tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62219811966691267322024-03-04T23:30:09.057-08:00Faith of a SpiderA blog devoted to my adventures in Needlepoint and with friends on the same journey.Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-4593735932295366022015-01-20T18:42:00.000-08:002015-01-20T18:42:03.235-08:00Another one bites the dust!Remember that song, "Another one Bites the Dust" by Queen? Well, this is just how I am feeling overtime one of these nativity pieces is completed! Is that sacrilegious? I sure hope not!<br />
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You may want to open another window on your browser, paste this link, and turn the sound up whist reading the following narrative! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE" target="_blank">Queen ~ Another One Bites the Dust</a><br />
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So that we can keep a running list ~ the following are complete and with the finisher:<br />
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Mary<br />
Angel of the Lord<br />
Shepherd 1<br />
Shepherd 2<br />
Donkey<br />
Camel 1<br />
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Waiting for tassels:<br />
Elephant<br />
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Waiting for Background and bands at the bottom:<br />
Joseph<br />
Camel 2<br />
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Image stitching in progress:<br />
Baby Jesus<br />
Sheep<br />
Drummer Boy<br />
Arabian Magi<br />
Magi of the Orient<br />
Russian Magi<br />
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Big shout out to my friend Jill for the "schedule" that she created to make me see that it is totally doable to have these ready to sell at the April 11 action!<br />
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I am hopeful that tonight I can sing the refrain from Queen's hit for the Camel #2, as it is very close to being completed!<br />
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Have faith ~ just like the spider!<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEEFaith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-58530659311531406932015-01-09T16:44:00.003-08:002015-01-09T16:44:52.501-08:002015 ~ Where have you been all my life?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2015 and I have entered into a relationship! It is fresh and new and I hope to give it the respect it deserves. Like any new relationship, I do not want to show 2015 all of my faults and bad habits. This relates to my needlepoint pursuit as well! I will try to keep my bad habits relating to my stitching to a minimum : the procrastination, the overbuying, the overcommitting, and so on! I will strive to show 2015 good technique, excellent thread choice, and a general good pace on my projects. 2015 and I should get off to a healthy start in our relationship!</div>
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So, we kick off this year with the Strake Jesuit College Preparatory Auction pieces. My friend, and an excellent stitcher, Debra and I are chairing this project together. We chose Kelly Clark's nativity that I have already stitched. We have farmed out all of the pieces to other mothers and supporters of the school! Debra and I are going to complete the backgrounds and the 3 bands at the bottom of each piece. So far it is going very well. We have already gotten the 2 camels, 1 donkey, Angel, 2 shepherds, Mary, and the spectacular Elephant back. The drummer boy and Joseph are very close to coming back. That leaves the three Kings, the sheep, and baby Jesus Himself to be returned. I think it is going very well. Debra and I have hosted "stitch ins" on Thursday nights and it has been a lot of fun. Every single woman that we have met has been interesting and fun! How refreshing.......I guess it is a fact that all stitchers are nice! </div>
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So, my hope is that January will be filled with the Nativity finishing and then I can move on to other 2015 projects. We are headed back to Amy's in March so I need to decide what to take with me to work on for those delightful 4 days!</div>
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Having trouble uploading photos today, not sure why! I am going to try to make the blogging a weekly event to keep my honest on my relationship commitments to 2015! However you know what they say about a good friend, "He knows you well and loves you anyway"!</div>
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So here's to 2015:</div>
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May your troubles be less</div>
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Your blessings be more</div>
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And nothing but happiness coming through your door!</div>
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Well, I did get quite a few things completed in 2014....not as many as I would like, but some big things, so that is a plus!! <br />
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Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-41331510368353043612014-12-05T16:47:00.000-08:002015-01-09T16:49:18.969-08:00Away Goes the Manger!Complete! I have been waiting to start this creche scene from Kelly Clark since it arrived (let's not even say what year it was!). I think it is a beautiful canvas, but more over, the stitches that Amy Bunger chose for this piece are really wonderful. I started the creche on March 2nd of this year, but it kept getting sidelined for stockings, poison bottles and the like. I took the last stitch on October 13 and it is one of the first times that I have been sad to see a project end. While I am thrilled to have finished it, I really loved working on it. There were a few parts that vexed me, but all in all, I am quite happy with the way that it turned out. <br />
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I have really loved the background on this set and so I started with that and then moved onto the scene itself.<br />
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The hay rack was very intimidating, but in the end it worked out just fine. <br />
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I am so happy with this finished product! It is, completed, one of my favorite projects ever. I loved having it for my Christmas decor for 2014!<br />
