Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Dad!

Back to my rotation

Before I start, a big Thank You to everyone that has commented in the last few weeks - seems Blogger isn't forwarding comments to my emails - I didn't figure it out until a few days ago so I'm way behind in responding.  They say they are "working on it" but I don't know how long it will take.

I have finished my obligation stitching and jumped back into my rotation.  Before I show my progress, I can show one of my finished pieces.

This is a piece I did for my parent's 60th wedding anniversary.  It's from the Anniversary Sampler leaflet from The Sweetheart Tree.  I had to do a bit of improvising for the 60 as designers don't seem to think people celebrate 60th anniversaries.

In addition, I made this card for them:  

The swans and moon are done with a sparkle paper - you can sort of see a texture difference and maybe even a little bit of that sparkle.  Just gotta love that Cricuit (thanks family).

So - stitching.  I worked on Goldie this weekend.  Here's where she was when I started back on Friday:

and today she's here:

Lots of filling in and single stitches but progress so I'm happy.  Those stitches down the right side are confetti stitches so will take a bit to fill that in then onto the background.

For this week's trip down WIP memory lane I have:

Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow from Carriage House Samplings.  This is stitched on 40-count Vintage Sand Dune from Lakeside Linen with the called for NPI silks.  This one, like all the others, was set aside when a 17 piece rotation proved to be no way to make much progress on anything.

Next is:  

Countdown to Christmas from Blue Ribbon Designs.  It is stitched on 40-count Magnolia from Lakeside Linens with the called for Gentle Art Sampler Threads.  I love the little cardinals.  The gridding not so much, but I do like the finished piece.

The third piece is:

Eye of the Tiger by Sherrie Stepp-Aweau.  I don't remember what count the fabric is, maybe 22.  I love how the tiger heads are reflected in the eye.  Lots of background stitching left on this one - I didn't want to stitch on black but am now looking at lots and lots of background stitching so maybe I should have used black fabric.

Japanese Zen Garden is going back on the frame tonight but I don't think I'll get any stitches into it until Friday.