Stitching Diva

So….

I have the bottom row of motifs to go and it is done..Sounds easy when i say it like that… But one of the motifs is massive.. actually two were but i have done half the other big one already and no it isn’t just filling in that gap at the bottom left that is half a motif space which carries down below the current bottom level… so i am thinking it will be january for this finish

there is a bigger picture HERE

I think i will be struggling to get my Spot Sampler page done before the next one comes out this week ans i am starting my Lady in the Meadow Blitz… fingers crossed i can get it done this rotation… but i have my doubts … i really seem to have a 4 day rotation limit.. over 4 days on any piece and Istart making mistakes…
as was proved with serenity this time i would have been finished yesterday except i had to frog the last motif i stitched twice
And even though i cannot afford it…. i joined the new Martina Dey SAL…. i have been wanting to do some needlepoint/canvas work for a while and who can resist a patchwork heart??

Needlepoint Heart -Roseanne

yes only 10 euros… but with the AUD where it is that came to a bit over $20 … sigh

Sorry i forgot to post one last week..
so here are two more pages…

and a bigger image … HERE

I think that the first motif in the second row is the best example so far of how pretty old maid of the abyss is..
i was quiet last week as i was stitching Sue’s RR and Kerry CC model…
this week it is serenity and then next week it is back to lady in the meadow.. i may just finish her nextr rotation, depends on how i am going …
been a bit scatty lately with my stitching lol…

i have been pondering my big sampler project for 2009….
so many options…
not sure which way to go…..

i bought 3 cool books in the last two days

Softies and More Softies…  and here is their website… Softies
and i also bought the A-Z of Needlepoint…. not sure why… been loking at needlepoint stuff a lot lately…

I am getting closer and closer on my finish with Lady in the Meadow…
i was down cos i did not think i had done that much since last time , until i put tthe last wip pic next to this wip pic.. and i felt a lot better, technically 2 more rotations and she is done.. but knowing me i will get lured by something and it will be three.. it would be cool to be done before christmas though….

there is a bigger picture HERE

I am itching to finish her as my next model is almost ready to start.. i just have to wait for my silks to arrive..
Vikki form HDF is providing the silks and Michele the chart etc and i am stitching Jo Lynchs Carley Cat in silks on a peretty washed yellow piece of jobelan called Angels Wings From Stitches and Spice ( i think there is a link on the side for that business) thanks to the super shopping skills of vicky ( i have a thankyou gift sitting here waiting for me to get to town and post it).. Doesn’t that kitty just scream silks?

My spot sampler continues to keep me enthralled..i expected by now to have drifted off and started another sampler but no.. it is the purple factor i think..

there is a bigger picture HERE

One thing that could derail me is when my isa vautier chart arrives…… Paul’s mum has been asking me to track downa  buddha chart for her, and they have all been the thin buddhas that i have found..
then Isa released her new chart called Zen and it seems the closest we are going to get , so Paul asked me to order it.. the wonderfullady at Volarium got it in for me as quickly as possile.. and i told paul me fee for all my searching , and getting it to tasmania was an isa vautier chart of my own.. those who know me , know i want about 20 of her charts ( and 20 of renato parolin’s… shame Volarium doesn’t have his charts too)
so i ordered Envol Ephemere  which i have wanted for ages.. i really have an urge to stitch butterflies….