October WIPocalypse Check-In

I'm a tad behind in my postings.  Oops.  Here's the catch-up posts.  Sorry.  Life just got in the way.

August Topic: How do you get yourself out of a stitching drought?  I don't really get into droughts where I don't want to stitch.  When I hit a dry patch, it's because I don't have time to stitch.  It usually happens when I go back to school in August and when LPB (our local PBS station) has it's pledge drives in August, December and March.  I am a volunteer and usually work lots of our live nights either answering phone or training new phone volunteers.  I fix this drought by blocking off the next available weekend to do a stitching binge.  I block out the world, grab an audiobook and stitch for two days straight.  It really makes me feel better.

September Topic: Which floss (or color of floss) do you absolutely adore and want to stash constantly?  My favorite colors of floss are the mint greens (think DMC 954 Nile Green in particular).  I'm always a sucker for that color range.  As for type of floss I like to hoard...that would be Petite Treasure Braid.  My eye goes straight for the shiny stuff and that's my favorite.

October Topic: How did you begin stitching?  My mother was a sticher/crafter of all sorts when I was growing up.  She was into every hobby imaginable, one of which was cross stitching.  As a child, I was sick a lot and spent a lot of time on bed rest.  As you can imagine, it was BORING and I whined a lot (I do mean a lot!!).  One day when I was about six, my mom got sick of the whining, threw a cross stitch kit at me and said, "Make an X."  I've been cross stitching ever since.




This month I am stitching on Dickens Mittens by Cricket Collection, Baby's Garden Quilt by Janlynn (a kit),  Too Much Honey by Bucilla (a kit), Dolphin's Domain by Dimensions (a kit), China Teapot Tray by Maria Diaz, Fish City by Stoney Creek, Lavender Sampler by Anchor, and Fabulous Women in History by Cloudsfactory.

Baby's Garden Quilt

China Teapot Tray

Dickens' Mittens

Dolphin's Domain

Lavender Sampler

Fabulous Women in History

Too Much Honey

Fish City

10 Hour Rotation Completed!

I finished my 10 hours on Athena by Mirabilia.  Seeing the two images really shows how much I got done in this rotation.  I did better than I thought I had.  I love the colors in this piece.  I'm attempting the pin stitch to attach the random beads throughout the design.  They don't feel very secure to me, but I'll see how that goes.

Athena before

Athena after

10 Hour Rotation Completed!

I finished my 10 hours on Into the Deep by Passione Ricamo.  I got a large chunk done on this mermaid's tale.  My problem is the large clear beads.  They are so large, I'm going to have to drop a few beads here and there so they fit.  This was a new start.

Into the Deep