As usual, my determination fails for me trying to post here regularly. It has been a busy year, but that's really no excuse. I just need to put it on my calendar and make time like I have to do with other things.
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I waited a long time to get the first model of the year. During that time I tried a new rotation but that fell apart.
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I stitched a wedding sampler for my niece that turned out just perfectly! I used the wedding colors and I got it framed in time to take to the wedding. But I took it back home with me because they were headed out shortly after for their honeymoon. I mailed it to them within the month and it arrived safely. Now I'm just waiting for her to find a place to hang it in the house and send me a picture of it.
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I'm on the second model of the year and I'm nearly done with the center/main part of it. I have two more rows to go before getting started on the border. If I'm lucky I'll be able to get a lot of stitching done this weekend and get a good part knocked out of what remains.
I've gotten this far on Mermaid and stopped. I thought I had what I wanted for beads and such but the "charm" I had wasn't a "bead" and I had to look for something else to support my vision of what I want this to look like when she's done. Also, there's a TON of beading on this and beading is not exactly my favorite thing.
Here is my Mickey and Minnie balloon ride. In this pic I have finished the first 3 pages of the chart. Yes, it's huge! It has a total of 16 pages. I am still working on this one, slowly.
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I have finally started a Christmas ornament for an exchange that I participate in regularly, and I only have about a week to get it done before I have to mail it out. Thankfully ornaments are small and this one is not solidly stitched so I should be on time.
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And last but not least I started a little kit I picked up. It's a ship in a bottle for DH. I don't normally do kits but it was small and cute. I think I'm about halfway done. There's a bit of confetti in the sails so it's slowing me down. I just need to make myself pick it up again and work on it. Part of the problem is that it's white on white.
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As for shopping, I mentioned last time that Stitch from Stash closed down. I haven't been keeping track of my spending but I know it has been pretty small. Most of my stash has been obtained from garage/estate sales. I had one where I found a set of q-snaps and a couple others where I found some floss. All in small quantities of course. The rest has been floss obtained from Joann's either on sale or with coupons. I picked up the JCS Halloween issue at our new WalMart. The Ornament issue was sent by a friend. Other than those I haven't gotten any new charts in some time.
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On the crochet front: I am making mermaid tails for my daughter and granddaughters for Christmas. I have one done and two to go. I need to buy the yarn to do the colors I want for GD#1 and I need to find the yarn I already bought to start for my daughter. I also need to dig through my yarn stash to find my scraps to make one for GD#1's birthday. Apparently she was a bit jealous when her sister got one for her birthday (that my daughter asked me to make). I don't mind. I love crocheting and making blankets!
