7/22/11 Wild Thing

The little lion is coming along nicely.  I got on a roll stitching and got a bunch done on this yesterday!  I was hoping to have him completely stitched by the end of the day, but real life bumped its way in and I had to spend the morning killing ants in my kitchen and deep cleaning the house so the exterminator could do an emergency spray.

Now that all that craziness is over with, I'm going to get back to stitching and get this little cutie done.  I'm debating on whether or not to save the backstitching until the end.  I really enjoy the backstitches and I love the way they make the project look complete, so doing it sooner rather than later may be fun.  I guess I'll just wait and see how much time I have to do it.

No matter what, I will switch back to Cinderella next week so I can work on the castle.  I can't wait to see how it looks all filled in!!



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7/20/11 Wild Thing

Not a huge update today, but I'm convinced that if I at least show a little bit of progress then my brain will want to sit down and stitch more. 

Slowly but surely getting there.

I haven't been in the stitchy mood much lately.  It didn't help that yesterday I spent a majority of my morning at the eye doctor with my very uncooperative 5 year old.  Thankfully, she does not need glasses and she can start school in August without me constantly being worried about her vision.  But the appointment was a total nightmare!  She screamed, yelled at the doctors, and would shut her eyes whenever they asked her to look at shapes.  We finally did manage to get her to cooperate but by the end of it I was worn out.  By the time we got home in the afternoon all I wanted to do was lay on the couch and veg.

Today isn't looking too much better for stitching.  We may or may not have company over tonight, so I'm going to be cleaning the house, going to the grocery store with both the kids, and then making dinner.  Ugh!  Need a vacation stat!

7/18/11 Wild Thing

I had a fantastic, fun weekend full of friends and family.  (This update brought to you by the letter "F" apparently!)

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and got lots accomplished.  I didn't get as much done as I wanted, but I kinda figured I wouldn't have much home time so I wasn't totally surprised.

Border complete!

Even though it looks like I missed a part of the wooden border, I assure you it's supposed to be that way.  The panda in the far right corner hangs his feet over it.  The last time I stitched this pattern, I filled that part in my accident and had to do some serious blending to make it look right.

Looks good, but the feet still bother me!

This time around, I'm going to stitch it up right!  LOL  Of course, I sometimes enjoy when slight changes have to be made to a pattern.  Makes it feel more personalized, you know what I mean?

Anyway, I'll probably stitch this design some more this week rather than switching back to Cinderella.  Really gotta make sure this gets done.

Happy stitching everyone!

Still Here

Hey ya'll!  It's been a busy past few days and, unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to take pics of my current progress on Wild Thing. 

Trust me when I say it is coming along nicely and the wooden outline is almost completed.  I've just gotten my invitation for the recipient's baby shower (to be held in 3 weeks) so I really need to get busy.  Even though it can't totally be completed until after the baby is born -since I can't guess his birthday and weight!- I still want to have it done ahead of time.

Look for updated pictures tomorrow or Monday. 

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  =)

7/12/11 Wild Thing

I really, really hate putting Cinderella down right now.  It's been so much fun to stitch over the past week!!  But, Wild Thing really needs some attention since my friend's due date is approaching and I want to be done with it before the baby is born.

Got a little stitching in last night:

Filling in the wood outline is so easy.  It's a blended color (one strand of the light brown, one of the dark brown) and all I have to do is fill in the gaps and be mindful of edges.  I was able to get this much done in just about two hours last night.  By the end of this week, I should be well on my way to stitching up the animals!

7/11/11 Cinderella Update

I was supposed to rotate projects to the Wild Thing sampler today, but I had already marked out some stitches on Cinderella last night and had to at least run through some of them before putting it away for a week! 

I was super excited to add some oranges, yellows, and blues yesterday!  The big blobs of blue at the bottom are the beginnings of the rooftops.  I stitched that portion until the thread ran out and that's how I'll leave it until next week. 

Hopefully I can restart the baby sampler tonight, but for now I have some housework to do (fun, right?) before I can do anything else. 

Have a great day!
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7/9/11 Cinderella

My goodness... all this green is starting to drive me crazy!  My husband keeps asking me why I don't just move on to another part of this design, but I'm determined to finish this tree part now that I've started it.

In the bottom pic, you can see the beginnings of the winding road leading from the castle.  Somewhere in there, the horse drawn carriage will be seen!  Really looking forward to that. 

My hope is that I can finish at least the tree on the left before switching projects on Monday.  Of course, that all depends on the amount of stitching time I get this weekend. 

Probably won't do another update until sometime on Monday, so until then have a great weekend!  =)