ort report, wips, dancing and a pay-it foward

I have a few things to show... I know I've been neglecting my blog lately, but as I've said before that doesn't mean I'm not stitching!

First of here is this month's ort report...

Nice and full!

I started a new project this month... Rosewood Manor's Autumn Quaker...  Here is where I am... I don't follow instructions all that well, so I started in the middle... not the top left corner...

I am loving the valdini threads that the pattern calls for... I can see more of those in my future!

I've also been plugging along on Humbolt coast... still not done, but each stitch is a step closer!  I've really lost my stitching mojo with this one... I just don't want to work on it anymore...but it's such a great piece, that it would be a shame not to finish it very soon!

I also have a finish/happy dance!  I finished this one last night... so it is hot off the qsnaps!
It's Cardinal Sampler from the 1994 Nov/Dec issue of BH&G CS&CC magazine...

Please excuse the picture.. I forgot to edit it before I uploaded it... *blush*

There is a ton of backstitch on this thing, literally everything is backstitched!  I added beads in the border for the holly berries so spruce things up a bit as well... I didn't want to add my initials or anything, so I just added the 2014 in the blank spaces.

And last but not least... I am having a pay-it-forward, give away... I was gifted the pattern for the Cardinal Sampler design by another stitcher - the pages are from the original magazine, so if you are interested in stitching this, please just leave a comment on this post, and I will pull a name if there is more than 1 person interested and send it off to you... My only request is that once you stitch it, you pay it forward as well.  I will take comments until Sunday night June 1st.

ort report and coming up for air...

Yes, yes, yes, I am still here!  Just somehow my blogging mojo has gone out the window...  I'm still stitching, and now still crocheting... and yes I do have some progress pictures to show...

Okay they are not the best photos, but you will get the idea...

First off this month's ort report...

I did get stitching in, but not as much as I would have liked. I can't complain about it as I did make good progress on things, including a happy dance.

My happy dance was/is my map of Hungary... I finished it earlier this month, and just never showed you all a picture!  Some of you may have seen it on facebook.

It is from a Hungarian cross stitch magazine - Keresztszemes magazine, and is originally supposed to be a clock, however I made it into just a picture as a birthday gift for my husband.

Next up, I made a little more progress on the Cardinal Sampler...

It's coming a long nicely however too many distractions are keeping me from it... like looking at all the other things I would like to start stitching!

Barbi and I have decided that we would now make Humbolt coast our "focus" piece, so we can finally finish it.  We are both enjoying it, but are tired of it not being done.  We really want to get started on our next Sunday SAL pattern... Cornwall Sampler by Rosewood designs. So I have been working on Humbolt whenever I can in the last few weeks...

and last but not least... my crocheting... my second attempt and my first project... a blanket of some sort...

we'll see what it actually turns out to be once I decide it is actually done! 

catching up...and ort report

Let's start with the ort report... here is my jar for this month.  Lots in there but I really didn't stitch as much as I would have liked. Still I managed to get lots done...

 

I don't have any pictures of Humbolt Coast to show, as I haven't had time to work on it on Sundays lately... the same thing for today... I haven't had a chance yet to sit down and stitch...

 

However I have been working on other things... I pulled out my cardinal sampler and managed to get a nice chunk done on it....

 

 

I then pulled out the Home Sweet Home piece by Les Grilles de Maryse, and managed to finish off the 3 block as well as more of the border... 



Please excuse the picture, blogger would only upload it sideways, no matter how many times I tried... which is strange as it is right side up on my computer...

I also started a new project... it's the historical map of Hungary done in folk motifs, and it will be a birthday gift for my husband at the end of April.

It is from a Hungarian cross stitch magazine - Keresztszemes magazine.  It is originally made into a clock, but I'm just making it into a picture that will eventually be framed.

And last but  not least... I am learning to crochet...Here is my second attempt, the first you may have seen on facebook... definitely not as nice as this one, though there is plenty of room for improvement still!

 

That's it for me... till next time happy stitching!

back to the rotation...

As you know I started a new project on New Year's day - the Cardinal Sampler in the Nov/Dec 1994 issue of CS & CC.  This is my progress after 4 stitching sessions...

And considering how much backstitching there is on this project, I am quite enjoying it!  However, it's back to business and the business of rotations as I have a number of other projects screaming at me to stitch them!

Since we are back in business, and yesterday was Sunday, it was time to pull out Humbolt Coast, which sad to say hasn't seen any stitchy time since October!  Here are my "before and after" pictures...

 

 I am also going to reorganize my rotation a little, in that I am putting the houses on hold for a little bit longer, as I want to join in on an ongoing SAL with some stitchy friends... they are working on the 4 season patchwork from Jardin Prive.... they are ahead of me, in that they already have spring and summer finished and are half way through autumn... so I definitely have catching up to do... I am jumping in with autumn to start this week...  we will see how far I get, as I haven't even picked fabric or pulled any threads!

Till next time happy stitching!!!