Nefertiti update 260910

So, here is the latest on my Nefertiti:) She is coming along very nicely...I just don't want to put her down...which means I stay up late when I should be going to bed...but that is a price I am willing tp pay. I was planning on finishing the face and then go on to other things before coming back and finishing her, but I decided to leave the face for last instead as that will bring her to life. I will keep working on her now and then, but will take turns finishing off some Christmas items in between. The other picture is of another Christmas item I have to finish off as an ornament. It is quite cute:) / Ylva

Angel ornament finished 140910

So, this morning I went to the emergency dentist and had one tooth removed...this tooth has been giving me trouble for more than a month, and I've had pain in my neck, jaw and especially my left ear because of it. I went last Saturday to the same emergency dentist and got antibiotics, which unfortunately did not help more than a little. So, today I have been sitting taking it very easy in the sofa, trying to make sure the bleeding did not start over, and so far I've been ok.

I have a picture of the front and back of the ornament, and I think it looks quite cute:) So, this is my first ornament present ready. Yey:)

Angel finished

So, I have finished the angel, now I just have to locate the little box where I keep my charms, so that I can put the snowflake around the sheep's neck...then I need to do the finishing touches so that it is ready to be sent closer to Christmas:)

I did ust Fuzzy Stuff for the sheep, so it looks kinda fluffy:) It was really difficult as the thread is so thick and fluffy, but I managed eventually. Probably not perfect, but very cute:)

Hope to be able to show my finished product tomorrow evening...

Ylva

my first Christmas project

So, here is the first project I'm working on, from Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments 2004 by Crosseyed Cricket. It's called Gabby's Angel. I am not using the exact colours, and instead of the teal required for the apron, I am using a lovely multicoloured DMC:) And, for the sheep I will (most likely) be using beads for wool instead of the french knots they ask for...I just cannot do french knots...

Ylva

Update 17th August (ok, posted 19th...)

So, I just wanted to post my latest update on Nefertiti...she seems to be coming along really fast. Perhaps that is as I am doing one bit at a time, and not like normal one colour at a time...I am trying to spend the days working on my craft room, and the evenings stitching in front of the telly... I have a pic of the pillow case I am making for mum - just please remember it is my first try at patchwork, and it is VERY simple indeed...I do like the colours though...wanted to give her something happy. I am planning on stitching along the seams before finishing off...some nice broad stitch to make sure nothing falls apart. Once this is done and I have sent it off, I am going to play around a bit more...I have watched A Quilt in a Day on an american channel...sometimes it is only about farmlife ( which I realised after recording a few episodes which showed no quilting whatsoever...) but some of them are gems for a beginner like me:) So I am going to play around a bit...I think I am going to work on Christmas pressies or at least ornaments...I know it may be early, but normally I realise end of November I have a mountain to climb...this time I am trying to be early:)

X Ylva

I've been a bit remiss

I'm sorry to say that I have achieved very little lately, I have been away a lot though. We have been visiting friends now that I have the freedom of being able to drive. This next week is going to be spent giving the house a thorough clean as I got back from a couple of days in London to the feeling that something has died in my fridge. Once the main house is spotless it's back to the bedroom for me!!

Update 14th August

Hi there,
When we started this blog, I decided to blog once a week...this does not seem to be possible...not really sure why, but some weeks I just don't have much to say...some weeks life gets in the way of stitching, and some weeks seem to go so fast it is Tuesday by the time I remember that I should be blogging...

Anywho, I now have an update on Nefertiti. I should really be working on Vicki's design but I feel a bit nervous about it, so have taken a break. Nefertiti is going so well, and I am really enjoying it, and it has been a while since I really enjoyed stitching this much... Now, I know I did Heavygoing Grizzly recently, but that was more to finish it than because I really enjoyed it. I did LOVE finishing it for my nephew, but I did not love working on it...I enjoyed it but did not love it...if you know what I mean...

So, as you can see it has grown quite a bit:) I just can't wait until I can frame it and put it on the wall next to Tutankhamun:)

So, that is it for this week...hopefully there will be more next week:)

Over and out,

Ylva