Trying to pick myself back up

I noticed that between the posts announcing that I was pregnant and when I lost the baby, it was a mere 10 days or so. Funny old world, eh?


I have been trying to cope with the loss and the almost unbearable grief. Unfortunately, this also means no stitching. However, last night, I vaguely remembered a snowman design, but I could not remember the designer or where I found it. I enlisted a friend to put out a call on various cross stitch boards to help me locate it as I could not find it in my 5 gigs of free designs I have on my computers. (Five gigs...YIKES!!. After awhile, the design was located and I got out the supplies for it, even though I was quite certain it would become another WIP/UFO. I had chosen some Soie d'Alger and I had forgotten how nice these are to stitch with. After awhile, it became apparent that I would actually finish the thing and sure enough, I managed to finish it just 10 minutes ago. And it's even a completed finish! Apologies for the glue still drying in the picture! Here's a pic and the stitchy notes:


Design: Snowman's Quaker Christmas

Designer: Midnight Stitching (http://www.hearts-desire.net/newsletter/dec2008.pdf)

Fabric: 28 count natural Pearl linen

Fibers: DMC 310, Anchor 001 and 1003, Soie d'Alger 1846 and 2935

Date started: Friday, November 27, 2009

Date stitching completed: Saturday, November 28, 2009

Date assembled: Saturday, November 28, 2009

Thanksgiving evening, I took down all of my fall stitching and put up the Christmas holiday stuff.



Thanks for looking and I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I am off to see if I printed out another freebie I remember I wanted to do.


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Respectfully submitted,

C.