WIPs I Hope to Finish This year

I am in a group that plan to work on WIPs that have been sitting around this year.  This are not all seriously old ones but ones I do really want to finish.  I will sandwich them in with new ones I want to do and try to finish all of these this year.  Here is where I am on them now.

 Dog Lessons by Lizzie Kate

 Pirate Queen by Dark Side of the Moon

 Eclipse by Fire Wing

 Egypt Garden by Chatelaine

 Inspiration by Rosewood Manor

 Iris Fairy by Joan Elliot

Pansy by Nora Corbett/Mirabilia

Jardin d'Jour by Ink Circles

There are more WIPS in my life but these are the ones I want to get done the most.  So I have some new ones I want to start and I will be working in rotation but these will be added in to finish this year.  I will have some pictures of Bluebell by Mirabilia for tomorrows blog post, I didn't get much done on her the last two day.s

A New Year - A New Start

Okay, so I fell off the edge of the world toward the end of the year.  I got little done and a lot of nothing accomplished, just mostly feeling sorry for myself I guess.  Anyway, I am ready to go.

There is going to be a new baby arriving in the family in March, I will be a great aunt again for the 9th time.  I crocheted a little swaddler bag and hat for her this weekend.  Here is a picture.

I now belong to a group that is doing a SAL on Bluebell by Nora Corbett so I started her yesterday not enough to show any of it yet, hopefully tomorrow.  I also am in another group to help get WIPs done, so I have been rounding all my projects that are WIP as of 1/1/13 and am going to work them into a rotation with Bluebell and a couple others.  The other thing I am going to start it a pair of birds I got from Chatelaine.  Vicki and I are going to do them, I do the first, here the second release, back and forth.  When done we will put them together and make a quilt or wall hanging, not sure which.  I signed up for the Chatelaine Dragonfly Mandala, but I wont be starting it anytime soon, but it was just too pretty to pass up.  My stitching is slower these days but I hope to get to work now..

So here is to seeing more of you here :)..  And Happy New Year.

Jardin d' Jour by Needlemania

after the first rotation of 10 hours (it was a WIP from last year, you can see where I started in previous post).  Not too bad if I may say so myself :).

 

Now back to Iris Fairy, then this one again, and then I will add my Pirate Queen to the rotation.  I will continue that way, adding one after each completed rotation, until I feek like enough are added.  As I finish one I will replace that one with another similar project.  Hope this works..

Progress

Ended this rotation on Iris Fairy and she now has at least one leg

now I am going to work 10 hours on Needlemania Jardin d' Jour.  This one has been in my WIP for awhile.  I have almost a quarter of it done.  I am going to put 10 hours in on it and then go back to Iris.  Then back to Jardin and then add a project and through the cycle adding one each time, until I feel that it it enough.  I am going to try to mix my rotation up with many different types of stitching since I like all kinds.
So anyway here is where I currently am on Jardin d'Jour.

Time to Start a Rotation

I think I am about ready to start a new rotation.  I have been doing one at a time and now have found I am slowing down even more on my stitching.  I think I am getting my stitchers lull on the one I am stitching even though I love it and can't wait to see it finished. (gosh, I have a short attention span).  So I think I am going to do my 10 hour rotation again and use the following designs in it.  Some of these have been started or are (dare I say it (UFOs)). 

Iris Fairy by Joan Elliott
Egyptian Mandela by Chatelaine
Pirate Queen - Dark Side of the Moon
Eclipse - Fire Wing
Casting A Spell - Blackbird Design
Pansy - Nora Corbett
Knitting Cat - Filagram
Jardin d' Jour by Inkworks
Fairy of Dreams by Mirabilia
Rede by Sisterhood

I thought I would work on these first, some are gifts so working them in the rotation.  Not necessarily in the order shown.  Well now I need to make sure I have all the extras I need, I think I do.  So i start today.

UK Cross Stitcher Magazine 156 - Snow Princess by Joan Elliott

Hi there.  If anyone has this magazine they would be wiling to trade could you let me know, I would love to have it.  I am sure I could have something you would like in trade.  You can e-mail me at sylvyrdragon 08 @ yahoo . com (without space).  Thanks.  I really want the Snow Princess design.

