A New Day Has Come Update

I did about 5 hrs on this last week.  I have been having trouble with my eyes, I am wearing contact lens at the moment and they seem to be pulling my eyes and giving me constant headaches.  I am not sure what I will have to do.  I only wear them when I stitch 1x1 but by the end of the day I have a terrible headache which is frustrating me no end.

I love the colours in this piece and cannot wait to start stitching some of the butterfly.

Thank you all for your comments they are much appreciated.
Annette B

A New Day Has Come

I managed to get a little done on this. I am having eye trouble and am not sure whether it is because I am again stitching light colours on light fabric. I can see alright if I wear my contact with my magnifying glasses. The contacts are day lenses and I will take them in and out when I stitch on A New Day. Well last week one tore as I put it in my eye and I couldn't get the other part out and had to go to the optometrist to get it out. So I am not quite sure what to do at this stage.

I am looking forward to getting this page stitched and starting on the next row with the butterfly in it.

Annette B

2 New Starts

I have joined in the HAED Freebie SAL 2011 and I have chosen Terra to stitch. So here is the first month's SAL.  I didn't get a huge amount done but I have started.

I have no intention of finishing it this year.

The other new start that I had is a SAL which my friend and I are doing.  It is called Please My Wings Take Me Away we have both had the background removed. I spent most of the time gridding to make sure I was starting in the right place.

I couldn't find my bf 032 and I had a really old skein of it but guess what bf has a shelf life.  It was impossible to stitch with and kept breaking.   I had some bf 100 which is a little whiter and have decided to stitch with that. I did eventually find the 032 that I was looking for. I am stitching it on 28ct linen called Phoneix from Picture This Plus

Annette B

Another Year another Page

I just love how this is looking after page 1.  It has been hard going, stitching on the Opalescent and I won't ever use it again for over 1.   I have been getting lots of headaches and was wondering whether it has been stitching without glasses.

I still have not started Terra for the SAL yet.  Hopefully this afternoon I will get her started and will stitch on her tomorrow too.  

My next stitching is 2 pages of A New Day Has Come. I can't wait to get back to this one - there are some exciting pages to stitch.

I also sent in Leaf and Crabby Crush QS for the HAED  Rewards program so now I have to sit back and wait for Tree of Life - Marchetti (I have been eyeing this off for some time) and CCKuik's Crimson Dream QS.  It was so hard picking out a QS as there are soooo many beautiful ones.

Annette B

Rochelle QS

Week 2 - Page 1

I am enjoying stitching this.  It has been a bit of a challenge as I chose a piece of Opalescent that I had - 28 count.  It is woven a little like hardanger and I had great difficulty stitching as I kept splitting the threads.  I have decided that I will have to stitch this one without glasses - this means that I have to be a lot closer to my work but I am getting used to it and I have my chart pretty close too.

It also uses Glow in the dark thread for the moon and stars and I love it when I switch off the light and see them twinkling.  I will try and see if I can get a picture of it in the dark.

I have also kitted up Terra Fairy for the 2011 HAED SAL.  I love the greens in this.  I suppose I should be sick of stitching with green after Leaf but green is such a soothing colour to work with.

I have also kitted up Please My Wings Take Me Away (PMWTMA)  Kim and I plan to stitching this in the New Year.  We have both chosen 2 different red fabrics.  We also had the background removed.  My red is a real hot red.  I can't wait to see how this turns out.  It calls for 032 bf but I am going to do the body parts that call for 032 in 3685 and keep the sparklies for the wings.

I would also take this opportunity to wish every one a very Merry Christmas and hope that your day is full of fun and laughter with family and friends.

Annette B

A couple of finishes

I have posted on my other Blog why I have been missing in action.

I have been stitching and despite not stitching for nearly 2/3 months I have had some finishes.  The first one finished was my model stitch - I fell and hurt my wrist badly but was able to finish it off. This is called Dragon Fly-ing artwork House Mouse.  I stitched it on a 32 ct - never again would I stitch over 1 on 32.  He is so cute and was lots of fun to stitch.  He got framed and went off to Paris for an exibition so he is a well travelled little mouse.

The next one was another model stitch called Dandelion Dreams - artwork CCKuik.  I love stitching up her artwork.  They turn out so beautifully.  While I was about 1/3 of the way through I injured my shoulder quite badly - the pain was excruitating and they had me on a cocktail of drugs that did nothing to relieve the pain.  I was just glad to get her finished by October.

 It was great to be able to get back into stitching without pain.  I do still get the odd ache in it though.  I finished off Crabby Crush.  She is so pretty and the colours are sooo vibrant. I found out too that they have Red Crabs at Christmas Island so this is NOT a dead Crab..........LOL

Then this is the piece I have been looking forward to finishing now.  I actually started her in 2005.  The hardest part was stitching all the light colours at the bottom of the chart.  But she is finally finished 827 hrs later.  DH didn't want to know just how long she took.  Now to save up and get her framed.  I have the perfect spot for her.

What is next of the scroll rods you ask.   Again I have decided to change the way I stitch.  I have 2 HAED's on the go QS Rochelle another one by Hannah Lynn and I am working on an OOP chart called A New Day Has Come - artwork Jody Bergsma.  Will show pictures next week.

I am using the Random Researcher and putting in the number of pages to stitch and then hit the choose button and whatever number it spits out - I stitch up to that page. For example with Rochelle I am only stitching 1 page and then A New Day I am stitching on two pages and so on and so on.  Can't you tell I hate making decisions.

Till next time.

Annette B

Week 8 - 21st February

I am soooo tired today.  We had a working bee earlier at the church ready for our big week-end coming up.

I only stitched on Crabby Crush this week - 10.50 hrs.  I did finish off Page 5 and make a start on page 6.  I will do another 20 rows before returning to Leaf.  Crabby Crush now has a beautiful puffed sleeve.

 

 The artwork of Hannah Lynn traslated so well to cross stitch.

Priceless Moment

Watching a young man yesterday who has given his life to the Lord  be baptised. Such a special moment.  His lovely wife is due to give birth any day to their second child. Is was a thrill to see someone so young dedicate their life to God.

Bittersweet Moment

I guess it could only be described as that.  Last night DD rang on Skype and we talked for nearly 2 hrs. Just watching that beautiful face - I wanted to reach out and touch her  and hold her.  The tears streamed down my face but I didn't let her know I was crying. She has been gone nearly 12 months now and I miss her soooooo much. I love you my child you are flesh of my flesh  and you are a part of me that can never ever be replaced or forgotten as long as I live.

Annette B