More Progress

First new WIP started last night; The 2nd Day from TWs 12 days. The start of my turtledove:

Here's Seth's Black Bear. This one can be found on Patternsonline.com. It's a Stoney Creek design and you can find it by searching 'black bear'. (I can't believe I'm actually too lazy to post a link for you).

This one is the Enchanted Fabrics I ordered for TWs The Castle; Dragon Mist Flair. I still ordered Daybreak as well, but so far I like this one the best.

1st Day of Christmas - Finished!!

Next finish - Cowboy Roy for Joshua's Love Quilt (probably this weekend sometime)

Then what? Cirque maybe or start Peacock Tapestry? Something will come to me, I'm sure.

What I've been working on

He's Cowboy Roy from Gloria and Pat. I can't believe I'm actually working on Aida - haven't touched that fabric for 20 years or so it seems and I didn't miss it not one bit. ;) It's for this guy http://lovequilts2008children.homestead.com/JoshuaW.html
I just had to do it since he's from Texas and loves the Cowboys and the Stars. It should be finished tomorrow (I actually have tomorrow and Monday off - yay!) and then I'm back to 12 Days. I might actually get that one done this weekend as well.

Nothing else going on here that's too exciting. Stadium still being worked on, the Rangers are out of town this weekend. I get to sleep as late as I want and go have coffee at the Pitt (wait - I do that every day:) ) but you know it's more fun when you get paid to loaf around.

Have a good weekend!

A Cloudy Day

First up Charlie Wingate (and yes I named my cat after him and it was more appropriate than I realized at the time) he's been out for a couple of weeks - th e sling - but he's getting back into the groove and we were glad to see him today.

They're still working on the roof of the stadium - I don't know if I could be that high off the ground for 8+ hours a day but they do it -and they've made some progress:

A little blurry but the latest on the 12 Days ornie I'm working on. I'm down to the four corners and then I'm done. I got the backstitching done the other day. This one is going much faster than I thought it would.

And finally Miss Mary Mack - I just love this one and I need to find an appropriate Gothic frame for her. I'm also reading Jane Eyre right now and for some reason that always reminds me of Miss Mary. ;)

More rain is supposed to be coming in today but it's stalled out to the west of us.

Have a good weekend!!

Today's Movie

The Illusionist with Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel. It kept me guessing until the end (and usually I figure out the end about halfway through). :) Five stars from me and I have a new favorite Paul Giamatti. You'll know him from Sideways and Cinderella Man. I think I'm going to have to catch up on his movies now - and believe me I have a lot to catch up on; everything from The Nanny Diaries to Big Momma's House.
Anyway, here he is:



I also worked a bit on the 12 Days ornie and Miss Mary Mack - I'll have pics of those later on.

Here's an update on 12 Days - the first day ornie

Kinda blurry but the battery was dying. I like working on this project and I might even try hand dyeing my white lugana for a different look - as my friend Debbie says, 'why don't you change the colors of the fabric so you don't get so bored?' Good idea from a non-stitcher - they have them too every once in awhile. (Only kidding). I'll try coffee and tea first; I wonder if you an dry fabric with coke? Off to search that one out....

Why is it....

....that when you put a self imposed deadline on a project it ends up taking longer than it normally would have? Of course I mean Four Seasons Sampler. I ended up using the wrong color in the inner border so I frogged that last night. Had to go to the LNS because 3047 was nowhere to be found and it just so happens she was having a 33% off sale this week. So I ended up with Ginny Morrow's Nova, and the January and February Baubles by SamSarah Designs. These were just too cute to pass up. While there I got the rest of the floss and Krienik for 12 Days as well. I should be pretty cross stitched up for awhile. I think I'm going to concentrate on stocking up on fabric this year for the stash I already have. Yeah, we'll see how long that plan lasts.....