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Who? At What?
Maria
Mips97@gmail.com
Mips97@gmail.com
Stitching Rotation
Trying to build one which will successfully focus my attention to finish
projects.
Current list:
1. Special Project (for an angel): SB:AS
2. See the Stars
3. SB Holy Night
4. Chatelaine: MM 2-A
5. CHS: Houses, Alphabet
6. Thorny
7. LK Boo Club
8. DT
9. PS Alphabet blocks
10. Mirabilia J Fairy
Current list:
1. Special Project (for an angel): SB:AS
2. See the Stars
3. SB Holy Night
4. Chatelaine: MM 2-A
5. CHS: Houses, Alphabet
6. Thorny
7. LK Boo Club
8. DT
9. PS Alphabet blocks
10. Mirabilia J Fairy
Charts & Kits to think about
I want to cut down on my stitching stash accumulation. When something catches my interest I will post it to let it marinate a long, long while.
I will try to not succumb to the evils of impulse buying. I don't *need* anymore (except maybe threads and cloth to stitch what I have).
November
A Mon Ami Pierre: Noel 2009
By The Bay: Christmas Cove
LHN: Sailing, sailing (second hand ONLY)
Fire Wing Designs: Palladin
Fire Wing Designs: Warrior
Nora Corbett: Tigerlily Pixie
Nora Corbett: Holly Pixie
Silver Creek Samplers: Eye on the Sparrow
Prairie Moon: Crypt Club
October
La Chatelaine (MW) St. Petersburg mandala
November
A Mon Ami Pierre: Noel 2009
By The Bay: Christmas Cove
LHN: Sailing, sailing (second hand ONLY)
Fire Wing Designs: Palladin
Fire Wing Designs: Warrior
Nora Corbett: Tigerlily Pixie
Nora Corbett: Holly Pixie
Silver Creek Samplers: Eye on the Sparrow
Prairie Moon: Crypt Club
October
La Chatelaine (MW) St. Petersburg mandala
Projects I want most to FINISH
Not in any particular order. I want to finish EVERYTHING but
these the most.
Because I have the frames already:
Graebner: Dolly
Hinzeit: Lighthouse
Needleprint: Rebecca Jeffcoat
Scarlet Letter: Anne Kirby
Tidewater Originals: East Coast Lighthse 2
CHS: Shores of Hawk Run Hollow
Miro: Singing Fish
Ink Circles: Cirque
Because, just because (subject to change frequently):
ALL of them.
As I read my list of wips I started listing them all.
Because I have the frames already:
Graebner: Dolly
Hinzeit: Lighthouse
Needleprint: Rebecca Jeffcoat
Scarlet Letter: Anne Kirby
Tidewater Originals: East Coast Lighthse 2
CHS: Shores of Hawk Run Hollow
Miro: Singing Fish
Ink Circles: Cirque
Because, just because (subject to change frequently):
ALL of them.
As I read my list of wips I started listing them all.
STITCHING
FINISHED
MW LaChatelaine Bluebell Bellpull
32/33 Strathaven linen w listed silks
LK EEK Block
from Boo
Zentangle
36 ct Flax Edinburgh w HDF mystery spool
ACTIVE WIPS
JCS Celestial Sampler
35 ct Brussels raw linen with HDF silk
MW Mini Mandala 2-A
32/33 Strathaven linen w listed silks, 1 strand
Queenstown Elizabeth Powell 1819
36 ct Edin Sand w HDF conversion & additions
published in SANQ #56, Fall 09
LizzieKate Boo Club
36 ct Dirty Linen w mostly listed floss, some stitches changed.
SAL
See The Stars
s'da and hdf silks
La Chatelaine (MW) Tuscany Town Mandala
Antique Ivory w silks listed
WM 2009 Mystery (Christmas)
35 ct brussels raw linen with sd'a silk
Essamplaire Hannah Thornbush
34 ct Devonshire cream w assorted silks
Class from Hell
NAPPING WIPS
Shepherd's Bush Holy Night
32ct Belfast w most of threads lists, additional beads added
Blackbird Designs Midnight Watch
35 ct R&R Ash Gray w 1 str ovdy cottons as listed.
Shepherd's Bush Here We Go A Haunting
kitted materials with additional floss because I am using 2 str not 1
Very chintzy & overpriced kit: will probably be my last SB kit.
MW LaChatelaine Bluebell Bellpull
32/33 Strathaven linen w listed silks
LK EEK Block
from Boo
Zentangle
36 ct Flax Edinburgh w HDF mystery spool
ACTIVE WIPS
JCS Celestial Sampler
35 ct Brussels raw linen with HDF silk
MW Mini Mandala 2-A
32/33 Strathaven linen w listed silks, 1 strand
Queenstown Elizabeth Powell 1819
36 ct Edin Sand w HDF conversion & additions
published in SANQ #56, Fall 09
LizzieKate Boo Club
36 ct Dirty Linen w mostly listed floss, some stitches changed.
