Bucket List (end of 2012)

As it's the end of the year, I thought I'd pst an update on the Bucket List - this is basically an annual update on the fact that I am clinically insane - but it keeps me amused all the same.

1. HAED: Lancelot and Guinevere (Fenech)

2. HAED: Dragon Rider (Spangler)

3. Maia: Winter's Majesty

4. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Chakra Fairy

5. HAED: Hannah Lynn: QS Clara

6. Passione Ricamo: 2012 Mystery SAL

7. Soda Stitch: World Collection – Girls

8. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Heather

9. Bothy Threads: Kings & Queens

10. Bothy: Cut Thru Castle

11. Cattitudes: Not only do I not know what’s going on

12. Cattitudes: To Bathe A Cat

13. Cross Stitch Collection: Heathcliffe

14. Cross Stitch Collection: Regency Ballroom

15. Cross Stitch Collection: Robin Hood

16. Cross Stitcher: King Arthur Sampler

17. Cross Stitcher: Medieval Lady

18. HAED: A Source of Admiration

19. HAED: Aimee Stewart: Night Flight

20. HAED: Aimee Stewart: The Teamaker’s Daughter

21. HAED: Aimee Stewart: Journey’s End

22. HAED: Annya Kai: Autumn Own Trio

23. HAED: Dahlig: Hope

24. HAED: Dahlig: Iris

25. HAED: Dahlig: Light

26. HAED: Dahlig: Love

27. HAED: Dahlig: Vanity

28. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Alice Lost

29. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Melinda & Moohoo

30. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Miss Marabelle

31. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Amanda & Axel

32. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Annabelle

33. HAED: Hannah Lynn: QS Genevive

34. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Payton

35. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Little Miss Deelish

36. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Runaway Princess

37. HAED: Hannah Lynn: Smartie Pants

38. HAED: James Christensen: Shakesperean Fantasy

39. HAED: JBG: Faces of Faery 185

40. HAED: JBG: Faces of Faery 187

41. HAED: JBG: Faces of Faery 162

42. HAED: JBG: Faces of Faery 141

43. HAED: JBG: Poe

44. HAED: JBG: QS Alice in Clockwork

45. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Daughter of Avalon

46. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Daughter of the Reef

47. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Lady Autumn and the Green Man

48. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Maiden Spring and Jack the Green

49. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Mask of Colours 1

50. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Mask of Colours 2

51. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Mistress Summer and Lord Baccus

52. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Mistress Winter and Jack Frost

