Wedding bells are ringing

Well I am finally seeing quite a bit of progress in Sister Angels.  Here is a picture of my progress up to last Sunday.

This is a direct link as it hasn't come out very well in the blog.

We have also received the invite for my cousin-in-law's wedding (if that's even a relation-status).  I have already planned a cross stitch to do for her which is the Mackintosh design

So this will very shortly be on order :D

It's been a long time!

Well it's the new year already.  I have not been able to do much stitching over the past few months due to time and lack of light.  My daylight lamp broke in October and I've only just got a new one.  As my current project is on 22 ct aida it is not a good idea working in poor lighting - if I don't want migraines that is! 

Any way... new lamp, new start.  Well, restart anyway.  I am making progress, if slow on my first HAED, Sister Angels

and am planning my organisation of Kissing the Face of God  by Morgan Weistlinger (charted by Scarlet Quince).  I'll try to post earlier than April but by my past record... we'll see! lol

Great Holiday!

Well we had a fabulous holiday, didn't get much chance to stitch but managed to grid my fabric for Sister Angels so I can start that soon.

Coming home wasn't so fabulous ...  First I realised that I had left my phone behind - not a disaster, it's a caravan owned by friends.  Then we heard a strange noise from the engine, then smoke ... Not Good!  AA man called.  Towed home. Head gasket blown!

It would seem that the dreams I had of purchasing our own caravan have gone up in smoke, literally.  However we do have to thank God for small mercies.  We did have a fantastic holiday which, had the head gasket blown 10 days earlier we would not have had.  We managed to get half way home meaning the AA towed us home which wouldn't have happened from Wales and finally, if we had decided to come home one day earlier (which was suggested) we would have gotton absolutely soaked.  So although it's not been a fabulous day for finances I count myself as very lucky and blessed.

On a happier note my little girl today had her first 'proper' potty experience; saving herself for the potty rather than an afterthought.  And that's the memory and event I will take from this day. :)

Grrr

I know I am a walk over but I need to grow a back bone and tell my hubby to pull his finger out and start helping with the children.  Today I really felt like walking out.  My two little ones are very clingy, my daughter thinks my knee belongs to her (No really, when my son was sat on my knee she was trying to push him off saying "Mine, Mine!"), and my son thinks the best way to get my attention is by winding up my daughter!  All the while my husband sits/stands/lies/lounges - you get the idea, and watches!  I need to grow a back bone! Grrrr.

Photo's!

I found my camera - in the non-obvious place of the camera box!  Der!  To be fair I think it was hubby that put it there.  Anyway I have now taken update photos.

A close up and in my new Q Snaps which I love. 

I am quite pleased with progress now that you can see what it is supposed to be and I think it will be lovely when it's complete.  Not sure about all this confetti though, hopefully taking on a HAED will not prove to be a huge mistake!

It's Arrived!

It's here, it's here!  My new Q Snaps were delivered today along with the material and some more threads for Angel Sisters which I will be starting VERY shortly.  :D The next few days will be a combination of bobbin winding, gridding and sewing Wedding Bells.  I still haven't found the camera so can't post any update yet but I'm loving the Q Snaps.  I've used it tonight and the tension is fab, and not much difference in weight from a hoop.  All in all a good day. :)

I seem to have lost my new camera. It is obviously in the house, somewhere, but at the moment it is escaping me - I'm sure we have mischievious gnome that lives in our house!

Here is my WIP, what it should look like at the end and the last photo I took of it.

I have done more since this picture but until I find the camera...

Here are the projects I will soon be starting. I have just received the majority of the threads for both Kissing the Face of God (Scarlet Quince) and Angel Sisters (HAED). Over 200 threads to sort and wind onto bobbins, that's a project in itself!

Angel Sisters - for a present.

Kissing the Face of God (by Morgan Weistling) - not sure if I'm going to keep this or donate it to Schoenstatt or my parish church.


Love Bird based on artwork by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald, this is going to be a wedding present.

All in all I will have a busy stitching year. The only project which does not have a deadline is Kissing the Face of God which will be a labour of love anyway. I'm looking forward to the finished article but with so many similar colours I'm sure it will be a very big challenge!