Joan Elliot Iris Fairy Again

Here she is again.  Now with the upper skirt and all the beads and bling that goes with the skirt and hair.  Still have legs, very bottom of skirt, wings and flowers to do.

Iris Fairy Again

A Little more Joan Elliott Iris Fairy

A little more Iris Fairy by Joan Elliott

Not too much more, that sleeve was a booger, but finally got it.  Seemed the frog came to stay with me this weekend..

A Little Bit of Our Gallery

My Sister and I have been Stitching for about 30 years each.  This is a little bit of our Gallery, this is just what is in our living area.  I am afraid we frame our own.  I would love to have everything professionally framed but it is not in the budget.  This is by no means anywhere near all the stitching after all those years, but we don't have enough walls, lol..

Well after 16 1/2 years, today I was sorta retired from being a daycare provider. In january they fugured out I had some sorta severe sleep apnea, fibromyalgia and I'll be darned all that hand trembling, word forgetting, stuttering and sometimes shuffling turned out to be Parkinson's. Well it took Ss awhile but they decided to put me out to disability pasture. The medications are starting to give me periods of shake relief though and definitely help the thought processes and walk a lot. Still tired a lot but i actually think i may be able to do some stitching again. All i do for daycare now is put kids on buses in the am and fill in on days school maybe closed and only older children. So Here is here is to the hope I am able to post more often.

More Iris Done

A Little More Joan Elliott Iris Is Finished This Week.  I love sniffing the Polstitches Fabric as I stitch.  I love Joan's designs they are so detailed and are turning out so pretty.

I also started the Mirabilia Pixie Pansy design.  I hope to do my the walls in my bedroom in flower type fairies. The design is stitched on Polstitches Wisteria.  I see a fabric pattern evolving.  Yes I am now totally hooked on her fabric.  I can't help me self I am addicted, help me, no wait don't help me...lol..\

I know not much, but at least something.
Happy 4th everyone.

Sorry Been Away Awhile

Had to Break in some new medications, oh joy, with that brought new complications, lol.  But I seem to be moving back to square one again.  So I have tried to get back to stitching.

Here is where I am on my Joan Elliott Iris Fairy.  I have a tendency to be kinda slow and easily distracted these days but I did get some stitching done. 

Hopefully I can get a little more focused this week.

Another Dragon Added to Eclipse

Yep here we go.  A second dragon added to Fire Wing Eclipse, but I did figure out I was short on Midnight Gentle Arts so will need to order more.  Those wings take forever.  So here we go..

they are stitched on Polstitches Rustic Rhubarb Jobelan.

Now on to Joan Elliott's Iris Fairy stitched on Colorful Clouds.

TigerLily Happy Dance

Hurrah!!!  I found that beading with shakey hands sucks, it took a lot longer than planned but my first finish with my "new" stitching mode, lol. Here she is!!

Thanks for looking.  I have now finished a Passione Ricamo and a Mirabilia.  I want to finish a Joan Elliott, a Dark side of the Moon and a Fire Wing.  Hmmm, decisions.

Happy Dance so close my Feet are moving

Almost.  Just need to add beads and do some final backstitching.  WWWWWOOOOOHOOOOOOO.

I am excited, LOL  And the Toffee Popsicle Opie fabric is perfect.  Thank you Polstitches.

Liebster Award

This Was awarded to me by Sharon of Sharon's Cross Stitch Obsession.

There are four rules.

1. Choose five up-and-coming blogs (with fewer than 200 followers) to award the Liebster to.

Cari at Sylvania Snippets

Amy at MiniQuilts

Bernice a Rocky Mountain Stitcher

Lesley at Lesley's Stitching Diary 2012

Tracey J at The Passion of my Needle

2.  Show the person awarding you thank you by linking back to their blog.  See the link to Sharon's site above.

3.  Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites Leave comments on their blog so they know about the award. (see above)

4. Share five random facts about yourself that people don’t know

    1.  I have 4 dogs (shih tzu) and 5 cats ( no I am not a hoarder)

    2.  I am celebrating my 16th year as a child care provider today (April 8)

    3.  I have spent the last 19 years helping my sister raise her two children who are now 19 and 17.

    4.  I love jelly beans

    5.  I am a total Spongebob fan..

So Thank you again Sharon. And please check out the fantastic blogs above.

