Molly, Birds & TUSAL

Lots to share today....well maybe not that much, but everything seems like an effort this week.  I have a COLD!!  And it's one of those ones that is achey, sneezing, stuffy-head, cough...so you CAN'T rest colds.  Mind you Nyquil does seem to do the trick, but it's not going away.  Boy have you ever tried Nyquil? Sleep like a baby!!!  I'm going to miss it when my cold's gone.  LOL

So I got a little bit of stitching time last week during the week but not as much as I would have liked.  There always seemed to be something that had to be done in the evening so I really didn't get a chance to work on The Song They Sang until Saturday...so here's my meezly progress on that.

And then there's Molly.  Got lots done on her, or at least it felt like I stitched lots.  Do you ever get that?  You feel like you've got lots of stitching done and when you look at it at the end of the day, there doesn't look like there's much progress, and yet you know you've been working at it for hours.  Well that's kind of what it was like this Sunday on Molly. 

Then I have my TUSAL update.  That little stitching girl next to the jar is one of the porcelain treasures that I picked up from my trip to Hungary.  I saw her and fell in love....and had to have her, so fitting, don't you think?

I received the JCS Christmas ornament issue in the mail today!  YEAH!!!!  So I'm going to sit down now with a nice steaming cup of tea with honey, and I'm going to browse thru it for the 1st of what will surely be 50 times.  LOL

We're home!

We've actually been home for a week now, and I'm back to work, but still after more than 3 weeks away and almost a month away from work, it feels like we just got home. 

We had a wonderful trip.  Visited family and friends and walked the banks of the Danube at night and stopping at streetside cafe's drinking espresso and partaking in delectable pastries.  OH MY!  It was so romantic!  I recommend everyone do it at least once.

But everything is back to normal, and we're back in routine.  I was kind of missing the routine, I am a creature of habit so it's good to be back and doing what needs to be done.

I have gotten back into stitching as well, I didn't get a chance at all to stitch while we were away, believe me I did pack a project to take with me but it didn't even make it out of the case, so it will be one of my next projects.   I got a lot of time on Sunday to stitch on Molly.  I was still sort of adjusting to the time change again, and woke up early in the morning, put on some coffee and took her out to work on.  And this is the result of my Sunday stitch. 

I also got to work on The Song they Sang.  I'm feeling a happy dance coming on with this one soon, maybe even this week.  We'll see how it goes, I love working on it so that makes it go by quickly.

I have totally lost count on how many ornies I have to stitch and what I've stitched.  So I'll see.  I've kind of lost the flavor of the reindeer a month yen.. I might just wing it and just stitch what hits me as being fun to stitch.  The reindeer were starting to become a chore, so I think I'm going to switch it up.

And how was everyone's August?

Molly 5

I can't believe that it's been so long since I've blogged.  ARGH!  Again, it's not that I haven't come to visit it, cause my blog is the gateway to all of your blogs for me.  So I visit here every day and I go to visit all of you :)

I haven't been doing too much stitching, but I did get my Sunday stitching in.  So Molly is still spooky looking, but I hope by this Sunday she'll have her hair and she'll look more like a girl than a ghost.

I have to take a picture of the ornament that hubby and I picked up at the Stampede.  It's so cute.  I'll try to find a minute tomorrow to take a pic and upload it.  It's a little pig couple.  LOL  You'll love it when you see it, just like I did.

Tomorrow, we're getting the trailer ready for camping.  We are heading out for the long weekend and I can hardly wait.  Between work, and getting everything organized and sorted out for our trip to Hungary, we've been kind of been breezing by each other.  So this weekend is our time to sit back around a campfire and reconnect.  He'll do some fishing, I'll do some stitching or some reading, and I might even go out to catch a fish or two.  It should be good...I should say great!!!!  I'm really looking forward to getting away for the weekend.

Molly 4, June's reindeer, TUSAL

Lots to show today.  Got quite a bit of stitching time in on Sunday on Molly, so that makes me happy.  We went to our Hungarian Cultural Centre for thei annual summer picnic.  Which was great.  The food was yummy, and I was able to catch up with a couple of friends that I hadn't seen in a while (Hi ladies!!....they're stitcher's too) we watched some of the World cup Final there.  and then Mom started to get a little uncomfortable so we came home, and I settled in with Molly.  I know that she still has that ghostly hand lingering on her dress, I think that will be my goal for next week, so give her that hand and a head. 

I finally finished my June reindeer ornament, this was the one that proved to be more of a project than I had anticipated it to be. It's stitched over 1 so I'm happy with it, but not as happy as I thought I would be.  I don't know why, but oh well, it's done and it'll be finished and go on my tree.  :)

Mariage by R&P stitched 1x1 on 28 ct lugana

And finally the TUSAL that is a few days overdue.  But not as overdue as last month.  So I feel like I'm still ahead of the game.  And yes Kati, that is a little elfen troll whom I just adore.  She was a little dark last month so I took another pic of her this month.  I love that she's a little nasty and is sticking out her tongue.

