Springwater

I am absent again for two weeks here, and as usual, most of you knows the reason - work.  Well, I am not complaining because I know that there plenty who are jobless and applying endlessly for work.  Though there are some difficult and egotistical people at the office, I am still thankful to God that I have a job.  Anyway, onto cross stitching...

I have been looking for this pattern for so long that I suddenly thought of posting this on Facebook asking the help of fellow cross stitchers to look for it.  And to my amazement, a friend, Lorinda, found this in their hometown:

Springwater Pattern by DMC Philippines

I am so excited that I immediately bought the threads for it:

Thanks again for stopping by and reading, happy week ahead to all of us.  Take care always :-)

Parrots

I will start this post by showing you my progress on Tropical Fruits.  Not much but I am slowly getting by:

Then last week when I am having a chat about my finished cross stitches with Veron, my high school classmate, she mentioned that if she will do cross stitch, she wanted birds.  So I showed her this pattern from DMC Philippines called Parrots:

When she saw it, she said that it's so pretty.  So I told her why not we do it as our SAL (stitch-a-long) to which she said YES!  But as of the moment she is very busy with seminars and school work, she is a college professor, so we scheduled it by end of this month or June.  I was so excited that I immediately went to the market to buy the threads, total of 44 skeins:

I did not buy fabric as I have some stocks of 18 count.  The pattern called for 14 count Aida, but I always wanted using 18 count.  For 14 count, design size will be 15.1 x 16.6 inches, while for 18 count, it will be 11.7 x 12.8 inches.

By the way, DMC Philippines has a promo:

So I got this by adding 4 more threads (threads I will use for a pattern that I intend to do in a distant future, LOL!) to my purchase:

Thank you for stopping by, hugs to all of you and have a great week everyone!

Joy In The Journey - FINISHED!

Last Sunday I was able to finish this piece, but I was overloaded with work that when I'm home, I just wanted to sleep, that's why it's only now that I can post about it.  So, here it is, unframed:

Sorry, pictures were not that good.  I used a different camera than my usual Sony.

I started working on Tropical Fruits, but progress is not that significant so maybe pictures will follow next week.  As of last posting about this project, I think this was the progress I've shown here:

I hope I can finish this soon but I am so slow I think it will take another year or two?... Then hopefully I can go back to my UFO's.  I am planning to follow this schedule:

First, Floral Splendor:

 

Here's my progress as of ... I can't remember when, LOL:

I think it has lesser stitches to finish than Memory Lane:

 Here's where I left off with my Memory Lane:

I really, really need to be a good girl so as not to start anything new...  Well, we will see...

This is all for now my friends!  Thank you so much for stopping by.  And big thank you for all of your comments.  Am sorry if I wasn't able to leave comments on your blogs as it's really difficult to do it in the office.  But I assure you that I always, always read all of your blogs.

Take care everyone and have a great week ahead :-)

PS:
To Alison-Jellybean, I haven't upgrade to Google+ yet so I don't know how to reply to your comment.  Because what I usually do is whenever somebody leaves a comment, I usually do my reply in their blogs :-)

Joy In The Journey Update

Hello dear friends!  Life is still busy as usual. But I can manage to religiously do my stitching at night.  And here's the latest progress on my Joy In The Journey project:

 Just for comparison, here it was last week:

I hope this will be finished by my next posting.  Then, will decide which UFO I will be doing next.  I should be a good girl and avoid starting a new one, LOL!

By the way, I was experimenting with Ipernity, but trying hard as I might, I cannot post a photo here from the site.  Once, I know that I posted a picture here from Flicker and it was successful.  Problem is, I cannot remember what I did back then.  I hope someone can help me regarding this posting photos from Ipernity.

Til my next posting...  Thank you for visiting and take care always :-)

Hello Again

Time has gone quickly. I can't believe it's more than 6 months since my last post.  Life had been hectic, so busy and stressed out with work it's not funny anymore. 

