JEKJ - M Designs

JEKJ - M Designs
Originally uploaded by Waterloo Fords

Finished this one at the end of July 2008 for our front hall. I just wish I could have found a darker purple for the K... Oh well.

Another one bites the dust...!

YIPEE!!! I finished my letters last night! It is so exciting to finish a piece – and I’m actually going to get this one framed!

Next: “Wee Baby” by Heart in Hand Needleart. It’s just tiny, so shouldn’t take too long. After that, it’s on to “Lilly of the Woods” by Mirabilia. THAT will take a bit of time… :)

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"The Tenth Gift" by Jane Johnson

I took this book out of the library yesterday, mainly because I was excited to see a book that centered around embroidery. It is historical fiction, set in both the 17th century and current times. I’m only about 30 pages in, and so far it’s pretty good! The author has done her research on embroidery and materials in ages past… Its very interesting!

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My Stitching Record

In the past I have tried to keep track of the time I spend stitching with pen and paper, but it never worked for me. So, being the geek that I am, I created a mini-spreadsheet for myself in Google Docs. So far I'm tracking how many days stitching on a piece, the elapsed time, the number of hours so far, and the average number of hours per stitching session. Really exciting stuff, I know!

If you are interested in seeing my stats, you can check it out here.

Back at it....

Well, after taking a month long break, I’m back into my stitching. I’ve finished the J and the E, and have started the K. My daughter was quite excited when I finished her E…

I’ve started keeping track of my stitching statistics. I’m not quite sure why I need to know how many hours I’ve spent on the project (69.75), how many days of stitching that is (25), how many elapsed days since I started the project (96), and the average number of hours per stitching session (2.79). Its interesting to me, at least…

Jan

Onto the next project...

So I actually started my new project last night, after finishing the Petal Fairy. My next project is to do four alphabet letters from M Designs “J”, “E”, “K”, “J” – one for each member of the family – January, Eowyn, Kiera, James. Everyone is getting a different colour – blue, red, purple, and green in jewel tones. I’m using Thread Gatherer Silk ‘n’ Colors fibers – I love the variation in shading.

Once it is framed, it will hang in our front hall.

I'm done! I'm done! I'm done!

I finished the fairy last night, and I’m so happy with how it turned out. Now I just hope that my daughter likes it when she grows up (she is 1).

On to the next project!

"Petal Fairy" - Mirabilia (WIP) Update

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Well, here it is... The work-to-date. What is left to do is the wings, the top of the flower branch, and the flower heads. I figure I should be done by the end of February... depending on how diligent I am, that is.

"Stretch the magic dragon" - Teresa Wentzler

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I started this piece in 2002 (I think), and I still haven't finished it... Not sure if I ever will, now that I pretty much just have the border left... Not really exciting.

Finishing and starting

Why is it that when you get close to the end of a project, and you know what you want to work on next, it gets harder to finish? Shouldn’t it be easier? You would think that would be the case with the excitement of the new project, but I just want to pitch the current one and get started…