Thursday, March 8, 2012

WIPocalypse March

Wow, nothing like a due date to point out what you’ve been doing for the last month.  In terms of the Ballroom and Dragon pictures that equals nothing.  Do Not disturb faired a little better.  I put in more sand and some green for the flip flops (so I could see something besides sand).  I need to try a little harder on this one.  My friend’s birthday is in July and it would be nice to have it done by then.  J



Happy stitching World.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

More of the same.

I was going to complain about this not being done yet but that’s just a waste of time.  Kind of like yesterday when I managed not to stitch at all.  Not the kind of March madness to indulge in.

So today I stitched.  And to prove it all the stitching is in.  All there is left is the backstitch.  Which should be easy but given the way I go about these things who knows? J

Happy stitching World.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

She's got legs!

The girl that is, not the bird.  The bird has a body though so that’s something.

I’d really like to get this finished soon before I start too many other things. J
At any rate my WIPocalypse projects need attention so maybe that will keep the starting bug at bay.  Till the next full moon at least.

Happy stitching World.

Monday, February 20, 2012

IHSW February

Every time I look at Be Hippie I think it’s close to being finished.  If I was stitching on it every time I looked at it, it probably would be. J


Still it’s coming along.  A little more done on the top and the bottom.  I changed the flower in her hair from white to variegated and was pleased (?) to find the white in the bird doesn’t show up any better.  They both get backstitched so that should help.
Nothing else new to report.  Have a great week.
Happy stitching World.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Stitch, Rip, Repeat

That was my yesterday.  Stitch the part, notice it didn’t line up, rip it out and try again.  Now I finally notice that the reason it still wasn’t right was because the first part wasn’t right. Sigh.  There was only one thing to do – move on to something else. J
So I added some to Be Hippie.  I only had to redo one ray on the sun.  The bottom of her top (?) and the flower were variegated.  Apparently one stitch at a time was easier for me to follow.  Did I have the headband in last time?  I liked the colors in the word hippie so much I blended them together.


Today I went back to what I was working on yesterday.  I took out the offending section (scissors are my friend) and started over.  Then I kept going.  You’ll never guess what happened next.  I finished!

That’s all for now.
Happy stitching World.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

WIPocalypse - Feb - Tiki Stitches

Project 1 – Ballroom
There are two things about this that are hard to believe.  One is that after all those years of sitting around it’s become twice as large as it was.  The second is that I’ve messed it up already.  Actually that part I believe.  For the sake of progress those two stitches will just have to stay the way they are.


Project 2 – Mythical Dragon
I thought I could move this out in two directions.  Quickly learning the error of my ways I settled for one.  So now we have the top of one wing.  Part of it anyway.  Very soon I should be able to answer the question of which is more annoying – confetti stitches or half stitches in 3 or 4 strands.

Project 3 – Do Not Disturb
It looks like I took the title a little too seriously.  Still there’s some sand on the bottom.  If I need a different color I can start on the green flip flops.

That’s all for this month.
Happy stitching World.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Love is in the air.

Actually around here it was snow.  Snow that led to a spontaneous stitching weekend. This gave me a chance to finish that last word and add some pink hearts.  I should keep going and complete that one side.  Which means the next part will be the headband and the sun rays. J


See you for the WIPocalypse check in.

Happy stitching World.