Monday 6 January 2014

Rose of Sharon Update and New Projects Updates

I'm loving the colors!   She is coming along beautifully! 

I had hoped to have her done by the time I leave for vacation, in just a little over a week.  I don't know if I will reach my goal or not, but I'll give it a solid effort. 

I have my next projects kitted up and ready to start.  

My next huge project will be Adrift from Heaven and Earth Designs.  

 30 + pages of solid madness, my friends!   I have the fabric and colors and I'm just bursting at the seams to start this beauty.

However, she is big.  Really big. And as I mentioned before, I am off on a holiday.  So I was left wit a conundrum.  Pace myself with Rose of Sharon, and try to have enough of her left to do to take her with me.  However, the fear that I would finish while on my trip and have nothing at all to stitch filled me with fear, so I looked to my HaED stash.  There is Adrift, but considering how large she is, I felt she would be cumbersome to travel with.  So I dug a little deeper and found THIS!

Winter Owl by Heaven and Earth Designs.   He is a little beauty, and not so large that he would be too, too cumbersome to pack around with me.  So off to the store I went and I now have this little guy kitted up and ready to start as soon as the last stitch of Rose of Sharon is done. 

Normally my rule is to do one at a time, and I stick fast to that rule.  But considering Adrift is so full of dark and moody colors, I think the little owl will be a nice break every now and then so I can inject a little color into my stitching.

In any case, these will very likely be my only projects for the entire year.   Not very exciting when it comes to updating a blog, but I will try to keep things interesting and think of witty things to share with you all.

~Rai Rai

8 comments:

  1. I like your choices for the year and that owl will be a welcome break from Adrift.

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    1. Thanks Shelleen. It's strange to have more than one project on the go for me. I'll have to see how I take to it!

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  2. Hi Rai Rai, just LOVE your rose of sharon, she is looking so beautiful! great conversion. hope you get to finish before you go.the owl is very cute and perfect to take away, not too big :)

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    1. I've been working hard to get her done. I got a pretty sizeable chunk done tonight, so there is hope! She will be a housewarming gift for my cousin.
      If she's not completed by next Wednesday, then she will be darn close!

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  3. Wow Rose of Sharon loos amazing. Love the colours. I love your projects for the year also. Looking forward to seeing how you get along with them.

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    1. Thank you! I can't wait for her to be done now, so I can start the new projects!

      Hopefully they will go smoothly! Fingers crossed! (pulling out mistakes from a HaED is it's own sort of nightmare)

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  4. Your blog will still be awesome honey. I for one love seeing large projects being worked on from start to finish. So looking forward to your updates. Have a great time on your holiday!
    Alicia xo

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    1. Thanks Alicia! I actually started Adrift last night. Next to Rose of Sharon, the stitching is so small! I'm glad I have a monster magnifier!

      I'll probably post updates as I complete a page.

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