53. HAED: Linda Ravenscroft: Rapunzel

54. HAED: Linda Tso: Ice Winds 2

55. HAED: Matt Stewart: Eternal Promise

56. HAED: Meeting on the Turret Stairs

57. HAED: Meredith Dillman: Alice in Wonderland

58. HAED: Meredith Dillman: Blossoming Spring

59. HAED: Meredith Dillman: Dancer

60. HAED: Meredith Dillman: Fall Fire

61. HAED: Meredith Dillman: QS Airships

62. HAED: Meredith Dillman: QS Steam Punk Fairy

63. HAED: Meredith Dillman: Queen of the Night

64. HAED: Meredith Dillman: Raven's Treasure

65. HAED: Meredith Dillman: Summer Sun

66. HAED: Nene Thomas: QS Whispers

67. HAED: Rachel Anderson: Emerald

68. HAED: Rachel Anderson: Ruby

69. HAED: Randal Spangler: Flights of Imagination

70. HAED: Randal Spangler: Hit any Key

71. HAED: Randal Spangler: Medieval Shelf

72. HAED: Randal Spangler: So Many Books, So Little Time

73. HAED: Randal Spangler: Sundae Delight

74. HAED: Randal Spangler: Train of Dreams

75. HAED: Randal Spangler: Treasure Quest

76. HAED: Rebecca Sinz: Enchanted Evening

77. HAED: Rebecca Sinz: Despair

78. HAED: Rebecca Sinz: Hope

79. HAED: Selina Fenech: Bewitched

80. HAED: Selina Fenech: Bubbles

81. HAED: Selina Fenech: Hide & Seek

82. HAED: Selina Fenech: I Put a Spell on You

83. HAED: Selina Fenech: Impossible Love

84. HAED: Selina Fenech: Jinxed

85. HAED: Selina Fenech: Lady of Avalon

86. HAED: Selina Fenech: Mab

87. HAED: Selina Fenech: Nephalia

88. HAED: Selina Fenech: Titania

89. HAED: The Soul of the Rose

90. HAED: Zielinska: Asian Fantasy 1

91. HAED: Zielinska: Asian Fantasy 2

92. HAED: Zielinska: Asian Fantasy 3

93. HAED: Zindy Nielson: Ice Blue Maiden

94. HAED: Zindy Nielson: Snow White

95. HAED: Zindy Nielson: Snow White Falls

96. Joan Elliott: Air

97. Joan Elliott: Earth

98. Joan Elliott: Water

99. Joan Elliott: Fire Goddess

100. Joan Elliott: Autumn

101. Joan Elliott: Spring

102. Joan Elliott: Summer

103. Joan Elliott: Winter Fairies.

104. Joan Elliott: Blue Geisha

105. Joan Elliott: Garden Geisha

106. Joan Elliott: Cinderella

107. Joan Elliott: Rapunzel

108. Joan Elliott: Sleeping Beauty

109. Joan Elliott: Lavender Fairy

110. Joan Elliott: Sweet Pea Fairy

111. Joan Elliott: Oriental Lady Beauty

112. Joan Elliott: Oriental Lady Grace

113. Joan Elliott: Oriental Lady Wisdom

114. Joan Elliott: Renaissance Lady 1

115. Joan Elliott: Renaissance Lady 2

116. Joan Elliott: Renaissance Lady 3

117. Joan Elliott: Poppy

118. Joan Elliott: Iris

119. Joan Elliott: Butterfly

120. Joan Elliott: Ladybird

121. Joan Elliott: Lavender

122. Joan Elliott: Dragonfly

123. Joan Elliott: Rose

124. Joan Elliott: Lily

125. Joan Elliott: Chrysanthemum

126. Joan Elliott: Snowdrop

127. Joan Elliott: 2012 Christmas Angel

128. Joan Elliott: Sweetpea

129. Lanarte: Geisha

130. Lanarte: Indian Beauty

131. LOTR: I've got four Lord of the Ring Charts by Fluffy Kittens (I kid you not), I'd like to do one of them, don't mind which)

132. Magical Cross Stitch: Dark Sorceress

133. Magical Cross Stitch: Earth Goddess

134. Magical Cross Stitch: Fairy Queene

135. Maia: Geishas

136. Mary Hickmott Designs: Penguin Parade

137. Memoirs of a Geisha

138. Mirabilia: Autumn Queen

139. Mirabilia: Midsummer Nights Fairy

140. Mirabilia: Shakespeare’s Fairies

141. Mirabilia: Spring Queen

142. Mirabilia: Summer Queen

143. Mirabilia: The Kiss

144. Mirabilia: Three for Tea

145. Mirabilia: Winter Queen

146. Mystick Stitch: Mark Spain:

147. Mystick Stitch: Mark Spain:

148. Mystick Stitch: Mark Spain:

149. Mystick Stitch: Mark Spain:

150. Mystick Stitch: Mark Spain:

151. Passione Ricamo: Fae Eyes

152. Passione Ricamo: Fairy of Dreams

153. Passione Ricamo: Mediterrano

154. Passione Ricamo: Medieval Enchantment

155. Passione Ricamo: Moon Fairy Spirit

156. Passione Ricamo: My Lady of the Snow

157. Passione Ricamo: Once Upon a Time

158. Passione Ricamo: Selene, the Moon Goddess

159. Passione Ricamo: Spring Fairy Spirit

160. Passione Ricamo: The Night

161. Passione Ricamo: Winter Beauty Princess

162. Pixel People: Firefly

163. Pixel People: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

164. Pixel People: The Princess Bride

165. Pixel People: Labyrinth

166. Self Designed: Princess Bride

167. Self Designed: Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)

168. Self Designed: Wicked

169. Self Designed: An Anime Chart

170. Serenity Stitch: Pride & Prejudice

171. Serenity Stitch: Merlin

172. Serenity Stitch: The Hobbit

173. Serenity Stitch: North & South
174. Tilton Crafts: Hocus Pocus
175. Tilton Crafts: Wonderland

Birth Sampler

Dragon Dreams - Fairy Tale Sampler

Dork Stitch: Come to the Dark Side

A little later than intended

... but still before the end of the year so I'm happy, all of Clara's outlining is done and I'm ready to colour her in. I'm going to put her away for a little while to finally dedicate some time to some other projects but I'm pretty happy with how she looks and looking forward to adding all the colour in.