So tonight I am hoping to get some stitching done on The Song They Sang, and then tomorrow hubby and I are going to head down to the Calgary Stampede.  Do some eating, so stolling around looking at the crafts at the Western Showcase, and get our ornament for this year.  :)

Molly 3

Well I haven't gotten much Sunday SAL stitching done, nor much stitching on anything else for that matter in the last couple of weeks.  We've been  busy at work, and then there always seems to be something to do or something that needs to get done, so it doesn't leave much time for stitching.  We went camping for the long weekend, which was WONDERFUL!  Our first camping weekend of the season, the weather has been so iffy that it's always hard to plan ahead, but we managed to get out this last weekend and it was lovely!  I even took my stitching with me, but it didn't even leave the bag.  So maybe next time.  It was just so good to sit and relax by the lake. ahhhhhhh! 

I did manage to get a bit done though.  So here's Molly.  It's our SAL with Kati.  She is stitching leaps and bounds on her's....well done K!

It's too late now to stitch, but tomorrow I think I'm going to come home, do what I need to do quickly and then settle in front of the tv and stitch all evening tomorrow.  On what I'm not sure.  I've got an over 1 reindeer ornie that I've started, which is proving to be a bigger project than it looked to be in the first place.  And I also want to get back to The Song They Sang.  So it'll be a coin toss tomorrow.

TUSAL

Just a quickie before too much time goes by, here's my tusal jar.

That's it.  LOL

Molly 2 and WIP

I was going to try to post during the week last week, but I just couldn't get to it.  And then didn't have naything much to say.  So I just followed along on all of your posts.  I have taken a picutre of my TUSAL jar, but I haven't loaded it onto the computer yet, so maybe that can be an exra post for me during the week.  LOL  Isn't that terrible? 

We finally had some nice weather on the weekend and it wasn't too bad today, but it looks like it's clouding over, so who knows.  Summer hasn't really gotten much of a start yet.  The flowers are finding it a little hard to thrive without sunlight...just like the rest of us.  But it will happen, I have faith.  I would just like it to get warm enough so that we can go camping!  I am dying to get out there.

Anyway......  Molly is sooooooo much fun to stitch!!!  It was hard to take her off the q-snaps last night, I would have happily continued on with her today, but I won't...I'll be good.  LOL  I just love the little flowers on her dress.  I think I'm going to stitch her dress completely before I move onto other parts of the chart.  Accept the spot where her hand is looks a little odd and spooky without anything there.  But that's ok.

And here's my progress on The Song They Sang...I love this project too, this one is hard to put away as well.
I wish I could just quit my job and stitch all day long.  I would LOVE that!!  LOL

Molly 1

Didn't get a lot of time to stitch yesterday, as my brother and sister-in-law popped in and ended up staying most of the day, so I didn't really get a chance to start stitching until after dinner.  But it was still a nice day.  The weather was gorgeous so we sat outside and ended up bbq-ing burgers. So yesterday didn't go as planned, but I did get to do a little on Molly and I love her!!!  I left a good portion of the fabric in the scan so that you can see how beautifull mottled it is.

Ready...Set...Stitch-a-long!!

The SAL Sunday has finally arrived!  After ordering the charts and the long wait for the fabric and getting the fibres organized....Kati and I are starting our Carriage House Samplings - Molly today! So every Sunday we will put aside what we are stitching and stitch on Molly.  And we intend to continue on with the other three of her "girls" as well.  So our Sunday SALS are set for at least a couple of years I would think.  LOL 

So today my plan is to go to the grocery to pick up a couple of things, and then because it's going to be a gorgeous day I'm going to settle out on the patio with my stitching and a couple of girl movies in the portable dvd player.  I really should mow the lawn too (hubby is still out of town) but I'm thinking that putting a call in to my brother is in better order and he can do it.  LOL

In the mean time I have to show you my new WIP.  Carriage House's The Song they Sang.  I LOVE stitching this!  and I love this fabric.  I'm stitching it on the fabric that I order and waited for forever, 32 ct Lugana - Goldspinner!  It's BEAUTFUL fabric!  And so lovely to work with!  OH! I can't say enough.  It's mottled beautifully too.  I'm sorry that you can't really see it on the scan, but perhaps you'll see it when I take a picture of it with the camera.  It's just beautiful.  It's the same fabric that I'll be using for the 4 girls as well.

So that's it for today.  I hope to show you some progress on our SAL tomorrow!
Have a stitchy day everyone!

Red House finished

This is kind of a hit and run posting that I'm doing here.  I'm tired and want to go to bed, but I had to post my finish!  wooo hooo.  Another of LHN"s ornie's.  I love how Diane does her trees.  I think it's one of my favorite things about her designs.

Red House in Winter by LIttle House Needleworks - 25 ct lubana 1 over 1

Kati and I connected this week and she's recieved her fabric as well, so we have decided that we will be starting our Sunday SAL again next Sunday.  I'm so excited.  I've been drolling over the chart now for 2 months, and now we can start them!  YEAH

So tonight, I kitted up my new project.  I'm going to be starting The Song They Sang by Carriage House Samplings.   Another one that I have unexplicably fallen in love with.

