Progress ?

As you can see, it seems I am moving backward. AND I AM !!! I took everything out and I succeeded to stitch a little bit last night. But the progress is very tiny. I don't even know if you notice any changes ....? Anyway, I hope to find time to stitch a little bit during Esteban's nap this afternoon! Maybe I'll be able to post a nice progress picture this evening.

Bad news

Well I checked my cross stitch and I had actually miscounted. I was short by one row and I couldn't figure out how to fix the problem without taking everything out. I saved the lower part, close to the tail but I have to undo the upper part. And I am still working on it. It does take a long time to stitch it but it probably takes more time to undo it ... I always said that hospital teach you patience but stitching too :)) I'll post a picture tomorrow.

Pierre is sick. He has 104 F (or 40 C depending on where you live in the world) He has a headache and he's cold. I think he may have the flu but we'll take an appointment to the doctor tomorrow. Even though he seems fine, we always worry for him. Tonight I tried to give him a fever medecine. I mix it with fruit juice but there're always some tiny part of the powder that stay in the bottom of the glass. Yesterday, he almost made himself throw out and tonight he DID ... :( So I ended up giving him the child liquid form of the medecine !!! Imagine how much fun we had when we were giving him his medecine for his treatment for his leukemia...

Are you going to believe me?

I miscounted somewhere in my lumpy's leg :(( I need to recount as I don't want to undo everything ... It took so much time to stitch all of that ... Well, you know the saying: it's a dirty job but someone as to do it :)) It's too bad I haven't found yet a way to put crying smileys :))

Zohrah's invitation

Zohrah invited me to join her SAL about the Computer wizard. It can be a good idea as I never participate to a SAL !!! I am going to think about it and dig into my sthreads !!! Thank you for invited me Zohrah !!! I appreciate it.

More previous WIP

Here is a picture of my Maya and Incas cultures from Lanarte. I like the finished picture on the kit but I am a little bit disappointed with the fabric. It lets show the fabric through the stitched and I don't like that. That's the reason why I only stitch on 32 ct evenweave. I do need to finish it someday as I bought it to celebrate the latin roots of my children.

By the way, I saw that today, someone from MEXICO (Chiapas) came to visit the blog. Hola a todos los latinos que vienen a visitarme. Mi esposo viene del estado de Zacatecas !!! Pueden dejar un mensaje en espanol si quieran !!!

This is another Royal Paris kit I started a while ago. It went fine until I had to stitch the trees on the back. The finished picture looks very nice but I don't like browns... I am stitching this one on 28 count whilte Monaco. (another fabric I had to change!!!) Oh! I did not tell you I've planned to stitch it for my nephew's birth. I was born on febuary... 2005 ! Well, now, I guess he can wait a little more !!! lol

I can't believe it !

Today should have been a great day: I did receive my threads from the Royal Paris company. I was so happy when I saw the enveloppe but when I opened it, I realised there was a problem. I made a mistake ! I asked for the wrong color ! :o How could I have done that? :(( I am a little ashamed about asking for a thread again even though I REALLY need that particular color ... I think I will wait until I finish my purple colors to make sure I don't need more and I'll send her an e mail again...



As you can see I did a little bit more purple. I think I will end up dreaming of purple. I may even hate that color by the end of my cross stitch :)) And I am not done at all ...

Today, I also received 2 fabrics I got from an ebay seller. I was supposed to buy 32 ct evenweave and I got 2 linen fabrics so thin that I son't even know if you can really stitch on it... That really got me mad as money doesn't grow in my garden and I don't like wasting it. :( (also I don't like to stitch on linen ...)

What's that?

This is what I stitched last night. I did the backstitch because I don't want to have too much left at the end...

Thanks for the one who wrote a comments !!! You make my blog ALIVE !!!

I am thinking about renewing my subscription to the Stoney Creek magazine. Until the past december, I used to get it to my home in France. I am now thinking about renewing my subscription and have it ship to my sister in law in Texas. She will then ship them to me when she will have 3 or 4 issues. It is a way to save money as it is very expensive to have it shipped to Europe.

This afternoon we are going to meet an english friend I met while teaching in a school in january. She may lend me english books for my kids.

smileys

why does it appear SO big???

Guilty !!!

