I was hoping to stitch all weekend, but that didn’t happen.  I just had a lot of errands to take care of and all that fun stuff.  Nevertheless, there was some progress on this project.

Cheryl - its not hard to stitch on 40 count.  I think stitching over one (no matter what count) is harder!  :)  You just need a really good lamp and its easy peasy.

Me:  Ayame, what is your favorite color?

Ayame:  PENK!!!

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Ayame:  Was dat Mommy?

Me: Its’s soda.

Ayame:  Suuu-da looks yummy!

T mentioned that I’ve been stitching the same project over and over and over again.  It’s always the same monochromatic Quaker style.  I saw this as an opportunity to start something new! 

I’ve had the chart for Blackstone Fantasy Garden for a long time now.  I bought the floss pack for it ages ago as well.  The only thing missing was the fabric.  I could never decide what to use with it.  Yesterday, the decision was really easy.  I hate doing individual Xs with 2 strands, so I grabbed a piece of 40 count so I could stitch with 1 strand.  :)  Easy peasy!

Here’s what I have done so far:

I realize now that the photo is HORRIBLE.  Maybe I’ll try the scanner tomorrow.  I’m better off doing that than waiting for the sun to shine in my neck of the woods.

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In other news…  Last night we went OUT for dinner.  WITH the kids.  It was just at the local pub/grill, but still it was OUT.  A server came and asked what I wanted and someone else cooked it and it was BROUGHT it to me.  :)  And our food was good (I had fish and chips).  And I even got to eat it.  WHILE IT WAS WARM!!!  And the kids didn’t explode.  Well… Reeve had a mini fit 2 seconds before we were about to leave, but it was close to his bedtime and he calmed down after I picked him up so he’s forgiven. 

I picked this up again a couple of weeks ago.  That gigantic motif was a complete pain in the ass.  I had to restitch the sections three times.  Just when I thought I was almost done, I realized that I was off by one stitch.  Frogged everything, started stitching again, was off again…  Oh the fun!  I finally finished it and the next motif was a breeze.

Before (taken on 9/2/2009):

Now:

It has been a relaxing project to work on.  I only have to keep track of one color :)  I also love how my stitches look when using only 1 strand.

In Reevie news, he is feeling much better!

I started Coffin Buzz from Plum Street Samplers a while ago and forgot about it for some time.  I picked it up again a few weeks ago and it has been a blast working on it.  I was hoping that 1 skein of Kodiakery would be enough for the entire design, but just in case, I decided to stitch the stars, cup and year last.  1 skein was not even close to being enough and that turned out to be a good thing!  I used Black Iris for the rest of the design and it worked out so well!

It was stitched on 32 count Country Mocha Belfast, using 1 strand of Premium HDF.  You can see more pics here.

I’m still working on Paradigm Lost, another HDF project.  I’ll try to post pictures tomorrow.

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In other news… in the battle Reeve vs dining table, guess who won?

Ski bib on super clearance:  $7.  Winter boots on clerance $4.  Awesome!

Reeve is 18 months today.  EIGHTEEN.

Last year:

A couple of weeks ago:

ETA:  Missy Ann - you are so right!  He always has that wide eyed/glazed look on his face. Just to prove to myself that he doesn’t *always* look like that, I found these:

Last year:

A few weeks ago:

This is from Tom Pudding Designs.  It was the November 2001 free chart.  Unfortunately, the site is long gone.  I tried looking for a cached version of it, but I didn’t find anything.  *sob sob sob*  I think I only printed out 3 designs from the website.  Does anyone know if they’re available anywhere else?

Details!  28 count white opalscent Lugana with 1 strand Premium Zumaque from Vikki Clayton, stitched over 2.  It only took about 2 days to stitch.  Someone without small children would probably be able to finish it in a day.  LOL.

First of all…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUN!!!

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DH and I started The Great Scanning Project.  We have about 5 million pictures and slides to look at, sort and scan just from his mom’s side of the family.  His Dad also gave us a big box last week.  We haven’t even gone through all of those yet.  Then there’s the pictures that I have…   It’s gonna take a while to finish, but its fun.

Anyway, yesterday I was working on a batch of pictures from DH’s 9th birthday.  Ayame asked to see what I was doing, so I showed her.  She immediately squealed “BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!”.  Then turned to me and said, “Make cake Mommy”.  LOL.  What she didn’t know was I had already made cake and that it was cooling in the fridge. 

In stitching news… the bit of work I’ve done in the past 2 days, and then some had to be completely ripped out.  I was off by 1 stitch ages ago and didn’t notice until last night when the 2 bits of the motif that were supposed to meet up DIDN’T.  *sigh*  Days of stitching gone in less than an hour. Oh well.  Just have to be more careful next time.  Perhaps working copies that I can highlight would be a good idea.