Gaack. After being either out of town or sick with the 3 week crud since right after Christmas; much has gotten away from me ( Read more... )

If I get the woman's gown and final details finished over the weekend and the gold work started, I think Ill make my deadline. I'm currently doing the detailed shading test on a copy of the design so I have some more defined lines and colors to follow. Once the shading bits are done, the fill in goes quickly. The heads and hands will be done in a ( Read more... )

I needed to dig out the gold I need for The Embroidery Project today. I fairly recently went through most of my good embroidery supplies and tried to separate them into appropriately labeled boxes. And also to collect all of my supplies into one spot. So I have a nice box labeled good gold/silver/pearls/sequins. So after pulling it out and pawing ( Read more... )

The Embroidery Project is moving along. I found that I can't work as long as I would like in the chair/frame setup that I have. But it is the only one that gets me aligned properly. Maybe in time I'll adjust. My hands aren't trying to ache as much, so I think the odd motions are becoming familiar again. I was taught in the Japanese Embroidery ( Read more... )

I'm busily stitching away, very occasionally pricking my underside finger. This is usually not any sort of issue. I check it, and if it is actually oozing, I'll either wait for it to stop or bandage it. This time I must have hit the tiniest artery ever, because it spurted a drop of blood up onto the fabric! It stopped nearly immediately, just a ( Read more... )

Just spent valuable stitching time finding a completely new arrangement for stitching the Embroidery Project. My usual place in my recliner has served me well. Reclined for small projects that could perch in my lap, and sitting upright when the frame was larger. This project appears to require me to be much more vertically aligned over the ( Read more... )

Projects are trying to eat me alive. One is to clear out the pantry by using the contents. A survey indicated that a significant portion of the canned goods are for a great mucking pot of chili. Most handily beef was on sale this week as well. As it looks like we are on the cusp of very hot weather, I decided it was now or fall for this job. So ( Read more... )

Since I don't have a project journal, I'll be trying to record my progress and lessons earned during the morse project here ( Read more... )

I have been in collaboration with the delightful and talented Isolda de Crosthwaite (I'm not sure of her LJ presence) to create the drawing for the morses for the Storvik heraldic cloaks. I took possession of the completed work last night! I provided the fine linen laced to a frame for her to also transfer the design to - see the previously ( Read more... )

My lungs appear to believe in tape-delay. They don't seize up when there is record pollen counts of the type that I scored high on when tested - no, they wait until now when matters should have settled down. Foo. I have broken out the Advair ( Read more... )