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Apr
15
Spring Cleaning
Sue

It’s Spring! *peers at the thermometer* Well, ok, so maybe not here. But it’s spring somewhere! My apologies to all my friends for the kerplunk of my blog. I figured while it was down that I’d ditch some legacy flab hanging around and spiff things up a bit! So please kick the walls, poke the buttons and let me know if any springs or other things go wonky on you so I can fix ‘em right away!

While my blog has been taking a break, I haven’t! I’ve got a few stitching pictures for you. First up us the finished second page of Sampler Cove’s Spanish Rouge. I’m not sure how long I will be able to stand the half letters to the right of that page before I will have to finish them up. *fidgets* You can see a picture of the finished product here and if you want a drool-fest Diane is sure to please! Have I mentioned that Maestro, the kitten who now has quite the pudgy kitten belly, can be sound asleep under the sofa but as soon as I so much as pick up my stitching, is wide awake and ready to chase my floss as it goes in and out of the fabric. *sigh* He’s not ripped anything yet, but he has slowed down my stitching!

Speaking of Maestro, during February’s HAED Freebie SAL, he knocked my glass of water on to my Day Dreaming Fairy. I missed that month’s SAL and neglected to notice that the water had caused the dye to run on the fabric (it’s a Silkweaver hand-dyed solo) until the March SAL when I had to soak the whole thing to get the water marks out. So, I missed two SALs and had some ground to make up. Here is where I am now – I finally got some Xs into her hair. The picture turned out dark and yup, those are hoop marks. QSnaps and I are beyond peace talks. I have found some really nice German wooden hoops and am not going back!

Next up is a big red eye! Jasmine paints the best eyes in my opinion. And these are red! I meandered my way down to a knobby dragon scale because I was itching to see how it stitched up. The charting is amazing in that it captures the subtle shading on the dragon’s hide and the reflections in the eyes are just totally amazing. Whenever I get this piece out, I always stare at it for a while because it’s mesmerizing.

Next up is the first HAED chart I purchased: Christophe Vacher’s Sacred Hour. It’s a study in shades of brown and I find it very soothing. One of my goals for this year is to complete the top row of pages. I have 2 1/2 more to go. They are the large print sized ones, so I may just manage it. Somewhere within the column I am stitching, there is a face. I can’t see it in the chart, but there should be one there. It’s really subtle. I may just have to tear myself away from my latest start/addiction (see what I’m stitching up there? :D ) and get back to my browns.

Last picture, I promise!! This one is for you, Sonya! I was doing really really well. I had all the blue done down the left side of all of the first page and nearly all the grey. That is until I found out that I can’t seem to count to ten. *mumble* (At what point do my blonde moments become senior blonde moments?) I ended up frogging nearly 200 stitches which was all of the grey and a good portion of the blue. But I will not be deterred! The Two Fluffy Kitties will be back in my hoop very soon!

That’s it for this post. There will be a Chameleon update next time!

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Jun
27
Note to self…
Sue

… when you’ve just spent an intense week stitching 2 over 2 and move back to a 1 over 1 project make sure you’re using the right number of strands before you spend 90 minutes stitching.

Duh.

Pictures coming soon! (after I chase the frogs away)

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May
11
The terrible, awful, no-good, totally unforgiveable thing I did…
Sue

… to myself. And here it is. Looks pretty cool, doesn’t it? It’s Bernadette Lusk’s Serenity Fairy from Heaven and Earth Designs; the chart I was practically singing about in my previous post from ages ago. Two weeks ago, I found some fabric that I had page gridded for another project. It’s perfect for this chart. The same number of pages in width and there’s more than enough height to accommodate it too. I adore the colors and watching the Klimt-like background appear. This chart, for lack of a better word, ROCKS! So what’s with the subject of my post? Today, while being a ballet mom, I recalled just what I had originally gridded this fabric for. It wasn’t for a HAED chart. It was for a Character Creations chart and Kerry’s pages are a wee bit smaller than Michele and Bob’s. (Ok, quite a bit smaller.) I came in the door, rushed to my stand, popped the fabric out of my hoop, laid it out flat on the floor, fended off the cats and measured. Then I looked at the chart again. I measured again. I cried. I have never made this mistake before.

So now I have to decide if I want to stitch this. I think I’ll stay away from it for a while and spend some quality time with the xbox and my DS for a bit. *whimperwhinesob*

The princess of the house has/is (hard to know exactly when as she’s a shelter baby) turning three this month. One look at this picture and you can see why she’s the princess, empress, resident goddess, supreme being, one-to-be-reckoned-with and lady in charge!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Nikki!

Happy 10th Birthday to you too, Fluffernutter, you scared ball of fluff!

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Oct
02
Reading is hard!
Sue

So there I was, making fantastic progress on Nancy’s RR… I was over 200 perfect little Xs in when I noticed something in the stitched square above mine. Frantically, I grabbed the journal that accompanied her RR.

I smacked myself on the forehead.

I had stitched all of the Xs in the wrong direction!

*insert primal scream here*

I’ll unleash the frogs tomorrow. *grumblemuttergrump*

I told you reading was hard!

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May
23
Yup, she’s blonde!
Sue

Wednesday is my busiest day of the week. Today was even busier as I had a 9:30am PTA meeting (with end-of-the-school-year elections for next school year) and added in the fun of my having to remember to not park in our garage as we were having our driveway resealed. Don’t laugh, it’s hard to remember my name on Wednesdays!

DH is out of town… so it was all up to me to wake up, sneeze a few squillion times (a very appropriate Vicky-ism) thanks to the outrageous grass pollen counts around here, get the girls off to school, make Mike and Kathie’s dogs go bonkers because I rang their doorbell (oops!), head to the PTA meeting at school which lasted forever, do a boatload of “paperwork” (it was all electronic, but still just as tedious), head back to school to do my weekly stint in Maggie’s computer lab, do that kiss and ride pick up thing with the girls in order to get to Lindsey’s ballet class in time (the bus is too late to make it), stop at the grocery store because the aforementioned paperwork took too long… fix dinner, and then help with homework, spelling and reading.

Through the whole day, I have had this blistering headache at my temples. I took ibuprofen for it twice today and it refused to go away. About half an hour ago, I took the headband I was wearing out of my hair and whaddya know, the headache is all gone. *rolls her eyes* Can you say dingbat? I KNEW you could!

On a different note, I was enabled last week. Could it have been something small? Heck no! I don’t ever get enabled with something small… it’s 429 x 429!
It’s from Nouveau Encore and called “Tribute to the Old Masters.” I will be stitching it on 36 count “Misty Rain” Vintage linen from Lakeside Linens (wohoo, I remembered the word, Kathie! *bounces*) with Belle Soie “Elegant Eggplant” silk which is a gorgeous purply-blue sent to me by the same adorable imp who enabled this whole chart purchase in the first place. {{{Fudgey}}}

I have now tucked my little darlings in for the night and am off to go take a looooong bubble bath. And no, I’m not putting my hair up with one of those blasted hair bands! *giggles*

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