Sunday

And a productive one it was, too! I went to church -- twice, actually, because I was filling in for the pianist at one of our sister churches -- did a load of laundry, did the ironing (which wouldn't be nearly the chore that it is if I'd do it when I do laundry instead of letting it pile up for three weeks), baked a batch of cookies and packed some of them to mail to my guy, tried a new recipe and watched the Steelers lose. Oh, and I managed some stitching. I finished the stag; there's a crescent moon in the medallion, so I'm doing that in pink. After I finish this one, I have two more medallions and the rest of the alphabet and I can put this one on the completed list!

Doris, your comment made me smile. Chariot races are very distracting, as are galley battles. Ben Hur is one of my favorite movies; not only is it a great movie, but Charlton Heston in 1959 was definitely a hunk!

Saturday Night Stitching

I managed to get in about an hour and a half on Hunt Sampler tonight, even with the distraction of Ben Hur on TV. Here is before:

And after:

If I can get some decent stitching time tomorrow I can probably finish the stag. Woohoo!

Sunday Stitching

I had a lovely Sunday; I went to church this morning then this afternoon I made a small batch of cookies for the week and got in a decent little bit of stitching on Hunt Sampler. I did the letters V, U and T and some of the motif borders on the left side of the center column of motifs. I'm looking forward to getting this one finished. I really like it and would like to get it framed and hung somewhere.

The Bunny's Done

I got the bunny finished on Hunt Sampler Saturday night, and also put in the C and D at the bottom. I'm pleased with what I got done.

A Good WIP To Travel With

I'm planning to travel this weekend, so I think I'll take Hunt Sampler with me to work on for Saturday Night Stitching. I'm stitching it on 40 count with DMC floss; the original design is monochromatic, but I decided a wee touch of a second color might look kind of interesting. The green is DMC 3051 and I forget what number is the pink, but it's a dusty rose shade that I really like.


You really can't tell from the picture, but each motif has one small element stitched in the pink -- one foot on the goose, one grape in the motif to the right of the goose, a leaf on the tree, the rider's sword, the acorn on the ground by the squirrel and one of the rabbit's ears. I'm also using pink for the motifs between each letter. Once I get the bunny finished, I have 3 more motifs down the left side and the rest of the alphabet, so I'm hoping for a finis for this one soon. First And They Sinned, then this. I gotta get the WIP pile whittled down so I can add some more to it!