Victorian Dollhouse

Here is my progress on the Victorian dollhouse so far. I really enjoy stitching this one - it's got a number of color changes for the various pieces of furniture, etc, but it's still fun. This picture looks like it might be a little blurry if you "bigify" it, but you get the idea. I'm glad my friend Deborah is starting on hers too - I know she was anxious to start it, it will be fun to watch her progress too!

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And Happy Easter to all for whom it is applicable!

One Snowman Down, Two to Go!

Well, I finished one of the three snowmen that are part of the Snowman Trio (still have Willy and Milly to go - I started one of them today, but I don't remember which one! LOL). This was a pretty easy stitch, no fractional stitches....just smyrna crosses for the snow flakes). The photo is a little misleading - the fabric is bluer than it looks (to me it looks gray in the picture, but it's really a light blue).

Thanks for checking it out! I think I'm going to make the three of them into flatfolds. I might (we'll see if I can work out the mechanics of it) try to make it into kind of a tri-fold thing. A friend of mine (thanks Cristin) had a great idea. I'm thinking I could mount the stitching one one piece of foamcore or matboard, and do the same with some complimentary fabric. Then I could kind of make "sandwiches" with those and connect them with wide ribbon of some kind. I'll have to play with it and see how it works.

Anyway....next post....Victorian dollhouse!!!

Monopoly Board

Well, this past week was spent concentrating on the logo in the middle of the Monopoly board. It might just be me, but I have had to concentrate pretty hard on this part - apparently I have a hard time orienting myself diagonally! Even though I'm still stitching in straight rows, it's still diagonal in my ind. I have checked, double checked, and triple checked each letter to make sure I'm staying in alignment. And of course, it's a boatload of quarter stitches, which aren't causing me as much of a headache on the aida as I anticipated....

On the hockey tournament - my nephew's team didn't fare so well - they won their first game, but lost all the rest. On the one hand, you know it's a major honor to even make it to the Nationals, but there's still the side of you that would have liked to see them get a little further in the tourney.....but, obviously, we're very proud of them. And the games were close - so at least they stayed competitive.

The job hunt is still plugging along - no big changes there! Still working two days a week for the old place, and still trying to find something else!

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Book of Ink Circles Update

Here is my latest update on Book of Ink Circles after a week of stitching....I've finished all the counting, just need to fill in the borders. The second picture is the last square of the pattern I customized it a bit - I changed the "20" in "2009" to "KK" for my initials...and then when I did that, I needed to widen out the "0" and the "9" so that it would match the K's, if that makes any sense. I'm sad to see this SAL come to a close (I'm a little behind everyone else finishing it up, but it will happen soon enough.....). It's been fun, and it's introduced me to Tracy's patterns, which could be a dangerous thing. One of the next things coming up on my list is going to have to be Growth Rings that's in Just Cross Stitch. I have the magazine, but I haven't kitted it up yet.

Thank you to Tracy for sharing this wonderful pattern with us - and thank you to all of you for checking out my blog!

(And keep your fingers crossed - my nephew's national tournament for hockey is this week! I'll keep you posted!!).

MawMaw's Quilt Update

Here is MawMaw's Quilt after another week. This bottom triangle is kind of fun - it's solid stitching, but not a lot of counting since it's a pattern of triangles. I think I've discovered an error in the pattern (I think I can correct it myself), but I would be interested to hear from anyone else who has either stitched or at least has the pattern. There is a spot on the bottom of this triangle that shows a rectangle of all one color, but I don't think that's right. The rest of the pattern is made up of squares divided diagonally, so that area seems odd to me. I have e-mailed M-Designs to see if they agree with the error issue - there is nothing on their website.

This week it's back to BoInk. I have one square to finish, and then a lot of border work to do.

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Dollhouse Update

Here is my latest update on my Victorian dollhouse - it's coming along - it's fun to stitch....not a lot of fractionals or confetti stitches. I like the colors, they're nice and bright and cheerful. It's kind of my lunch project, but since I'm only working two days a week, it's also my Girls' Night Out project every other Friday! That helps, it gives me about four or five hours of straight stitching.

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Angel of Cross Stitch Update

I made some decent project on my Angel of Cross Stitch this week. It's coming along - I like whoever gave me the idea of doing the border a little bit at a time. The first day I start on this project in my rotation I devote to the border. I don't worry about how much time I stitch on the first day - it's whatever stitching time I have that day. It seems to work - it keeps me from losing my mind with the confetti stitches.

On a non-stitching note - the job hunt is plodding along. I have an interview tomorrow afternoon - it's a follow up to a telephone interview I had, which seemed to go pretty well. So, I have my fingres crossed.

And my nephew's hockey team made it to the national tournament in Pittsburgh PA in April! It's quite the accomplishment for his team since this is the first year his skating rink has had a team play at this particular level. It's also meaningful because it's his last year playing junior hockey - he'll be 18 in July. So...keep your fingers crossed for him!

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