Thursday, October 8, 2015

Miss Froggy

Well, I was "supposed" to work on something else but my froggy kept croaking at me to work on her instead. Actually, I've stitched quite a bit more on her since this photo. It's such a pain to get the photos and stuff to work on here so I'll wait till I'm at a good place on her to update the pic. I have also started kitting up another HaED, "Reading By Firefly Light". I have the fabric and most of the threads, I just need to grid. I'm hoping I can work on that unless Miss Froggy won't share my time again. ;-)

I was also supposed to try to pull out a TW (Teresa Wentzler) project for TWOctober but that hasn't quite happened yet. I feel like my job is interfering with my hobbies! Ha ha ha! But then, without the job, there wouldn't be any money for said hobbies. What a cruel and vicious cycle.



Monday, September 21, 2015

Another Picture

I went ahead and uploaded this photo as well. This is HaED's Fairy Frog Mother. I am really enjoying this one right now. I'm stitching her on 18ct Aida with 2 strands of floss. I had started another HaED on 28ct. 2 strands over 1 thread but I think the Aida is the way for me to go. I am dying to start on one of their Randal Spangler designs but I can't decide on which one. I just love his use of rich colors. Do I really need to start a new project? Of course not. ;) If I do though, it will probably be Reading By Firefly Light.

Finally Some Pictures!


 
As promised, here are my progress photos. This is Around the World in 80 Stitches by Papillon Creations, part 11. I'm saving the beads for the end. So yes, it was the new Windows that is causing the problem. Actually, it's the Microsoft Edge that's the real problem. I had to use the old Internet Explorer to actually get these pictures up. Crazy. I have more pictures of more progress that I still need to upload to my computer.
 

Monday, September 14, 2015

Technical Difficulties

Ok, I have been stitching. Not as much as I would like but I have gotten some good progress. I cannot get my photos to load though. I just updated my computer to Windows 10 so I'm thinking that has something to do with it. I'm going to keep trying to figure out how to fix the problem but in the meantime, I'll just have to write about my progress and hope the photos will come later.

I worked on Around the World in 80 Stitches by Papillon Creations. I have finished part 11. I had actually started on part 12 but Fairy Frog Mother by HaED kept yelling at me from across the room so I didn't finish it. ;) I will probably keep working on the frog.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Progress!

Ok so I actually got a few stitches into Fairy Frog Mother. I lost my working chart for this so I had to print up a new one. Figuring out where I have/haven't stitched was a booger. So I finally just decided to work on the corner since I could figure that out pretty easily. I will probably work on Around the World in 80 Stitches next.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Hopefully I'm Back!

Hello Everyone! I have been gone for a while haven't I? My father passed away about 2 years ago and I just completely lost my stitching/crafting inspiration. I also have switched jobs twice since then so I don't have as much time at home as I did before. My last excuse is computer games, World of Warcraft to be specific. lol.

Anyway, My sister had her baby. It was a little girl. I still haven't stitched her a birth record yet but I will. I did make her a quilt which I will be posting a photo of in the next couple of days. So, my sister just told me she's having another baby. It's way too early to know the gender yet but that means 2 birth records need to be stitched in the very near future.

I am hoping to ease my way back into the stitching world. I think I will stitch something small to start with and then maybe get back into my rotation. Around the World in 80 Stitches and Fairy Frog Mother have been calling me so I have a feeling they will be next on the list.