What a long day it's been.

After chatting to a lady on FB about going through stitchy stash with a cuppa tea and some biscuits i decided to go through all my stash. All the stash i have is kept on a 5 shelf unit which is packed from top to bottom and a small 3 draw filing cabinet which is beside my cross stitching armchair. That was packed solid too. The bottom draw which is about a foot deep had loads of evenweave packs in sizes 22,25 & 28 count. When all stacked on to off on another the pile was at least a foot high. That now is all in a storage box on my 5 shelf unit. There was just so much stuff, odds and ends which i totally forgot i had.
Anyway the whole sort out took me about 3 hours. I have sorted the fabric got for my new start HAED Curl up with a good book but i've not yet made a single stitch. Not sure if i'll do any stitching tonight now because i am absolutely shattered. Lol Oh well there's always tomorrow. xXx

I'm going to be naughty. Hehe!

My stitchy bug completely deserted me today so to get it back i am starting my sixth HAED. I have chosen Curl up with a good book. Spangler's designs always get my bug going. I'll still have Astronomer out to work on but i can't stitch that while my bug has gone on vacation. Starting a new one will end that vacation so i am going to go ahead and start it.
This uses 86 colours and has a total of 192,600 stitches.

The Astronomer update 22nd Nov 2011.

Here's an update photo of The Astronomer.I would of like to have more stitched since the last update but we have been so busy. Also i had a Christmas card for a swap to stitch. I will be stitching tonight while hubby is out at Lakeside Games Workshop.

Good stitching day for me.

I started my stitching day on my HAED The Astronomer before 1pm and i stopped before 6pm for dinner. Once we had dinner i went back to stitching for another 2 hours. I am quite pleased with how much i got done today and i am hoping to get loads done tomorrow too.

HAED, The Astronomer, Update 17th-Nov-2011.

Here's how it's looking after working on since getting it back out on the 12th.



Here is what the finished piece will look like.

I'm about to...

..go do some dinner and once i've had that i am going to go do some stitching on my HAED The Astronomer. This HAED uses 120 colours and there is a lot of confetti stitching so it's taking longer to stitch but i am enjoying it a lot. I will try to remember to post an update over the weekend. Happy stitching to you all!!

Been a busy day.

We had 3 of our friends come round and play games of Warhammer with my husband Pete and we cooked a leg of lamb roast dinner with green beans, green cabbage, broccoli, baby carrots, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puds with lots of gravy and mint sauce. It went down a treat and everything got eaten. There wasn't anything left that we could of given the dogs other than some gravy which they had poured over their dinner. I washed and wiped up after dinner seeing as hubby did all the cooking. Once that was done i sat down to my stitching. Just about to go back to it until i'm ready for me bed. I hope you all had a good Sunday. xXx

The Astronomer. Back to stitching - 12th Nov 2011.

This is how The Astronomer looked when i last stitched any of it which was in July. I fancied a change from Train of dreams so i am going to work on this for a while.

HAED Train of dreams (12th Nov 2011)

I've not done a lot since the 4th because of this cough i have had. Anyway here it is. I am taking a break from this so i'm going to work on The astronomer for a while.

Yay!!

Now i have finished the Facebook November swap i can now get back to Train of dreams.

Facebook group exchange piece finish.

I not long finished the Rudolf Christmas tree hanging decoration although i still need to get some Christmas green ribbon for it. This is for a friend of mine in a group on Facebook.

I miss stitching Train of dreams.

Not done any stitching on this since the last photo i posted on the 4th because i have got a nasty dry tickly cough and have a lot of coughing fits which result in wrenching and a little sickness. So obviously i don't want to be near Train of dreams when that happens. I will get back to it as soon as the coughing has calmed down or stopped all together. Still been satisfying my stitchy bug with stitching small Christmas tree ornaments for a Facebook stitching group. I do miss Train of dreams and can't wait to be able to get back to it.

HAED Train of dreams (4Th Nov 2011)

Been stitching for the past 6 hours or so and i totally lost track of time. Lol. Made a good start on the bottom of page 4 and have just made a start on the bottom of page 3. I'm quite pleased with what i have got done so far today.

Train of dreams.

Just got the last of the vertical gridding to do than i can get back to stitching. I am thinking of working both pages 3 & 4 at the same time.

Yay i have finally completed page 2.

I am so please with how it looks and with how much i have done over the past couple of weeks. Roll on page 3. Got the gridding to do first before i start page 3.