Tigerlily 4/1/12

I had a long weekend and was able to stitch.  I am learning how to stitch between shakey periods.  I've learned how the medications take hold and how long it takes them to be effective and how long it lasts.  I work during good times and lay off during bad so it isn't frustrating and I can get more done.  Sometimes I need help threading needles since the shake never goes away completely but during good times I can concentrate for a little longer time when them meds kick in.  When they aren't it is like having  ADD, lol.  So enough whinning basically I am getting a handle on it.  And here is what I accomplished.

Going to change charts now and do another in rotation.  Either the Fire Wing Eclipse or the Jardin D'Jour I started last year by Needlemania.

Have a Great Week.

Nora Corbett Tigerlily

I had a great not too shakey couple of days so I could get some stitching done.
I worked on Tigerlily on 28ct polstitches Toffee Popsicle Opal.  I love this fabric.  So here is where I started.

and here is where I am now.

(excuse the bad pic)



Thanks for stopping by!

Fire Wing Eclipse - Dragon

Well I got some more of the Fire Wing Eclipse Dragon on 28ct Polstitches Rustic Rubarb.  The first dragon is finally finished only 7 more dragons to go lol.  I am so much slower it gets frustrating  but i feel like I am seeing forward movement and am accomplishing something.  So here is where i am now.

I really like this design.

A New Start

Hi Everyone,

Okay I am a lot slower stitching now and have to stitch when the medications keep my hands from shaking and I have an attention span for more than 2 minutes.  Sinemet is working fairly well but we are still working on it.

So I have started Eclipse from Fire Wing Designs.  It is stitched on Polstitches 28ct Rhubarb.  I am afraid this is 4 days work, not much but at least I am stitching again.  Good Days and Bad Days, so hopefully I will be able to stitch some each day, but don't expect huge progress.  When I finish the first dragon I will go back to Tiger lily.

I will keep in touch.

Hello Everyone

Just wanted to touch base with everyone.  I know it has been very quiet here. 

I am dealing with some new health issues and haven't had much of a chance to stitch or spend a lot of time on the computer.  I recently found out I have Parkinson's Disease and Fibromyalgia.  So I am working on figuring out what works for me.  I hope to be able to do some stitching again in the near future.

Thank you all for following me and I will try to get back soon...

Hugs to all of you.

I am still here

I  had to take some time off from stitching because of some wrist problems, but since time off didn't make any difference...I AM BACK.

Will be getting back to stitching today...Here I come Pirate Queen :).

Nora Corbett Tigerlily

I received my final gift from my secret sister this week and I feel in love with it.  Cerys sent me the Nora Corbett design Tigerlily and the beads and kreinik that goes with her.  I had some Toffee Popsicle Polstitches 32ct opalescent belfast.  I decided it was perfect for her and slipped her in as the next one in my rotation (I have no willpower, LOL)..  So here is her first ten hours, now back to Pirate Queen.  I was amazed how quickly she is stitching up.

DSotM Pirate Queen

So this weekend I got 3 or 4 hours of stitching in and my Pirate Queen now has a face.  I am not completely happy with it, but for now I will leave her alone and go on.  I am almost done with this rotaton on her and then on to JE Spring Fairy.

Here she is so far.  Please excuse the picture, it was taken with my cell, can't figure out where our camera is this morning.

