And done!

Here is my completed Serenity Prayer project!! I dont know what the fabric is, but it is not Aida. Very smooth and close to crinkly. I had bought it from a lady in the US via the 123 mb if i am not wrong.

Started in December 2013, and hibernated from end-May to November of 2014 (as checked from my blogpost), have finally completed this in April, on the 17th which is my Mother's birthday. Roughly nine months, but i know there were weeks of not-even-seeing-the-project.

Instead of french knots, i used beads as the fabric had quite big holes, LOL, and i was not confident to match them with bigger-than-my-usual french knots.

I have started my next project too - which was one of my very earliest ebay buys. It is a chart cut out from a CSCC magazine, called Western Barn. The only pic I could find in the internet is this.

This is part of a 3-chart series, and i have two of these three charts:) While i bought this one, the other i got via a giveaway (must be on 123 mb)

It has been ages since i was active on any of these boards (and also the blog), and i have very vague remembrances of how i got these:( which is  a shame.

Happy stitching!

The end is near!!

Yes ladies, the end is near!!

Thanks to cricket fever in India with the Indian Premier League, my stitching resumed in leaps and bounds the past couple of weeks. You can see i am reaching the end of my Serenity Prayer journey!!

Here's a pic i took yesterday

 and another

This past Saturday was super fun day for both me and my son as we went book-shopping. T got 1 book more than me - his way of putting it. He got a Tinkle, an Enid Blyton, a book on Hulk, a Kids' Book on Animals (akin to an encyclopedia), and another i cannot put a name on. My list is here:

=>Last Orders by Graham Swift (will be my second  book)
=>Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez (first book for me- yes, a shame i have not read him yet)
=>The Rich are Different by Susan Howatch (now i have quite a number of her books, and love her although she does stress me out at times!! and my heart stops beating and all that)
=>Maggie, Now by Betty Smith.

I love Betty Smith. With Maggie Now, i can claim to have all her books (four of them). I have read a library copy of MN way back in 1999 when i was in the US of A. Will read her again. MN and the Susan Howatch book are quite tattered, and my hands greedily picked them up from the bookshop. Hope they like their new home and are enjoying their moments in the friendly neighborhood.

Currently reading The Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King. Just begun, and i know I am going to love the book. Have had quite a s l o w start "what with starting the year with Dickens and his Bleak House", but picking up now.

Signing off with this close-up pic of my son. You have a great day!

Quick Update

Here is an update on Serenity Prayer. Again i have finished some more than what is shown here. I now have just the top frame and the words Serenity Prayer to stitch.

Here is my to-be-read pile (with 2 books missing as i could not find them in time for this pic). I have now picked 'River, Cross my Heart' by Breena Clarke to read. The blue book in the middle that is jutting out(!). This is the author's debut book

I am going to keep my posts real crisp from now! Let me see if that will make me blog oftener!