Well, I finished The Maiden and it is now hanging on my daughter's wall. You can find my daily progress for this piece at my gallery. I thought it would be fun to keep track of each day's stitching as a way to motivate myself. Let me know what you think. I also framed The Dragon and it's on my son's wall.
Even though I've only done 4 of the 12 patterns for this series, I decided to start a BAP. Well, it's pretty big as far as I'm concerned anyway. It's the biggest I've ever attempted. When finished it will be about 11" x 12". It is the Fourth of July Carousel Horse. It's from a Leisure Arts book that also has carousel horses for Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
And oh boy, did I have a major find this weekend. While cleaning out a closet, I found an old stash I thought I had lost when we moved into our house five years ago. In the box were around 40-50 old magazines, mainly The Cross Stitcher. A Teresa Wentzler The Guardian. A Thomas Kinkade The Garden of Prayer. A Janlynn Lighthouses. And a Dimensions Magic in Motion. Plus a binder full of patterns I had printed off the internet over the years that aren't available anymore. Suddenly I feel as if I have more to stitch than I will ever be able to finish. Sigh.
I think I will go to twice-weekly updates here. I'm still not sure how much I'll have to say, but I think I can blather on at least twice a week. I'm not sure I'm a prolific or interesting enough writer to do daily posts, at least not yet anyway.
The Maiden looks lovely Roy, I'm sure your daughter is thrilled with it. And your son with the Dragon.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you found your stash, you should always have more than you could possibly ever have time to stitch, it's the rules! LOL!
I look forward to seeing your progress on the carousel horse too.
The picture is great. We all think that our writing is not that interesting but you know its the sharing that is really important. Seeing how others translate a pattern from paper to fabric and hearing about everyday lives does make it interesting.
ReplyDeleteYour Maiden is really lovely Roy and I bet it has pride of place in your daughters room!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your BAP!
Kelly ILCS
Finish is great! I know your DD is so happy. Congrats on finding the old stash!
ReplyDeleteLooks great Roy. Cannot wait to see pictures of your BAP. Great find on the stash.
ReplyDeleteGreat finish! That is wonderful about the stash find!
ReplyDeleteHeidi-ILCS
Roy, Great work! It is fun to hear about what other stitchers are doing.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the blogging, no matter if you think it's boring. We will read it! LOL Nice finish and good luck with the BAP. Finding new *old* stuff is fun!!! And with this group, we'll be showing you all sorts of other things too!
ReplyDeleteI'm also in Texas.Nice stitching.What a great stash to find you'll be busy for awhile.
ReplyDeleteDawn C.-TX.
Congrats on the finish. Good luck with your BAP. And woo hoo for the stash find, even if it was in your house already, lol!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful finish!! And great to have another man in the group at ILCS. I know you had posted a comment either here or on the group about the lack of manly XS patterns.. 123stitch.com has a great selection of patterns.. I just bought a great one with fishing lures, and saw another leaflet I want with classic motorcycles to make for my hubby :-) Look foward to seeing more of your posts :-)
ReplyDeleteTW's Guardian, what a great find! Congrats on recovering the lost stash and the great pic of the finish.
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