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The best-laid plans of cross stitchers
Comments (5). . . often go astray, and I’m afraid that’s what happened to me. Instead of this being a post filled with photo after photo of one lovely finish after the next, it’s a post to say that my weekend didn’t turn out as planned.
Unfortunately, a family member became ill, so that consumed most of my weekend and kept me away from my house for long stretches. Fortunately, though, that person is doing a little better now.
I did manage to put more stitches in “I Wait for the Lord” while I was away from home, though, and I still hold out hope for another stretch of free time for finishing. And believe me, when that happens, you guys will be the first to know.
It’s voting season
Edited Friday evening to add: Looks like finishing has won the day. I had hoped to get a jump-start on the finishing this evening, but alas, it wasn’t meant to be. Instead, I’ll start to round up my potential projects from the nooks and crannies and various drawers of my house, and then I’ll make a plan. I already have a few in mind that might be good candidates. Wish me luck! (And if I make good progress on finishing on Saturday, then maybe I’ll take Katrina and Valerie up on their suggestion and spend the second day on my neighborhood. Stay tuned!)
. . . but not for politicians. This vote is for how I should spend my weekend.
My choices?
Option 1.
Do a finishing spree and finish-finish some of the 30+ completed pieces I have in my possession.
(This could involve making ornaments, inserting samplers into frames or boxes, and—GASP!—sewing something with my sewing machine.)
Option 2.
Work on my neighborhood (FOR REAL!).
So what’s it going to be? The polls are open, so vote early and vote often!
I’ll tally the results tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. EST.
That’s better!
As you might have guessed from my serious lack of blogging activity, I haven’t been stitching. In fact, I just figured out that I had gone nearly THREE WHOLE MONTHS without even so much as putting needle and thread to linen.
That’s just wrong.
I corrected that this weekend, not with the nonstop-stitching-24/7 kind of a weekend, but with a that’s-more-like-it amount of stitching. And here are the results.
First, the “Before” picture, which I took on July 28 (this is closest to the “real” colors):
And here’s where I am as of 9 o’clock on October 10, with a photo taken while one lamp is on the fritz:
Thankfully, my schedule has settled down for the moment, so I hope to get back to stitching more regularly. Besides, I have to find time to stitch all those patterns I bought while I didn’t have time to stitch.
😀
It’s good to be back.
Happy Sigh
I’m happy. Know why? For the first time in a looooong time, I have some free time this weekend.
Guess what I’m going to do!
[happy sigh]
If all goes as planned, maybe I’ll have some stitching progress to post later . . .
🙂
