What have I been doing?? Trying to stitch my stress away!!! LOL I did finish CCN's Winter Wonderland. It is such an adorable little piece! I only made a couple of changes. The skintone, hair, the snowman's hat, and his carrot nose. So, I am looking for a frame to fit our decor and the picture. I told the kids the characters represent them...both girls claim to be the one with the snowman!
Country Cottage Needleworks
Winter Wonderland
28ct Lakeside Linen
Required Crescent Colours Belle Soie Silk Floss
Next is BBD's Autumn Bouquet...I LOVE this!! It is turning out better than I imagined. I just love the color choices Barb & Alma chose. I had problems with two of the colors and ran out due to knotting and shredding. Thread Heaven did not help...I guess just a bad set. I ordered the replacements and they arrived Saturday, so I will hopefully finish this week.
Blackbird Designs
Autumn Bouquet
32ct Permin Linen Coffee Dyed & Baked
Required GA Floss
Last but not least is LK's Merry Christmas By The Letter. I really need to finish this baby up soon. She is almost there! I did experiment with some Kreinik silver to give the fill-in letters a little shimmer. I had some help from Jackie (Scattered Threads) to get the metallic to work correctly and her advice worked perfectly!! Thank you Jackie!! I just wanted to perk up the piece just a bit and the metallic did the trick! I am thinking of doing the border the same, but we shall see.
Lizzie KateMerry Christmas By The Letter
32ct Permin Linen
Required WDW & GA Floss
That is it for now! Thank you soo much for your comments, well wishes, and notes of support since DH left. I cherish them all!! Until next time...
Hugs & Stitches!!
17 comments:
Hi Joy! Considering all that you are doing, getting ANY stitching done is fabulous! And you are just moving right along on your pieces! Did you notice that you have finished nearly twice as many as last year?!? Pretty good!! Hugs.
It is hard when the family is not all together, but it sounds like you are a very strong woman who is able to keep it all together. Your stitching is beautiful - looks like they will be completed around the holidays. Your finished Winter Wonderland is gorgeous!
Take care!
Joy, what beautiful stitching! My DH was gone over the weekend and I missed him terribly. I'll be praying for you with your extended separation. It *is* good that he kept his job!!! I hope your son will heal quickly as well. Isn't stitching therapy wonderful, though?? :-)
Blessings!
Tricia
Hey there Joy.
It's about time you got an update in blogland. LOL. My, my, goodness. You are adjusting well with DH gone with all youir stitchy pieces. I hope DS is adjusting to his knee accident.
I just love how Winter Wonderland turned out. It is absolutely wonderful. Love it. BBD is coming along beautiful too; and glad the shimmer thread is going to work out for you. I'll send you an invoice, LOL. Anywho, hope you will get BBD and LK done soon. I hope to do an update on my blog soon as well.
Hugs and take care.
Jackie.
Joy,
Your stitching looks amazing as usual. Sorry that DH had to go to LA and it never gets easier being apart no matter how long you're married. I hate that DS is hurt and I bet that hasn't made things any easier for you. Hopefully things will settle down soon.
Donna
Joy, your pieces are just beautiful! Boy, have you been busy! I hope your son heals soon. At least football season is over for him! And yes, at least hubby has a job. My husband just got back to work after 14 months of being laid off. Not fun! Always think of the bright side!!!
Your stitching is amazing! I love the CCN Winter Wonderland. It is adorable. Your progress is going along great on your BBD and LizzieKate.
Glad to hear that everyone is acclimating to the new situation with DH being in Louisiana. Your progress pictures are great.
You've been a busy little bee. I'm sure it has helped with the amount of stress you have in your life right now. Good way to look at the job situation. Before you know it things will settle down and he will be able to come back home for good.
All of your stitching is adorable. I especially love the CCN Winter Wonderland. It's just beautiful!
Hope your DS's tendons heel quickly. I'm sure he's not too thrilled with all the down time because of it. At least the season is over with so he can heal properly and not miss anything.
Wonderful stitching! Hang in there with all you have going on!
Beautiful stitching as always, Joy!
So sorry your DH has to work in LA and that your DS has the knee injury. I'm glad you have your stitching to comfort you during this time.
Fantastic finish on the CCN piece. I just love how you personalized it for your children. Jusr perfect.
Love the other tow wips. Especially the LK piece. And I like the idea of using a krenik. I have done that too. It really does add to the piece.
You have some very lovely pieces.
CCN is simply beautiful. Congrats on the finish. Both WIP's are coming along great.
Your finish is just gorgeous! Loving the wip's too.
Hello Joy Really nice stitching. I have been just going really slow with mine wish I had as much done. I especially love the BBD fabric. Ike pulling it our of an old cedar chest.
Mary
Beautiful stitching! You're a very talented lady.
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