2012 Goals and how I've done

Short answer, not great!

 

So, here goes:

HEAD: Lance and Gwen: The top row, so that's 3 pages to complete - Didn't manage it - did one page in total

HAED: Dragon Rider: The bottom row, so that's 7 half pages. - Didn't manage it,3 pages in total

Maia: Winter's Majesty: Next row, so that's actually only two pages - Also no, managed half of it.

Dragon Dreams: Fairy Tale Sampler: Complete - woohoo, I completed one

Pixel People: A chart off the bucket list, there are 3 to choose between - Nope

Cross Stitcher: King Arthur Sampler: At least the first page. - Didn't even start it

Joan Elliott: Start a Joan Elliott chart - Failed miserably

Dork Stitch: Come to the dark side - Completed

And now I need to justify the fact that I failed all but two, here are the things that weren't on the target list that I got distracted by:

•  Chakra Fae by Linda Ravenscroft - 1 and a half pages
• Hannah Lynn's QS Clara - by the end of the year I'll have completed the black on all 9 pages
• Passione Ricamo SAL - two full pages (apart from beads) and half of the next two pages
• World Collection - first girl (China) compelted.
• Pride and Prejudice - first page completed
   

It meets up!

You have no idea how relieved I was when I finished the circuit and it actually met up, such a relief. I was absolutely terrified that I'd get to the bottom of the page and find that I was a stitch out somehwere around the edge. I actually did a little happy dance when it worked! I'm now taking bets on whether I can get her finished by Christmas rather than New Year, it might be achieveable. We've only got a couple of things to do today, although I am working tomorrow (boo), and I volunteered for the Sunday shift, it wasn't on my rota but they were short so I volunteered... if I hadn't done that I'd have finished for Christmas by now!

I think this will be my last post before Chirstmas (unless I do manage to finish her - well, the black), so I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas, gets everything that they want from Santa and don't spend all day stuck in the kitchen cooking! Have fun!

Last International Hermit & Stitch of 2012

And it didn't go to badly actually. Especially considering the time of year and how many other things there are to get done. Clara is growing, Only 1 full page and two partials to go (one of those I'm now over halfway through), I think I'm still on target to get all the outlining done by the end of the year (fingers crossed)! I do love her, I almost don't want to finish the outlining because I know that the colouring in will go so much slower... but then I've got Heather to look forward to starting for the Rakateers SAL so just as I finish it for this I'll have a new one to start on (yeah, like I need a new start, I know).

For those that do celebrate, hope everyone is looking forward to Christmas. I have to admit that with the two jobs I'm really looking forward to some time off, as I'm (currently) not down to work for either job. Think we're closing the office over Christmas, and as my second job is casual, all the hours that are available go to the full time staff, which I'm perfactly happy with. Most of my shopping is done, I have to finish my wrapping this week and that's it, it's all good!

Happy Stitching all!

I'm slightly less behind!

The title says it all really, I'm still behind, but it's slightly less behind than I was last week. I'm still hoping to get the top row finished by the end of the year, but seeing as I'm also wanting to get the black of Clara finished by the end of the year (and she's calling to me more), this might fall by teh wayside ever so slightly. It's been quite nice stitching this week though, the gold work always surprises me by being much easier and quicker to stitch than I expect it to be, and I've also been doing some nice easy block stitching, thus why it actually looks like I've made some progress this year.

Another page done

Here's the development of Clara, I'm still loving working on her, and this page has stitched up quite quickly! I'm starting another Hannah Lynn as a New Year SAL (Heather for those that are interested), so I'm looking forward to another one where I can enjoy working on the outline! I think I'm still just about on track to get all the black done before the end of year, although I also want to get some more progress done on the Passione Ricamo SAL before the end of the year! Can't believe it's that time of the year when I'm looking towards end of year targets and working out what targets I want to set myself for next year.

I was starting to catch up...

I was starting to catch up (not much I know, but a bit), I was working on pages 3 and 4 together and was starting to get somewhere, then the new page was released this morning, and I'm still about 3 pages behind. But she has grown this week, and that makes me happy... and she's on my new Millennium Frame, which I'm loving! The new page released today is very exciting, it's got her face on!

