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Stitching Update:
Hello everyone, sorry it's been so long since my last update. I have been busy with work, and everything else! And not to mention the fact that I have not stitched since my last update. Sad to say but I just didn't feel like picking up a needle. Well I wanted to but I was just too tired!

So today I finally found a bit of motivation. Plus the fact that I am afraid that if I don't get to work on the Birth Announcement now then my belly might be to big to use my lap stand. Plus the fact that I probably won't feel like stitching too much later on in my pregnancy.... but who knows.

Pregnancy Update:
I am now 16 weeks and 4 days, but who's counting, right? DH and I get to find out if we are having a girl or boy on August 10th. We are so excited and I am so ready to know!!! But we shall have to wait just a bit longer. But until then we are going on vacation for a week, to visit DH's family in New York.... they live on Long Island, so we are going to be at the beach just about every day! I am so ready for a vacation!

I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th, and I hope that everyone has gotten lots of great stitching in!

Happy Stitching,

Not a Stitchy Post

There will not be any stitching in this post today. I really haven't done that much stitching lately. I have just been so darned tired.

Well today I had my first ultrasound. I was so excited! I just had to post a picture!

So this is my little one at 8 weeks. DH and I think it looks like a little bunny rabbit.

Hope everyone is having a great week, I know I am!

Happy Stitching,

Stitching right along

Well I have more progress on my Baby Announcement. It is really coming along. Of course this is the only project I am working on right now. Most of my stitching is done on Saturdays, mainly because DH is at work and I don't have anything else to do. I love it!! So without further ado, here is my updated picture.



I am really glad that I decided to do the backstitching as I am going along. All I keep thinking is when I get done with the stitching I won't have to go back and backstitch everything. For some reason that makes me very happy!

I also took some pictures of my new lap stand that I am really loving! I don't know if I am stitching any faster, but it sure is easier to stitch two handed now.





I really wasn't that sure about this stand when I first ordered it. But now that I have it I am so glad that I got it! I have one that you can put Velcro on your fabric, but if you take the piece off more than twice the Velcro looses some of it's stickiness. And since I love my q-snaps so much this one is perfect!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, and you get lots of stitching done!!

Happy Stitching,

Totally Useless SAL and Some Progress

Last month, right after the new moon I joined the Totally Useless SAL. Finally a SAL that I can really get into. Click on the link above, or click the TUSAL button to the right, and it will take you to Yoyo's blog where you can see all of the members, also there is a link there if you would like to join!

Well after about a month I really don't have all that much to show for it. I am stingy with my thread, and usually don't end up with that many orts. So here it is.



And a little bit of a close-up:


Most of it is from two projects, Welcome Baby which I just started last Saturday, and Happy Home Sampler. Happy Home has been placed on the back burner for a little bit since I found out I was expecting.

But I am really excited at how my little birth announcement is coming along.


And a close-up of the cute little teddy bear:


I decided that since I despise back-stitching, and doing it all at the end, that I am going to do it as I go along. I think this piece will be easy enough to do that for. I am so pleased how this is turning out. I am really glad that I saw this and picked it up! I think I am on to the little white bunny above the little bear. We shall see.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stitching,

Exciting News

My husband and I found out that we are expecting a little bundle of joy. I am not very far along, but I am so excited that I just can't keep it contained. My due date is December 24th, so we may have a Christmas baby.

So I just had to start a birth announcement. I have had this one picked out since I found out my best friend was expecting. I found it at that time and bought it because I just new it was what I wanted for my baby. Of course at that time, over a year and a half ago, I didn't know that I would be working on it so soon. I don't have too much done yet. Work has still been busy and I am extremely tired. And not to mention my allergies are terrible. So it has become a bit difficult to stitch and blow my nose every 5 seconds. Plus I don't want to keep stitching without washing my hands every time after I blow my nose. So it has been a bit difficult.


Here is what I have so far:




I hope everyone is having a great week, and has a wonderful weekend, full so stitching!

