Monopoly Board Progress - 6/8/06

I got another square and a half done on my Monopoly board yesterday. So as long as we just roll snake eyes we can play!!! LOL

Cross Stitchers Gather - LOOK OUT!!!

The So Cal Stitchers Group got together for a LOVELY brunch gathering at the Corner Bakery in Anaheim Hills, and then we meandered across the parking lot to Velona where we shopped for stash!!! It's so nice now to have faces and voices to put with the names when we see folks post.

From left to right, we have Gail, Kathy, Peggy, Mayte', Cristin, and Cyndi. (Sorry Mayte', I know that's not the 100% correct way to do the accent above your name, but I don't know how to do it right! LOL).

We did a little stash exchange, which was nice. I got some lovely flosses in my favorite colors - purples and blues - so Mayte' couldn't have done better if she had shopped specifically for me!!! All it all, it was a fun get together, and I'm sure we will plan another one soon! Hope those of you who couldn't make this one can make the next one.

Monopoly Board is Started!!

Well, I started on the Monopoly board SAL yesterday. I'm working on it just on Sundays because I didn't want to give up a whole week of my rotation. I'm not normally a "back-stitch as you go" kind of gal, but I'm doing it on this project because there is quite a bit of it (all the property titles, etc) and I want to break up both the border stitching and the back stitching, if that makes any sense. I'm happy with it so far, although the lettering on the "Go" square is a bit shaky for me....I've checked it a couple of times, and it's "right" but I'm not 100% happy with how it looks....

And no, inflation has not struck Monopoly - it should be $200.00, but since I can't do French Knots, I'm going to go back with a tiny black bead for the decimal place.

And it's not the lighting that's making it look green - I'm stitching it on a light seafoam green fabric to be similar to the background color on the real board.

Well, here is my progress on "Walking to Town". I have finished all of the regular stitching, except for one small part (if you look REALLY hard you can probably see it, it's in the bottom right corner area, right below the second row of the fence) where I ran out of the floss. It's been a little frustrating, it's the third time I've run out of floss. I don't THINK I'm wasteful when I stitch, and I keep barely running out, but still!!! And Dimensions has been good about sending me more, so I can't complain too much. Now it's on to back stitching and beading. It calls for French knots for snowflakes, but I can't do them...so rather than aggravating myself, I'm going with beads.

And I completed another week on Angel of Cross Stitch. It's coming along pretty well. Now it will be a few weeks before I pick it up again. Today starts my one day a week SAL (well, I'm stitching one day a week, don't know what anyone else is doing) on the Monopoly board. I got my fabric Thursday. I think it's about as close to perfect color wise as I was going to find. It's a light seafoam green aida. I think it should be a fun stitch!

Oh well, that's it for me - hope everyone has a great week!!!

5 O'clock Somewhere Update

Well, here is my latest and greatest update on "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere". I have finished everything involving the drinks (except the little wine charm things at the bottom of each glass). When it next pops up in the rotation, I will be working on the lettering at the bottom (which is outlined and then beaded, so it should be kind of cool). It's hard to see in the picture, but the rim of the margarita glass (on the right) and the end of the toothpick for the olives are both stitched with "Fuzzy Stuff" (I think that's what it's called). It's this floss that is, as it says, fuzzy. The picture doesn't do it justice, but it is pretty cool. Also, the seeds in the strawberry are black beads, for some added texture.

I'm a bit disappointed - I didn't figure out the fabric I needed for this, I let the person who was taking care of me at my LNS figure it, and I feel like the fabric was cut too small. Since I'm making it again (one each for two of my best friends), I went back Saturday and bought another piece of fabric that is bigger. You can see (which I'm thinking will go away soon enough) the hoop marks on here, and that was because it got so close to the end that I couldn't use my Q-snaps....

I'm getting ready to start my Monopoly Board SAL. I will have to figure out how I'm going to work THAT into my rotation. I may keep my three current projects in a weekly rotation, and just do the Monopoly board one day a week. So I'll do a week minus a day on each of my other projects, and one day a week on Monopoly. I don't think I'm ready to lose a full week of my rotation, if that makes any sense.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Fractal Update

Well, I stitched for another week on my fractal bookmark. I'm almost done with page 1. Not looking too bad...Now it's back to "5:00 Somewhere"...it feels like it's been ages since I stitched on that one!!! LOL

Angel of Cross Stitch

Well, after two weeks in the rotation, I thought I might have gotten more done on Angel...but the reason for the two weeks was because of a four day weekend in Vegas, which of course, cost me stitching time! Add to it the fact that I brought a miserable cold back from Vegas, and spent a day and a half sleeping....and alas, not as much progress as I would have liked. But hey, this is for fun, not for stress, right??

Now it's back to the fractal bookmark for a week. I am really enjoying my rotation process, just because I kind of get enthusiastic all over again when it's time to pull a project out!

Also, on a kind of exciting front, I joined a Yahoo group a couple of weeks ago that's (mostly) Southern California stitchers. We're planning a get together in a couple of weeks, and that should be a lot of fun. It will be fun to have faces to put with names, and to hook up with some other local people who like to stitch!

Thanks for looking!