frogging over 1

Does anyone like to frog? It's doubtful. I spent the end of last week frogging the 6 o'clock crane. I had it in upside down. I was so annoyed with myself. It took 2 hours to do. I did manage to get it done without ripping the material. Thank god for that.

Thus you'll notice the lack of progress on this piece since my last picture.

This week I have Cirque out for the first time in quite a few months. I hope to make decent progress. I am looking forward to HAED week next week.

Japanese Garden update 1/13/14

Since I am not doing WIPocalypse this year. I decided I would do my very best to post weekly updates. I am working  a rotation. I will be posting updates every monday.

First up was my free week. I decided to work on Fire Goddess.  I got several hundred stitches on the final page in before I realized the dress didn't line up right.  *sigh* I found the mistake..... All the way in the first part. I had known there was a mistake somewhere for a few pages now, but never could find it, so I fudged it.  Well that came back to bite me in the ass. I couldn't fudge the dress. It had to line up perfectly.  So I made a hard decision. Rather than frog 3 full pages, I tossed it. Rather than focus on all the wasted hours, I am choosing to see the lesson in all this.  Take the time to find a mistake, no matter how long it takes. It saves endless time and frustration down the road. Rather to frog a few hundred stitches than to have to toss a piece.

After that I decided to get out Japanese Garden for an extra week work.  I am quite pleased with the progress. This week is my regular rotation slot for it so I *should* get most of the over 1 crane done.  Anyways here is a photo of where I am now, and a photo showing the entire piece last time I had it off the frame.  I appologize for the crappy photo. Taking a decent photo is hard on a dreary midwinter day in Ohio.

In other news, I received a stash box in the mail over the weekend. I have taken out 5 things, and have more than 5 that I will add. I won't be sending it off to the next person until beginning of February.

Angie

Year end review and plans for 2014

I haven't stitched in weeks. I  was trying hard to finish 6 bats and a black cat before the end of the year but I just got so busy, It's getting close though.

I ended WIPocalypse 2013 with 8/17 done.  I'm not real happy with that. I tried but feeling forced to work on something just...got old.

I made a list for WIPocalypse 2014, but I deleted it. I've decided I am not going to do any challenges in 2014.  Instead I will stitch what I want, and stitch for the process not the end result or some goal in mind. Just to enjoy it. I would like to get Fire Goddess and Japanese Garden done, but we will see.

Here is some highlights of 2013


I made great progress on Japanese Garden.  It's so close to being done.

I finished a few pages of Dragonflies Whisper, my HAED.

I framed quite a few pieces that I finished stitching in 2012. 

 I did a quick valentine's piece, that I really adore.

I did this one for my mom. I'm so proud of it.

I also finished stitching a few pieces that I have not yet finished.

 

Although I did a terrible job of posting monthly on TUSAL, I did add to my vase throughout the year. Here is where I ended up. 

Fire Goddess dress

I've been working on Fire Goddess the past few weeks. I finally have a page finish. The third of four pages, minus the beading and backstitch.

I am pleased with how it looks and may just have a few big finishes in 2014. 

In other news I am working on my stitch list for 2014. Anyone else? I just have to collect what few threads I need, and get my fabric ready to go.