So Many Windows

Hi there,


First, a look at my Christmas finishing! Yep, you can officially hate me now!

And here's the candy house...SO far to go and SO many windows.  Here's 2 out of 5.  Going to work on the pink and green candies tonight (french knots) and then bead those candy canes.

No pressure here...gotta take it slow and NOT STOP!

and here's Emily when I tell her..."just hold on, I'm coming"...don't you wonder what she's thinking?

Have a great week,

Linda

Sure Took Long Enough

Hi there,

The pumpkin bullions on the bottom panel slowed me down.  My least favorite stitch!

Happy Sunday!

Linda

Coloring the Candy House

Hi there,

I had to find a way to keep up with the 95 plus sections in this project so as I finish a section I'm coloring it it in highlighter so I won't have to go back and re-check each little section.  No "coloring-in" until the section in complete!  Fortunately we have a great line drawing all numbered - remember paint by number??? Looks like I have a ways to go...

Moving on to the beaded shutters next...

Have a great week,

Linda

Making Progress on all Fronts

Hi there,

I am making progress with all my stitching and knitting projects.  I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have my Christmas projects at the finishers.  I've even finished my summer reading for my book club... Bleak House which was wonderful and quite a saga (and quite long).

Here's some photos of the candy house- I'm down to 81 areas to go!  Going to work on this lower left window section now.  There are so many beads and french knots in this piece that you need to spread them out or it will be overwhelming.

The pink will be dripping icing when I'm ALMOST DONE.  As in 3 more areas to go

 

And here's some knitting- this is going to be a blanket when it's done - 12 different blocks.  Naturally, I'm doing 2 blankets at the same time.  The other one is sage green.

AND I LOVE THIS!!!  Cashmere and Mohair.  Don't ask, don't tell about the price of the wool :-)

Have a great week!

Linda

Cutting Canvas

Hi there,

Don't you just love cutting your canvas?  It's so liberating.  It took a quiet room and almost an hour for me to cut, glue and stitch around a hole the size of a quarter.

Here we go...
Turn it over, glue the threads around the hole and CUT.  Keep breathing while you do this...

Stick the candle through to make sure it FITS

Then turn it over and more glue and restitch the hole

ALL DONE!  And to think I have the summer candle in my stash :-)

Moving on to something much less complicated...my alligator 

Have a great week,

Linda

Ready For Surgery

Hi there,

Today was a "recharge" day at our house so I finished the stitching on the autumn candle.

Here's the finished canvas- compensating the green background was the challenge!

Here we are in pre-op.. the last step is to cut out the center of the white circle on the right to make space for the candle

The surgical site

Tomorrow is the big day - need to rest up!


Have a great week!

Linda

Ok, This Is Sad

In my never ending quest to whittle down my works in progress and retrieve magnets , I have now come to my Autumn Candle.  This is so so sad...I'll bet I can complete this is 10 days. TOPS

 

Here's a closer look

The last thing I remember about this canvas was that I was sitting in pre-op with my husband about to have surgery and thinking..."wow the light in here is perfect!"

Have a great week,

Linda