Hello all,
I am still alive and kickin' :) I just wish I was more stitching, but I am still with Susan Rambo if I ever get my stitching out. And I love every minute I get to spend with her. As you can see she didn't grow too much though.

I have to change my profile now to 40 something. From 29 - 30 wasn't bad, but now from 39 - 40 wasn't as easy for me. Now that it is over with, it seems as if it wasn't worth all the worries :) But even though I hardly find stitching time, I couldn't resist buying a belated birthday present for myself when Karen finally put another sale up. I was waiting for that to happen for quite a while and just in case you want to know, I am sure the sale is still one or two more days going on..... :p Now Ann Dale 1827 from Shakespeare's Peddler in shape of the whole kit including silks and fabric is on its way to Canada and I can't wait for her to show up - it seems true that girls are always late.... LOL

I wasn't too sure about the colours when I just laid them flat out on the linen before I started stitching, but now I absolutely love the colours of Hallow Eden.



Beginning of August I finished Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler. I will put it in my pile of wrapped up finished things for now. Somehow I don't like to do the framing. I guess I am just a little scared to do it, since it will probably be quite difficult to get it straight in there....if I only had couple more hands. That would make it easier :)

Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler - Shakespeare's Peddler
40ct vintage pearled Barley
GAST
2011-01-30 - 2011-08-06

Happy Easter!

I didn't stitch any eggs nor bunnies, but a little progress on my three projects since my last post....long time ago....

First there is Scarlet's Christmas Sampler by Chessie & Me:

Then Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler closer to finish:


And Susan Rambo, still my favourite to stitch on. I just wish I could spend more time stitching...

I started running again since most of the snow has finally disappeared. Not really a lot to talk about yet but at least I made my first steps outside. Usually getting started again is the hardest part, so I am looking forward to running be fun again ;)

I made quite a bit less progress than I was hoping for during the last week. But there is so much going on always after work...
Anyways, only the house and the fill in stitches on the top left side are left.
Maybe I should reward myself with a new start ....I just don't think I have any more patience left over to wait till this one is finished. :)

Susan Rambo

is sitting on the table right in front of me and staring at me ;) Seems to motivate me quite a bit, can you tell? :


Still lots of snow around here. It looks really nice but unfortunately it is VERY cold... So not a good idea to spend a lot time outside...

Otherwise not much going on here, so I hope to get a bit more stitching done tonight. See you later...

I am going crazy....

It was a busy week again and the evenings were not very productive at least not in the meaning of stitching.

On Wednesday I got some free tickets for the game of our local ice hockey team at work. Unfortunately that was the game they did not win after a long series of wins...
Anyways: Go...Wheat Kings...Go!!! :)

I just put a few stitches in the top left and 2 more tombstones:


Browsing blogs I got so excited to see some stitchers starting on these very big and beautyful samplers, that I couldn't stop myself from gathering all the materials for Susan Rambo after I got my copy of the SANQ in the mail on Friday night. Not sure how long I can withstand the temptation to start her. I should really know better....I plan on stitching her with DMC on 40ct R&R Salmarsh Green. It is a real nice soft green/grey but I couldn't catch the colour with my camera. I haven't stitched with DMC in a long, long time, so that will be a nice change. Two of the colours in the list didn't seem quite right when I compared them to the picture in SANQ so I exchanged those to what I thought looks more like what's used in the sampler.


...And I fell in love with Ann Grant from Shakespeare's Peddler. That's not quite right though...I fell in love with her the first time I saw her on the SP's blog. But now seeing Nicole's and Deb's start on her I HAVE to order the chart and thread pack. Have you seen it??? - Just beautiful! So as soon as that package is gonna show up here we can expect me to go crazy again and add to my already big number of WIP's. But stitching is supposed to be fun, isn't it??? ;)

Can you see the difference?....LOL

The week has just begun and I feel burned out already. My coworker is on holidays for a little over a week now and work is absolutely crazy since she's gone. Can't wait for her to come back. Enough whining for now... ;)

It looks like I didn't get too much stitching time after my blog post anymore. Hopefully more today. It is not even worth to post a pic...LOL

Hello again...

...long time no see....

Somehow everything else seemed more important than blogging lately....or should I better admit that I was too lazy to blog and THAT made other things look more important. LOL

I am not great at stitching repetetive motifs and I had a hard time on the border. It took me FFOREVER! Since I finished that, I enjoy every minute stitching Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler.

Renae: No, I am not using the limited edition Sampler Threads. I just purchased the chart no too long ago and at that time all the limited edition threads were sold out already. But I really like the "normal" sampler threads, too.
Courtney: Thanks for telling me. I ordered a second skein right away - but still haven't received it yet. That's another reason why I was so eager to finish the border first. I hope it doesn't matter too much if I switch to a different dye lot in the center on one of the motifs...

I also put at least a few stitches into the Crazy Christmas Trees. The bright colours make it a fun stitch. Especially since I finally found the gold fiber that, I thought got lost, but was just hiding in my stash :) This is my favourite gold since it is so smooth and easy to stich... It is silk but looks like the other gold threads (Kreinik etc) but so much easier and more fun to stitch.

Here's a picture even though the progress is not crazy big...



Many thanks to Terri for this wonderful chart. She had a giveaway before she moved her blog....and I won it... yay! I absolutely adore this chart! I am considering stitching the girls dresses in a different colour though. What do you think?

2nd finish in 2011 - Rubie Owl's Sampler

Last night, just before bedtime she got finished. Stitched in my favourite colours:

Plum Street Samplers - Rubie Owl's Sampler:

Belle Soie silks

on 36 ct. vintage sand dune by Lakeside Linens

started 2009-07-04

finished 2011-01-29

And the winner of my poll " What should I stitch next?" with 50% of all votes (12 votes LOL) is....... Shakespeare's Peddler - Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler:

....talk to you soon - I am a little bit in a hurry to start this beauty right away. I hope for your understanding :)

"Oh mommy....

...it is so pretty! Can I hold it and you take a picture of me?" LOL


Today Lisa's school has a personal development day, so I am taking the day off and we will go skating for a while. It is a very nice day and the temperatures are awesome! Only -4 degrees C and also beautiful sunshine.
I am not the fastest stitcher lately. But if I get to it, I enjoy stitching a lot. Getting closer to finishing Rubie Owl's Sampler:


Of course I already think about what to stitch next and would like you to help me...It is such a tough decision for me... ;) please vote for a project. Pictures are below the poll...



Dahlbeck - Crazy Christmas Trees


and this is how it will look like:


LHN - Quilting:


And Shakespeare's Peddler's - Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler is one of the things I found in the mailbox this week: