April 12, 2017

Okay, so my stitching mojo disappeared last night and the stitching was put aside until this evening. This bib is taking FOREVER to finish! My goal is to finish it tomorrow night, Friday at the latest. On the other hand, a plane ticket has been booked so that my fella' can go see his oldest son graduate from high school and I have been cruising websites to start planning our summer vacation.

Happy stitching!

April 11, 2017

Stitch by stitch this piece is getting done. I am quite liking how this is turning out and the reviews were favourable when I took it over to the curling club to work on in between games this past weekend. I had hoped to get more done these past two days as I don't work on Mondays and Tuesdays and there were no appointments. The dog foiled that by developing crystals in her urine so there were a couple of visits and phone calls to the vet. The sudden arrival of spring weather had me out cleaning up the yard and enlarging my tomato bed to accommodate the many seedlings that are sprouting on our window sills. So here I sit at 9;45pm, about to put a few stitches into the piece before I fall into bed.

Happy stitching!

April 9, 2017

Progress report. A few stitches were put in here and there over the weekend in between curling and sleeping! My curling team won 3 free drinks over the weekend and we had a blast at the dinner and dance last night. I am now nodding off in front of the Canada-Sweden Men's curling world final. Go Canada Go!

April 6, 2017

Progress is slow but steady on this piece. Lack of sleep the other night and a headache that is hovering over migraine territory have slowed my fingers and brain. Muscle relaxants for knots in my neck and shoulder are slowing the brain function even more. Ugh. I did manage a few stitches tonight, on the area above the maple leaf  but my body is betraying me and I am heading to bed. There may be few stitches this weekend as I am curling in the end of year bonspiel for the ladies' league at my curling club. This weekend promises to be lots of fun, curling and partying with a great bunch of women.

April 4, 2017

Here is my latest bib pattern and it is not from Pinterest! I forget where this piece of CADPAT came from beyond my fella' had ripped either a shirt or pants and I saved this piece to incorporate into something like a small quilt for his kids. CADPAT is the official pattern used by the Canadian military for its day to day uniform. There may be a more official name for that uniform, but I am still learning the acronyms and terms that used here. I am not sure about the match I made for the lighter green as I kind of think that I should have chosen a lighter shade now that some of the stitching has been done. Anyhow, I am kind of excited about this bib as I think that I may be able to sell some of these bibs to people who are posted to this base. One of my friends is due in May and has been to several baby showers recently so my plan is to get her thoughts on this bib once it is finished to see if there is a market here for this pattern.

Happy stitching!

April 2, 2017

This pattern was a pain in the butt thanks to the pain in my head. I feel like I stitched this twice with all of the stitches that I ripped out because I miscounted all over the place! Seasonal allergies suck! Every time I made a mistake, I became more determined to get this friggin' piece done tonight so that I would be done with it. The pattern comes from pinterest and will be going to the grandchild of a dear friend of mine. By morning, my feelings of frustration should have dissipated and the love for my friend will restore this bib to being gift-worthy.

My plan for tomorrow is to match the colours in the scrap piece of CADPAT (the camouflage pattern used on the Canadian military uniforms) that I have and to start a bib in that pattern. There are a few military families around me who are having babies this year. I am considering selling the bibs if I can get the pattern designs and colours just right. My other plan for tomorrow is to get my tomato seeds planted and set up on the window sills so that we will have something to plant once the warm weather arrives in a few months.

Happy stitching!

April 1, 2017

The fingers were smoking tonight! I started this one around supper time and stitched the back shut just now at 10pm. The pattern comes from pinterest and the pattern was chosen by a friend of mine who used to sing this all the time to her daughter when she was an infant. The bib is now going to a baby about to arrive in their family. When I was looking through my stash, I found 8 other bibs that I had purchased. The inner workings of the brain of a cross stitch addict are a funny little cogs and wheels. Yes! Let's order 12 bibs to stitch! It is a deal and baby bibs are cute! Order more stuff for the stash! 

Now, this tired stitcher is going to drag herself to bed. I have had a busy week between work, Rotary club stuff and being out most evenings. This tiredness is a good tired from making memories with friends and giving out bike helmets to elementary students from our Rotary club. Happy stitching!