Happy Stitching,

New Nora Design

Wow two posts in one day it's a world record. I am not sure if I like it or not. So far some of the other remarks on the design have been about the foot of one of the "friends". It does look a bit awkward, but I can place my feet in an even more awkward position. I don't think I feel the need to rush out and get this design, but after I see a WIP it may have to go on my wish list. We shall see.


Happy Stitching,

So I have finally picked Stargazer up and worked on her a little bit. I went to my parent's house over Easter, and took her along for the trip.

Check out my previous post for a before picture. I really enjoy working on her. And now more than ever. I got a new lap stand with a clamp to hold my q-snap. I got it on Friday just before I left for Nashville. So I had to try it out.

Year before last I learned to stitch two handed, which was frustrating at first, but after I got the hang of it, I love it! I have a lap stand with a scroll rod that used Velcro to hold the fabric on. It is nice but I love my q-snaps and I don't have to put Velcro on the fabric!!

Well I finally decided to break down and just invest in another stand that could hold my q-snaps. Needless to say I am ecstatic about my newest purchase. I will take a picture and post it later. It is a K's Creation lap stand and it is wonderful. It sits so nicely on my lap and I can adjust it to whatever is best for me.

So I am hoping that I will get some more work done on her and my other WIP this weekend. I really need to get some work done on my Happy Home Sampler. I would really like to get it done and framed by the end of the month and get it off to it's new home.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Happy Stitching,

And Another...

New start. Yes I just couldn't help myself. Although this one is not for me. It is for a co-worker. I have been dying to stitch this piece. I just think it is too cute. Anyways, the co-worker was married in February, and I just wanted to do something nice for her.

I am not using the charted colors. I am using DMC variations. I got them on sale at Michael's about a year ago, and thought they would look great. Also I don't have to keep switching colors all the time, so it is going much faster. I have about four hours of work in so far.

Happy Home Sampler
Linda Bird
Cross Stitch and Needlework July 2008
32 ct Evenweave

Hopefully I will get some more done this weekend. Didn't get to work on it tonight, just too tired from work. And I am on call tomorrow night, so I usually don't stitch on those nights.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stitching,

Stitchy Progress

Yeah!!! I actually have some progress to show. It feels like forever since I have done any stitching! And thanks to everyone who commented on my last post! It really means a lot, and helps with the motivation factor! Oh and by the way the muffins I made were excellent (they were strawberry, my personal fav).

Okay here are the pics first just so you and mainly I can see how far I have come.

This is from 1/31/09


And this is what I have done since then. And a little bit of this was done today. More about that later.


Sorry the pics are a little blurry, my camera batteries are dead and I haven't replaced them yet. So I am taking pics with my iPhone, but hey at least I can take pictures!!

I actually had some good time to stitch today. I got off of work at about 9 this morning. I was so excited! I came home took a nap and stitched. Now I am sitting out on my little balcony hoping I don't get attacked by bumblebees. Wish me luck! I think I am going to have to go in though. My computer is battery needs a boost!

Well I hope everyone is having a good week so far!

Happy Stitching,

Stitching MoJo...

where have you gone? I haven't worked on anything in about two weeks. My in-laws were in town last weekend so I didn't get much done, and work has been terrible. In at 6am, and leaving by 6 or 7pm. Not much time left for stitching. And the times I did get out of work at 1 or 2 in the afternoon, I just came home and took a nap. I didn't want to stitch, well I did, I just figured I was so tired that if I did stitch, I would end up frogging it all anyways.

Well today is the day I am going to stitch. I really want to finish Stargazer an enter her into the Silkweaver Showcase! I have already entered my Poppy and Tigerlily. So then as soon as I finish her I can finish Victorian Christmas Eve, and then I can start Seaside Kingdom.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I am off to eat my freshly made strawberry muffins and drink the rest of my coffee and start the stitching frenzy!

Happy Stitching,