The long quiet

I have been quiet for most of the week. I was able to accomplish a little stitching this week (weekend actually) Started Boo by Val's Stuff - thats a chart I got last year but never got around to stitching it and I needed to do something for Halloween!


Thanks to a trunk show at A&T (and Tasha) I picked up Midnight Fright by Praiseworthy Stitches. I would have started on that for Halloween this weekend but wouldnt you know! The fabric is too small - had a couple sniffs about that Saturday. With how the pattern is, I need more than the 1.5 inches allowance Ive got for framing.

I was able to pick up the 2008 JCS Ornament issue. Saw it on the counter at A&T and snagged me a copy before going on my usual walk-about the shop.

Now on to other stitchy updates. Now these I have been promising pics on for a while :P

Celtic Autumn

Sunshine House
Tanglewood
Humble Stable

Dad Update

Had a good long visit with Dad Sat. He is sad about having to sell the house but knows its the best thing to do if he wants to heal. We went on a long walk (down the long hallway and a small hallway before heading back). Im so proud with the progress he has made!

Lisa and Mom have picked out the apt and it sounds like we will be moving stuff in starting 10/4 and will hopfuly have the bed for Dad soon after. It may be another week before he is out from Emanuel due to the skin grafts healing.

Thx for visiting :o)

Open Stitch group night

Late night at LNS so no pictures :( Had a great time, was frustrated by a phone call by my sister about the parents so I went on a shopping spree :P I know, Bad Me, but it was so fun! Getting stuff setup for Celtic banner. Fabric will be 32 ct Waterlily linen, changed the threads for the alphabet from DMC charted to Caron waterlily Storm Cloud, and changed DMC 300, 301 & 400 to another brownish color family - Ack I cannot remember! It is written down but still all at the shop. The fabric has to be ordered so I cant really kit things up til I get that. When I get everything I will share my changes. I may add more while I stitch to make sure certain parts pop as I think they should.

I worked a bit more on Humble Stable but that chart/project is INFESTED with frogs. Every time I pick the darn thing up I see something else that needs to be fixed! May be another 10 years before I get the main family finished *sigh.

Started on the M on Celtic Autumn. I still love stitching this piece, even with all the beading involved. I can easily get in to a groove and move :o)

Im already on disk 4 of Stranger in a Strange Land. Love the person who reads. Im also finding the book much more funny now (at 38) than I did when I first read this (early 20's?) Went by the library and requested Starship Troopers cd as well as Citizen of the Galaxy. Sad that there arent more of his earlier books on CD, let alone many that the library carries.

**Dad update**
Skin Graft surgery was this afternoon. From what Lisa told me, everything went well and the Dr will check the status in about a week. If there are spots here and there having issues but still healing, he will call it good. If there is one or 2 main spots, he may/will go and do more grafting. Dad's PT will start in a couple days. Not sure what it entails other than getting up and walking around. Im sure I will hear more on that from Lisa when it happens.

Thx for visiting :o)

ACK! Another start!

Yes, I started another project. The other WIPs needed a new friend!

As can be seen above, I had completed most of Mary, Joseph, Jesus and a lamb before my eyes ran away from trying to look through black adia. I just cant do it any more. So I started all over again on 32 ct Amsterdam Blue Lugana and changed Mary's dress from blue to purple (so it could be seen better). I do plan on completing Mary on the original start and making it into an ornament for Mom & Dad to use on their Christmas tree. No waste!

Other than getting a new start on Humble Stable, not much stitching was accomplished this week. I spent most of Tuesday night open stitch at A&T frogging out issues on Tanglewood (so sad). Looking forward to this week for more stitching accomplishments.