Stitcher, Interrupted!

Hi all! Coming to you from a super nice Arizona. It's about 62 degrees out. Got the front door open, cats are enjoying the sun.

This won't be a very long post because as my title implies, my bday SAL was interrupted! All of my starts up to last Sunday are not very big with the exception of Girls with Blue Dresses. My next new start is a little bigger and I've been stitching on it since last Sunday...

I am having so much fun stitching on this! I thought I was going to lose my

Halloween fanatic card so I pulled this out. It's from JCS October 2008.

This design is the only reason I've kept this issue from my subscription. It's on 36ct, using NPI

silks that are in my stash. Luckily, I had two skeins of the black silk.

E.A.Poe approves.

Although it looks like I've chucked my SAL, I'll get back to the routine soon. I up and joined

another blog hop hosted by Jo. I have a Valentine's pattern all kitted up and ready to stitch

right next to me. I still have time to stitch two more items for an exchange. So all

these extra things I'm stitching are and will be part of my bday SAL. It's all good.

I also FFO'd a couple things..

on the left we have Merry Primitive Christmas-1885, a freebie from the Primitive Hare.

I have stitched this twice but I like this one better. The backing fabric is the same

as the front. On the right is also a freebie, by Plum Street Samplers. The

backing fabric is a magenta flower on cream background. I took a mother

of pearl button and used it to attach coffee dyed ribbon to the side. Before I

did that though, I took cream colored lace and sewed to around the opening. I

have to say I did pretty good on it, never mind catching my skin and the 

opposite fabric with the needle a couple times. I also bent the eye of my Bohin needle!

I still like my Bohin needles! Both of those freebies you'll find at the designer's 

blogs.

Now, for something totally not me! I signed up for a floss of the month club or

FOTM as they're known on FB. Look at those colors! Classic Colorworks floss.

I have more GAST and WDW floss than these, and some colors I have 3 or 4 skeins

of. I don't know if Crazy Annie's is full in this club so I put their card in with 

the picture in case some of you want to find out. They're on FB too.

I'm looking forward to seeing what colors they send here on out.

Plans, plans, want to hear my plans? First of all I need to get through my bday

SAL. After that the world is my oyster! Immediately after my SAL or when I

give up, fingers crossed I don't, I have picked out 4 of my longest living

 WIPs that will get a weeks worth of stitching. Two are on Aida, and the 

others are on linen. It's a plan anyway and I usually end up doing 

something else. Somewhere in all this, I'm going to do a WIP parade!

I have about 26 WIPs now and I thought it would be fun to go through

all of mine. I'll take about 4 or 5 posts to do that and including the

usual stuff I talk about. That'll be fun.

Okey doke, that is it! Blogger didn't even go haywire! Those of you new to 

my blog, I use an elderly iPad that is on its last legs. I had to 

uninstall an app I was using that gave me big pictures for the blog. 

Now you have to click on the pictures to enlarge them. I'm 

happy with it now. But when I'm typing,  the template goes up and down.

Every other type I can't see, and the other I can see what I've typed. So

 forgive me for any punctuation and spelling mistakes! Haha.

Take care and we'll see you next time:)