Spring iz sprung

Okay, so. The less said about August the better. Goals for this month: get through September.

I'm working on a couple little things, but honestly, I'm not expecting to achieve a lot of anything but work.

There will be some CTC updates, and some more gifty things finished. No Magda goals. No ornament goals. Which isn't to say none of those things will get done, I'm just realistic enough to know I'm running things pretty tight at the moment and it would be just dumb to set the bar too high this month.

Or next month for that matter.

Sass Jordan said it best

Okay, so I've been going hell for leather to finish a cross stitch that I'm really sick of now. Pics prolly next Sunday when its done.

No ornaments and no real inspiration for them neither, so I'm not forseeing them being done this month, but I've had the coolest idea for the August quiltlet.

Started another bracelet and that is looking good too, but I keep running out of headpins so I've just ordered a bunch online and they'll take a couple days to arrive.

Domestic front is messy. Very very messy. And muddy.

I'm thinking about building an ark

Finished this a couple days ago for the secrets and codes challenge over at Sprite Stitch



July's Magda progress


Miss Lucy's Flower - farewell gift for a workmate
Tick that one off the August goals! Yay me!


k. That's all.

Still raining

Okay so July goals were a bit of a bust. Finished ornaments, finished quiltlet, didn't quite finish Magda.

So. August goals. Complete the current section of Magda. Ten more ornaments. This month's quiltlet (childhood memories). 2x farewell gifts. Finish charm bracelets (hah, you weren't expecting that one, were you? Pics soon.) Update website!!!

There is no domestic front this month. I have concelled it due to lack of enthusiasm.

10 oclock and all's well

I don't know when ten oclock started to feel late. I suspect it was around the time when 30 stopped sounding old.

'kay, so one day left in July and I have finished the quiltlet and might, if I push it tomorrow night, get the goal done on Magda. I'm not sure where the camera batteries went - I think they went into boyo's electronics set, so no pics tonight.

I need to see what kind of quality stills I can get from my webcam. When I have a few minutes to spare.

I wish my kids would put their socks in the wash, rather than leaving them under whatever piece of furniture they were sitting at when they took their shoes off.

July Goals

2 symbols on Magda
July Quiltlet
10 ornaments
Secret birthday something (really, no idea what yet)
Cat-ear fleece hat
Detective Conan patterns


Two weeks holiday starts friday. Expect frequent updates.

Shattered

Murphy was an evil bastard.

Can't find the camera so no pics, but I did finish the goal on Magda and the quiltlet. Yay me!

I wish it would stop raining.

I'm going to go watch pointless blood and gore, and finish stitching CTC17. k?

Progress Report

Ornaments done for the month. Lost count, so did 11 instead of 10.

Quiltlet done.

Haven't touched Magda.

Hit 100k on pattern site.

Pics later.

How is it almost the end of June already??

And No Returns

Okay, so its June. Two pics - one of the xmastree ornaments from last month and a snowflake one that I did today towards this month's total.




Goals for June -
1. two sets of symbols from the Magdalene in the new section. Pics this week, I promise.
2. ten ornaments or I will never get the damn things done in time
3. secret birthday something by the 8th
4. other secret birthday something by the 28th

Keeping it short this month because its going to be a long one at work. Also, taking some steps back form the website because it is an enormous time sink.

Anyway, I've had my first play with plastic canvas in the last week, and I'm liking it. Not the fiddly cutting out stuff, but the scope for free form 3-d stuff. Expect to see more of it here in the future. 

And last but not least - CTC 8 and 9

Innocence

“That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end” - Lise Hand

Drive


Catch you on the flipside

CTC and other interesting things

Okay, so here's the May goals. And yes, I know it isn't May yet. And no, I don't care. 

1. Quiltlet: theme is Mother
2. Secret birthday xs - finish before said birthday.
3. Finish 4 ornaments
4. Magdalene - all square symbols on new section of chart
5. Outlines on Candlewick pillow
6. Draco bookmark
7. Get all the colours to finish the lorikeet
8. Start the 100 themes challenge.

And the 100 themes challenge, hereafter referred to as the CTC, is something missy-tannenbaum posted in her journal over on deviantArt. 100 prompts. Here's the list.

1. Introduction 2. Love 3. Light
4. Dark 5. Seeking Solace 6. Break Away
7. Heaven 8. Innocence 9. Drive
10. Breathe Again 11. Memory 12. Insanity
13. Misfortune 14. Smile 15. Silence
16. Questioning 17. Blood 18. Rainbow
19. Gray 20. Fortitude 21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature 23. Cat 24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking 26. Tears 27. Foreign
28. Sorrow 29. Happiness 30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers 32. Night 33. Expectations
34. Stars 35. Hold My Hand 36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes 38. Abandoned 39. Dreams
40. Rated 41. Teamwork 42. Standing Still
43. Dying 44. Two Roads 45. Illusion
46. Family 47. Creation 48. Childhood
49. Stripes 50. Breaking the Rules 51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought 53. Keeping a Secret 54. Tower
55. Waiting 56. Danger Ahead 57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head 59. No Way Out 60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale 62. Magic 63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking 65. Horror 66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody 68. Hero 69. Annoyance
70. 67% 71. Obsession 72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't 74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror 76. Broken Pieces 77. Test
78. Drink 79. Starvation 80. Words
81. Pen and Paper 82. Can You Hear Me? 83. Heal
84. Out Cold 85. Spiral 86. Seeing Red
87. Food 88. Pain 89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle 91. Drowning 92. All That I Have
93. Give Up 94. Last Hope 95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm 97. Safety First 98. Puzzle
99. Solitude 100. Relaxation

I'm going to start with cross stitch cos its easier and I don't have to think. but I reserve the right to move into other fibre art if the muse bites me. I'm also going to do them in order.

And in other news, my wonderful husband bought me a whole bunch of aida and stuff off trademe yesterday. It should arrive this week. w00t!