My Stitching Bucket List

Okay, I finished a biggie and was thinking about my rotation.  Then I sidetracked to thinking about what I would like to stitch sitting there in my stash.  Then I got to thinking about how I am getting older every day and would I even have time to stitch them, LOL  Okay anyway I decided to make up a stitching bucket list.  So here is my list of stitching I would like to do before I am unable to stitch anymore (for whatever reason).
LHN - Home of A Needleworker 2
DSOTM - Pirate Queen
Passione Ricamo - Circe the Sorceress
Kustom Krafts - Little Snapdragon
Joan Elliott - Mystical Muse
Patricia Allison - Dragon Carousel
Nora Corbett - Fern
Nimue - Clair de Lune
Joan Elliott - Sea Goddess
Joan Elliott - Blossom Splendor
FireWing - Dragonfly 1: Mushroom Magic
Passione Ricamo - Seasonal Fairies
Joan Elliott - Elemental Goddesses
Dark Side of the Moon - Vana and the Dragons
Joan Elliott - Iris Fairy
Joan Elliott - Green Goddess
Nora Corbett - Pansy
Mirabilia - Sept. Sapphire Fairy
Joan Elliott - Rose Fairy
Joan Elliott - Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumn Fairies
Mirabilia - South Seas Mermaid
Joan Elliott - Rose Goddess
Nora Corbett - Iris
Joan Elliott - Moon Goddess
Nora Corbett - Bluebell Fairy
Nora Corbett - Sweet Pea
Passione Ricamo - Galatea
FireWing - Eclilpse
Joan Elliott - Fancy Fairy
Joan Elliot - Poppy Fairy
Passione Ricamo - Fairy of Dreams
Passione Racamo - Selene
Joan Elliott - Blue Geisha
Joan Elliott - Celestial Dragon
Joan Elliott - Father Sun
Mirabilia - Fairy Flora
Dragon Dreams - Fairy Tale Sampler
Nora Corbett - Tiger Lily
Nora Corbett - Magnolia
Passione Ricamo - Serendipity Fae
 
Man, hope I can stitch a very long time..

WooooooHOOOOOOOOOOO Happy Dance!!!!!!

Morning Fae is done!!!  The only thing not stitched on her is the mountain to her back because our four Shih Tzu's played tug of war with that part of the pattern.  I am sooooo Happy.   I love the bling and the detail on her!!

I am so happy to finish and ready to get going on to my rotation now.  I will start working on my Pirate Queen next for at least 10 hours!

So here she is.  Stitched on 32ct Jobelan from Silkweaver.  I cried when I finished.  She is the first fantasy lady I have ever finished and she will not be my last.

Starting the Weekend here 8.5.11

This is where I am starting Morning Fae this weekend.  I am getting so close I can taste it :)..  I am hopeful I can finish her this weekend.  If not, be extremely close (there are a ton of beads on this part of the skirt).  So here is where I start the weekend.

If you want to see some lovely Fantasy projects in Process

Check them out at this Fantasy Blog.  There are some wonderful pieces on here.

Last day of July Update

on Miss Morning Fae.  Wow, I can almost see an end in sight.  My only problem is my chart came apart and I have everything to finish the skirt and the grass around her but the part of the chart for the mountains behind her is lost.  So I guess she will end up not having the mountains to her back.  I am such a dork, lol.  Well here is what is done.

Morning Fae

I thought I would never get done with the beads on this section, lol. I hate them but it is worth it. This weekend I finished out that one skirt section with beads and finishing flowers and silver lace. Just two more sections on the dress and then I will be almost done. Hopefully soon.

I have a few days off and the end of the week so I hope to get a lot done :). I am ready to get her finished....I love her, but the blue is a lot.

Pirate Queen's Hat

Well the ten hour rotation on DSOTM Pirate Queen is done and I finished her hat :)..Now I will put 5 hours into Morning Fae and then back to Pirate Queen.  I am going to be spending the weekend staying with my mom while she recoups from hip surgery on Thursday so hopefully I will have time to stitch this weekend.
Here she is.

Started New Rotation

Here is a start on Pirate Queen by Dark Side of the Moon.  She is stitched on Polstitches Big Bang Jobelan.  The fabric is so soft and pretty and smells yummy, lol.  I wish the picture did it justice.  I will work about 10 hours on this one and then go back to Morning Fae for 5 and back to Pirate queen, etc and keep adding to my rotation.

