Beaded Tassel class

Yesterday I did the beaded tassel class and had great fun. So that we would have a completed tassel to take home we used bugle beads to get up the neck quicker.
As you can see mine was orange (I was given a green one to start with which I quickly swapped!) but you really can't see that there's 3 different shades of beads and that goes for real life to.

We made two tassels at the start of the class, one four inch (that one shown) and a six inch which is sat on the table waiting for me to decide on what colours and pattern to use on it.
I can see more of these in my future as Birthday/Christmas presents :) the little 3 inch one's our tutor had to show us would make an ideal scissor fob so you never know if one will appear as a giveaway in the future

Angel Box Happy Dance

Last November I did a course at The Bead Trail to learn how to make a beaded box, today I finished it and to say I'm pleased is an understatement. I have loved every bit of the at times steep learning curve I had on this and I can see more of them in the future. The only thing missing is the bead handle on the lid but I can't find my I pins so it will have to wait a day or two.

I wanted my Angels to have a bit of a colour in their lives

Although it's a bit fuzzy you get a better idea of the pattern on the lid, it's the same pattern on the base

There is something in the region of 5000 Delica's (4,400 of those are the sides) it stands approx 2 1/2 inches tall and is approx 1 1/2 wide. I'm back there tomorrow for another class this time it's a tassel

Freindship exchange

Mine arrived yesterday although I don't know who sent it as there was no note inside but I do have an idea it may be Janice as she's posted on Exchange Heaven that she's sent but forgot to include a note.

Isn't he adorable. There was also a couple of cardmaking goodies included but I couldn't get a decent pic of those

Stay tuned I'll be back very soon with another Happy Dance :)

Quaker Row Happy Dance

I put the last stitch in a little while ago but really should of cropped the pic before I posted it!

Quaker Row

Midnight Stitching

Cream Murano

DMC 4240 & 327

I decided while working on it last night that I really didn't want a finish Friday 13 so left X Y and Z until today. I'm sorry the pics not too good, it's a bit dull here this afternoon and I couldn't get a decent pic no matter how much I tried.

If you want to see how Pat's turned out go look here

And the chart goes to.....

Sharon

I'm pretty sure I still have your address and I'll get in the post tomorrow for you.

A flowery finish

Being sick the last few days has had it's good points, I've finished my Freindship exchange project and this little design but this is the only one I can share right now

Crocus from The Garden Path Collection

Agneta Engman Designs

I have no idea when I started it but it had to be after 1994 (date on the design) and I vaguely remember buying it at a stitching group I used to go when the designer was there. It resurfaced with a couple of the blooms done last year when ExH brought down a bag of bits and pieces he'd found when having a sort out.
I know I'm never going to restitch it so I've decided to give the chart away rather then let it collect dust in my stash or end up in the recycling. You've got until Midnight tomorrow (Weds) to put your name down and I'll get Mel to draw a name on Thursday.

Thank you for all your well wishes and get well vibes I'm much better and only have a bit of a sore throat now which will hopefully go in a day or two.

Quaker Row update

Not much progress to show for yesterday but I am under the weather still and spent quite a bit of time asleep on the sofa throughout the day. Next week I should be back firing on all cylinders and unless something goes wrong I should finish it

Look what I woke up to

Even though the pic doesn't show it it's still falling :)

Mel is feeling much better now and more like her normal self although she's still coughing alot and she doesn't yet have much colour in her cheeks. But I've got up this morning with a bit of a cough and cold so I'm hoping it doesn't get any worse

Jo, Princess and Dragon is hanging in the alcove where my puter is along with Quiltmaker (which I'll share another day), the balck wire you can see behind it is the wire that runs from the router up into Mel's room for her puter which happens to sit directly above mine

An old finish

I took this a few days ago planning to post it but life got in the way and Mel got sick so it's taken me a few days.

The Princess and the Dragon

Teresa Wentzler

I started this back in 2002 I think when it was released in a UK magazine at the time rotating was new to me and it didn't get much attention really but that all changed in June/July 2003. To cut a long and boring story short I stitched it in the month or so of waiting for tests to be done to find out why I couldn't walk and had extreme pain in my legs all the time, turned out it was caused by diabeties although I had none of the normal symptoms that signal it's onset

January Progress & February Goals

For January I said

Finish the Angel Box I've got as far as the hem, it's giving me problems and I've unpicked it a couple of times
UFO RR Done
SOLAK Square Started but no where near finished
Start all the new WIPs I feel like and not to feel guilty I didn't start as many as I thought I would, I must be ill!
A finish would be nice I finished the Peacock freebie

For February I'd like to

Finish the Angel Box
UFO RR
Finish the SOLAK Square
Finish Quaker Row
Finish the stitching on both exchanges I'm signed up for

In total I stitched for 111hrs 19mins, had 5 new starts and 1 finish. Of those 5 starts 3 will be finished this month so it's not quite so bad as it looks right now for my WIP killing spree.

Current WIP total = 48