and tenderness. Fortunately my brother will be spending the night here at the hospital tonight, so I won't have to be up every 2 hours.

Thanks for your prayers and concern.

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