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

Giveaways Galore!

I haven't been stiching much at all the past couple of weeks. What with hubby's back, my hip, my daughter's drama production and a teething six month old, as well as a stubborn toddler and an eight year old prone to whining tantrums, I've not had time to do much of anything! Hopefully this week will be more productive - but isn't it always the way that when you have loads of things you want to do that you don't have the time to do them?!?

I've caught up on pretty much all my blog reading (I think) and I've found some wonderful giveaways in the process, and here they are:

Stitching Devotee is having a Quaker Chart Giveaway. The drawing is on July 23rd.

Eat, Stitch, Love is holding a Christmas in July Giveaway  for a gorgeous pair of Gingher Mia 4" Embroidery Scissors. The drawing is on July 25th.

Cindy is having a giveaway to celebrate her 100th follower. The drawing is on July 31st

Therapy by Thread is having a Biscornu Giveaway to celebrate her 100th follower too! The date for that drawing is also July 31st

Hanging on by a Thread is holding a Giveaway for a gorgeous hand sewn Poppy Pincushion. The drawing is on August 18th.

Don't forget to enter before the drawing dates to be included in these wonderful giveaways!!!

TTYL

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It's A Doozy!

Today has been a mad, crazy day. Hubby did his back in cleaning up yesterday, and thought that it would be better by morning. Wrong. He could hardly move when he woke up, so we went on a trip to the doctors surgery with two kids in tow. He's pulled something in his back which could take weeks to right itself. So it's off work for him, and lots of running round for me. Which is something I could do without (seeing as how I'm not in that good nick myself) still, this sort of stuff happens, and that's really all there is to it.

I've not done much stitching, though I did do some on Majesty, but my hands are seriously giving me grief and my fingers are badly swollen. Top that all off with a terribly swollen ankle and aching hips and I've had a doozy of a day.

On a good note, 30 skeins arrived this morning, so I'm a little closer to getting all the stash for Persephone. Hopefully the other 100 will come with the postie tomorrow.

I'm going to try and do some more of Majesty tomorrow - provided I don't get over excited if the rest of my threads arrive and start stitching Persephone straight away - which I might very well be tempted to do.

I've also got to finish the other side of my first - and what I expect will be the smallest - biscornu I've ever done (20 x 20 stitches) for an exchange at CSF.

Tomorrow is going to be so fun.

TTYL

Update

I haven't done much stitching today, though I have done a little on Winter's Majesty. I will post progress pictures on Friday because by then, hopefully, the threads for Persephone will have arrived and I will have started stitching.

I did have a lovely evening with friends and have managed to get my soon-to-be sister-in-law stitching again after ten years - having given her a Tatty Teddy chart for her birthday:



She's really enjoying it, which I'm glad of, and is nearly half way through, which is great.

I'm really chuffed that she's got back into it after so long.

My material for Persephone arrived this morning, and I'm hoping my first 100 threads will arrive tomorrow (there's 88 colours, but 132 threads required) so I can make a start!

I'm in quite a cheery mood.

TTYL

Stash Update

I've added a page detailing all my stash, because there was a thread over at CSF and once I got started on taking pictures, I did lists as well. The only thing that's incomplete is the chart list. Which will take a while.

I haven't stitched anymore Endless Dream, and haven't started Winter's Majesty as of yet - but it will get done. I'm planning on starting it tomorrow, and making my procrastinating butt promise that it'll happen.

TTFN

It's About Time

I've always said I'd keep a blog about my stitching. I've got other journals, and websites, but I've just never got around to starting one for my stitching - probably because I didn't have enough time, or enough cross stitch to showcase!

Since I've returned back to my stitching hobby, I'm using this as a way to not only catalog my adventures in stitching, but to share my hobby with others.

I've completed a fair few small pieces of cross stitch - mostly Designer Stitches kits - but I've picked up a piece I started for my Mum way back in 2008, it was last stitched in January 2009. It's called Winter's Majesty and is a design by Maia. It's a beautiful kit, and I hate that it got neglected, but I had terrible issues with my shoulder and wrists and haven't been able to stitch at all for a while. Anyway, I've picked it back up now, and I'm currently doing that in rotation with a HAED that I had for Christmas 2008, which has only just been started.

I'll be posting about those projects shortly...

TTFN