Finished Santa's Journey

Woo hoo. I finished it last night. I have to take photos, but I worked on it pretty much all day yesterday, other than going to a play. The play was excellent, but I was so wanting to get that project done. Now it just has to be finished.

I started At Home with Jane Austen, from The Gift of Stitching magazine. The chart is a little wonky. I don't understand why designers, especially sampler designers, don't put center on their charts. Since there is no "right" place to start, shouldn't they err on the side of caution and mark center? Just a thought . . . But it's a pretty chart. Maybe to finish as a bellpull.

If I could just get off the computer

I could probably finish this afghan this evening. There aren't a lot of colors. Well, we have to run to Kmart now, so that should waste a couple hours, but I could get it done. But I have been fooling around all day long. I have a headache, too, and that does not help my stitching mojo.

On the Final Square

I did not work on my afghan at lunch. We went to the Pennsylvania Dutch market. I haven't been since before the loser bastard left me, so it was nice to go back, but it cut into my stitching time.

Anyway, I worked on the last square yesterday. I finished last night and made some good progress on the square with Santa on it. Hopefully, I can work on it during CSI tonight. I got new Joanne mail and I just want to play with my new goodies. The fabric I ordered is not the right color, but I can still use it.

I have been toying with the idea of starting a 10/25/50 list. Maybe not so much as a way to keep from buying stash, but just to get things finished. I don't know. I need to get all these envelopes of WIPs worked on.

1.5 squares to go

Today I am working on the last square of Santa's Journey, and I am ready to get that booger done. I stitched through lunch and got a lot of the word "Christmas" done, complete with the French knots, and then realized I had miscounted one of the letters. So I had to pick out those bleepin' French knots. And I thought this would be easier. But at least it's one square closer to being finished. I only have the one with Santa by the bed left to do. And then I am doing something simple, with minimal backstitch if I can help it.

I did stop in at Michael's last night. They were having a 4/$1 sale and I needed floss for some smaller projects. So I got that, and some fabric. I hate digging through my fabric stash, and since a certain small man of the feline persuasion has decided my hand-dyeds are perfect to sleep in--fortunately they are mine, so I can wash them--I am not looking forward to digging in there to look for natural linen.

I lasted 21/2 weeks on the wagon

I was trying not to buy stash, but I can't find the purple braid that I know I have in this house (and I know I have it, because I stitched a chart with it and didn't use the whole spool) and I need for Waxing Moon's Hallween Bell Pull. And I need some tea-dyed monaco to stitch something from a Cross Stitch Gold, and I can't find it now that AC Moore has basically gotten rid of the useful cross stitch supplies. So I ordered it from Joanne, and of course I had to get the Mystic Stitch pattern that I fell in love with at Woodlawn. The lady that stitched it got back to me, which was super-cool of her.

I am one step closer to starting Tail of the Tabby. I brought the rice steamer in the house, LOL. We need to get space to work. But the electrician came in so we will have air conditioning in the summer.

Making some real progress now!

I have made great progress on the next square of the afghan. I should be able to finish it this week. I am working on the globe. I am still wary after screwing up that last square, but so far, I am OK with this one.

Photos of My New Finishes

This is Warm Water Wash. Finally it's finished. I will never do another one of these charts again. They are cute, but way too much work. Aunt Susan can stitch mine.
This is the little towel I made with a freebie from Count Your Blessings. It was fun to do. I don't know what I really need with a towel like this, but it seemed like a good way to use the freebie. And it fit!