 

I don't update on this project because she lives under my desk at work, but as I'd finished the first one, I couldn't resist bringing her home to take a pic. She doesn't look that clear because the flash has bleached teh paler colours, but I'm quite chuffed to finally finish one of them.

Designs on Craft: Giveaway

Just a quick post, Designs on Craft are having another lovely giveaway if yu fancy heading over and adding your name to the list.

Well, I managed it before the end of the month

I've stitched my little butt off this evening, and have rather surprised myself by managing to finish the page... yay! Feel like I've been working on this page for ages so it's lovely to see it finished... now debating what to work on next.

So near and yet so far!

I'm getting there, and I've finally finished the star fish! The end of the page is in sight, but I've been working on it for so long that I just want to get it done now. Hopefully I can manage to actually get some progress this weekend, I'm still hoping to get the page finished by the end of the month, and I still think that it's achieveable!

Went to the Knitting and Stitching show in Harrogate today, always dangerous. I got a Millennium Frame (every one on facebook has been raving about them for ages, so I finally gave in and got one), and went to see the lovely Kate at Sparklies, I've stitched on her fabric before, the dragon sampler I did at the beginning of this year was one of hers, so I caved and got some more today, and they're both beautiful. Dark Sorceress and Lavendar Blue if you want to have a look on her site.

Quick IHSW update

I'm a little disappointed to be honest, I thought I'd done more than this... I am starting to close up the little white gaps there... getting there. Maybe I'll manage this by the end of the month... stranger things have happened!

More tininess

Another tiny update, I miss having time to stitch, there's difference, honest there really is! I'm hoping to actually show some decent progress next week, you know, the sort of progress where you can actually tell that I've done something, when I actually have had time to do some stitching... well, it's bound to happen one of these days.

 

And a little upate on the Passione Ricamo, her wings are starting to take shape! Woohoo!

I've also decided to set myself some 'to the end of the year' targets, although I'm also trying to take into account my now, rather limited, stitching time.

• Finish current page of Dragon Rider
• Finish the black on Clara
• Finish the top row of Passione Ricamo SAL
• Hopefully the current page of Chakra Fae

I'm possibly being a little optimisitc, but you never know, I might manage it!

Look, an actual difference

I know it's not much of a difference, but it's there, you can see a definite difference, and considering how little stitching time I get at the moment (damn second job), I'm glad to see that! Basically, I've added a door, and a little bit of blue sky! But as I say, seeing progress is enough for me! I can't believe that I'm already looking forward to Chirstmas, because it currently looks like I'll be working very little for either job and so should get plenty of time off, and so hopefully also plenty of time to stitch. Can't wait!

Also, everyone on the groups at the moment keeps going on about Millennium frames, so I'm debating saving up for one and treating myself, you seem to get incredible tension off them, judging by what everyone's saying anyway!

Lots of Tiny Updates

As the title says, I've got lots of tiny little updates this week due to stitching as and when I can in between shifts. You can barely see the difference on Dragon Rider, barely anything to see, but I honestly have worked on this, even if it was only for an hour. I'll try and put a bit more work into it this week so that I've actually got something to show.

I've done more on this page than it looks like I have. Due to being an idiot I'd done the white and lilac on her wings in the wrong colour (it should have been sparkly and it wasn't), so I had to unpick it all and re-do it to put the sparkle in, and unfortunately you can't see the sparkle on the photos so it doesn't look and different. It's only a couple of hours work to re-do and get me a bit further on at crafting group last week though, so I don't fee like I've lost loads of time. I should have received the next page on Thursday and for some reason I don't seem to have received it yet, (and yes, I did check my junk folder as well), so I've had to drop her an email and ask if she can re-send it to me... although I'm so behind that it's not like I'm going to need it any time soon.

 

And finally, my work lunchtime project gets a little update as well, she doens't come home very often, but then she also doesn't get worked on very often as my lunch breaks have been surprisingly dry just recently. But I had to bring her home this weekend to exchange the colours that I've used to ones that I still need to do so i thought I'd get a picture at the first time. I'm not far off finishing the first girl, and more importantly she actually looks like a girl now, rather than a sunburnt sea lion and a devil, which are stages that I seem to have gone throguh just recently.

