6/30/11 Contest Information

Ever wanted to learn new embroidery techniques?  Ever wanted to get totally cute patterns for projects?  Mollie over at Wild Olive is hosting an online embroidery class called All In The Details, which is a 5 week long course with a cost of $35, and will teach advanced stitches, how to use specialty flosses, and ways to make your projects more special!

Now, the blog Ooh Leela! is offering you the chance to take the course FOR FREE!

All you have to do is follow Ooh Leela!'s blog to get an entry into the contest.  There are also ways to gain additional entries.  I'm not sure when the winner will be chosen, so head over as soon as you can to get entered!!

Go >>here<< for the contest entry page. 

6/29/11 Update

Sorry for the delay in updates.  We had a few issues with the laptop and I wasn't able to get any pictures put up.  Luckily for you, you now get not one, but TWO updates on the Wild Thing project.

The first is my progress as of 6/27 (Monday):

And here it is after stitching for a few hours on 6/28 (Tuesday):

The wooden frame is almost completely visible.  I think I'll do the same thing I did last time I worked on this project and completely do the wood before working on the animals.  It's definitely stitching up much faster the second time around!

I'm going to work on this project for the rest of the week before switching back to Cinderella for a little bit.  It's beginning to call out to me and I don't think I can ignore it much longer!  =)

Happy Stitching!

6/27/11 Contest Alert

Totally awesome contest going on over at Scissor Quirk right now!  One lucky winner will win an awesome prize pack, so don't wait to go and enter!  Entries will be accepted until midnight of the 31st.

Click >>here<< to go to the entry page.

Good luck!

6/21/11 Updates

Happy post-Father's day everyone!  I hope your weekend was lovely.  =)  We had a very busy, but enjoyable, weekend making the rounds to see everyone and eating much too much food as always. 

I believe it was on Friday night that I just couldn't sleep, so I was up until around 3am stitching to avoid just staring at the ceiling.  It's amazing how much you can get done when the house is silent and there aren't any kids running around to distract you!

Sorry for the low light.  We're in NE Florida and the fires nearby make everyday dim and smoky.  There is still a lot more of that dark green color to come and most of it will be covered up by french knots anyway.  I'm also very conscious of the bottom of this page of the design.  I want to avoid the "paged" look where you can see the line where each page ended, so I'm going to try and work down a few stitches into the next page.  I'm hopeful that doing that will help blend that line a little bit.

Also this week, I got started on the Wild Thing baby sampler (pic on left of blog) for a friend of mine.  She's due in a little over 3 months and I wanted to make sure I gave myself enough time to get it done.  I've stitched this design previously for my son and really enjoyed it.  The colors are so bright and fun that it really is a joy to stitch. 

It's not much to look at so far, but here's progress after getting it started:

I'll be alternating these projects, with my focus being mainly on Wild Thing so that I don't run out of time. 

Happy stitching everyone!

6/17/11 Update

I know I said I'd wait until Monday before posting up any progress pictures, but I've had more time to stitch these last few days than I thought I would!  Plus, I was super excited to see a new, non-beige-y color being introduced today, so I had to share it with you:

The tree on the left is starting to show up!  Yay for greens!!  There have been so many pinks, purples, and yellows that my eyes were starting to go crossed.  =)

I also realized last night that I've actually completely filled in a 50x60 stitch block in the top left corner of the piece.  My best guess is that I've now stitched somewhere around 4500 if not more.  When I think about the Day [9] project being around 7000 stitches it really brings it into perspective for me just how big this project really is. 

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and taking a look!  Hopefully I can get some more done over the weekend and will be able to share an update Monday or Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!!

Contest Alert!

Bev over at My Wee Stitchy Blog has made the move from Blogger to Wordpress.  Her new web address is http://weestitchy.com . 

In order to celebrate the move, she is hosting a contest on her page.  The winner will get their choice of prizes:  A HAED chart, a gift voucher for SEWANDSO, or a donation to your favorite charity.  As a bonus, the winner will also receive a copy of Mollie Makes magazine.

The contest page can be found here, so head on over and get yourself entered to win!

The drawing will be held on July 1st, so you have until June 30th to get yourself entered.  All the details can be found at her site.

WooHoo!

Check it out!

Just under 2 months of blogging here and already over 1000 pageviews. 

I am flabbergasted!

Honestly, I didn't think this little corner of my world would get any attention whatsoever.  To get anywhere near this number in just a few months is just craziness.

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by and taken an interest in my projects!  I really love reading and responding to comments, so keep those coming.

Also, if you are reading this blog and have one of your own, I'd love to know about it!  I try to keep up with and comment on as many blogs as I can, so if you don't see your blog on my blog roll to the right, please comment on this post or send me a message and let me know so I can add you!

I haven't done anymore stitching on my projects so far this week.  We've been going to VBS at our church each night and visiting friends during the day, so there hasn't been a whole lot of time.  The rest of the week will probably be spent finishing up some homework and driving back and forth from VBS.  Check in for a new stitching update hopefully by Monday!