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| Completed 'Heaven' |
Hello, Everyone!
Whether or not I have
completed a lot will probably depend on your point of view. I
completely finished “Heaven”
last night. I had been struggling with it a bit because the project
wasn't centered within the q-snap, thus, I was having issues getting
the furthest left stitches complete. I was trying, but wasn't
getting very far. What I ended up doing was, I stitched one strand of
each color from right to left, so everything on the right side was
completely stitched. Then I moved the material from left to right, so
I could easily stitch the left side of the pattern. Then I moved the
pattern to the right enough that I could easily reach the left side
of the material. Picture
of where I was when I was done with right side)
I also started a project,
thanks to Mark in ILCS needing a thread for a project he is doing. :)
Mark was asking about a particular DMC number, so I went hunting yo
see if I could find it and discovered how many skeins of threads I
had that needed wrapping! A bunch!! That's okay, because I
have been meaning to do this for a long time. Anyway, what the
project was is organizing my cedar chest and threads so I know what I
really have. I purchased another couple of thread boxes because I
know I have so many extra threads now that I knew I was going to need
at least two more thread boxes. I ended up wrapping every single
skein
into bobbins. Some of these threads were from a company in New York that went bankrupt in 1972! Their factory has been turned into yuppie condos, but still has the company name on the entrance.
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I worked on this exclusively for about five days. Thus far, I have
two boxes filled to what I want. I want to leave some “wiggle room”
in the event I get more of the color that is in that box. The two
boxes I am “done” with are labeled, “Box one of Extras Blanc to
353”, and “Box two of Extras 355 to 598”. I stopped, not
because I was done...I am far from done. I stopped because I wanted
to work on “Heaven”
some more. I really wanted to finish it, which I did! (YEAH!!!)
Now
I can get back to “Life's Little
Tangles”.
If another small project “pops up” it won't be that big of a
deal. You know how projects just seems to pop out at you?! I started
receiving the “Just
Cross Stitch”
magazine this year. They have some adorable bird houses and some what
looks like some pretty quick spice plant stitches for the kitchen.
Then there is Wes and Jess's wedding. Then, of course, there is the
project that I will be working on thanks to the retreat I will be
going to in early June in Florida!
I
am getting so jazzed about the retreat. I paid it off a few months
ago and bought my plane tickets as well. In the next few days I will
be going shopping for things I need for the retreat. I have been
stitching for a very long time and have never done anything like this
before. I doubt I'll ever be able to do it again. But I am sure of
one thing...I will have loads of FUN!!!!
I
have been given some of my Mother's Day presents already. Jack and
Rachel bought me two Boston Ferns. They are beautiful! We have them
hanging in front of the house right now. When I was out and about
today, getting new glasses, Jack called me and asked me to pick up a
little cash for him to use on Sunday. The bank was literally right
across the street from where the glasses place is located.
Well,
that's about it for now. All the Mothers or Mothers to Be have a
wonderful day! Happy stitching everyone!!