Yes I am guilty of subscribing to the world of cross stitching AGAIN !!! I guess I got addicted to it. The french magazine are so boring. I only buy once in a while de fil en aiguille because they carry the designs from Veronique Enginger. I still need to show you her style for those who don't know her. All her designs are realistic. It's all I like !!! :)

By the way, if you know a way to add smiley to a blog, let me know !!! Thanks! Gracias ! Merci! Danke !

Still no comments ...

It seems a lot of people come to the blog but nobody leaves a comment... I am wondering why. I created this blog mainly to share my passion with others stitchers all over the world and make contacts.

So don't be shy !!! I don't bite :))

A finished : the four seasons by Lanarte

This is a cross stitch I made for my mom. This is a special piece as I stitched it mostly during the hospital stay of my then 7 years old son Pierre. He was spending a lot of his time there to get his teatment for his leukemia. While he was watching TV or playing with his gameboy, I used to stitch. Time can be very long other there. He used to stay up to 8 hours and stay sometimes four days.

Here you can see a picture of my WIP the alphabet book by Lanarte. I am doing it for my daughter Emma who is 6 y.o. I love that piece but I put it away to stitch something different as it is a large piece (I know I tend to stitch only large piece :o I don't know why ... )

A large view for a better idea

Isn't it going alog pretty well. I don't know of it will be finished for febuary 26 th( as I'd like to) but I started the last big stitching part on the right. I will need to stitch a lot of purple :))

San is right www.sewandso.co.uk do sell their DMC kit cheaper than the stores in France. They actually sell those for half price. :o And it is made in France ... It is like the DMC threads made in France and cheaper in USA ... That's get me mad....

I placed an order with colray-crafts ... like if I need more stash ... No comments :))

No picture !

Hi there,

Yes it is true: no picture today. It doesn't mean I haven't been stitching, it's just that I stitched the letter A, a butterfly next to the letter B and I started the grass under Eeyore with a flower on it. It will be hard to scan those details as they are not close to each others.

Today, I found the Royal Paris' phone number on the internet. I called them but the lady told me to write to the adress written on the kit. I asked her if it was possible to send an e-mail instead and I should receive my missing thread in a week or so... Great !!!

In the morning, enjoying my last hours of freedom (lol) I went to a fabric store that sell a few kits, mainly DMC and Vervaco. I saw the new Somebunny to love kit (the one with the bunny with a raincoat). I love the somebunny to love kits. But it costs 21 euros for a small kit with aida (I will change like always) and five threads. I don't think it is worth the money... :(

Kids are officially on vacation !

More letters !

I got more letters done yesterday. I'm currently working on the letter A. I'm hoping to finish the pattern during the vacations (they finish on febuary 26 th) I don't know if it' s possible but I'll do my best. Yes, I know, I haven't done the backstitch around the letters. (yet...)

This morning I went to buy a bread machine !!! Something I wanted for a long time. I love bread (well ! I'm french :) ) I cannot live without fresh bread as my mexican husband cannot live without tortillas (even though he has to here :))

Now it is raining outside. The hot water came back and hoppefully the heater is fix as well. It brokedown during the night and I was wearing my scarf in the appartment this morning... Now I'll go on to wash my hair and stitch until I'll get the kids from school and the day care center.

More stash (too much temptation :))

I told you yesterday that I went shopping with my mom. I got new stash . Who can resist a good bargain? I got this bag from a fabric store downtown. I got it for 8 euros instead of 32.50 Euros. I also buy a good quality towel. I'll try to stitsh something for my sister in law in Mexico. I'll check what I have in my english and american magazines. I'm sure I can find something nice for her. She deserves it as she take care of my 93 years old father in law. We can say she forgot about her life to dedicate herself to the care of her father. It is rather sad actually...

In that fabric and crafts store I also got the new DMC catalogue for free. They have a lot of new kits. They are more modern than before and they put linen fabric on a lot of kits now. I was specially excited when I saw that Valerie Enginger, my favorite designer, was a member of their creative staff but got very disappointed what she did for them. You see, she create very realistic design for a french cross stitch magazine : De fil en aiguille http://www.defilenaiguille.fr/ and for DMC, the designs look "very DMC". I'll try to scan you what she usually create and what we got in the catalogue. San is going to be happy: in the catalogue, you can see the full range of DMC Sarah Kay kits.