Feeling a bit stressed these days.. I mailed my Mette to  Sabine to show in the Textile Show in Berlin... mailed it on Tues and it was to be there on Thurs the 10th... Well... she still isn't there.. it is now Sat the 12th.... got stuck in customs.. however on Friday they (FedEx) tried to deliver and there was no one home.... now I don't know if in Germany they do not leave a notice that a delivery was attempted the way they so here in the US. Sabine did not mention that she received any kind of notice to that effect. AND ... Mette still is not in Sabine's hands... I assume delivery will be attempted again on Monday since they do not do Sat and Sun deliveries.. I so hope that I will wake up to an e-mail on Monday to say that she has arrived safe and sound....

METTE PUTFARCKENS IS FINISHED

I've done it!!!!  Mette is finished!!! Finished her last evening at 6pm.... 182 days and approx 800 hours!!  She is my first finish for 2010..

So what is next you ask??? I am waiting for my stitching buddy to finish her current project and then we will be starting Louise Zeigler by European Reproduction Samplers - Sabine....That should be a quick stitch... geez anything will be quick after Metta and Mette... so in the meantime I am working on Jane Rees again.. she has been so neglected during the past year and is screaming to be finished.  I am over half way so she will not take that long...  Well off to watch the race and stitch some more.....

Now the count down to the finish of Mette has begun.... finished #12 to go... started #11.. plan is to finish #11 and start #10 tomorrow....I think I shall be able to finish by June 6th... Well that atleast is the goal.... Snuggling in for a long stitching weekend!!!  Geez  I love these 3 day holiday weekends!!!

Finished the medallion I was working on last night and about 1/4 of the next... so the count down has begun.... I need to have this finished by June 11 to allow enough time for Mette to travel across the pond to Berlin...soooo there are 12 medallions to finish and the bottom border....Great to have a 3 day weekend approaching and getting lots of stitching time... Geez I hope I can get it done!!

Here are my latest updates on Mette Putfarckens.  This has been such a long journey and it will soon end.

I am really hoping to have her finished the very beginning of June... she may be taking a trip across the pond if I can finish her in time.. Sabine has asked if she can show Mette at the Textile show in Berlin on June 19 and 20... I am trying really hard to have her finished and still  have enough time for her to travel.  What a thrill to be asked!!

Did you ever get to the point in a project where you are just so tired of working on it that you just don't even want to pick it up and at the same time want it finished so bad that you want to work on it all the time and it is just so hard to put down.... Well that is where I am at with Mette... This has been my only project for the last 6 months... Geez that is a long time and I am so ready to start some thing new!!

So back to the stitching nest I go to work on her for the rest of the evening...... Next update will be the finish!!

WOW a week of Staycation is just wonderful... Have made some great progress on Mette... finished the row of Diamonds.. have 2 more trees till that row is complete..hope to accomplish that in the next 2 days. Then I will have reached my goal.... anything more is icing on the cake...My ultimate goal is to have her finished by the end of May... Sabine has asked if she can display my Mette at the Textile Show in Berlin in June.. What a thrill... So ... I need to have her finished in time for her to take a trip across the pond.  Will post updated pics Sat or Sun so stay tuned...

thought it about time that I finally put an update here on my current project.. Mette Putfarcken by European Reproduction Samplers (Sabine)  I think I can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.. I really do hope to have her finished in another month.. On Staycation for the next week so I am hoping that I get a good amount of stitching time.. which really should put a dent in what is left to do..... I really do hope to finish the 1st row of diamonds and the trees underneath in the next week... then it really is all down hill from there.. so keep you fingers crossed that I can do it..