Giveaway at Designs on Craft

Good morning everyone,

 

The lovely Designs on Craft (okay, I'm biased, I know them) are having a giveaway at the moment... in fact I believe that it's going to be a series of giveaways so why not pop over and look at the pretty shiny things that are currently being offered and what else might happen in the future.

http://designsoncraft2.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/giveaway.html

And good luck to everyone that decides to enter.

I see a tail

I feel like I haven't worked on a proper confetti HAED in ages, the only other HAED I've worked on recently is my Hannah Lynn and as I've been working on the black on that I haven't been changing colours and colouring in for ages. I love it, it looks great,  the castle is defintiely filling in, there's a proper tail developing and I've started to colour in Patrick, which is great!

Haven't got as much stitching as I wanted to this week, and I'm late posting tonight because I've had a Saturday shift, my first one, shock horror!

IHSW October

Did everyone have a good International Hermit and Stitch Weekend. Mine's been pretty good, but I was predicting that it would be. Ben was away and I didn't have much planned, so I was hopeful that I've have something decent to show. I've been good though, I haven't just stitched. I've managed to make it to the gym and go out for a coffee with a friend as well. But here's the progress that I have made. Firstly my progress on the Passione Ricamo SAL, I finished page two. Granted I'm still two pages behind, but it's progress all the same. And I can see the beginning of her wings, so she's starting to look like something, which is good. I'll have to try and see if I can get another page done before the next one's released in a week or so, it seems unlikely, but you never know.

Secondly, I've managed to get back to Dragon Rider. I didn't think I'd have much to show on this, but it looks better than I expected to. If I compare it to the last pic I can see a fairly major difference. Although you guys, my poor follwers, probably won't actually be able to see much difference, I'm afraid you'll just have to take my word for it. There's more castle than there was in my last progress picture, and you can also see a but more tail than you originally could, well, I'm happy with it anyway.

I finally finished the page

I finally finished the first page of Pride and Prejudice, and I love that it's finished becuase it makes such a difference, and has really bought the page together. I actually finished this while watching Persuasion, so not quite right, but it was close. I do love how this is turning out actually, it'll look great once it's finished! I can see the beginning of his eye now, and that's her forehead at the bottom. It seemed to take me quite a while to do the easy stitching on this page, but I love the outcome so it's all good.

Secondly, an update on the Passione Ricamo SAL, there's not a massive difference since my last post, I've basically done some more blue! The advantage is that the blue is very easy stitching, and I should get the rest of the blue finished today (if I dont' I'll be seriously worried about my stitching speed). It's International Hermit and Stitch weekend this weekend, and Ben's away, so I'm planning on having a proper hermit and stitch. I want to finish this page (including the start of the wing on the right, which'll probably stray into the next page as well), and then planning on moving back to Dragon Rider who has been long neglected and feeling unloved.

It's been a long week so I've been really looking forward to this weekend. It's been my first proper week in my second job this week, so that's been three evenings working to 10, then we went to see Jack Dee in York after Ben's parents bought us tickets, then it was Harrogate Craftwork Group on Thursday, where we all (I hope) had a lovely night gossiping and crafting, and Sandra kindly offered to jab me with her needle everytime I dozed off, which is how I was feeling by that point. So a weekend of napping, dvds and stitching is in order I think. Along with Merlin and Stirctly Come Dancing of course... Ooh, I did a bad thing. I bought another kit from Serenity Designs. I've been umming and ahhing over another kit from Serenity Designs the last few weeks, and I got some money from my folks for my birthday, so I ordered the Merlin kit, and I'm so tempted to start it during Merlin tonight, but I really don't need another start. I've also ordered some beautiful fabrics from Polstitches from the same generous family given money, so I'll post of photos of those when I get them. Jo's away at the moment at a craft fair so she won't be able to post until Tuesday ish, but I'm already stalking the postman because I want to get my beautiful fabrics, I know he won't have them yet, I'm just getting some practice in.

So near and yet so far

I've been saying that I'm going to finish this page for hte last couple of weeks, so hopefully I'll actually manage it this week, it's this pesky second job that's the problem, it's eating away at my stitching time. Hopefully you can now see a bit more of what it actually is, I know my last couple of posts on this have been a bit of a brown shmush but I'm now absolutely determined that I can see what it is, and I've put a picture up in the right bar of what the finished picture will look like, so that might help you to identify it.

