As the World Turns – an Update

Well, I don’t know about you, but I have been busy, busy, busy since I last posted. Aside from the 10 hour days at work, there are lots of other things going on, including welcoming another sailor into the family:

His RTC Ship was the Arizona:

He’s now off to Virginia for his schooling. He’s on a great adventure, just like his big brother 🙂 The world is literally wide open for both of them – I hope they make the most of it! Meanwhile, mom & dad will just stay here and play with puppies, I guess…

In stitching news, I am not entirely sure where I left off last time, so I’ll just jump in with – Celtic Banner! I am 3 bands and the remaining border from being done! I worked on it for 3 weeks, so I could make sure I got the compass rose & the directions done. Here is the overall – on 36ct Days Gone By, instead of the Glenshee called for:

And here’s a detail of the area I worked this time – the compass rose and the directions, and of course, loads of border…:

It’ll be good to get this one done – one more rotation ought to do it. Then I decide if I frame it or make it an actual banner; since I live in the land of heat & humidity, probably a frame just to keep it protected. But who knows? Since I used the Caron silks in it (I think it called for cottons), I can’t wash it, so banner might not be the best idea. This is one of the very first designs I found on the internet all those years ago – it’s the only MLI I own.

I did actually pick up a side WIP a couple of weeks ago and jammed to get it done in time for a Finish-fest last weekend at Jackie’s house 🙂 I think I posted my impulse start of the bonus design on the back of Prairie Schooler’s When Witches Go Riding a few months back;  I thought it would be a quick finish, so I did:

And then I finish-finished it into a flat fold – I found this great paisley fabric at JoAnn’s, and actually Jackie wanted some, too, so grabbed another yard for me for…

We made scissor fobs that day, too, but I haven’t taken a picture of mine yet, since I am not sure where it ended up – I kind of brought all my stuff home, and put it in the craft room, and haven’t sorted out since I left for graduation a few days later. I’ll find it later today when I do some more finishing of my Fall exchange 🙂

And lastly, I’ve been pushing to get my Vickery Dragonflies done, too – I want to get it done because it’s one of the oldest kitted-up projects I have, and also because I am debating on going to a fair this year, IF I can get stuff framed in time, which is not that likely. Mostly I just want to get it done 🙂 I am about 1/2 done with the 3rd dragonfly & flower – have started the miles of backstitch, just to break up the monotony:

I can’t see this jazlyn at IHOP, the holes are just too small in the less-than-great light we have there, so I think I’ll just keep this out on the stand at home and see if I can get it done this week. I’m probably screwing up my whole rotation with all this side stuff – which reminds me, I need to show you another impulse start that I forgot I worked on since I posted last… Some bad person posted this on FB, and though I did my best to ignore it for several days, I finally caved, and got this Blackwork Jellyfish from Ajisai Designs – I ordered a fat half of 28ct PTP Mystic (BEFORE their Christmas in July sale, so I KNEW I’d get it), and also ordered beads and sequins – yes, sequins! Here’s my start:

Okay, I think that’s it for now… I knew I was forgetting something, since it’s been a while since I posted. I’m not even going to pick from the Project Randomizer until I get some of this other stuff out of the way, so like I was saying above before I distracted myself, I’m not sure how the rest of my rotation is going to get touched by the end of the year 🙂 Oh well…. I still have a Christmas exchange to finish (though it is past the 1/2 way mark, so should be done w/time to spare). I need to spend less time at work – it’s cutting into my schedule 🙁 Until next time, Happy Stitching! And just because I couldn’t fit an Olympic update in here like I usually do, GO USA!!!!