Stitching ABC #41 and FINALLY...!

Last night I did the back-stitching on the O block and finished it off.

 

And I FINALLY got permission to hang my Heartfelt pictures that I purchased and stitched specifically for my library. Originally, I had proposed to hang them above the computers and the study desks across 3 separate areas, but I only got permission to hang them in a cluster, and I actually think that is much better! They are on the ground floor and EVERYONE will see them every time they walk into the library so they are much more on display than I had originally planned. YAY! Besides the ugly fire hydrant next to them, I think they look great and I am very pleased with them. It's only taken about a year to finally get them into place... but I think it was worth the wait!

 

And YAY, it's Friday. I'm going to the movies tonight with my friend to see 'Self/less'. I'm not sure what it is about but it looks like a bit of a suspense movie so it should be OK. I'd like to go and see Mission Impossible after it is released next week too.
For the weekend, I think my sister and her family are coming over for dinner and to watch the footy on Foxtel on Saturday night, and on Sunday, we have the footy ourselves - hopefully it will remain dry!
Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Footprints #12 & Heartfelts framed

 Here are the final 3 Heartfelt designs all framed up. I'm very pleased with the overall results and am sure they will look great together on the wall. When I get them set up, I'll post a photo of them.

 

 

 And below is the progress shot for Footprints...

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Be Joyful #7 & Footprints #2

Last night as I was preparing my Heartfelt designs for taking to the framers today, I noticed I hadn't actually finished one because I'd run out of black and hadn't done the beading. Lucky I picked it up, so I was able to get it finished and ready for framing later today.

And once I'd done that, I managed to get a little more of Footprints done too. A reasonably productive night last night!

And another update on the Heartfelt series - thanks to a few comments, there are now 3 new designs I wasn't aware of before so I have ordered those - thank you Teresa and Jacqueline.

 

There is Give Thanks, Oh Sing and Hope Lord. If anyone knows of any others I haven't stitched or ordered yet, please let me know about them!

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Elephant ABC #4; Be Joyful #6; Promises of God #1

We headed off to Aireys Inlet again this weekend and I got heaps more done on the Elephant ABC... the letters are so quick to do.

When we got home, I realised I'd run out of black again so I couldn't finish off Be Joyful - back to the craft store again. I'm sure I bought several skeins of black last time I ran out but I don't know where I've put them... I've just got the top branch to do and then the beading. The beads that come with this pack are quite big and I think they will be too big for this design. Luckily, I have plenty of smaller black ones left from the previous designs in this set and will probably use those instead.

So I couldn't stitch Be Joyful, which meant I had to start the final one I have in this Heartfelt Series - Promises of God. This looks involved, but it only has 9 colours!

 

I can't wait to get all these finished and framed in matching frames - they will look amazing!

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Be Joyful #5 & Clarence's New Coat

I'm really liking this design... I keep saying 'not much to go now' but it is not finished yet...

Last night at the vet's we decided to get Clarence a coat to help keep him warm as he is getting on in age and he sleeps outside in the open air, not in a kennel so it can get quite chilly. He loved it - as soon as we put it on, it was as if he had been wearing one forever. When I took it off this morning, it was toasty warm so it is doing it's job of keeping his chest and body warm.

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Be Joyful #4

Not too much to go on this now. The pictures just don't do it justice - it is so much more vibrant than it looks! This whole series is going to look fantastic when it's done.

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Be Joyful #3

Hello there - yes, I'm still here. Still stitching and I have a little progress to show you...

We've finished all but about 20 boxes (out of 1,000!) of library unpacking (just waiting on some new shelving bits to arrive) so that is great news. And this week, I've got a library conference so once that is over, I'll be back to normal - can't wait! I've even got Monday and Tuesday next week off from work and to reward myself, I've just booked in for a 90 minute relaxation massage - so looking forward to that!
So, until next time...

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Be Joyful #2

Hi Everyone,
It's been a while since my last post - unpacking my library is still getting done. I'm almost finished now and really looking forward to wearing normal work clothes and sitting at my desk for longer than 5 minutes at a time! Hopefully I will be back in a routine of regular posting again very soon...

In the meantime, since starting Be Joyful the weekend before last, I am now up to this:

The colours don't sparkle as much in the photo but they are very vibrant in real life - gorgeous!

Last weekend, we were at Aireys Inlet again (2 weeks in a row!) and I started on Elephant ABC:

 

It is a design by Lucie Heaton (as was the Dinosaurs ABC) and is featured in Cross Stitch Favourites magazine, Spring 2014. I came across it whilst flicking through the mag in the newsagency and had to get it as soon as I saw it!

Next week I have a theological librarian's conference all week so hopefully one more week until normality returns!

Thanks for sticking with me during this topsy turvy time!

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie

Dinosaur ABC & New Start

On the weekend, I finished the Dinosaur ABC...

I am very pleased with the result - love the bright colours. I was going to stitch a border but one of my letters is slightly out which would be quite obvious with a border, so I left it off. I'll just get a mat when i get it framed. The spots in the picture are water drops from the iron - they're not there now!

I also started on the next project from the Heartfelt Series - Be Joyful. This is where I'm up to after a couple of nights stitching:

 

I plan to alter it slightly and back-stitch the word "be" so it matches the "have's" from the other designs.

Well, that's it for today. Have a great day!

Happy Stitching,

Kerrie