My Earth Finished!!

It's 12:19 am and I've finally finished "My Earth." I never thought I would see this day! I sound like a broken record, but I am so glad to have this done! I only have one regret. I ran out of the Maidenhair Fern. Mainly because I was using it for vines when I should've been using the dark green. So I had to stitch the words "green grass" in dark green and I don't like it. I may check out a needlepoint shop near me that carries Thread Gatherer to see if they have the color. I know, silly to spend $5 for a couple of words, but it would make me happy. Anyway here's a pic...

Shepherd's Bush "My Earth" kit
Fabric: 32 ct. Light Sand Belfast
Threads: Thread Gatherer and Soie D Alger silk
Started: Sometime in 2005
Finished: 10/3/07
Well, I'm going to bed now - I should set the coffee pot to be ready when I wake up because I'm going to need it!!

P.S. The alternative lettering was charted by CynthiaC. I don't know what I would do without her! :) I'm sure I would've stitched a lot less Shepherd's Bush designs without her lettering!

P.P.S. I fixed the lettering this morning. I went out and got a skien - I figured I may need it in the future anyway. Thank you to Alison and Rani for offering to send out some!

Edited to add better pic!

You all are too kind!

It's so nice to have someone justify your craziness! Only another stitcher would understand. If I told my husband that I just couldn't complete a project because I started on the horizontal he would look at me like I'd grown two heads. Not to mention all the money spent on a huge project that when I started to stitch it, it gave me heart palpitations. Only another stitcher would understand.

Anyway, I did get "My Earth" out last night and it felt so right - no palpitations! :) I finished up one band under the sheep and started on a floral band under that. I realized though that I was using the wrong color thread for the vines. It's supposed to be Deep Green and I was using the same thread as the leaves. I don't think I'm going to rip it out. It gives it a little more subtle look - what do you all think? The deep green is stitched in the flowers above the grass by the pudgie.



I may work on it a little more tonight and then start on my June Flip-it Bit.

Bradley ended up having a very nice birthday - he's in there playing with this huge nerf dart gun thing my mom got him and loving every minute of it! :) Thank you all again for being so supportive and understanding! I appreciate you all!

I met my goal!

I finally finished up the sheep, the grass and flowers on My Earth...



Next up is Sunflower Bellpull. I'm hoping to finish up the letters and do a couple more bands. I know Carol can relate to this.. I'm so excited that baseball season is getting ready to start! We got tickets to see the Tigers and Braves play on the 24th. Carol, we are going down to Ft. Myers in 1 1/2 weeks - I'll say hi to the Red Sox for you! :) Not that we're going to a game down there (they are sold out!). Anyway, enough about baseball - I need to get stitching! Write later! :)

Thinking of trying something different...

I was doing fairly well with my new rotation, but I feel days are slipping away from me and I'm not getting to work on all the projects in my rotation. So - I'm going to try to do an hourly rotation. I've got a great stopwatch on my iPod, and I was thinking of doing 5 or 6 hours on one project instead of 10. I think 10 is too long for me. I get bored too easily! :) I decided this because I didn't get to work on My Earth, which I love, and I thought this way no project gets left out. We'll see if I can stick to it. I think now that I'm not working at night like I used to, and usually get definite stitching time each night that I think I can make it work. I got a little bit done on My Earth last night and I'm going to try to get the sheepies finished up tonight. Here's my latest pic...



Well, I'd better get stitching before I get too tired! Write later! :)

Oops!

Well, I kind of got off schedule. Instead of working on my rotation from Tuesday on I started Crocheting. I started an afghan kind of like this one made by Alicia from Posie Gets Cozy (except not as pretty). I actually started and restarted about three or four times. My ripples weren't lining up. It was pretty sad and that is why there was no stitching for a few days - I was just obsessed with getting ripples to line up. Well, I finally got it right, and I didn't take a picture because it's in my trunk and it's too cold to go out and get it (yes, I'm a big baby - cold here in FL is about 45 degrees - if that). I do have pictures of other things...

Friday I took a class with Susan Greening Davis at Golden Needle. It was a lot of fun - went way too fast, but was fun! Here's what I got done there...


Strawberry Social class

And it was Nashville Night, so of course I had to pick up a few new things that were out...



I love the new Blackbird Designs Book. It has so many pretty designs. Here are a few of my favorites...


Bluebird's Needles & Pins


Tulip & Star Pinkeep


My Quaker House


Friendship's Sheltering Vine

I got back on my rotation schedule today at JoAnne Nantz's with My Earth. I got a band and a sheepie stitched...


Shepherd's Bush - My Earth

Well, that's all for now! It's time for bed now! :) Write later!

Two Days of Rotating...

And I'm doing it! I'm so happy - it's working out for me! I'm really hoping I can stick with it! Friday I got a late start, so I didn't get too much done on my Game Board Sampler, but I did finish up one house and a motif...


The red house and red flower are the ones I completed.


The whole thing!

Edited to add - I had a couple people ask about the fabric I'm using for the Game Board Sampler - It's 28 ct. Light Mocha Cashel.

Saturday I went up to MIL's house and went stitching at JoAnne Nantz's. So I took my Saturday Project with me - Shepherd's Bush My Earth and I got quite a bit of stitching done on it! :)



I used Cindy's lettering for the My Earth words, and I'm very happy with it! While I was at JoAnne's shop I picked up the new Country Cottage Needleworks design and some threads to stitch it...


Spring Violets

And the other day I stopped at Alex-Paras Needlearts to get some Needle Necessities in Very Berry (103) because I saw that Nancy was using it stitch her Quaker Samplings. I definitely want to do one in that color (sorry Nancy for being a copy cat!). I also got a few spools of Kreinik to stitch Petal Fairy and some magnets and a bag. :)



That shop is just amazing. It's mostly needlepoint (they have a tiny selection of cross stitch), but they have just about every thread imaginable. It's heaven just to walk in there. Well, not much else - today is Sunflower Bellpull, so we'll see how much I can get done on that! :) Write later!