Finally here!

I came home today and low and behold, my fabric from the "delight"ful company is here. And it's gorgeous!  So the quality is the same, just the wait is much longer.  So I guess if I want to order new fabric from Silkweavers, I will just set my mind to the fact that it will take 2 1/2 months to get here, and I should be fine. Hopefully Kati has recieved hers as well and when she gets home from her trip we can start Carriage House's Molly for our Sunday SAL.  Anyone want to join us??

Still working on my Red house ornie.  Hubby has left to go work out of town again so that means I should have plenty of time to stitch.

Last day of May

And right on time to post my May Reindeer, mind you it was finished last week, I just haven't had the time to post and upload it.  It's a design out of the 1997 JCS Christmas Ornie magazine.  I forgot to mention that the PS two by two deer that I posted in my last post was also from an old JCS Xmas mag from 1998.  This month's has much more too it, but I thought that this was enough out of it to make my ornament.  Sometime's you just have to take creative liberities...right?

Reindeer on the roof - By Mary Garry from 1997 JCS Xmas ornie issue - stitched on 29 ct white lugana

I'm working on LHN's Red house in winter right now, over 1 so it will take a while for it to be done, but I'm hoping by the end of this week I'll have that done, and then I can start a new big project.  Just haven't decided which one yet.

Still haven't received my fabric.....argh!  Although they assured me again that it was shipped last week!  We'll see.

But exciting news.  Hubby and I booked our flights to Europe!  We're leaving for Hungary on Aug 11 and coming back on Sept 1!  Hoping to make a side trip to Prague as well, so we'll see how things work out there.  Now I have to do some research to get a list of stitchy shops in Hungary.  Have car...will drive!  LOL

It's the weekend

Oh yes it is!  And it's going to be a beautiful one weather wise.  So that means working outside.  YEAH!  And doing some recycling!  Not so YEAH!  But it needs to be done and it'll be a nice pay-off in the end as well.  May even be enough to pay for a little long weekend getaway!  Hubby has been gone for a few weeks working out of town, and he's coming home to mama!  Wooo hoooo! 

I finished my April reindeer, yes I know that it's May, but I didn't stitch April's so far, so here it is.  I love it!

Two by Two - Deer by Prairie Schooler Stitched on 26 Ct White Lugana

I have my May one all set in the qsnap's already.  So we'll see what's on tv or put a good girl movie into the dvd player and see how it goes.

Is there anyone still out there?

Oh my gosh!  I know I am such a bad, bad blogger! I haven't abandoned my blog, in fact I visit it every day to get to your blogs to read them all and look at all your lovely pictures.  It's just that mine sits here all dusty.  Haven't been motivited to write anything about myself.  LOL  Nothing much to write about.  Still feeling a little sluggish, but I'm thinking it's more just lazy than anything to do with the cold that I had. 

I've been going room by room and cleaning and de-cluttering.  Goodwill is one of my benefactors....lots of stuff I'm getting rid of cause there is no sense in keeping clothes that don't fit anymore, and even if I did get back down into being able to wear them I want new clothes.  So bags of clothes have been leaving my house on a weekly basis.  Same with loads of books, lots of stuff that we dont' need anymore, or should have been thrown out back in the day but you keep it "just in case"  Does anyone in their right mind have 5 coffee pots?  You know when the coffee maker doesn't work anymore but you keep the pot? "just in case"  I have a lot of those.  LOL  Oh well.

I did finish the Bitter Flower Sampler.  I LOVE this!  I don't know why but I can't wait to get this framed and up on the wall.  I still haven't stitched my April reindeer, so I have that all kitted up and the fabric in the qsnaps ready to go.  I'm hoping to start that tonight and get that posted before next month.  Gosh!

The Bitterest Flower Sampler by Birds of a Feather - Stitched on 32 ct Cameo Lugana

One thing that I am upset about, and I don't know if anyone else has dealt with these people before, but ARGH!!!!!!!!   I placed an order thru Silkweavers back on March 20 for fabric for our Sunday SAL with Kati....we are going tot be stitching the Carriage house girls...starting with Molly.  But we (or at least I) are/am still waiting for the fabric.  Well let me tell you Silkweavers now ships thru or distributes thru or I don't know what it has to do with "Needleworker's delight"  Let me assure you...there is nothing delightful about them.  I wrote to them on April 13th asking about my order and got a reply that the fabric was out of stock but it was arriving that week and will be sent by the end of the week...fine...I'm in Canada...give it some time.  Waiting...nothing...I wrote to them again May 5th.  No reply.  Wrote to them again yesterday May 10th...got a reply today "that will be shipped this week...sorry for the delay"  hmmmmm  what about the one that was supposedly shipped on the week of April 13th??  Interesting... NOT!!!  ARGH!  I love silkweaver's fabric and I loved dealing with Silkweavers when there was no "delightful people" involved...but I'm really sorry to say that I will not be ordering from them again.  So I will be needing suggestions of where you get your handdyed fabbies.  :)