Progresses and a Finish for Me Last Week

Well, a lot has happened (been stitched) since the last time I was here..... last week I finished 'South Seas Mermaid' by Mirabilia Designs.... this took about 84 hours to stitch.... tomorrow she is off to the framer and I'll post a picture when she gets back home.... she is very colorful and at first I thot it was too much..... but she grows on you....



this week I was able to stitch page 6 of my 'Spot Sampler Mystery SAL' by Martina Dey and stay up to date on it..... these pages come out each Friday and it is always fun to see what the next page will bring....



my next project was picked up again on Saturday..... 'Mermaid of Atlantis' by Mirabilia Designs..... this progress picture is what I had done a while ago, so when SSM was finished, I picked her up again....



also this past week I received Chapter 2 of 'My Stitching Album' by Jeannette Douglas in the mail.... it looks to be a real challenge and I will be starting it soon.... these Chapters come out every other month, so I should be done in time for the next one to come out....

I guess that's it for now..... I'll talk to you again next week..... hope to 'see' you all then.... till then take care and happy stitching....

Last Week In My Journey

Another beautiful, sunny day.... the temps are heading down, but the days are just great....

got quite a bit stitched this past week.... the fifth page of the 'Mystery Spot Sampler' by Martina Dey arrived on Friday and I got that stitched up yesterday.... next page will take us back to the left side again to start another row.....




when we got back home on Thursday there was a surprise in my mailbox.... 'From Sea To Shining Sea' a colaberation between Little House Needleworks and Crescent Colours..... this is a 6 part project that comes out once a month, thru January 2009 and each part comes with the silks needed to work the design..... so far the border and part 1 (the west coast) are here and I got that stitched.... took about 15.5 hours.... I didn't do the whole border tho.... I'm just going to do it as I go across our beautiful country.... this is being stitched on 28 count, tan, Monaco fabric...




'South Seas Mermaid' by Mirabilia is coming along nicely and she will be my project this week until 'My Stitching Album' by Jeannette Douglas', chapter 2 arrives sometime later in the week, then I'll be off to stitch on that...... this progress picture of 'South Seas Mermaid' is at about 52.25 hours....



hope you all have a great week, and I'll 'see' you again soon....

Today's Update

another bright and beautiful day here in Live Oak..... I stitched last night and today on Martina Dey's 'Spot Sampler Mystery', since part 3 arrived.... so I'm caught up again..... here's a picture of my progress so far..... other than that, today was very boring, housework and cooking....

tonight there might be some excitement while we are watching the NASCAR race, even tho they seem to be getting boring too.....

tomorrow I plan to start a new Quaker design by Martina Dey called 'Willie's Quaker Band'..... this is my challenge for the week on another blog.... I will be stitching this one over one on 28 count, antique white evenweave with Vikki Clayton's Hand-Dyed Fibers.... updates to come later.....