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<br />Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-55631673838449293212014-10-13T13:48:00.002-07:002014-10-13T13:48:44.584-07:00Time Flies....when I am stitching, I guess!<br />
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It has been February since I last posted about my adventures in stitching land.....that means our group has taken the Spring trip to Amy's and we are about to depart on our Autumn trip to Amy's. I have been busy this year on Abbey's Stocking and the Kelly Clark Creche and a few other projects have been completed as well (see list on left side of main page). My goal was to reduce the sheer volume of my canvasses and to get some of the things that I have in the que actually on the stretcher bars and stitched!! Well, I have had some success, however, in my usually fashion, I have found many new things to purchase this year. <br />
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I can hardly wait to see what Amy has in mind for Bird Party by Vicki Sawyer (distributed by Melissa Shirley). <br />
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For the time being, here are some photos of Abbey's stocking some of my completions in progress and completed! <br />
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Abbey's Stocking<br />
This Liz (Tapestry Tent) stocking was chosen by Abbey and Corwin because the puppy in Santa's arms reminded them of Wesley the Golden Retriever! I hope that I made it look enough like Wesley! <br />
I also changed the top of the stocking by removing the cuff design in favor of extending the sky up through the name. I tweaked the color of one of the packages to make it look like a Tiffany & Co. box since I imagine every girl likes to receive one of those!<br />
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Beginning to Stitch the Toys in the Sleigh</div>
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Teddy Bear takes shape</div>
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Love the Bugle and the Beach Ball</div>
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I changed this package because I thought the snowman was too busy!</div>
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Added a Tiffany & Co package with signature bow</div>
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Sorry kitty, no room for you on the sleigh this time! (half gone!)</div>
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Hello, Wesley Ames!</div>
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Santa's Coat is finished and it is time to get the front of the sleigh worked!</div>
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The back of the sleigh looks very comfy for Santa's long night!</div>
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The snow is sparkling and shimmering!</div>
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I am so excited to finally start stitching on my Kelly Clark Nativity Creché! This piece will be the backdrop for my Kelly Clark Nativity figures ~ and the guide for this is also from Amy Bunger. <br />
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I started on January 26th with the stitch for the sky. I made very little progress the first day! I was beginning to worry that this sky would be the beginning and the end of my work on this project!<br />
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Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-22200883351723093792014-01-19T15:11:00.003-08:002014-01-19T15:11:34.626-08:00It May be Poison.........but it sure was fun to stitch! I completed Warts & All today using Amy Bunger's stitch guide. It is my favorite of her poison bottles, perhaps because it is a saying that my grandfather used to use! I loved the layers and on the green bottle and it was so much fun to work on and went really fast! I do wish that I had used the Identipen to color the canvas for the green background ~ I am not happy with the white that shows through. I am thinking about going back over it with some flow that matches, but I am finished with it for now! When I finish the other poison bottles that I have, I will make that decision before I send them off to the finisher!<br />
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Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-30452386538943184732014-01-08T19:18:00.001-08:002014-01-08T19:18:31.851-08:00Banner Day!My completion of The Tudors Home Study Project is a true testament to "get 'r dun"! I had completed all but two Jessica's around the green cabochons and attaching the peyote beading to the canvas. I could not get either element to look the way I wanted it to , never mind to look the way Amy's does! Well, I just decided to power through and I finally took the last stitch this afternoon! I have no idea what I am going to do with this project, but I learned a great deal while stitching it and I think that Amy's ideas are amazing!<br />
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Well, in fact, it IS about time that I made a post to the practically defunct Faith of a Spider Blog! I have been busily stitching, however!<br />
I finally completed Henry's Stocking and sent it Down Under to him in Sydney. It enjoyed a happy greeting from Henry and Jeanne and hung next to Teddy and Eloise's Stockings for the 1st year! Whew! Here is a photo of the finished project. Notice that I left the lion's mane long so that Jeanne could decide how wild she wanted it to be when the stocking got to her!<br />
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Among other things, I was inspired by my stitching friend, Judy, to work on the Thanksgiving Trio from Sandra Gilmore. I have completed Miles and Priscilla and love the way that they turned out.</div>
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They cannot wait for me to finish the turkey to go with them! These are Nancy Laux's stitch guides and my favorite thing that she has done! I love them and I anxiously await the "Brave One" and "little Feather" companions.</div>
