As promised here's a picture of my progress on this project.
I've actually done more since this photo was taken (26th April 2008), but it gives you an idea of how much I've done.
May 12, 2008
Update on Girl Reading
As promised here's a picture of my progress on this project.
I've actually done more since this photo was taken (26th April 2008), but it gives you an idea of how much I've done.
April 21, 2008
In case you are wondering ...
Yes, I am still stitching.
I completed the stitching of the baby gift, but I haven't framed it yet (too busy doing other things).
I'm still working on Girl Reading and it's going quite well. I'm not getting quite as much time on it as I would like, but I'm at a point where I keep having to changed colours and figure out which section to do next, so it's slow going.
I now have a nice new digital camera, so I will try to remember to take some progress photos so that you can see how much I've done.
Until next time ...
Happy stitching!
I completed the stitching of the baby gift, but I haven't framed it yet (too busy doing other things).
I'm still working on Girl Reading and it's going quite well. I'm not getting quite as much time on it as I would like, but I'm at a point where I keep having to changed colours and figure out which section to do next, so it's slow going.
I now have a nice new digital camera, so I will try to remember to take some progress photos so that you can see how much I've done.
Until next time ...
Happy stitching!
February 18, 2008
Found something for the Baby
Well, I couldn't find a kit that I liked, but I did find a cute book and decided to do one of the things from that.
When I went to Spotlight on Friday night the only baby kit that I could find looked even more girly than the rocking horse. So I looked through the little cross stitch chart books and found some really cute teddy bears doing baby things. There were groups of baby bears and single ones doing things like blowing bubbles.
The one is chose is a bear holding a rattle. It looks like it's about to fall over, but is very cute.
Once I decided what I was going to do, I went through the colour list and bought all the colours I would need (even though I knew Mum would probably have most of them at home anyway), the aida cloth (funny story there - I thought I got 14 count, but ended up with 16 count), and the framing bits and pieces.
I started it over the weekend. Check the new progress bar to see how I'm doing.
When I went to Spotlight on Friday night the only baby kit that I could find looked even more girly than the rocking horse. So I looked through the little cross stitch chart books and found some really cute teddy bears doing baby things. There were groups of baby bears and single ones doing things like blowing bubbles.
The one is chose is a bear holding a rattle. It looks like it's about to fall over, but is very cute.
Once I decided what I was going to do, I went through the colour list and bought all the colours I would need (even though I knew Mum would probably have most of them at home anyway), the aida cloth (funny story there - I thought I got 14 count, but ended up with 16 count), and the framing bits and pieces.
I started it over the weekend. Check the new progress bar to see how I'm doing.
February 13, 2008
Baby gift
Ahhhhh!! The baby is a boy!!
Ok, so that really is good news ...
... except that the Rocking Horse cross stitch is a bit to girly to give to a boy. The picture itself would be fine, but the colours are all wrong for a boy.
So now I have to find another cross stitch to do, and do it in a hurry.
Ok, so that really is good news ...
... except that the Rocking Horse cross stitch is a bit to girly to give to a boy. The picture itself would be fine, but the colours are all wrong for a boy.
So now I have to find another cross stitch to do, and do it in a hurry.
January 23, 2008
HELP!!
Does anyone know how to get pencil marks off aida cloth without having to take it off the scroll frame to wash it???
As I stitch, I mark off each square on my pattern with greylead pencil. The problem is that my scroll frame rested on the "coloured" in squares and I know have some of the pencil marks rubbed off onto my aida cloth.
I really don't want to take the work off the scroll frame because I would have to sew it back on, but I do have to get the stains out before I continue stitching on that part of it, because it would be visible in the finished areas.
I really hope someone reads this and has some answers for me.
In case you are wondering I have tried using an eraser designed for use on fabric, but that has left rubber residue and did not really work, in some spots it smudged it further.
As I stitch, I mark off each square on my pattern with greylead pencil. The problem is that my scroll frame rested on the "coloured" in squares and I know have some of the pencil marks rubbed off onto my aida cloth.
I really don't want to take the work off the scroll frame because I would have to sew it back on, but I do have to get the stains out before I continue stitching on that part of it, because it would be visible in the finished areas.
I really hope someone reads this and has some answers for me.
In case you are wondering I have tried using an eraser designed for use on fabric, but that has left rubber residue and did not really work, in some spots it smudged it further.
January 9, 2008
Working on it
Just an update on how I'm stitching.
Girl Reading is coming along well. I got some extra done while I was on holiday from work over Christmas. Not quite as much as I may have wanted to do, but there's always a lot going on at that time of year.
I would really like to finish it this year (2008), but we'll see.
No news on the baby yet, but I wouldn't expect that for another couple of weeks, maybe a month. Of course if the baby is born in exactly one month, we will share a birthday!
That's all for now, but keep checking the progress bar for this and you'll see how I'm going. Wish I had a digital camera, then I could take pictures of the progress and post them easily (I'm still using film).
Girl Reading is coming along well. I got some extra done while I was on holiday from work over Christmas. Not quite as much as I may have wanted to do, but there's always a lot going on at that time of year.
I would really like to finish it this year (2008), but we'll see.
No news on the baby yet, but I wouldn't expect that for another couple of weeks, maybe a month. Of course if the baby is born in exactly one month, we will share a birthday!
That's all for now, but keep checking the progress bar for this and you'll see how I'm going. Wish I had a digital camera, then I could take pictures of the progress and post them easily (I'm still using film).
November 5, 2007
Rocking Horse
This one is actually a present for a new baby.
Only problem is I can't quite finish it because the baby isn't born yet, so I can't add the name.
