January 12, 2017

The sixth, and last, piece in this series is now complete. Stitching did not happen last night because I went shopping for a new dog harness. Maggie has stretched out her old harness to the point where the harness has to be adjusted constantly and she has managed to slip out of it a couple of times recently. To avoid bitching and complaining about work stuff tonight, I picked up my needle and thread to finish this piece. Perhaps some beauty can come of stress and ugliness. Just perhaps.

You can see this pattern here on pinterest.

January 10, 2017

The piece on the left was finished on the 9th and I started and finished the piece on the right today while, yet again, watching "Sons of Anarchy".

Since my team had the bye tonight in curling, I settled in to stitch this piece from pinterest to finish out my series of snowflakes. My muscles are aching from snowshoeing with the dog twice this week and from a massage this afternoon (so many knots, so little time) so it was a relief to be brain dead in front of the TV with some thread and fabric. The colour of the fabric in this photo is probably about the closest that I could get my camera to take with its cellphone limitations.

Well, I am back to work tomorrow for the next three days so there may not be much stitching done as work has been busy recently with the cold and flu season bearing down on us. The way my muscles are starting to make me aware of their presence, moving easily tomorrow may be a challenge. Happy stitching!

January 9, 2017

We had over 40cm of snow between Saturday afternoon and Sunday night. I was knee deep out on the walk way when we went out to shovel out our vehicles and Maggie would not leave the deck to go pee until we had shovelled some of the walkway! For such a transient neighbourhood where sometimes it seems almost like we get new neighbours on a weekly basis, we have a great bunch of people who help each other out. We have shared driveways here and our new neighbour was surprised when she looked out to see us clearing the driveway with another neighbour who has a snowblower. She could not come out to help as her two little kids were napping so we cleared the driveway and dug out her vehicle. My fella' went on to help another neighbour before the snowblower moved onto that driveway.

Once we were done with the shovelling, we spent the day watching movies and I stitched. Here is another pinterest pattern in the series that I am stitching. I have been searching for more patterns in a similar style as I only have one more in the snowflake style and I was hoping to make a dozen.

Today we are back to normal although the schools are closed because of road conditions and there are delays all over the place. I just finished cleaning up the driveway from the plough going by this morning and from us cleaning off the roofs of our vehicles!

January 7, 2017

For some reason, my non-morning person brain went from 0 to 100 at 7am when I rolled over this morning so I came downstairs to have a coffee, stitch and watch the first episode of season 7 of "Sons of Anarchy", my current tv show obsession. I finished the backstitching on the piece on the right and started the piece on the left. My fella' woke up about one and a half episodes later and came downstairs at 8:30am which is sleeping in to his morning person brain. A nor'easter was forecast for later on today so I took advantage of the gorgeous morning to strap on my new snow shoes and to take Maggie out for a walk in the woods. A light flurry had started by the time we came home at noon and has slowly progressed to the blurring of the world through my window at midnight. All in all, it was a good day to relax and stitch, Tomorrow, we shovel!

January 6, 2017

Another pinterest pattern on the go this Friday night. I started it last night during the Junior World Hockey Championship gold medal game that saw Canada losing to the USA and continued stitching on it this lazy Friday night. The weather forecast this weekend is full of snow so the piece should be stitched up quickly along with a few others. I am loving the colour combination and the beauty of the filigree look, so much so that I have up to 10 different patterns pinned to my pinterest boards with the intention of doing a series of these designs. Happy stitching this weekend!

January 4, 2017

The stitching juggernaut continues! There are several similar designs pinned up on my pinterest board so you may see variations on a theme with these snowflakes and Christmas balls in future blog entries. I like the simplicity and elegance of these designs with the basic outline in cross stitches and the beautiful back stitching to bring the design to life. Pinterest has been an on and off thing for me with a recently renewed interest now that I am finding all kinds of interesting and beautiful ornament designs. I am like a kid in a candy store when I review my pins.....so many designs to stitch and so little time!