SAL
See The Stars
s'da and hdf silks
La Chatelaine (MW) Tuscany Town Mandala
Antique Ivory w silks listed
WM 2009 Mystery (Christmas)
35 ct brussels raw linen with sd'a silk
Essamplaire Hannah Thornbush
34 ct Devonshire cream w assorted silks
Class from Hell
NAPPING WIPS
Shepherd's Bush Holy Night
32ct Belfast w most of threads lists, additional beads added
Blackbird Designs Midnight Watch
35 ct R&R Ash Gray w 1 str ovdy cottons as listed.
Shepherd's Bush Here We Go A Haunting
kitted materials with additional floss because I am using 2 str not 1
Very chintzy & overpriced kit: will probably be my last SB kit.
Now Reading
Lankhmar: Bk 1 Swords & Deviltry - Fritz Leiber
M is for Magic - Neil Gaiman
Just Finished
Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
Dead until Dark - Charlaine Harris
My blog
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Rotation thoughts - - AGAIN!
10/28/09 04:30:13 | 0 Comments
Tis the time to evaluate life, consider objectives and directions. I don't wait for an arbitrary officially condoned calendar date to do that. For me this period starts at back to school time, that arbitrary officially condoned date set by some old school board some century ago. That has been the official start of my New Years since I was 5 years old. After 30 plus years of assorted educational goals it is too ingrained to ignore so I have embraced it. It is a process.
It starts in... -
Saturday's Sunday's New Start
08/03/09 02:51:31 | 0 Comments
I almost made it out of the weekend without a new start. I knew it would be difficult when I couldn't get color possibilities out of my head since seeing the sampler in Samplers & Antique Needlework Quarterly, Fall 2009, issue 56. They published a Queenstown reproduction: 1819 Elizabeth Powell Sampler.
I couldn't wait to get home Saturday. I tried to resist for as long as I could which ended up being around 5 hours. I thought the sampler looked kind of flat. Lovely... -
August...EEEK!
08/02/09 03:46:46 | 0 Comments
Summer, what Summer? Is that what this oppressive heat and humidity is? It started Mid July...alittle late but now consistently in force.
Clearing out the WIP lists because I don't know what I will be in the mood to stitch on this month. The Martina Weber Mandalas are calling to me...but which one?
Saturday came and went. The only new start was the Fritz Leiber book. Started books take up less space than started projects though I did thread-up a new reproduction... -
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
07/28/09 03:56:27 | 0 Comments
I didn't have a problem with what they left out of the book. I think they handled some things better in the movie, conveying some points much more clearly than in the book.
That said, I found the movie very dark, very brooding, and feeling 2 hours longer than it was. The pace was slow and dragging. Dark murkiness with spots of not so dark somewhat funny. Not belly laughing funny but quiet chuckle funny.
Judging from the annoying family sitting behind me in the... -
Another Saturday, another start!
07/18/09 16:53:21 | 0 Comments
Most of the week I thought I would be starting a Heaven and Earth Design charted work from James Christensen. I thought it would be eitherThursday finish, Friday start.
07/11/09 14:18:05 | 0 Comments
Thursday I realized how close I was to finishing Mirabilia's letter B fairy. So I finished her.
After I framed her, it took me some time to choose the next fairy but I started J. I was hoping I could consider that my Saturday start one day early but that is not to be.
Just Nan's Sirens of the Sea are calling to me. I have the cloth chosen and the wonderful...Another Saturday, another start!
07/06/09 03:40:49 | 0 Comments
Saturday was a stitch day. I had all day to stitch and wallow in the Tudors from season 1, episode 1. I got all the way to season 2 and started falling asleep by s2ep2.
New Start: LaDDa's Live, Love, Laugh on mystery 40 ct cloth with HDF silks. No picture yet.
There may be new uploads to my albums on Wed.
2009 Trying to focus year
07/03/09 03:42:09 | 0 Comments
January: the plan was to pick 25 projects over the course of the year and focus on them to completion. I got to 20 before I felt overwhelmed with still no satisfactory progress on old projects or much of a stop to new starts.
May: I tried again. This time picking 5 to focus on. I thought the short list would have better turnover with more work per piece. The plan was for the 5 to continue until...My Day Boosting the Economy
04/30/09 18:02:36 | 4 Comments
My purple Celebrations tote bag from last year packed with my pattern inventory book, bigger than most current community phonebooks printed in fonts as small, travel project, a book, and my checkbook - as there are some vendors who are not set up to take charge or debit, I set off in the wee traffic hours West - South - North. These are the 'you can't get there from heah' parts of New England. True to form, I missed the exit again. I always miss this exit no matter how many years I...Celebrations of Needlework
04/30/09 01:59:57 | 0 Comments
Celebrations of Needlework held classes yesterday to continue through Sunday. I didn't sign up for any this year. Today is my day tripping time to go up, shop and hook up with friends, some of whom I only see in person at Celebrations while emailing the rest of year. My favorite vendor of previous years is no longer with Celebrations. I understand why but I am missing them already. I have a list of 'want to finds but I don't expect any of the vendors to have any of them. It should be...
