I’ve been working on my piece for the HAED RR 2.0 (that’s Heaven and Earth Designs Round Robin version 2.0 for those not hip to stitchy lingo) and I’m very pleased with how it’s turning out. I wanted to do something bright to give everyone lots of colors to work with and decided on Linda Ravenscroft’s Mask of Colors. However as I didn’t have the heart to just do part of the chart, I decided to make the whole chart a stained glass window. So, I spent a month researching layouts and then twice that segmenting the chart. Here is the result minus the annoying one piece of arch that I’ve frogged twice and including part of my section already stitched. I’ve got to finish stitching that up over the next few weeks before I send her off to Nic! Please pardon the QSnap wrinkles and feel free to click on the picture for a closer look.

So this has been taking up my time for the last hmmm, two months… maybe even three… there are at least three cards of petite treasure braid in “leading” there. And my other project is a secret to anyone not in the know. For those of you in the know, it’s only a few more weeks before I’ll be able to post pictures and no, I’ve still not been able to get anywhere near peanut butter! *sobs*

And now back to my whining… or sooking as Fudgey would call it… I miss my rotation. I have all these lovely projects that were so lovingly being stitched once every four to five weeks with my fifth week being the week where I stitch any one project not officially in my rotation.

So now that I’m sorely missing my rotation I’m thinking about 2007 and the trouble I’ll be getting into which is, of course, the worst possible time for me to make plans for my rotation… but I’ll do it anyway. Aside from getting back into my rotation of Chatelaine’s Misty Morning Vineyard, (oooo have *I* been a slack… I’ve not taken pictures the last two times I’ve stitched on it! Bad Sue, BAD!), Sacred Hour and Touched by Magic from HAED and Lavender & Lace’s Celtic Summer (for Mom…) and of course my HAED Wednesday SAL of Accidental Witch-Kitty, and then there are my whimsical stitchy things I do that fifth week of Michael Powell’s Secret Garden, blackwork and other yummy things like that… the trouble I’ve got on deck for 2007 so far is Sara Butcher’s Guardian Angel (see my last entry for her lovely art) done in all silks. I’m going to need someone to keep telling me that I don’t need to stitch Josephine Wall’s Dreams of Atlantis because it’s really really pretty. I do have Passione Ricamo’s Winter Fairy Spirit (my first PR! *bounce*) that I wish to start, but she will be going into the Celtic Summer spot whenever I dredge up the endurance to finish that. (Sorry Mom!) There is also this nagging itch I’ve had ever since I found HAED to do a sketch chart… I have the one I love best and yes, it’s kitted and it’s ALL Nicki’s fault because her WIP is SO gorgeous. *sigh* But I don’t need any more projects… nope nope nope…

Have I sufficiently sooked? Well, just to end the evening on a happy giggle of a note, I have to share with you some humor from my DH’s point of view. As I’ve mentioned, he’s decided that he wants to be an astrophysicist when he grows up. So here, for your listening and viewing pleasure is everything you will ever need to know about the universe in The Galaxy Song!