Saturation – an Update

Since I last posted, we’ve had the remains of Hurricane Patricia blow through here and dump rain, and then, just more rain. The sun has not shown for 9 days, and then, it was only out for an afternoon after days & days of rain and overcast. We’ve got minor flooding in creeks in the area, though nothing too major that I have seen. All I know is, I NEED to see the SUN , soon. It seems like it has done nothing but rain this year (outside of July, with it’s record heat), thanks to another el nino cycle, but according to averages, it’s about where we ought to be: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=rainfall_scorecard  I think we’ve just had a lot more overcast skies without actually producing much precip – which is kinda why I wanted to get out of Ohio 21+ years ago 🙂 I am, after all, a delicate flower – I need sunlight!

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In stitching news, I think when I last posted, I had just pulled out Dragon Quaker, and was getting going on that. I did two weeks on it, and made a good bit of progress, ONCE I got past the tree with the bird in it, which took a whole week, for some unknown reason (I was really tired after work every day, so I will assume that factored into it). But once I got past that motif, I motored on, going over to Page 2 for a good bit, and then down on the lower row of pages, too. I was going to do one of the dragons, but I am still deciding if I want them to be metallic or not, or just the big one in the middle. I have some Glisson Gloss bf coming that I will audition for inclusion, though, as I’ve put it up already, it’ll be the next time it comes out before I really make a decision. Here’s where it stands for now:

Dragon Quaker on 36ct Stirling from PTP, using my own conversion to Threadworx.
Dragon Quaker on 36ct Stirling from PTP, using my own conversion to Threadworx.

I also made some decent progress on my BtB Summer Cove – I am to the water, hill,s and houses. And you know what that means – SHEEP are imminent! I cannot believe how deceiving this series is – those trees don’t look that big, until you get in there and start adding leaves and whatnot, though Autumn’s tree had 5 colors of silk in it, so a little more variation than Summer’s using. But it’s getting there, and as it may be my only finish for the year…:

BtB Summer Cove on 28ct jobelan.
BtB Summer Cove on 28ct jobelan.

After I put Dragon Quaker away, it was time to choose from the Randomizer – as there were only 3 things left, and I KNOW I want to save Sparkly Hummingbird for time off over the holidays, it was really just a choice between two:

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And this means, the next one will be Monet’s Waterlilies again, and then Hummingbird – I will have officially touched ALL of my WIPs this year! Too bad nothing but Summer Cove are going to get DONE, but hey, that’s the price you pay for startapalooza-ing, I guess.

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Anywho, I’ve gotten a week in on Autumn Fairy so far, and she is really coming along well, though I admit I’ve avoided the Kreinik #4 French knots 🙂 REALLLYYYY love this fabric from Steph’s Fabby’s – 28ct jobelon in Melody. Such subtle colors, each one reflected in the a DMC in the stitching; I couldn’t have asked for a better fabric (and as this was like the 3rd-4th one I had in the kit, believe me, I tried a lot). I really enjoy working on Joan Elliott charts – such great results without a lot of hassle 🙂 Unlike some of my other WIPs who shall remain nameless {L&U}. Here she is after a week:

Autumn Fairy on 28ct jobelan in Melody from Steph's Fabbies.
Autumn Fairy on 28ct jobelan in Melody from Steph’s Fabbies.

This coming week, I will start on her wings – they will be the most time-consuming part, and if I get to all of the Kreinik bs, probably the hardest part. The bottom of her will be a breeze, next time – and then BEADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So that’s the plan for the next little while. I’ll be working on Waterlilies over the Thanksgiving holiday, so hopefully I will see some significant progress there, too. This will be our last Thanksgiving all together before our boys are out in the world – one leaves for the Navy in December, the other next June. That came quick; I remember shipping them off to their first days of school, middle school, high school… Be Thankful, and Happy Stitching!

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3 thoughts on “Saturation – an Update”

  1. Lovely stitching and you really zoomed along with Autumn Fairy. Just remind yourself that it’s the journey, not the destination where all the fun is 😉 . Gorgeous colours on Quaker and Summer Cove and I’m looking forward to seeing SC finished off. Love, love the cross stitch cloud!

  2. I am with you Kreinik is a little bs, I find it hard to work with but seem to get the job done, love the flower picture so bright, your Autumn Fairy is beautiftl, I look forward to seeing her wings on.
    nice projects you have going.

    Blessings
    Catherine

  3. oh, I know what you mean about working a lot on a lot of WIPs and seeing only one or two get done. I had about two years of that (!) but think of all the sudden, gigantic wave of finishes you’ll get once these reach the finish line!
    sorry about the weather, here it’s all about fog. a constant, thick cloud so wet you’re basically showering in sticky mist that isn’t really that clean. I stay in as much as I can hoping it would at least rain, or snow, or do something!
    that BtB tree surely is an endless one! good for you to be close to the fun part, as well as for BEADS! and DRAGONS! (boo to Kreinikgeddon, not a fan – at all).
    Happy Thanksgiving, and happy stitching!

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