The Little Mermaid

This almost feels like a new start since I was missing thread when The Little Mermaid came up last time, but I now have all the thread I need and I made more progress last night!

I really do love this piece, the different shades of blue are just beautiful. Here is where I stopped last night:

If you look closely, you can see the top of Flounder peeking at the bottom. The rest of him is on another page of this pattern. I'm debating whether or not I'm going to go ahead and finish Flounder or wait. I will leave that as a question until it comes up in the rotation again.

Until next time!
~Katy

Sweet Pea Fairy

Yesterday one of my favorite pieces came up in the rotation - Sweet Pea Fairy by Joan Elliott!

I mentioned the last time I worked on this piece that I'm doing the skin one over one, and that was what I focused more on yesterday:

I love the way it is looking so far! This picture, though, does not remotely do the beautiful fabric justice. I'm doing this piece on 28 count Jobelan in Fairy Dance from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie. The fabric is just beautiful and perfect for this piece! I think the next time this comes up in the rotation, I should be able to finish the skin in this portion of the piece (there's a lot of skin in the piece in total). I can hardly wait!

Until next time!
~Katy

Stitching ABC's

Yesterday I had a tough time dealing with the exhaustion that comes up sometimes with PMDD, but I finally got some energy late in the day and worked on Stitching ABC's!

This center panel is by far the largest panel in the entire piece. I don't think it's going to be the most difficult by any stretch if what I see in the details of other panels is any indication, but it's definitely the biggest. I was able to add some more color to it last night and here is where I stopped:

This is also a piece that will benefit greatly from back stitching. I've decided that I will do all back stitching for a panel before I move onto the next panel. There's just way too much in the entire piece to leave it until the end!

Until next time!
~Katy

St. Peter's

How's this for Texas weather? Yesterday my children were bundled up to go run around in the five inches of snow in the backyard. Today, I wore a t-shirt outside while running around to pick up the kids from school. Gotta love the bipolar nature of Texas weather!

Last night I put a few stitches into St. Peter's.

I wasn't able to sit down and stitch until late, so I didn't get much in, but I did work in enough stitches to cover the full width of the piece now.

Though really, this isn't that wide of a piece!

Today was the last day of school before Spring Break, and my kids already have a list of things they want to do while they're off school for the next nine days. I'm exhausted already thinking about it, but one of the items on the list is rearranging my daughter's room so I can take some of the things stored in my craft room and move them to her room, like a desk, some art supplies, etc. This will move me one step closer to getting my craft room cleared out so I can build it exactly as I want! I've been doing lots of exploring on Pinterest for ideas on how to set up the room, including storage for floss, fabric, beads and more. I really am excited to get this room of mine done. It'll be the first time I've had a room that I can call completely and solely "mine" since I started sharing my bedroom when I was seven years old, and I'll be 35 in May! That's a long time!

Until next time!
~Katy

Skater's Village Tree Skirt

Five inches of snow! That's what I had in my backyard yesterday, and the kids loved it! It made the piece I worked on yesterday all the more appropriate - Skater's Village Tree Skirt!

Here is where I was able to get to yesterday:

I love this piece, but it is definitely one of my least favorites to actually work on just because of the sheer size of it. It can definitely be difficult to handle at times - if I was ever going to invest in buying a frame to use for stitching, this would be the piece that would inspire me to do so. But I keep plugging away because it's going to be so worth it in the end!

Until next time!
~Katy