I also don't know if the baby will be a boy or a girl. If the baby is a boy, I'm in trouble. This is definitely more of a girl cross stitch. The colours on the picture didn't really match what I was given, plus it really does look more like something for a girl than a boy.
Can't show a picture yet - I wouldn't want the mother to see if if she happened to look at this blog.
So technically it's finished (the baby's name is something I'm adding to the pattern).
Only problem is I can't quite finish it because the baby isn't born yet, so I can't add the name.
I also don't know if the baby will be a boy or a girl. If the baby is a boy, I'm in trouble. This is definitely more of a girl cross stitch. The colours on the picture didn't really match what I was given, plus it really does look more like something for a girl than a boy.
Can't show a picture yet - I wouldn't want the mother to see if if she happened to look at this blog.
So technically it's finished (the baby's name is something I'm adding to the pattern).
October 18, 2007
I always have trouble ...
... working out which project to start next when the last one is completed.
Do I do something simple because the last project seemed to take forever to finish?
Or do I do something complicated because I enjoy learning new skills and challenging myself to getting those larger things done?
Then I have think about gifts that I want to give to others that require a bit (or a lot) of stitching. Do I do that cute baby sampler even though I know I can't finish it until I know the baby's name, and whether the baby is a boy or a girl? Or do I wait until the baby is born to even buy the kit? OK, so I haven't done that yet, all the ones I've done for babies have been suitable for either boys or girls - except one that I did for my cousin's baby where the pattern would change slightly depending on whether it was for a boy or girl.
If you ever have that problem, get the 2 patterns side by side and work out which stitches you can't do until you know and if there are any stitches that will change mark those off and only stitch the parts where it doesn't change.
Another question is whether you want to stitch one of the kits you have on hand, design a new one yourself or do some completely different craft/project.
Last Christmas my parents gave me a mini quilt kit of a lighthouse for something different to do. So far I've opened the pattern and looked at the instructions. Not sure when I'll actually start that one though. It's not a project I can do infront of the TV, which is where I do most of my stitching.
Stitching in front of the TV is a challenge in itself - do you watch the tv or 'listen' to the TV and stitch. I have to admit that if I didn't stitch in front of the TV I might get my projects done faster. But I don't like to sit in front of the TV and not do anything. If there's a part of a movie you don't want to see it's really handy, you just put your head down and focus on your stitching rather than on the screen. But the stitching generally stops when I'm watching the critical parts of a movie or show. The biggest problem is that I make mistakes and sometimes I can't figure out how I made them (short of pulling everything out and starting over again - which is not an option when you've stitched half of the project before you even find there was a problem).
But I digress ... the real question was which project next. And to tell you the truth I don't know the answer. I think I need to line them all up, spin in a circle, point with my eyes closed and stitch the one I end up pointing to.
I haven't got all of my 'To Start' projects on this blogg. Some because I don't have the pictures and some because I plan to do them for other people and I don't want them to know about it. Only problem with that is I can't do most of them right now because I still live with the people I want to do them for and they would see what I am doing. Can't do presents that way - they need to be a surprise.
Do I do something simple because the last project seemed to take forever to finish?
Or do I do something complicated because I enjoy learning new skills and challenging myself to getting those larger things done?
Then I have think about gifts that I want to give to others that require a bit (or a lot) of stitching. Do I do that cute baby sampler even though I know I can't finish it until I know the baby's name, and whether the baby is a boy or a girl? Or do I wait until the baby is born to even buy the kit? OK, so I haven't done that yet, all the ones I've done for babies have been suitable for either boys or girls - except one that I did for my cousin's baby where the pattern would change slightly depending on whether it was for a boy or girl.
If you ever have that problem, get the 2 patterns side by side and work out which stitches you can't do until you know and if there are any stitches that will change mark those off and only stitch the parts where it doesn't change.
Another question is whether you want to stitch one of the kits you have on hand, design a new one yourself or do some completely different craft/project.
Last Christmas my parents gave me a mini quilt kit of a lighthouse for something different to do. So far I've opened the pattern and looked at the instructions. Not sure when I'll actually start that one though. It's not a project I can do infront of the TV, which is where I do most of my stitching.
Stitching in front of the TV is a challenge in itself - do you watch the tv or 'listen' to the TV and stitch. I have to admit that if I didn't stitch in front of the TV I might get my projects done faster. But I don't like to sit in front of the TV and not do anything. If there's a part of a movie you don't want to see it's really handy, you just put your head down and focus on your stitching rather than on the screen. But the stitching generally stops when I'm watching the critical parts of a movie or show. The biggest problem is that I make mistakes and sometimes I can't figure out how I made them (short of pulling everything out and starting over again - which is not an option when you've stitched half of the project before you even find there was a problem).
But I digress ... the real question was which project next. And to tell you the truth I don't know the answer. I think I need to line them all up, spin in a circle, point with my eyes closed and stitch the one I end up pointing to.
I haven't got all of my 'To Start' projects on this blogg. Some because I don't have the pictures and some because I plan to do them for other people and I don't want them to know about it. Only problem with that is I can't do most of them right now because I still live with the people I want to do them for and they would see what I am doing. Can't do presents that way - they need to be a surprise.
October 8, 2007
A Friend
Another project completed!!
I finished this last night. I started it in February, just after finishing "In Her Garden".
It was such a fun project to work on because it really didn't take long to see the puppy and kitten as you stitched and they are so cute!
Now I just need to get it framed (I still need to get "In Her Garden" framed too).
September 20, 2007
A Big Thank You
Before I get too far along with this site, and further projects, I want to say
a BIG THANK YOU to Marlene
for teaching me how to do cross stitch back in 1992 when we visited you in Queensland.
a BIG THANK YOU to Marlene
for teaching me how to do cross stitch back in 1992 when we visited you in Queensland.
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