Computer problems

Well I've had some computer problems - it's on crack or something I think. There is something wrong with it where it doesn't read the card reader. I'm like oh this is a load of bs! And many other naughty words were uttered in reference to it's parantage. Be that as it may, my friend Kattie looked at it and it's sort of limping along now. Not great or anything but not omg go would you?!

So here is the missing updates.

I picked the Jewels of the Orient picture (aka the two geishas) back up on 4/29/09. I have gotten quite a lot done and even more than just this. Sometimes I can amaze myself. lol


I also organized my wips so I could see what I have. I think I would like to finish my now oldest wip (also from 1993) - the music sampler. I only have the bottom, one of the little boxes, the side and the top left. I'm like, why did I leave it?

The 6th installment on the sorceress. It was supposed to go on the missing update, but oh well.


And the legend pics - one for the missed update and the other is how far I've gotten since then.

latest update

I worked on Legend and I got some more done. I figured out that I had put the wrong color - I used 782 which is a gold rather than 553 which is a purple. A little over an hour later, it made much more sense. I then put it aside to work on that bird heart wreath I started back in 1993.



Speaking of which, I was able to finish it today, 4-21-2009, at 2 pm, right before work. Yay me! I am pretty sure I started it back in April or May of 1993, as I know I worked on it during the 8th grade trip. I don't remember where we went, but I do remember stitching on that project in the back of the bus. I am really happy now that the stupid thing is done. lol I only call it that because I was sick of it hanging on. But it is really pretty.

Which pixie?

I was trying to decide which pixie I should do next. I was going to do Fern but now I'm not sure. What do you think?

Daisy:


Fern:


Holly:


Iris:


Ivy:


Jasmine:


Lilac:


Lily:


Lily of the Valley:


Morning Glory


Rose: (I want to stitch her twice - once for me and once for Relay For Life to raffle off)


Violet:

4-13-09

Well I was able to finish the plums and I am definitely happy with that one. It's a lot prettier than I thought it would be.


I also got further on the sorceress - both the medium and dark blues. I should be able to get through the lighter blue bit with next week's game session. I look forward to seeing how she'll look.


While I was filling in for the church secretary (very few phone calls and not much to do) I got some work done on the heart bird wreath for mom. I wonder how far I'll be able to get this week. No pics yet, I'll put one up next week. I also want to get back to Legend. The wip pics were put up on the white willow stitching web site. How cool is that?

4-6-09

Here is how far I got on the SAL Sorceress this week. It's week #4. I've gotten all of the only variations color done and went to the darker one. Really there's 2 colors there. I hope next week I'll be able to get to (or maybe through) the lighter version bit.


Here's the summer plums feng shui. I had hoped to get it done but considering I only picked it back up 2 weeks ago, I think it's going well. I should get it done by next week I think.


Here's the bamboo picture I had done before the plums. I had finished this back in 2002. There are 2 other kits in the feng shui ones, tho I don't know when I'll get to the fall mums or the winter water lilies.

some older pics

Tannith's dice bag:


Mermaid:


Mermaid:


Poppy:


The Purr-Rawrrs I made for Kattie and Matt:


I made this one for mom - it's a needlepoint picture. I entered it in a needlework competition last November.


Dolphin picture I made that I entered in the same needlework competition. I had stitched the whole thing because I liked the pink fan corals.


The prayer of St Francis picture I made for the church. I finished it back in 2004 and I also entered it in the same competition.


This is another picture I did for the church. I finished it almost a whole year ago and finally got it framed a few weeks ago.


This is the other Noah's ark picture I did for the church. It took quite a while as the elephants were really hard to stitch. I finished it back in December I think. I got it framed at the same time. It looks really good framed.


This is how far I had gotten on my two geishas


This is one of the vases I did.


This is the other vase.


This is the little samurai I stitched.
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This is Mai, one of the geishas.


I did this for Mary for Christmas. The kit only cost me $1 and I changed the background from the 14 count plain white aida to the 28 count African daisy I had. Much nicer.


This is the first of the bird afghan I started a while ago. There are like 8 birds and verses.


This is one of the peacock pics I did.


Here's another peacock picture I did.


This is the kingfisher that Aunt Carol commissioned me to do

Here is how far I've gotten with the sorceress in the last game session on Sunday. I didn't actually stitch much while we were playing since I had to play both Tannith and Zoltan, but I stayed for like 2 or 3 hours afterwards and stitched. I almost had gotten all of that color done . . . if I'd been able to stitch during the game, I might have gotten a bit further.


Here is the heart wreath that I started back in 1993. I hope to get it done by the end of the decade. lol Maybe posting pics will help?


Here is how far I have gotten on the summer plums. I was just working on it before I took a pic of them. I think that I'll probably be able to get it done soon, maybe next week? I'd like to get done with this so it's finally done, and then maybe I can get back to Legend. I hope.