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Mary, Pam, Laurie, and I headed to Memphis for a stitching get away with Amy Bunger and Jill Wilensky! Aside from being great fun, we actually got some stitching accomplished as well! I started work on my Brooch for Amy's Tudors home study and created the "eye" for my Ouch! project using the same technique. </div>
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The Holiday's took over and I had to put the stitching aside! However, I started New Years Eve on a new project.....the Librarian Owl from Zecca. He is very fun! Photos to come!</div>
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Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-64073745175577792392014-01-01T20:29:00.000-08:002014-01-07T20:36:52.530-08:00Ciao 2013<br />
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Archemides Owl from Raymond Crawford</div>
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Melissa Shirley Egg for EHS Auction</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On a related stitching note, I decided to do some reorg in my office and ended up with some new boxes for my needle point. The two photos below will show you some of the fruits of my labors!</span></div>
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Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-86019450554963727142013-06-17T14:59:00.000-07:002013-06-17T14:59:10.102-07:00Everything Old is (Or)Nue Again!I am excited to complete a portion of my Tudors Project (Amy Bunger Home Study). It is a technique similar to that of "Or Nue". One strip of the Tudors project uses this technique. I have never done it before and found it rather daunting before I started. But, I ended up really enjoying the process and the end effect! The basic principle is that you lay a thread and then cover that thread strategically to reveal a pattern when you are finished. Here is an explanation from Historical Needlework Resources and an example of a famous piece of Or Nue.<br />
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Or Nue (or shaded gold) is a form of <a href="http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_goldwork.html" style="color: #8d8d8d;">goldwork</a>embroidery using couching where different colored silk threads are stitched over the metallic base of gold threads to form patterns or designs, often figures or narrative scenes. The finished product is a definite pattern, deliberately stitched so that the metal shows through. The density and placement of the silk over stitching makes the design. The entire design, background and foreground, is stitched, using small upright stitches.</div>
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Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-60857067545239136152013-06-13T22:49:00.003-07:002013-06-13T22:49:44.358-07:00Summertime, SummertimeSummer in Houston: is there a better excuse to stay indoors and Needlepoint? I think not! I have made a valiant effort on the stocking for Henry, but I have found myself distracted by a couple of other things! Kit Two of Tudors arrived and it has been great fun so far. I have completed the blackwork on the burgundy background and this weekend will attack the black and gold band on the side. I read the instructions tonight and was thoroughly confused by them, so, I decided it was time to quit for the evening. <br />
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Ruth Schmuff's Mystery Class Aquamarine is coming along well. I finished the seahorse (which I love) and started on the basketweave for the hair. Next will come couching the wonder ribbon....yikes!<br />
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And, I am rolling right along on my Keep Calm and Needlepoint canvas. I ran out of thread tonight, but should be able to finish it next week since I will wait to finish the next section of the Tudors before I come back to it.<br />
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All this to say that I have NEVER had so many projects actively working at the same time. I actually like it much more than I ever thought I would. Very odd, indeed, but the distraction of each one is nice. <br />
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In the meantime, when I have not been purchasing canvasses, I have actually been stitching. I have worked on three of the Funky Fantasy Flowers. I am finished with Felicity . I have the first two parts of Farrah completed ~ now I need to find some beads before I can move forward. Yesterday, I started Fiona. I made a lot of progress. I am not doing any of the backgrounds until I have them all finished and I will choose three greens to use for the backgrounds on the various canvasses. <br />
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Now, I am pleased to announce that I have made some stocking progress as well. I am finished with the background and I am working on the rabbits at the bottom of the canvas. Judy Meyer and I had Laurie Walden give us a long and short class. I am not sure that I have the hang of it, still. But, I will press on with the rabbits! I am at the point, now, that I am making progress again that I will try to push through and get to end of this project! It is about time!<br />
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In regards to my painfully slow progress on the stocking for Henry, I again resort to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland ~The Mad Hatter to Alice,<br />
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<br />Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-75991516027497755762013-05-04T22:31:00.001-07:002013-05-04T22:31:30.204-07:00May I??Apparently, I am going to post once a month!! No, I promise to do better! I had a great trip to Memphis for some stitching at Amy's shop with Laurie, Mary, & Pam. We had some time to catch up with Jill and that was great fun! We also had an EPIC night at Flight that included Amy amusing us with her old fashioned whistle......we all laughed and laughed....not sure how our fellow guests received it! Of course, there was some Gus's World Famous Chicken; not to mention a few martinis!<br />
