I'm stuck

I hurt my back monday morning right after I got up ... doing nothing, just bending over to grab something ... (on a 30° angle) I guess I slept in a bad position ... Anyway, I feel a little better,not great but better.

I'm also stuck because I can't stitch on my fairy anymore ... See when I started to stitch that one, I realized I was missing the Caron waterlilly and when I talked about it on a bulletin board, someone told me I could replace it by a Caron wildflower and that's what I did. Big mistake !!! A wildflower is more like a pearl cotton so it cannot be use for backstitching : it's too thick ... I'm surprised nobody warned me on the bulletin board ... But I'm lucky: Patou, an incredible stitcher (check her blog: here ) ordered two of these threads so she's going to sell me one of her wildflower. But I stitched all I could do with the regular threads and the kreiniks and I have to stop right here: ( it is enlargable like always ):

And a larger view of the wings:

And I prepared my next project because I need to keep busy, right?

Thanks for your nice comments on my last post !!! It's so nice to read them !!!

Sun + flower

= sunflowers !!! I planted four seeds in May and one has bloomed in the last couple of days so I had to take a picture to show you !!! It's not the kind with the black in the middle but it's beautiful and I love the way those flowers follow the sun.

Emma, our own flower !!!

That one is not really tall but on the other side, we have a very tall one that hasn't flourished yet (it's more than 6") :

And what about Steb? he's here !!! Peek-A-Boo

Maybe you just want to see another kind of flower? A sweet pea will suit you? Here is my last night progress:

My little assistant wanted his picture taken but his big sister was faster than him:

How to I go so fast? Easy: small project, stitch everyday on it, one project at a time, perfect fabric, great colors, and a glass of water ( because you never know when your needle is going to smoke !!! ) You know, I'm not a fast stitcher: some they stitch those fairies in one week!

Have a great week end !!!

She can see you !!!

I finished her face and I am now working on her hand. I'll stitch the wings at the end. Emma says that she looks weird without the wings.

I don't have a lot of things to say today but I wanted to share a progress picture.

She can dance !!!!!!!!!

The new De fil en aiguille is almost out (which means the subscriber got their issue) One stitcher put some pictures on line, you can see all here ! I fell in love with one piece from my favorite designer: Veronique enginger! I can't steal the picture from the blog: it's the back to school design : isn't it precious?

Look at this beauty !!! She has legs !!! I have always thought those legs look weird but actually from far away, they look fine !!! Both picture are clickable!! I even tried to take a larger picture to show you the fabric. By the way, did I tell you I love my fabric?

My own personal nightmare: mounting furniture ....

I really really hate that. Actually with Chuy we always end up arguing wondering if we are doing the right thing ... Yesterday's goal was to give a kitchen look to ... our kitchen !!! In the kitchen, we only have the furniture under the sink and a small pantry/closet but five people need some rooms, right? So we bought a big cabinet that can hold the microwave and our plates, glasses, silverplates, and so on ... But first, you have to build it ... Always build those! they never come already built !!! Probably just to bother me !!!

Here is the before pic: the fridge faced a wall close to the door.

Beginning of the nightmare:

but it's always easy in the beginning !!!

Getting serious: nowadays, instructions are only drawings (it's cheaper than paying different people to do write those in several languages ... this cabinet os from Denmark!)

Cabinet up ! Now, how to add a drawer and two doors ...? That's when it gets ugly. You know, when the easy stuff is NOT easy at all and you spend lots lots of time trying to figure out how it can work ... wondering if it's going to work at all ... That's why there are NO intermediate pictures

After my father's help, here it is : all finished !!! Now, it feels like a real kitchen !!! And yes, we are still married (but did I tell you we still have a furniture to mount in the bathroom ........ ? )

Have you seen the new Mirabilia design? I kind of like it but would like to see it stitched so if you are going to stitch it, let me know Laural would you be the first?

I'm sure you want to see my progress ? I'm still having fun !!! I'm working on the legs now.

Fixed !!!

I fixed it !!! It looks much better don't think so? I even started to stitch the upper dress !!! I was thinking about stitching the face, arms and legs on one over one but I don't think I will have the energy to do so ... It looks much better on one over one though. Click click to enlarge !!!

and a larger view, just for you ! (click to enlarge if you want to see my beautiful fabric: I don't get tired of it )

Our neighbor came back from their vacation in Spain. I had asked them to check if they could buy me some books for Emma. They only found that one: it's a nice one. She can read it with Chuy and they are some activities to do. Still I find it very sad that I can't buy spanish books from here ... And you know what? It's not even me who is going to make Emma study it !!!!