Yes, for those of you who are actually keeping count and looking at a calendar…yes, I’m off.  But shhhh, don’t talk about it loudly.  As far as I’m concerned, I’ve completed 23 weeks on this one.  I keep forgetting to post pictures here, but my brain detached from my shoulders sometime around Christmas and I’m trying to reposition it.

I do see a light at the end of the tunnel for this project though!  It’s still far away, lol, but it’s there!  I’ve even started checking out frames!  Nothing serious, just seeing what is out there.  Something that is window molding-ish.  Well, I can sit here and chat with you all…lol…or I can go stitch some more!

I’m at about week 22 or 23, I lost count.  I haven’t been stitching much lately.  I was reading a lot leading up until Christmas.  I was getting a book for Christmas, book 12 in the series!  So I read books 1-11 in order to be all caught up and ready for book 12.  Anyway, book is done so I’ve picked up the stitching again!  I’ve finished another page and started page 6. 

I think I missed last week.  That’s okay, I haven’t done much stitching.  Between the holiday and reading, I haven’t been picking it up.  19 weeks.  Wow.

I thought I had done a lot more, but when I compare to last week’s pic, I see I was a slacker this week.  I’ve been reading more lately.  I’m re reading a series I started when I was in college.  Book 12 of the series just came out.  And I’ve got my fingers crossed in the hopes that R will pick up on my subtle hints (hey, if you are looking for something to get me, the new Robert Jordan book is out.  Go with my sister to get a discount, or get it from Sam’s Club for $16 – subtle enough??) and get me the book.  Otherwise, “Santa” will get it for me.  Ahem.  The same Santa who gave my dad some books one year, hee hee.  Anyway, back to the stitching!  My stitching board is having their stitchathon this week, so I should stitch more.  Especially since for once I’m not on the backstitching during the SAT week!

I said I was 1/4 of the way done.  I realized today that isn’t the case, lol.  It’s a total of 12 pages.  3 rows, 4 columns.  I’ve got one whole row done.  That means I’m 1/3 of the way done.

Carry on.

At least I’m 1/4 of the way done.  I didn’t get as much done this week as I’d planned.  I did lots of OT last week and down times revolved around running around.  I may break my rules and pick up one of my Christmas patterns.  We’ll see.  I may go to Mrs. Stitches this week and check out fabric.  I’m thinking with silk floss, I need some softer fabric?  Thoughts anyone?  I’ve never used silk floss before, but I’ve heard it frays easily, which is why I was thinking a softer fabric.  We’ll see what I can fit in this week.  OT is most important, need the $$ ya know.

I’m a day or two off.  But I have a good excuse this time, lol.  I left my camera at my friend’s house on Saturday night.  She got the camera back to me yesterday.  I think I’m liking this project now.  The top portion in pictures looks pretty good.  I can see this turning out to be a nice looking project!  But then, the subject it is taken from is breathtaking, so as long as I don’t screw up, it should look good!  LCT was a master!

This pretty Christmas pattern was all over the Jubilee.  I walked the floor, wrote down the stuff I liked, then went back and bought some patterns.  I bought from the vendors who were the nicest to me, lol.  The little roll of thread is silk floss.  There was a booth that was giving away a skein of silk floss to everyone.  Not the roll, but a skein.  I have the skein, but then decided to get a roll of a green to use on this pattern.  I’ve never used silk before, so this will be a challenge.

This next pattern caught my eye and I stopped to look at it every time I passed!  And the pattern was relatively cheap, so I got it.  I’ll include the picture, but not sure if it will be big enough to see, so here’s a link as well to the pattern at 123 stitch:  French Country Snow Globe

I also got some fabric for Celtic Autumn, which I’d like to kit up so I can work on it when it comes up in the rotation.

So I’ve put away the sewing and picked up the stitching!  Page 4 is almost done, so I can almost officially say I’m 1/3 of the way done.  LOL.  It looks nice, if I do say so myself.

I went to the Stitching Jubilee a couple weekends ago.  And really enjoyed it.  It is nice to walk around and look at so many new and interesting patterns.  The closest stitching shop to me is Mrs Stitches and while she has a plethora of fabric and fibers, she doesn’t have many patterns for cross stitch.  Some beautiful needlework canvases though.  I’ve also been to Where Victoria’s Angels Stitch – and while they have a huge selection of patterns, I’ve only been there once and it was months ago.  It’s actually where I bought the Oyster Bay project.  I need to remember to take a picture of my new projects that I bought at the Jubilee.  I understand why people work on a couple things at once!  LOL, I got 2 holiday (Christmas) patterns and would like to do them.  But that is another post! 

Without further ado, here is our Week Fifteen update picture!

So instead of cross stitching, I’ve been sewing.  Making Halloween costumes.  I don’t have a picture of the oldest in his costume yet.  But here is D in his penguin costume!