1 Down! 9 to go!!

OK I have been very slack at posting here, mainly because I haven't got anything done. It's not that I'm not trying, It's just that I never seem to finish a job. Take the bedroom for instance, I'll get it 90% done and then something else needs doing and in the meantime everything descends slowly back into chaos. I wish that I could afford fitted wardrobes.
Ine task I have finished though. On the 25th November my design 'Rosa' is published in Stitch - the Embroiderer's Guild Magazine. It has been a lot of work but I am really pleased and hope that it will be popular and help raise the profile of the business.
Vicki

Project Ylva

So, I asked Vicki to add to her long list of things to do and create a design I got in my head...so she did - good girl as she is:)

Now, I have a lack of funds, so I have to use what I have, and what I have is cream and white Pearl threads, and fabric ranging from a sparkling white Belfast Linen 32count to an oliveish linen and an unbleached dark linen. I am posting the pics here so Vicki can help me decide which fabric is best with the threads...the colors will be red when the design is published, but as it is I am just working on the design to see if anything needs to be changed.So, here goes the pictures - Vicki, HELP!!! :)




I also have a pic of the latest update on my February variegated project...after unpicking and redoing the middle, I have taken the gutsy decision to cut the threads, and now I have to do the stitches on either side of the cut threads:) Yey me:) I have to be honest though, and say that I will have to redo the 4 stars in either corner if there is enough thread at the end of the rest, as they are two stitches too big...if there is not enough thread, then I may have to use a different thread, but I am hoping I won't have to go there...I will be good though and redo them as then the design will be according to the pattern...lol




X Ylva

Nefertiti is finished! 26/10/10

Yey!
I finished my Nefertiti!!! Amazing:)


She was a lot more fun and took a lot less time than I expected. It took me ages to do Tutankhamun, but then he had a lot more colours and also metallic thread which was a challenge.

I will be finishing off a few Christmas projects, finishing off my multicoloured version of Vicki's calendar partwork (February) which I had to frog quite a few stitches as I miscalculated the center. The good thing is that I made sure Vicki helped me calculate what was wrong before I did any cutting...lol

And of course I will work on finally organising my room...eventually...

X Ylva

Belated update on Nefertiti 201010

So, I have finally remembered to do an update on my Nefertiti. She is coming along a lot quicker than I expected, and I am hoping I will finish her by Sunday evening. I just have to stay away from Facebook as much as possible...lol

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