Glimpses of a Gift

Well, shoot. I don't have much to show you guys right now. I've put away the Halloween project (if you consider covering it up with charts and other projects while it remains on the ottoman in front of my stitching chair "putting it away") and have begun working on Christmas gifts. That means I can't share my progress, though, for I don't want to take a chance that a gift recipient will get a peek.

That makes for a pretty boring stitchy blog, don'tcha think? 

 

So, I've decided it would be safe to show a sneak peek pic now and then. Nothing too exciting, mind you, but just a little glimpse of what I am working on. Here is what I am currently stitching:

 

I can't wait until I can give you the full scoop about this project! It's super cute, and the linen I'm using is really pretty. This pic does NOT do the linen justice. At all.

So!! That's all I have for now. I'd say I am about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way done with this piece, so hopefully I will have something new to show you next time. Or maybe I will take more pics of this piece at a different angle after I have some more work done on it. We'll see. Either way, I won't have much to share until after the new year. 

 

Oy! The new year!! I can't even think about that now! I need a pause button for my life. ;)

Five Years in the Making

Hey there, Stitchy Peeps!

I did not make a pillow this week. Instead, I completed a little something I've been working on for five years:



I started this in 2004, and put it away for quite some time. Every so often I'd pull it out of the closet and add a few more stitches to it, but I finally buckled down and worked hard to complete it. (Yeah, as if sitting in the recliner at night after the kids are in bed, sipping tea and watching The Office on DVD is such hard work.)

Here are a few more pics.









(See the ecru floss used to attach those teeny black beads? How it looks like the wings of the bees? Yeah, it only took my five years to figure that out. For some reason I thought the beads would be attached with black floss, and was confused when the pattern called for a light color. Um, DUH! Lol.)


This next pic is kinda blurry, but I wanted to give you an idea of the size of each square.





(Yeah, the Care Bear is random. I'm like that sometimes. Random=fun.)



That's the backside. There are some thread tails to cut, but overall I think it looks pretty good. Much better than this monstrosity from 1996.

So now I just have to frame it. Ick. It's an odd size, about 6.25in x 11in, I think, so framing it myself may not be an option. Soooooo, it may be a while before this thing gets framed! Good framing costs $$$, but I hear it's worth it. So, we'll see.

Oh yeah, and before I forget...I am working on a special little project for my friend whose birthday is coming up soon. Here are a couple sneak peek pics:





Well, that's it for me, my lovely peeps! I have tons of things in the works right now that I am super excited about, and I can't wait to share the details with you. But that must wait for another day! Until then...

Happy Stitching!