Sunday Morning Stitching

I got up earlier than the rest of the household this morning, so after I showered and got dressed I settled in for some stitching. I found a good spot in the breakfast nook, in front of a bay window and under a really good light, and stitched away for a couple of hours. It was nice, to just sit in the quiet, the only noises being the birds and other sounds from outdoors and the white noise from inside the house -- a fan, the fridge, nothing terribly intrusive. I just let my thoughts kind of ramble and enjoyed the rhythm of the needle and thread through the fabric. I had to frog the yellow flower; I put in about a dozen stitches and decided I didn't like the way they were laying, so I pulled them out and re-did them. I didn't even mind doing that. I put my stitching away when a couple of the residents of the house moseyed into the kitchen with a mind to making coffee and breakfast. I had my stitching spread out on the table, so I decided I'd best surrender my spot so they could eat if they wanted.

A Week of No Stitching

Between work and being at school four nights, stitching just didn't happen this week. I'll be traveling again today and tomorrow, so I'll take a small project in case I do get a chance to pull it out for a little while. I don't want to take And They Sinned; it's not particularly travel friendly and especially not for a plane. And Hunt Sampler is stitched on 40 count and I don't know that I'll have access to sufficient light to work on that. So I'll take the little biscornu freebie that I've been working on. Here's a progress pic:


The finished bit on the right is the bottom/back, depending on how you look at your biscornus (biscorni?) I'll probably stick my initials and the date somewhere in the big empty center section. I've got about six or 8 stitches in the top/front, there on the left. I wanted to get it started just enough so it would be started, if that makes sense!

I also have a couple of books and the new Bookpage (picked up at the library this morning) in case the stars aren't in alignment for stitching :-)

A number of years ago, when I was an ticket agent for the airline I worked for, I checked in a young lady on a Saturday afternoon. I don't remember where she was going, but I do remember that she was returning on Sunday, the next day. For this less-than-24-hour journey, she had three -- count 'em, three -- large suitcases. I'm sure there was a very good reason why she had all this luggage, but at the time I was just amazed that someone could be going somewhere for less than 24 hours with 3 suitcases. I don't know that I'm a whole lot better; I'm traveling with one carry-on bag and a purse, but I'm taking two books, a magazine and a stitching project. Like I think I'm going to have time for any of it!

Sunday Stitching

Sunday afternoon is usually my time to work on And They Sinned, but I had been prepping fabric for some other projects and I developed a touch of startitis. I actually started TWO new things, but they are both small, so it's ok :-)

The first picture is a design for a biscornu. It's a freebie from kissycross.twoday.net and I'm stitching it on 32 count Country French Latte linen, with DMC floss. I love the colors in the piece. It was the second piece I started, but the photos loaded backward and I didn't feel like fooling with them to get them in the right order.

The other one's a little harder to see. It's the Red Bird ornament by Crossed Wing Collection, from the 2007 Just Cross Stitch ornament issue. I'm using the called-for 28 count linen with DMC floss and I've about come to the conclusion that the red linen is almost as much of a pain to stitch on as black! It'll be cute when it's finished, I think.