Bee Cross Stitch - and a WiP
I finished another set of small designs for cards, this time some bees and honey. The two small ones were stitched on 14 count and and the four larger ones on 16 count, because that was all I had that was easily accessible. Most of my fabric is stored in a big old chest that currently has a lot of stuff piled on top it and I didn't feel like moving
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While losing weight is an admirable goal, thee must be better ways of getting exercise in hot weather than taking long walks out in the heat...
Yeah, I stitched some lovely ones for her, and she loved them, but there were so many more I planned to do. We just thought the stuff would only be in storage for a few months...
Cowboys are my weakness, as the song goes!
If I had a chart for an elephant with flowers I might do it, but I haven't seen one. I've got one with an elephant blowing bubbles... I don't think it's quite good enough for a 60th birthday card though.
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I told Rich you agreed with him about the walks in the heat and he started laughing before agreeing with the both of us. I honestly don’t know how Rich manages it. The heat would be the death of me. It almost is some days anyway. Rich often jokes that Lisa is just after the insurance.
That’s how it always goes with any sort of repair and storage. I’m glad so many of your magazines survived storage. Did I ever tell you I framed the little pug card you made me for my birthday a few years ago? It’s on one of my movie shelves in my bedroom.
Mine too - at least for four certain cowboys. I love my Riders. :-)
I wonder if google would have something if you just can’t find anything you really like for her?
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Thankfully I put all my magazines in plastic bags before boxing them up so they came through okay. Don't know what I would've done otherwise! I have hundreds, and still a big stack to go through. I'm sure I'll find something I like. Trouble is, most I've looked at and considered possibles have got fractional stitches, which I don't do. I have trouble seeing them on the charts and on my stitching so I lose my place and get in a mess.
Disaster struck with my cross stitching tonight! I'd just started the third of the designs when I dropped my yogurt... It went all over part of my stitching, the magazine, my desk, and my trousers *headdesk. I cleaned it off the magazine as best I could and I'm hoping that won't go moldy. I rinsed my trousers but they need washing and I don't have anything else dark to wash. Also rinsed my stitching but I'm not sure I got all the yogurt out of it, so I had to cut another piece of fabric and start again. Wasted over an hour of stitching time! =(
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I'm glad the plastic didn't leak on you. That would have been horrible! I know what you mean about having trouble seeing stitches. I can't do a counted cross-stitch at all, my count is always off and ends up a bit like a Dali painting. *sighs*
Oh for...and yogurt to boot. >.< It's probably safer in the long run to start it over so you don't end up with mold or worse showing up later on, but that sucks. Is this one of the fiddly designs that you've been battling with?
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Yes, it was, although I'd only just stared the third one. Would have been far worse if it had been almost finished. As it is, I'm making good progress with the new version. Finished the leaves and some of the flowers today.
Also found a possible candidate for my sister's birthday, an art deco lady's head in profile, with a rose and butterfly border. It's very pretty, and made even more desirable by the fact that the fabric is already cut and prepared, tucked in the magazine. It's another on 20 count though. Then again, her birthday isn't until April next year, so plenty of time! I sill might change my mind if I find something I like better, I have lots more magazines to look through, but we'll see.
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It sucks when random stuff ruins our projects. I think ink might have been the only thing worse I can think of to spill on a cross-stitch - or notebook.
That sounds pretty. :) And dignified, which would work well for a 60th birthday. Sounds like if you can start it by January you'll be okay to get it done in time for her birthday.
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He helped me put the last lot of wall shelves up yesterday and I have them half full of books now, just got to un-bury the rest of my boxes of books and see what else will fit. I've also, this morning, dug out the rest of my cross stitch magazines to look through for things to stitch. Plus I'm still in the process of clearing so my blanket box full of cross stitch fabric can be put at the end of my bed so I can get at the contents. So much to do.
We had a bit of rain last night, but today should be dry and quite warm so I've got a load of laundry out. I washed my yogurty piece of fabric. It frayed at the edges, but if I can flatten it out I should still be able to stitch it =D
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Oh, yay on the bookshelves!!! That'll bring the clutter down a small bit on the inside. It sounds like you've got good, solid plans in mind that you can put into play. It's always good to be able to get to the important things quickly.
I'm glad the yogurt came out. :) That's one of those things that just come out of nowhere and annoy us horribly.
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Trouble is, it all involves so much moving stuff around. The blanket box is currently in what I'm still hoping will eventually be my craft room, but there's lads of stuff piled on top of it, plus stuff all over the landing that I'll have to shift out of the way... *sigh* And I can only do a little it at a time.
Yeah, I'm glad too, but I might have to iron the fabric, or wet in again and lay it out flat to dry because it's got a crease across the middle now.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. But even that little at a time gets there in the end. I'd say as Collin, but given how he is in the garden, I don't know about shifting things inside.
It might take both. Those creases can be stubborn depending on the exact type of backing you're using. I'll hope one or the other works out for you though.
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Collin will help with heavy moving, he's okay if I tell him what goes where, it's when left to his own devices that the problems start!
Think I'll dampen in again, lay it flat, and once in dries a bit, put a weight on it. I've nearly finished the replacement, some back stitch and some lettering to do.
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I'm glad you've got someone to help with the heavy lifting. That's me for our house, and has been for the last ten years or so.
Sounds like a good plan. *nods* So is that three of the four fiddly ones done? I'll admit, I've lost count.
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Yeah, I'm not physically strong, I have really skinny arms with very little muscle, so I really need someone to lift heavy stuff for me.
Yep, this will be the third once I finish it. I did a little more backstitch yesterday, but it's very complex and I couldn't work on it during the auction.
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That's Mum. She tries, but she's going to hurt herself if she's not careful. Which is why she usually leaves the lifting to me.
It's hard to do anything during the auction. I know what you mean.
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Collin is just impossible to buy for so I give him money.
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