April 23, 2012

April has brought a new start.. Ann Medd.. was waiting for my stitching buddy to start this one but.....I just had to start..First stitch was taken on Easter Sunday and this is the progress as of 4/22/12

  I am totally enjoying working on her and so far really love the colors.. I have off from work this week so I really hope to get alot finished... Ann is no small project so I will be working on her for quite some time.  this is what she will look like finished.

 

My greatest news this week is my DH is redoing our sunporch for me.. Oh Happy Day... when finished it will be my stitching room.. I am so excited.. I can finally have a place to stitch AND a room to organize all of my stash..new lights have been installed, insulation is in place.. tomorrow the ceiling goes in and then the walls.... will also put in a new floor... can't wait till it is finished..

Time to catch up!!

Oh WOW.. once again I have been such a terrible blogger... didn't realize it has been so long... so lets try and catch up.. since the last time I was here.... I finished Gesche Heitman... she is ready to go to the framers

Have started and finished quite a bit on Victorine Delacroix... she is alot of fun but geez there is a whole lot of over 1 in this piece...but here is my progress to date. actually have a bit more finished than the photo shows.  This is my own conversion using HDF on 40 ct Maritime white

 

 And finally my finish of today... Rachel Hyde 

stitched on 40 ct Peddlers Moon with HDF and again this is my own conversion

Rachel was a fun stitch and would you believe my first finish of 2012.

Now I should be up to date with all the stitching I have done... As soon as  my stitching buddy finishes Rachel,  we will be starting Ann Medd.. I have all my supplies gathered and ready to start.  Will use 40 ct Ricamo and of course HDF.  I am excited to start.  Ann sure will be one giant project but as you can see the bigger the better.. I love large projects

Hope everyone has a happy stitching week

Karen

Geez forgot to say I finished Annie on Aug 31, 2011  She is stitched on Ricamo 40 ct using HDF Perfect REd 6213.... was a fun stitch and happy to see her finished...Now to get a bunch of finished pieces to the framers... I think I have about 10 now that need to be framed...

Not a great  picture but here is my start on Mary Gibson.... started her last night .. she is the one that won out... Ann Sandles colors were just not to my liking... The A&E from Sabine (German Museum piece) just were melting into the fabric and not showing up enough for me.. need to rework the colors of that one... so Mary Gibson is a winner... I love the colors in this one and she is stitching up rather fast...for me a medium sized sampler 293 x 304..plan to have her finished by the end of October...if not sooner...Hope to have lots of stitching time this weekend since it is Labor Day...hope anyone that reads this has a happy and safe holiday weekend!!

Well, her she is .. all finished.. Jane Atkinson!  Stitched on 40 ct cream Ricamo linen with a conversion from Vikki Clayton Hand-dyed fibers.. Actually finished her on Aug 20, 2011... now to get her to the framers.. jane was such fun to stitch that I really am sad to see her finished... Having a hard time deciding what is next.. Was going to do Ann Sandles but found some of the colors to be way to pink and too light for my liking.. then it was an A&E from a museum in Germany.. Sabine was able to get it for us... but again there are colors that are so light they do not show up well when stitched... needs some revamping.. so as of right now I am working on finishing Annie.. a Bristol orphan sampler by Sabine.. until I can pic a "next" project....trouble is soooo many I want to stitch it is hard to make up ones mind..

Here is another update on Jane.. she is moving along rather nicely.. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.. just a few more weeks and she will be finished.

I am really enjoying stitching Jane. Will really miss her when she is finished.  Still haven't decided what will be next.. so much to stitch and so little time.  it is a toss up between Ann Sandles and Victorine Delacroix..then again there are a few others I could threw in the mix..LOL.  Guess I will just wait and see what mood strikes me when Jane is finished.. I will change my mind 10 times till then.

I will finish my PC Administrator classes this week.. Sat is the last class.. finally.. it has been a long summer.. then the test is on Wed. Aug 3.. here is hoping I pass.. Finally my stitching life will be able to get back to normal.

Have a great stitching week and stay cool.. the heat and humidity are coming back again.. UGH!!!  I am so ready for Fall...

Okay not too far behind this time... life has been busy.. with work and finishing up my Personal Care Home Administrator course.. only 4 more classes after tonight then the test..hopefully then my stitching life can return to normal.... in any event here is the lastest progress on Jane Atkinson as of Sunday evening... have finished a bit more since then... the leaves of the tree are finished. working on the snake...hopefully about another 2 weeks or so and I will be done....Well.. it is off to work I go  and then another late night of class... Keep telling myself only 4  more to go  :))))  Have a great stitchy week