A new start

Unfortunately not a stitching start.... I got a new job, evening work, 5 nights a week cleaning in a office. I start tonight. Its easily been 6 years since i last worked and im so excited its unbelievable! I have no idea how this will affect my stitching as i wont be finishing till 10-11pm

Progress has been so slow! I am really struggling to keep up the motivation to finish this page. I think once i have finished this one i will start to enjoy the stitching more, it just seem to keep dragging on and feel like i have achieved nothing. I think the next pages will stitch up quickly. I might even be able to finish in time for Xmas this year, if im lucky!!

Another page 6 update

Excuse the blurry photo apparently the camera lens wasn't clean

I think this is possibly the longest i have ever spent working on one page. I finished the draping fabric (the last of it in the pattern) which only leaves the background and the flowers. I did manage to tackle a large portion of the back ground last night, which im really happy about as the background seems to make the rest of the design "pop"

It has been a very long and busy week , we have been out every day other then Wednesday. Various Home Ed meets and social dates. Followed by a  birthday party on Saturday for my now 5 yr year old niece and today is going to be spent sorting the house out ,finishing building furniture for Connors bedroom and a roast dinner-which im going to eat too much of! Followed by a mammoth stitching session tonight, where im hoping to get most of the background finished

Dino Hoodie

 

Not alot of stitching to show so i thought i would show you the Dino hoodie i made for Connor. We are covering Dinosaurs at the moment in home-school. I kinda of threw it together in 20 minutes while i was waiting for dinner. It is not neat and the stitching is very poor quality,but now i know what im doing im  planning on making a revised version,which will be neater and planned out a little better. Which will be a good thing as i have now got 2 custom orders to make, one of them being for my 18yr old sister!

Dress on this page fiinished!

Well almost! I ran out of a thread that I will pick up tomorrow and there's a few stitches here and there that I will do while doing the background. Its looking like I need new glasses so I'm struggling to pick out the single stitches that are dotted around to complete the outline. I thought it would be easier and probably quicker to fill in the background then I will be able to see exactly which stitches I need. I'm considering doing the same with the flowers and fill in the bulk of the background first , after I have done the shawl which should stitch up pretty quick!

Dress update :)

Wow the trouble I have had trying to upload these pictures, I started to think Blogger hated me!

I have made - what I feel- is massive progress on her dress. The gaps that are left are pure white which I will be doing when I have finished the whole piece so they don't get dirty. Just the bottom of the dress on this page ( about 9 squares) then I was thinking of finishing the drape and then the flowers, after that I will do the background and the page will be finished!

I have included a overall photo as I actually forgot what she looked like!  

A shamless plug...

I have been stitching a little but as its all light colours its not showing very well when I photo, I just thought I would show you why we have been so busy, feel free to have a nosey though our home-schooling blog "Learning together"

Stitchey update

 

We have been busy busy busy!

Stitching has been going well but slow due to not pressuring myself and also we have hit a very busy 2 weeks in Home schooling.

 

We have been working on the Solar system. I had grand plans to paper mache the solar system. I worked on it solidly every night for almost 2 weeks. Each planet got several coats and when they were finally ready to paint, I called Connor into the kitchen only to find that they had all collapsed. Every sodding one! So we ended up buying polestrine balls from the local craft shop. We had lots of fun making the model and although it still needs some tweaking i am happy to have it done. We are currently working on a floor book of the Solar system. Its like a lapbook but massive. Hopefully it should be finished within a few days,if i find my get up and go, which im afraid has got up and gone. Possibly as we are all full of flu.

 

Please excuse the poor quality photos my camera isnt feeling too well either.

 

Stitching as of last night

Some written work Connor has done on the Solar system

Painting Mars

All painted and drying

Hanging in Connors bedroom

 Esmai has now learnt to use a fork without stabbing herself!