What the fluff?

IDK wth is going on with me, but since I have turned 39 in March, with my health it's been one thing after another. Near continuous sinus problems, PMS issues, colds, possible flu, headaches, nausea that would fell an elephant. What the fluff?! If this is getting old, you can shove that. Bay-beh! Send my fat ass back to 38 and I'll just stay there, thankyouverymuchpleasedrivethrough.


I managed to start a new project (SURPRISE!!!) and I managed to get around to completing up an older finish. Interesting question: when do you call it a finish? When it's done being stitched on, or when it's in it's final form? Inquiring minds want to know. :)


Anyhoo....here are my WIPs, the lone completed finish and some kittehz bein....well...kittehz.


Enjoy!



Completed finish, all no sew (go go Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue!) :

Stitchy notes:

Designs: Monograms: DMC Italy (http://www.dmc.com/majic/pageServer/1c010100cl/it/ct/os/prid/26720/index.html)

Double M motif

 Point de Croix Bourguignon (http://www.pcbdijon.com/accueil/TMP1072434954.htm).

Fabric: DMC printed aida in 14 count DC27T-arab3.

Fiber: Access Commodities 1846 (a forest green)

Needle: John James platinum tapestry needle in size 26.

Frame: Q-snap in 8x8

Began: Tuesday, February 17, 2009.

Finished: Tuesday, February 25, 2009.

WIPs:

Stitchy notes:

Design: Love Letters (member only)

Designer: Papillion Creations

Fabric: 32 count mocha linen

Fibers: DMC B5200 and 815

Started: Thursday April 11, 2009

I've about half decided that I really do not like 32 count fabric. My eyesight is 20/20 with my contacts in, but I just don't like the tiny aspect of it, if that makes any sense. Unfortunately for me, the color of the fabric really makes the design and colors pop, and I didn't have any 28 count mocha linen in my stash and I am on a 'use what you have' kick, ATM. Sucks to be me, I guess.


WIP #2:


Stitchy notes:


Design: Necessities Sampler

Designer: Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks

Fabric: 28 count antique white either lugana or jobelan

Fibers: DMC 420, 739, 869, 924, 926, 928, 936, 3011, 3013, 3371, 3768

Began: Saturday, April 18, 2009

Hope everyone is having a good day. And thank you for playing! :D


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C.

What to do...what to do?

So, here I sit with umpteen WIPs and UFOs and I don't feel like stitching any of it. I want to stitch, but I do not feel like stitching on anything I have out already, and I am wondering if I am too lazy to put together yet another project.

I am sort of jonesing for a Little House Needleworks fix, but I am not sure which one. Something quick, or something that's gonna take more than a minute.


What to do...what to do?


Questions, comments and/or passing thoughts always appreciated. :)


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Respectfully submitted,

C.

Finished already

Finished the Bent Creek bunny. While technically I have finished stitching it, it has yet to make it into an actual completed finish. Ah, well.

Stitchy notes and pic:





Design: Hare Lines

Designer: Bent Creek

Fabric: 28 count black jobelan

Fibers: Weeks Dye Works Snowflake for the bunny, Chartreuse for the border. (I'm thinking that good substitutes would be DMC B5200 and 992 or Crescent Colours Antique Lace and Frozen Margarita.).

Quite frankly, I have no clue why I bothered with the Weeks Dye Works 'Snowflake'. Even on the black, you cannot really see the subtle variegation in the thread, even close up. It's a shame because it has pale blues and pinks in it, if you look close enough. I should have remembered the Whispered by the Wind "Snow' freebie that I stitched a few years ago. I used the same thread and same black 28 count fabric and you can't even tell that I used variegated thread at all. It sucks, but whatareyagonnado?


I have absolutely no clue as to how I will finish this project, however, I have a year to figure it out. :)


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C.

Scattered, Smothered, and Covered

It's been a while since I've had a post, but really, I haven't felt like posting, let alone stitching. Life is really stressful ATM, and I sort of feel like a plate of Waffle House hash browns: Scattered, Smothered, Covered, Chunked, Topped, Diced, and Peppered. Which, for those of you out there who have not had this particular Sex on a Stick, means that there are a lot of things on my plate, it doesn't look too pretty, and I am not sure if I can finish the whole thing, and if I do, how much heartburn am I going to have. Such is life, I suppose.

When I *have* felt like stitching, it's like I have ADD or something. It's not for very long, and I keep skipping to different projects. I've started two more projects. Oh, well. I suppose it doesn't matter as long as I stitch on *something*.

No updates on the Eiffel Tower project. I've stitched on it some, just not enough for it to matter. That, and I forgot to take pics. :(

Here are my two latest ones plus the subsequent stitchy notes. Both are freebies that you can find on the intarwebz.




On the left of my stitchy bag:

Design: Hare Lines

Designer: Bent Creek

Fabric: 28 count black jobelan

Fibers: Weeks Dye Works Snowflake for the bunny, Chartreuse for the border.

On the right of the stitchy bag:

Design: Love Letters (member only)

Designer: Papillion Creations

Fabric: 32 count mocha linen

Fibers: DMC B5200 and 815

Hopefully, I will soon have a finish and more importantly a JOB. I need one very badly, for my sanity, if nothing else.

Hope everyone is having a ham filled Easter Sunday.

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Respectfully submitted,

C.