WIPocalypse - February Progress Report

I have made more progress this month and actually finished TW Guardian. Big happy dance. Here he is in all his glory with a closeup of his sparkly body. I added in Kreinik blending filament to all areas of the Dragon's body.

This was the only WIP I worked on in the list. However I also started a new Mill Hill Ornament kit which I only work on when sitting around such at airports or for appointments.

WIPocalypse - WIP focus piece #1

TW Guardian at 280 hours last year and as it is now without a single stitch being done in over 4 months. I plan to focus on this on Monday's TWSAL and inbetween Round Robin commitments. I will upload starting shots for the other WIPs when I dig them out over the weekend.

WIPocalypse progress - January 9th

Well the only progress so far is digging all WIPs out of storage and making a list of them. I'm sure there are probably more as the list seems rather short and I'll add them as I find them.

The list is in working order as I really want to finish off Guardian which has only needed the final bits of backstitching since last Easter.

Two days in a row

I'm going to try and be a bit better at blogging about my stitching and maybe a bit more. I have found that seeing as DS has to blog every day for school that I should possibly show a better example than I have so far.

No stitching since Sunday when I was working on an Autumn Band for a Band Sampler Round Robin. I enjoyed using Thread Gatherer silks for it and need to not be so tired in the evenings so I can get some stitching in. Computer time - more precisely iPad time can't increase or I'll get no stitching done at all.

Long Term Amnesia

More than a year has slipped by with some major life changes. A change in jobs, interstate relocation and divorce finally in late 2010. Still waiting for financial settlement but otherwise life is looking great back in Sydney.

Temporary amnesia

I have just realised the value of recording favourites in places other than web browsers. For the last year I've been pretty busy and *knew* I had a blog but couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called or where it was housed.

Tonight I had a brain attack and remembered so here I am. There's too much to forget about last year so I won't even try to recall it. I stitched, I spent money, I worked and continued to raise my son as a single Mum while waiting for my ex to get it together and start the divorce process. I'm still waiting for that one so while a year has passed not much has outwardly changed.

Holiday Stitching

I've spent the first few days of the holidays just unwinding.

Which means I've pretty much stayed home, after all why would I want to go anywhere near the shops with Christmas shopping mayhem. I've done lots of stitching - probably about 30 hours or so across 4 days whilst watching episodes of Dexter and the Tudors.

I also finally succumbed to the Dragon Cave and here is my first incubator and then after a few more days:




I've also had the chance to get my diet back on track - I'm not waiting for New Year this year. I'll allow a small blip on Christmas Day, but this way I won't put on a few kilos over the holidays that I have to shift next year. It is bad enough having to shift the constant conferencing kilos (about 6 or 7 I think) from Term 4. It also means I won't get a gall bladder attack and feel awful for a few days.

So stiching wise here are some of my recent projects:

My Teresa Wentzler Guardian at 78 hours after the Monday SAL December 15th


Shannon's Winter Neighborhood RR (I stitched the house bottom left from merged "By the Bay" patterns) December 18th


Cari's Band Sampler RR (I stitched the orangey tan band of leaves and wheat from Teresa Wentzler's Harvest Sampler) December 7th


Kristin's Santa for the UFORR December 6th


Debbi's Winter Neighborhood RR (I stitched the house at the top left from a Prairie Schooler Pattern) November 25th