A few weeks ago, while cleaning my closet, I came across some unopened cross stitch kits that my sister have bought for me maybe a year or two ago and thought why not start on one of those to get my stitching mojo back.  Sounds familiar?...LOL!  So I started this one from Janlynn, called "Joy In The Journey":

And here's my progress so far:

After a long day at work, cross stitching before going to bed really relaxes me.  Reminds me just how much I love this hobby.

This is all for now.  I hope some of you are still there, LOL!  Oh, how I miss the stitching community.  Hugs to everyone :-)

Rhombi Scarf and Mini Granny Squares

I just realized that I haven't posted for more than a month.  Nothing's new except it's always busy.  And though I haven't been here, my needles and hooks never go empty.

I have finished this Rhombi scarf maybe two or three weeks ago, but this photo was taken earlier.  I did this for my brother-in-law.  He lost one of his scarves in his trip to Europe so I thought why not make him a replacement.  The pattern is courtesy of Ravelry.  When I have more time, I will link the page here.

This measures, I think, 35 inches. 

I will post a photo of the finished piece soon.

And these are my mini granny squares.  At first sight, they look like regular grannies, but scroll down and you will see how small they are.  The pattern called Daisy Square is courtesy of Annette of My Rose Valley.  Thanks Annette!

 

These are the threads I used, Canon (made by Coats Manila Bay) size 8

 

 

 

 

Thank you for dropping by and take care everyone :-)

Coasters Anyone?

When I started learning crochet, the first project that I did was a coaster, that is a free pattern from Anchor.  These are the first three that I made:

But since it's so fast to make a coaster (instant gratification, isn't it?), I did another in the same color as the one in the middle above.

Then two or three weeks I ago, I did this for my boss because whenever he has his coffee, he made use of table napkins as coaster.  This is bigger than the previous three because I did not finish all the rows (9 rows total) back then, just up to row 6, but with this one, I extended up to row 8:

Then after finishing this doily,

 there are still some thread left so I decided to make another coaster:

Here are the coasters together:

And when piled, they looked like pancakes.  See how uneven my tension is?

This is all for now my friends.  Have a nice week ahead and take care everyone :-D

Little Doily No. 89 - Finished!

Remember this little doily that I started more than a month ago?

From the book 99 Little Doilies:

Finally, I was able to finish it two weeks ago but due to being busy, it was only now that I can post a picture of it:

It is not blocked yet, so will just post a photo again, hopefully soon.  I used Anchor thread no. 10 with 1.65mm crochet hook.  It's indicated in the book that the finished sized will be 8.5 inches.  Mine is only 6 inches so I guess I crocheted it too tightly.    One thing I like about Patricia Kristoffersen's patterns is that, although they are hard to do, it is so easy to block them.  Maybe it is because of the texture and details which I like so much.

Right now, although I cannot post regularly, my hook never goes empty.  I'm doing some coasters that as soon as I finish them, will also post photos here.

Am really sorry for being always absent here...

Have a nice week ahead and take care everyone :-)

New Thread Organizer

First of all, thank you for always dropping by and reading my blog as well as leaving your comments, despite the irregular postings.  And I'm very sorry if I cannot frequently leave comments on your blogs.  Life is always busy.  Wish it is simpler . . .

I noticed my old thread organizer/box is already dirty and the color is not white anymore, instead, it's dirty white.  So I decided to buy a new one from Heavenly Stitchin' Moment.  Talk about justification, LOL!

So, here are the photos of the new organizer:

The Label

Close-up of the photo of the organizer in the label

The inside is adjustable:

with these separators:

And here's how it looks with separators:

Now, filled with some threads,  needles, etc.  Sooner I know it will be filled to the brim.

The friendly and kind sales people in Heavenly Stitchin' Moment gave me these free DMC patterns when I bought the organizer:

This is all for now friends.  Thank you once again and take care everyone.