Monday, March 29, 2010

12 hour stitch progress & stashing

Well I made it this time. There was no snow and it was a lovely day to sit at my LNS in Cochrane and just stitch. I made some new friends which was great! And got some stitching done (and was bad and got some new stash)

My first priority was to get a large section of Dragons done. I worked until it was complete. Here is dragons after the last two weeks plus my twelve hour of progress, section I worked on:


Full piece to date:


I also picked up Romantic Rose Garden in the afternoon. I got one new area of the motif done. This piece has stitches and things I have never encountered... so I am finding it good but challenging. Thank goodness that one of the ladies that runs my LNS was there to advise on how to tackle it! Here it is so far:


And last but not least, I needed a break in the evening, so I pulled out Stitch or Die. I am still a bit disappointed in the coverage on this one. Maybe it's because alot of it was stitched at the hospital... not sure. But it's okay it's not like it's huge or a gift or for competitions, just for my stash corner so I will live. Here it is so far:


I also got three new patterns while I was there. The two latest in the ornaments from LittleHouse Needlworks:


And this other pattern that I am just in love with. It's Book of Spells from Good Huswife. I just love it!


Thank you to everyone for your kind comments about Kihone. She will be missed. It's weird walking into the computer/snake room and seeing only two tanks with snakes and hers empty. But time heals lots of things and I already feel better than I did about the whole situation.

Coming soon... another giveaway, probably after Easter, but if I get to figuring it out beforehand it will be sooner.

23 comments:

  1. Great progress... and what great stash!

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  2. Wow I can't believe your progress!!! Dragons looks amazing so far :-)

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  3. WOW! Dragon is looking wonderful!
    Heidi-ILCS

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  4. Great stitch and some excellent stash acquisition! :)

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  5. Everything looks good. Nice new stash too.

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  6. Nice stashing! Glad to hear you had a great time at the stitch-in. Your WIPs look great.

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  7. Glad you made it this time to your LNS. Great stitching and nice stash.

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  8. All your things are beautiful--and I'm so sorry you lost your sweet snake. :(

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  9. Great progress on your WIPs and congrats on the lovely, new stash. The book of spells is awesome, I know you will have fun while stitching.

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  10. Mel, I'm so sorry to hear about Kihone.

    Dragons, Stitch or Die and Romantic Rose Garden all look wonderful. Your needle is smokin'. (Love the stash, too)! :)

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  11. Your stitching is wonderful Mel. Those pieces are truly beautiful!!! Love your Stitch or Die piece - makes me smile! And I love all your new stash to0!

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  12. Fabulous stitching Mel, sorry about your lovely snake.

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  13. Great progress on the dragon and nice new stash. Sorry about the loss of your pet.

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  14. Awesome progress!! I love that Book of Spells...

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  15. Great progress, love the new stash items

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  16. Glad you made it to the Stitch In. Great progress on all your projects...they look great.

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  17. Love the Stitch or Die and Dragons is really coming along now.

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  18. OMG your Dragons stitching is looking fantastic, you've made lots of progress over the last few weeks. Loving the new stash too but then LHN is a fav of mine :-)

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  19. Stitching looks wonderful... the dragons are going to look great....

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  20. Wow - wonderful progress! Love the new stash, too!

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  21. That is a lot of progress you did on your dragons and nice stash.

    Marl

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  22. Wow - you're making lots of progress - so many stitches you've got under your belt!!
    You're so naughty - you're really tempting me with that yummy stash!!
    :)

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