Finally some progress!

Well, I had a relatively decent bank holiday and have had some time to get some stitching done!!!

I finished the Disney ATC for CSF and my recipient was very happy with it which is great. Here it is in all its piglet-ty glory. Stitched on light blue 16 count aida with Anchor threads and finished on card with borders using Anita's sticky ribbon.

I've also made some progress on Persephone, although not as much as I'd have liked. My shoulder is still causing me problems, and I don't want to push it too hard, but I still managed a good ten hours on her.

Here she is at 35 hours

And where I left off at 40 hours.

I figure I'm on target for finishing the second page in another 20 hours, going on that it took 30 for page one, although it may be less as the majority of the blank space is now just black, but there is some confetti in the bottom right so that may slow it down. We shall see. I'm still enjoying stitching her and watching her take shape, and I'm determined that she will be my first ever HAED finish. When exactly that will be, I have no idea! I'm going to work on Majesty for a bit next and I'll be doing my bookmark too (which I've started.) And of course, I'll post progress as and when I have some :o)

TTFN

Shoulder & Biscornu Issues

I still haven't done any stitching - again - my shoulder has been playing me up something chronic for pretty much the last month, and the doctor's advised rest, so my stitching has suffered for it unfortunately. I went to see my consultant on Tuesday and he said they could operate, but the chances of my EDS interfering with the success of the operation long term were too high, so the operation is a no-go. I can see his point, but I still think that it even being better in the short-term would be preferrable to the amount of pain it can cause me. But the buck, so to speak, stops with him. So it's rest and pain killers...

The mini-biscornu I did for the exchange at CSF never arrived in Australia so I'm currently working through stitching another one. Hopefully I'll be able to post it to Toni this week. Here are the pictures of the one I orginally sent

I'm really disappointed that it never arrived because I was really happy with the result even though it was a pain in the butt to do (being only 20x20 stitches) and I'd never done one before. I kinda threw myself in at the deep end. Still, can't do anything about it now.

Hopefully my shoulder will be feeling better after another week's rest and I'll be able to get some more stitching done on my main pieces. I miss them terribly.

TTFN