Monday, January 23, 2012

IHSW and TUSAL!

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had the chance to get some stitchy time in for the IHSW! A big thank you to Joyce for putting this wonderful SAL on this year, and if you haven't signed up, don't forget about next month!

This was one of those weekends where everything that could go wrong did, so I didn't get as much stitch time in as usual...I had to work on my truck, as the 4x4 stopped working, then my Ott-Lite bulb burnt out, and no one in the province carries the replacement bulb, and finally my heat pump stopped working...and the replacement part needs to be ordered and installed, and it is going to cost a pretty penny! Sigh, I just can't seem to win lately, and now I can't stitch on any of my HAED's cause my light is burnt out and I can't see the fabby in regular light. But, I did get some work done, cause the light bulb was kind enough to last until Sunday night! So without further ado and complaining (it is Monday, lol) here is my latest progress pic, currently 26730/117600 (22%) complete.


I am still not totally happy with the pinkish-beige color close up, but when you look at it from further away, it does blend nicely. It is nice to finally see some more detail come through, like her hand at the bottom, and her nose!

My TUSAL jar (well goblet, I don't own a jar, rofl!) has lots of ORTS from January so far, the bottom is from my finish on Baby Hugs, the middle is from Sadness (look at all the grey!) and the top has a few threads from my Welcome Friends kit, as I had to switch to a bigger count project until I get a new bulb...


Hope you all have a wonderful week, I am off to stalk blogs, as you guys and gals and your wonderful stitching always put me in a better mood! Here is to me having a better week and having some more pretty stitchy pics for you soon!

/hugs,
Nikki

Monday, January 9, 2012

WIPocalypse Update!

Hi everyone! So excited for my first 2012 Wipocalypse post! This is kind of an update, as well as a list of my goals...since I got a little lazy and didn't get them together in time, lol. The list from this post is available on my Wipocalypse 2012 tab at the top of my blog, and I will be updating photos and totals as I take them, so feel free to stalk!

So Sadness is up first, with a lot of progress since my last post. Sorry for the photo quality, had to snap fast cause my camera was about to die. She is definitely coming along, the confetti in the hair is a pain, but the detail is great!

Anywho, speaking of stalking, I think I see some beau-ti-ful blog posts on my bar I need to check out! Even if I don't get a chance to comment, I love drooling over everyone's work! (not literally of course...that would be gross, hahaha) Take care and happy stitching!

hugs,
Nikki


Sadness of an Angel (focus piece) - HAED



Goal-50% completion

Current-19%  (22490/117600)

Progress pic:



Ascendant - HAED



Goal-20% completion

Current-5% (13400/240800)

Progress pic:



Baby Hugs - Dimensions kit



Goal-finish

Current-completed!

Progress pic:




Lightning McQueen - Janlynn Kit


Goal-finish

Current-WIP

Progress pic:



Welcome Friends - Dimensions Kit



Goal-finish

Current-WIP

Progress pic:

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

First finish of 2012!

Hey everyone,

I hope the holidays treated you well! I managed to get quite a bit of stitching in, but am still slacking on doing up my Wipocalypse list...but my finish tonite was definitely one of my goals for 2012. This piece is for my honorary niece, who was born in July to my best friend.


Forgive the hoop marks...I was so excited that I didn't wait til I washed and pressed it, lol. And just cause I am OCD, here is the back view.



So I promised myself that for 2012 I would not start anything new or buy anymore stash until I produced some finishes, so I am going to try and rotate some older WIP and UFO kits and patterns in from my stash. It's looking like I am off to a good start so far, so hoping to keep the momentum going, will be posting another update with my progress from Sadness tomorrow! (teaser, she has an eye Joyze!)

hugs,
Nikki