Curl Up Update

I spent last week stitching on Curl Up With A Good Book and there is definatley progress. I hope to finish this page in it's next rotation which will be the begining of March. By then the next page will be available so I will be falling behind, but then these things aren't a race, it's all about the job of stitching.

This week has been spent on Dragon Fly and I will post a pic when it swap to Enchanted Flute tomorrow.

Happy stitching all.

TUSAL

Ok it's a day late (you didn't really expect it on time did you?). All the black on the top is from Dragonfly. I know I promised a pic but really all I've done is more black! So just look at the last picture and imagine her hair a bit longer and that's where I am.

This week's rotation is Curl Up with a Good Book and then back to Dragonfly so hopefully then there will be more to show on her.

Whoops!

Ok where did this week go? I ment to update this on Friday, I took a piccy and everything and now it's nearly the next Friday. Somebody slow the world down please!

Last week's stitching was on Enchanted Flute and I did make some progress. For some reason I was dreading stitching on it, as you may have noticed it has been ignored for some time. I think this is because of the amount of confetti stitching and the size of fabric I chose (32 ct - must have been mad). Anyway, I actually really enjoyed it, just didn't get as much done as I would have liked.

However, page 4 is very nearlly finished now and will certainly be done on it's next rotation.

This week has been back to Dragonfly so look out for an update tomorrow on that (hopefully) and my TUSAL!

Black, Black and a bit of 310!

Yep! All I seem to have stitched this week is good old 310! Her hair is definately growing though! By the bottom of this page of chart I think the whole row is 310 so there is still plenty more to go.

But Dragonfly goes away now for a week while I stitch on the much neglected Enchanted Flute. There isn't too much to do to finish page 4 on this one so that is my aim for this week and the colours will definatley make a change to black.

Christmas already?

I know, Christmas is only just over but if I don't make some early progress on the advent calender I don't think it will ever be finished! So here are numbers 6 and 7.

And here is my progress on Curl Up With a Good Book.

I am getting really torn between my three HAED projects so I'm going to try to do them on rotation but making Dragonfly my priority so the plan is (and knowing me it is subject to change!) one week Dragonfly, one week Enchanted Flute, one week Dragonfly, one week Curl Up one week Dragonfly etc. Advent calender - nights when DH is away.

Unfortuantly this leaves Celtic Summer out in the cold, so to speak and I'm trying to work out the best way to slot her in and make progress on things. Maybe she and Enchanted Flute should take it in turns as a few solid weeks work on her could see her finished. Anyway, solution to be decided on that one.

Happy stitching all.

Post Delivery and New Start

Look what arrived in the post yesterday! The missing threads for "Curl Up with a Good Book".

So I spent all of last night winding them on to bobbins and fitting them into my storage boxes in the right order, which involved moving nearly every one that was already in there. A long process but worth it.

As I thought though, I have been unable to resist starting Curl Up even though I didn't have all the threads. This is the first time I've gridded the fabric using a dressmakers pen. I've tried before using thread but didn't get on with the whole process but this is a god send. I tend to stitch cross country anyway so having the grids just makes that so much easier and more accurate. Anyway, here is the progress after one night's work.

TUSAL

It's the first New Moon, so here is my jar of ORT's for the Totally Useless Stitch Along. Not a lot to show but this is just from the start of the year.

My fabric has arrived today ready for Curl Up with a Good Book, threads have been dispatched so I'm hoping they will be here tomorrow. But I do have some of the colours already, so I may just have to put a few stitches in tonight!