Thank you by the way, for all the birthday wishes last week. I had a fabulous in Bath, where Ben took me, we went to the Jane Austen Centre, and did a walking tour of Bath which pointed out all the Jane Austen landmarks, we ate far too much and I was thoroughly spoiled, had a brillant time!

Not quite a page finish

I was hoping to have a page finish to show this week, but it hasn't quite happened. However I am nearly finished, a decent stitching time this weekend and I'll get this page done. There's no counting involved on this page, the back ground is one colour and the remainder of the hair is another, so it's mindless. I got loads done last night as Ben and I have a bit of a film sesh... RED (Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman) which I loved, it was action, silly and cheesy but very enjoyable, the Two Towers, which I love anyway, it's a good stitching film. So hopefully I'll get this page finished tomorrow.
I've got loads of pages that I'm half way through so I'm trying to get some stitching tidying up done at the moment. Ben's away for International Hermit and Stitch in a couple of weeks so I'm planning on really hermitting and stitching that weekend, I want to get loads done.

It's my birthday next weekend, so my progress may be a little late next week as Ben's taking me for a Jane Austen weekend in Bath, so excited! I'm debating getting some pretty Polstitches fabric for my birthday. I've been day dreaming on their site and over Joan Elliott's patterns for ages so I think that it might be time to take the leap and do both at once (although I really ought to finish something else first, but I'm not guaranteeing that that'll happen!)

Pride and Prejudice is starting to take shape

I think so anyway, I'm starting to see what the different shapes are rather than it just being one big beige shmush! It's his hair and the top of his head, and I think a little bit of her head as well! Love it.

Clara (again)

Another week, another update on Clara. You much all be getting bored of her by now. I have to say that I'm not, but as I've worked on practically nothing else since I started working on her, I am actually putting her away for a while, to concentrate on other projects for a while.

I've done two full and three partial pages, and I've got two full and two partial pages left, so I'm a little over halfway through (especially as I've started working on one of the full pages already), which is rather exciting, I can see her coming together really quickly.

My first Pride and Prejudice post

You may remember that I couple of weeks ago I posted about a lovely kit that I'd bought from the lovely Anna at Serentiy Designs, well here's my first progress pic. I'm loving working on it, it's a lovely easy stitch, the shading looks lovely and it seems to stitch up really quickly. I haven't spent much time on this and I seem to have managed a chunk of progress already, and that's including the fact that I'm an idiot and missed out a row of stitches then had to frog loads. I know it doesn't look like all that much just yet, but I can already see what's it is and what it's going to turn into, and that makes me happy! If you're not sure by the way, this is the top of Darcy's face and his hair!

Also, as I've admitted before, I'm really struggling to put Clara down for any period of time, so of course there's yet another update to show for her as well. I've not reached the far right side which is great, because it means that I know how big she's going to be, and I'm still completely in love with her.

A plethora of updates

 As you can see, I've got many updates to show this week, it's been a surprisingly productibe stitchy week this week, I'm quite proud. Firstly Clara, and I've discovered her gravity defiant boobs. I do love Clara, and I'm absolutely loving working on her, but I really do need to put her down and work on something else at some point, I'll wait until I finish this page though, and maybe I'll just do the bottom partial page so I can see how big she's going to be... you can see where this thought process is going to end up can't you? Thus far I've managed to resist the HAED sale (apart from running a little competition on facebook and sending a chart), although I don't know how much longer I'm going to last.

Passione Ricamo Mystery SAL, the third page arrived today, so last weekend I decided that I ought to get my ass into gear and get some progress in on page to... I'm trying to never be more than one page behind, but I'm sure that it'll get worse as the year goes on. There's lots of filling in left to do on this page, although that dip in on the right side is the beginning of her wings (I was looking at the chart this morning), so I feel like I ought to get started on those.

 

And finally, a tiny little update on a much neglected project. This lives under my desk at work for cold or rainy lunch breaks when I don't want to go out, and, despite how miserable the weather's been this summer there haven't actually been many rainy lunch breaks, so it's just got absolutely no attention at all. I did manage to get a little done this week when the weather was pretty miserable, and she she's almost started to resemble a person instead of a sunburnt teddy bear I thought I'd put a little picture up and show what's happening with her.