So Stalled..

I have really got into a rut and not stitching much. I decided it is definitely time to get into a rotation to get myself moving. So, here is a picture of Morning Fae as of now, not a lot of progress

My rotation will include:

Pirate Queen by Dark Side of the Moon

Spring Fairy by Joan Elliott (thank you secret sister)

Fancy Fairy by Joan Elliott

Pansy by Nora Corbett

Rose Goddess by Joan Elliott

Sweet Pea by Nora Corbet

September Sapphire Fairy

Eclipse by Fire Wing Designs

Bluebell by Nora Corbett

Inspiration by Rosewood Manor (1/3 to 1/2 done)

Now to figure out how long on each, I am going to do Mornng Fae, then another, then back to Morning Fae, then another..etc.  Hopefully that will work.

A Little Bit More

Didn't get to stitch much this weekend but now that we are through the graduation and party time, I should have more stitching time :).

So here is PR Morning Fae as of today.

My New Start

Yesterday was the Joan Elliott SAL on the Fantasy Blog.  So my project was Iris Fairy by Joan Elliott.  I got part of an Iris on the piece started. She is stitched on 28ct Polstitches Colorful Clouds Jobelan (I am falling in love with Polstitches fabric).  Now back to the Morning Fae.

Frogs, Frogs and More frogs

Every have one of those stitching weekends.  I figured out I had added one too many stitches to my dark blue section of the skirt on Morning Fae, so I tore the whole thing out.  Then after completely restitching, and I though counting carefully, figured out I skipped a stitch.  So once again tore everything out, ugh.  Third time a charm and it is stitched and that blue section is competely stitched including PTB, thank goodness.  So while it doesn't look like I made much progress I certainly did a lot of stitching this weekend, LOL.

A Little Bit More

I think I need a motivational kick in the seat.  I have slowed down dramatically on Morning Fae.  I need to focus up and get on it..  Here is what I accomplished this weekend.  I do believe I need to go back to rotation, so I don't get myself bogged down.  I have a form of stitchers ADD, I believe.

For Fantasy Lovers

I started a new Blog about fantasy cross stitch.  I hope you will all join in and post your wonderful designs and works in progress.  We can all encourage each other to get it done.  Some of those designs require lots of encouragement .  So here you go.

Everyone have a great day.

Wow this skirt is busy

I can't believe how much detail is in this design.  Hats off to Passione Ricamo for having some of the most detailed work I have done.  (although I have to say the Castle by Teresa Wentzler definitely beat it in detail, LOL).  I got another section of the skirt done and spent most of Sunday just backstitching leaves on the skirt and adding the beads, just to one section.  So onward to the next section.  Here she is.

and here is the project I will start next.  Iris Fairy by Joan Elliott.

Can't wait to start her.

Everyone have a fantastic week!!!!

Ok, who took away all the hours

in my weekend.  I didn't have as much stitching time as I wished for.  But I did get some more of the skirt done and was able to see what the bottom of the dress is going to look like, I wish you could see the sparkly kind of lace at the bottom of the dress but it just doesn't show up in a picture.

So as of 5/2/11, here is Morning Fae..

Have a Fantastic week everyone, hopefully I will have some good updates to show this week..

A Little Landscaping

I haven't been able to stitch as much lately but I did manage to get a little landscaping done on Morning Fae.  It is my hope that this weekend I can make great strides on her dress and maybe even finish her next week.  That might be a little ambitious but it is my hope.  So here she is

Have a Great Weekend!

Morning Fae has Legs

Okay, been a little slow getting her done this week, been crazy, but back to stitching big time.  I actually think I got a mental block about doing those legs, I am not big on working in skin tones.  But I just spotted my next project, The Iris Fairy by Joan Elliott  in Cross Stitch Collection Magazine (UK) and when I know I want to start another project it is time to get moving, LOL.

So Morning Fae by Passione Ricamo as of 4/14/11.

A Little more but not much

been an extremely rough weekend and then week.