Monday, February 12, 2007
RR stitching
Not much to report on the stitching front. I received this round of Quaker RR I'm participating in and had 1 week to get it stitched. It was supposed to be mailed today, but I'll do it tomorrow on the way home from work. This is from Quaker Style Friendship Sampler by Samplers and Such. On two more people to stitch for and then they come home.
Yep, work. Tomorrow will be my first time back to work after surgery. It's hard for me to believe I've been off for 2 months. My last day of work was December 8. This is really going to cut into my stitching time! LOL
Since I spent the weekend catching up on the RR, I'm working on French Alphabet Sampler today instead of Castle Sampler.
These are my two lazybones. Bandit loves to get under the comforter and sleep. We don't even bother pulling it up all the way anymore because he just musses it all up anyway. Harley has the puppy metabolism going on and she gets too hot under there but she MUST be as close to Bandit as she can be so she practically lays on top of him, just on top of the comforter. Right now I have the blinds open in the bedroom and the sun is shining on the bed. They're both sprawled out sunbathing.
I received my Valentine from Husband. He bought me a new iPod Shuffle, in my fave color. I'm probably the only person I know who didn't have an iPod something or other. He even got it engraved "Chocolate for your ears"
Monday, February 05, 2007
Justine Day 17, Harley and RRs
My doctor appointment went pretty much as I expected. I'm off work this week and will be returning 3 mornings a week next week, for 2 weeks, then I'll gradually increase my daily working hours until I'm back full time. Boss is ready for me to get back.
It's absolutely beautiful outside today and I was able to capture a picture of Harley that shows how much she's looking less and less like a fat puppy and more and more like a skinny IG. She's such a stinker and when she's not sleeping she's pestering Bandit or getting into something. All of her adult teeth are poking through her gums now so she's chewing less, thank goodness.
For some reason I had a hard time concentrating on Justine last week, so I didn't get as much stitching done as I would have liked. I think it might be because I sort of dislike stitching those sparse looking little trees and unfortunately there are several of them on pages 7-8. This progress picture is of what I got done compared to the detailed photo I showed when I finished the week before last.
Working on Justine with Vikki Clayton silks has made me change my mind about using them on Houses and Village of Hawk Run Hollow. I don't think I'm going to have enough of a couple of colors on Justine and I'm concerned about dye lots, especially since I experienced it with The Token. They're both large designs and I just don't want to chance it. I'm going to use the recommended NPI instead and since I'm in no great hurry to start either design so I will just purchase a few at a time when someone has them on sale.
Today is the first mail date of the Spot RR I'm participating in. I chose a 28ct stitch band and I'm not really caring what type of spots are stitched, but have requested no quaker type medallions since I already have a couple of my own designs, plus a RR, that contains them. There are 6 of us participating.
Today is Castle Sampler day, but I don't feel like pulling it out. Actually, I don't feel like stitching at all right this moment.
It's absolutely beautiful outside today and I was able to capture a picture of Harley that shows how much she's looking less and less like a fat puppy and more and more like a skinny IG. She's such a stinker and when she's not sleeping she's pestering Bandit or getting into something. All of her adult teeth are poking through her gums now so she's chewing less, thank goodness.
For some reason I had a hard time concentrating on Justine last week, so I didn't get as much stitching done as I would have liked. I think it might be because I sort of dislike stitching those sparse looking little trees and unfortunately there are several of them on pages 7-8. This progress picture is of what I got done compared to the detailed photo I showed when I finished the week before last.
Working on Justine with Vikki Clayton silks has made me change my mind about using them on Houses and Village of Hawk Run Hollow. I don't think I'm going to have enough of a couple of colors on Justine and I'm concerned about dye lots, especially since I experienced it with The Token. They're both large designs and I just don't want to chance it. I'm going to use the recommended NPI instead and since I'm in no great hurry to start either design so I will just purchase a few at a time when someone has them on sale.
Today is the first mail date of the Spot RR I'm participating in. I chose a 28ct stitch band and I'm not really caring what type of spots are stitched, but have requested no quaker type medallions since I already have a couple of my own designs, plus a RR, that contains them. There are 6 of us participating.Today is Castle Sampler day, but I don't feel like pulling it out. Actually, I don't feel like stitching at all right this moment.