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Saturday, January 31, 2009

An Award


Chiloe gave my blog an award! Thank you, Chiloe, I really appreciate your kind words about my blog.

I am supposed to list five addictions:

1. Cross stitch (naturally!)
2. Blog reading
3. White chocolate (Lindt's white chocolate truffles....mmmm....mmm..)
4. Chatting with my on-line friends. :)
5. Pepsi

I won't tag anyone, so feel free to play along if you'd like! :)

Friday, January 30, 2009

Sparklies

Some of the pretty beads on my sleigh:

The Sleigh WIP(g)

and a little close-up:

The Sleigh WIP(g)(close-up)

Thursday, January 29, 2009

It is a sleigh....

The Sleigh WIP(e)

I think it is finally starting to look like the front of the sleigh. Those ribbons take a bit longer than you might think....lots of color changes going on.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Sleigh....and (long time no see)...

Oriental Harem Garden.

MyWIP on the Sleigh still does not look like a sleigh, yet. Maybe after today, when I will start to work on the scroll portions of the front of the sleigh.

The Sleigh WIP(d)

Oriental Harem Garden saw a little bit of sunlight yesterday. I worked on one of the corners which has a lantern and fountain.

Harem-Part 5 & 6 WIP (c)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Sleigh

Really - that's what it is! I know it looks a bit strange right now. I wanted to get all the parts at the points where the chart goes onto the next page done. Now I don't have to keep flipping between my charts to see what I am stitching next (and I don't have to cut and paste my working copies all together).

>The Sleigh WIP(a)

Saturday, January 24, 2009

What in the World...

is this?

The Sleigh WIP

A new start...yep, another one. But it was just too pretty to resist once I saw the photo up close and personal and the braids and the beads....well, you know how that goes.

This is my very small start on "The Sleigh" by Nora Corbett. This is for all my eight reindeer that I have stitched so far. And Rudolph is absolutely wonderful. This sleigh is actually a lot bigger than I thought.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

BBD

Blackbird Designs - Buttons & Blooms for the Cure. I do not know why I start these small projects, then set them aside. Anyway - the stitching for this very nice little design is finished. Now - to get out the sewing machine and finish it into the little pincushion!

Buttons & Blooms for the Cure(b)

( Hey - I'm on a roll here - must be the new year - instead of new starts - new finishes!)