happy dance once... then twice...

I have a happy dance to share! I managed to put the final stitch into Madonna Dolorosa last night around 10:00pm...

Here she is...

Now don't laugh, I didn't notice anything funky about her until this afternoon when I took her picture to post... I don't like that funky looking outline around and throughout her face either... however after taking the picture and studying the chart, I did use the correct colour it called for - DMC 948...

However after taking a closer look at the computer generated model picture on the front, as well as searching the internet, I did see that something was amiss... so I frogged those stitches and tried to find what I though would be the next best thing... however I didn't have the thread on hand - trust me I searched high and low for a skein of DMC 3771 but there was none to be found. I had to resort to plan C... I restitched it using DMC 758... It turned out much better than it was before, but I'm still not 100% satisfied... but I just don't feel like frogging it again... so I'll if it grows on me, if not then I'll frog...

But here the Madonna in all her glory for happy dance number 2!!!

where has the time gone???

Well its been a good few days since I updated last... we've been busy including taking care of a sick kitty. Good thing though, she is on the mend, at least I hope she is, as she is making small progress, but progress none the less!

Anyways, even though I didn't post here, I did remember to take pictures of my stitchy progress at the right times! I'll start with our Sunday SAL with Barbi... the first weekend of September was a long weekend, and we weren't home on Sunday, so I made the holdiay Monday my stitching day for this project.

Here is last weeks progress:

I also had a pretty good stitching session this Sunday (yesterday) and here is where I stand as of last night:

I've been continuing to work on Madonna Dolorosa, as I can see the end of the tunnel on this one. I'm getting very close to finishing her...

Here she is as of the long weekend:

And again the progress on her as of last night:

Since I'm getting so close to finishing the Madonna, I'm going to keep working on her this week as well. I'm just going to have find my silver thread that I used on her robe, so I can finish off the silver accents on the top of her head in her veil.

This past weekend, is also when the newest part to the iStitch mystery SAL came out and here is my part three... I stitched it up quickly on Saturday...

I'm going to end this post with a quick picture of my favourite mountain.... some of you may have already seen this on facebook, but I can't help myself... no matter how many times I see this mountain, I just feel compelled to take a newer picture. Its so beautiful to me, and no matter how many times we go by it, I always admire it and stare at in awe as we drive by...

Till next time... happy stitching and I hope everyone has a great week!

tusal, wips and cherries (picture heavy)

Well its that time of the month already when its time to post our ort jars. I have to admit mine filled up pretty darn nicely this month! Even more so than usual. I think that finishing off the backstitching on my antique lace sampler really pushed things for me.

Here is my jar before and after squishing.

that's a wrap...

After stitching this on and off for the last 3 years, 9 months and roughly 2 weeks I finally finished my antique lace sampler by SJ Designs.

It was a class project that my friend E and I started together at our local LNS, which in the mean time was sold to new owners and has now sadly closed.

Here it is all finished...

I actually finished this last week, just didn't post till now. Since finishing, as promised I was a good girl and didn't start any new projects but instead pulled out a WIP from the pile. I decided to work on Madonna Dolorosa by Solaria

Here is my progress as of Monday night. I didn't stitch on Elizabeth this week, as we had guests Sunday, and I didn't feel like switching out projects for a short stitchy session that night. Maybe I'll make progress on her next week!

I'm keeping the Madonna in the qnsaps this week still, I'm making great progress on her. But next week I will be starting something new - I joined an online mystery SAL on the istitch blog. Normally I don't join SAL were there is deadline to follow such as this one has -where you have to stitch the one part and send a picture before getting the next part of the pattern, but that is mainly becuase I can never keep up with them. This one doesn't look like it will be too big, so I'm hoping I can keep up. Now to choose my fabric and thread!

finally a stitching update...

I actually have some stitching to share!

Since yesterday was Sunday, it was time to pull out Elizabeth. I didn't get too much done, but there is some progress!

And after my last post, I did sit down to stitch and managed to get quite a bit done on the Madonna. It helps that I wasn't feeling well on Friday so I didn't go to work and when I was not napping I was stitching.

I'm not 100% sure on what I want to work on now, but I think I will put the Madonna away for a bit. I need to stitch something other than pinks right now...

liz - 0 longweekend - 1

Well I haven't touched a needle since last Thursday... It was the Victoria Day long weekend here in Canada, celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday, and as it was the first long weekend of the summer season, we naturally went out of town... (phew... that was a long sentence wasn't it!)

Hubby and I went with the girls out to Fairmont hotsprings - our favourite place to go

We had good weather for the most part, it wasn't the hottest, but no complaints from us... as we still managed to get a little sunburn... at least I did on my shoulders...

We played in the pool...

Took a walk down to the waterfall...

played some mini golf...

and of course back to the pool - several times a day actually, and enjoyed the view...

After it was all said in done, we had a great time, and headed home Monday, and I can definitely say we were pooped from all the stuff we did, especially all the swimming!

I did however stitch a bit last week, and I kept working on Madonna Dolorosa, and here is my progress on that as of last Thursday...

I'm not quite bored with all the big blocks of colour yet so I think I'll keep going on this one again this week ~ or at least what is left of the week.

catching up...

I didn't get a chance to post last week so I'm playing catch up with my stitching posts.

After my last post, I pulled another WIP - My Stitching Treasures by Jeanette Douglas, and did a little on that. I didn't get too much done as I was stitching over one on 32ct and even though I love the look of over one, I really don't like doing it that much...

I haven't touched this WIP in such a long time! You can see where I was before I pulled it out here: click I stitched on it last just over a year ago...

Last Sunday I didn't get too much done on Elizabeth, instead I had to frog most of the nest that I had done from before, as I had miscounted. I basically took out what was wrong and restitched that and added a little more and that was my progress...

You can see it here:

Last week, I pulled another WIP out, this time it was Madonna Dolorosa by Solaria/Kustom Krafts and got a nice chunk done on that. I just may keep this one out for this week, as it's coming along nicely, and even though I'm just doing big blocks of colour I'm not bored yet! Though I will admit I have a ton of other projects/new starts calling my name!

You can see where I was the last time I stitched on it here: click quite a long time ago ~ just over 2 years ago... where does the time fly???

And yesterday was SAL time with Barbi, and here is my newest progress on that one. I managed to get quite a bit done. It went quickly as I didn't have to count that much once the first colour of the nest was done.

That's it for now... I'm off to continue stitching on the Madonna...

Till next time happy stitching!