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Laurie and I had Amy focus on the Funky Fantasy Flowers that we bought ~ it inspired Jill to go home and purchase the set for herself ~ why does that delight me so much?? Amy had some great ideas for interesting techniques and stitches for the flowers and I think we ended up with guides for all but three of the canvasses. Laurie and I have already knocked out one each, and we are anxious to see Jill's first floral fantasy flower! Pam worked on a Ewe and I house (most of the time) and took the final few stitches in her John Johansen Pig ~ it is amazing. Mary worked diligently on one of her Ewe and I house scenes. Laurie, Mary, and I all got to pick up our Tudor's canvas and first kit. That was fun also! As usual, we had a great time and look forward to the next time we can get away and stitch together!<br />
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As I mentioned, I finished the first of the flowers from the Funky Fantasy Flower series. I am waiting on the background as I want to coordinate the background on the series when I get to the end, I think. They will be different shades of green. Here is the website photo of the series. I will post a photo of the one that I completed tomorrow!<br />
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So, I think we all know what this means ~ yes the dreaded stocking must hit the System 4 yet again! Pam tried to kick start me this week by offering to add some of the nebulous boughs on the background. Hopefully, I can work up the effort to hit it hard! No promises!</div>
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<br />Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-54582960618911480862013-04-28T22:32:00.000-07:002013-05-04T22:33:12.037-07:00Memphis in the Rear View window!Just back from a fun trip to Memphis with Laurie, Mary, & my favorite partner in stalking, Pam! (Pam and I like to stalk the famous people staying in the hotel!)<br />
We had a marvelous time stitching with Amy & Jill! More details to reveal soon!<br />
<br />Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-28651547882102180232013-04-05T17:15:00.002-07:002013-04-05T17:15:58.835-07:00April? What??April? How did that happen?? The year is slipping away and I am not getting any stitching completed! Well, last Sunday, March 24th, I began the wedding book canvas for my friend and neighbor's son. Nothing like a good old approaching deadline to get me back on track! I finished it last night. I think it is really beautiful. The canvas is simple and classic, by Ann Wheat Pace.....she always gets it just right!<br />
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So, now that I am back on track, what will I work on tonight...you and I both know....it has to be Henry's stocking. That poor child should have me excommunicated as God Mother! I am a disgrace.<br />
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But, I will embark on it AGAIN and hope that I can fully commit! Please send encouragement!Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-58507019441972829852013-02-08T19:46:00.005-08:002013-02-08T19:50:10.725-08:00Ode to St Valentine!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Well, I saw this image tonight (dare I call it a Meme...is that the correct use of that word?). What ever you want to call it, I can call it one thing for sure.....TRUE!<br />
I was re-inspired by Pam to get focused on the stocking last night. Now that I am re-inspired, I did not have one free moment to stitch today. But, I will tomorrow, and this is exciting! In the meantime, I will dream about the creepy hoarders music and the chance that I would be featured for my Needlepoint stash. Goodnight, fellow hoarders!Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-38165081141910682852013-01-19T13:58:00.001-08:002013-01-19T14:32:15.810-08:00Needed: Faith (of the spider that is)I simply can not motivate myself to work on the stocking. I have many cheerleaders, Mary, Pam, Laurie, and Jill! Instead, I started the first of my first 12 Days Of Christmas by Shelly. It is easy to take on the go, or at least that is how I rationalized it to myself! Finished the sky and half of the grass on the Partridge in a Pear Tree....and still the stocking sits. Seriously, this is a TIRED post! I need to get motivated and just blast through the task at hand! I am hoping that putting it into words (again) will serve as motivation for me! <br />
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P.S. I am excited to try to use my stash threads on this project. I used a size 16 Krienik for this background and the string that you see is all the is left ~ mission accomplished ~ stash reduced!Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-80679032845829226132013-01-06T20:40:00.001-08:002013-01-06T20:42:44.669-08:00Success through trial!Well, after much consternation and crankiness, I finished the project. Whew! Good news is that finishing it somehow made me inspired to get back to the stocking! Perhaps I needed to realize that it was actually something that I wanted to stitch! So, a grateful "thank you" to the project that caused me to curse yesterday!Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-88828029484966724282013-01-04T21:30:00.001-08:002013-01-04T21:30:02.182-08:00Duplicity!Frustrating night of stitching! I am working on a project for someone else and it is making me crazy! To make matters worse, I have already stitched this project. So, I have given up for tonight! I shall let the frustration win and give up! UNCLE!Faith of a Spiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183097211371375757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221981196669126732.post-59176739875590956432013-01-03T22:27:00.002-08:002013-01-03T22:27:55.811-08:00Who Gives a Hoot?Apparently, I give a hoot.....or 9 to be exact! I finished Lily tonight, my 9th Raymond Crawford owl. She is pretty in pink and was just about 100 too many French Knots for my taste! My fingers are numb from all the french knots!<br />
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Also, completed today is one of the Raymond Crawford Owls that I am stitching. I started it in late December and just added some finishing touches tonight. As a matter of fact, after this photo, I added his feather "whiskers", but I did not take another photograph because I have put some temporary stitches in to train the feathers to extend in the direction that I desire. So, I will add a refreshed photo of him in a week or so, when his whiskers come out of "traction"!</div>
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