tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302647152024-03-12T17:59:53.010-06:00Endlessly Fascinatedwith the ruminations of my mindRaychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-27521446420575560922013-09-26T23:24:00.001-06:002013-09-26T23:24:32.330-06:00There is a Gun in My Bed<p>It is loaded with rubber tipped foam bullets. Today's count is 3 bullets in one load of laundry. These are just a couple glimpse of my current life.</p>
<p>Since I last updated my blog, a lot has changed. At the beginning of April I moved to a different province to start a new job. I put my condo on the market, looked for a new place to live and moved in with my brother and his family.</p>
<p>In May I found a condo near my brother's family. It was under construction, so I was able to select the finishes. Late in June I accepted an offer for my condo and late in August I moved my possesions into storage here.</p>
<p>I love my new job. I work for my brother and his partner as office support and production analyst. The business is in construction. A few months ago there was a major flood in the area, creating a lot if work in the industry. Needless to say, work is busy.</p>
<p>My current status is as such. I am currently still living with my brother, his wife and 3 boys (ages 6 & 3). My new condo should be ready in a couple of months. My computer has not had a reliable connection to the Internet, and I doubt it will until I move out. I take my oldest nephew to his piano lessons and supervise his practicing. I go on dates with my nephews. I have joined the local stitching guild. I don't stitch much (see nephews above). There isn't a day the boys don't make me laugh. I miss my old life, but I know I can have a good one here.</p>
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Note - it will be released TOMORROW! I think I might treat myself with this and season 4 of Leverage this week.Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-47943632798010413002013-02-01T16:46:00.001-06:002013-02-01T16:46:34.168-06:00Flashback FridayA blogging friend mentioned doing Wordless Wednesday and Flashback Friday. Well I did Wordless Wednesday for a while (and I hope to do it some more in the future) but today I thought I would do Flashback Friday. Here are some pictures from over 6 years ago, back when this was the only little boy in my life.<br />
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and his mommy!Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-35389590603664205032013-01-13T23:50:00.001-06:002013-02-01T16:41:47.675-06:00WIPocalypse 2012 - Wrap UpSo, what is the skinny on how well this worked this year?<br />
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I started the year with 7 projects in my WIP pile. I am very pleased to say that 6 of them are done and I've worked on the 7th. Of course, this is the internet, so if there are no pictures, it didn't happen so here we go.<br />
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1. Swirly Sampler<br />
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2. On Grandmother's Quilt<br />
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3. Rosebud Lullaby<br />
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Quick story bout the last two - they were for my nephews who are now two. When I was at their place at Christmas I saw them hanging in their bedrooms for the first time. So I told Curly I had stitched them and he thought that was cool. Then later I told Easy I had stitched them and we went and looked at Curly's and Easy said "you colour that one too?" I told him I had and asked him if he had seen Stinker's? So we went and looked at that one and he asked me the same question again. I thought it was so cute how while I told him I stitched it, he interpreted it as colouring. Which is a pretty logical leap to make.<br />
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4. Newborn Joy<br />
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5. Blackwork Pansy<br />
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6. My Way<br />
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So in summary 6/7 done, 4/7 framed, 3/7 given away. I also managed to post every month even if it was to say I hadn't stitched. And as they say - that's not all. Let's take a look at what from the New Starts list got done. (All of these pictures indicate current status.)<br />
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1. "M" is for Mother<br />
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3. Lost in the Garden - not started<br />
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5. Oh Look Shiny! (let's see what wasn't on my radar at the beginning of the year that got worked on)<br />
a) Boys T-Shirt - although these are a yearly stitch so even if I wasn't thinking about it in January, I usual am working on them in April/May of every year. In fact I'm starting to look for light blue t-shirts in size 5 and up.<br />
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c) Lily of the Valley - I think this one will have the honour of being the first one finished this year<br />
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That wraps up the year. Stay tune to see if I participate in WIPocalypse 2013.Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-69943023931540791822013-01-02T16:55:00.000-06:002013-01-02T16:58:41.760-06:00Da Boyz<div>
My life is full of little boys! Not a little girl in sight.And they all come in sets of three!<br />
First there are my nephews - Stinker, Easy and Curly.<br />
Next is my CSB (Cross stitch buddy - i.e. cousin and best friend) and she comes with three boys - R, L & F. (Need to figure out internet nicknames for them, I could use their family nicknames, but I have a basic philosophy that I want the boys to talk to me when they are teenagers. The real curious can find their mom's blog in my reading list).<br />
Then my BFF and her husband become foster parents a year ago in October and their first placement is a girl! Okay this could work. But the little girl is just with them weeks and then they had two boys - Lion and Tiger. Then in June they get another little boy - Bear.<br />
They are all 6 and younger. My life is full of little boys! And Lego. And vroom vrooms. And choo choos.<br />
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6 out of the 9 all on one couch<br />
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Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-49639670781625368602012-12-21T01:20:00.001-06:002012-12-21T01:20:37.497-06:00Full Moon - Twelfth MonthOkay, let's get this last entry before the end of the world. The last couple of weeks have been consumed by Christmas crafting - I'll show pictures later.<br />
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1. Lily of the Valley<br />
This one is so close, but I ran out of thread I needed for the border.<br />
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1. Seasonal Rays<br />
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Easy - Looking GoodRaychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-13381549792080496372012-12-12T21:41:00.000-06:002012-12-12T21:41:13.342-06:00Wordless Wednesday - Watching Movies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Curly - October 2012Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-18119836903298220372012-11-20T23:42:00.000-06:002012-11-20T23:42:38.913-06:00Stinker and Auntie At Home DepotA few days before my brother and SIL came for Thanksgiving (a week late, but that's another story) mom found out about a kids activity at Home Depot to build a fire truck. She signed Stinker up and it fell to me to take him.<br />
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When we got to Home Depot there were tables set up with little kits to build a fire truck. We also found out that a real fire truck was coming and would be parked out front for us to check out after we were done the build. So Stinker and I got down to work.<br />
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Look how official we are with our orange apron <br />
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Time to get down to business - it's important to watch what you are doing when working with a hammer. My contribution was mostly to get the next block placed where it should go. <br />
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The finished job - note at some point I wrote his name on his apron - he now looks official.<br />
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Now it was time to check out the fire truck parked outside. <br />
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He doesn't look small very often anymore, but he does here. <br />
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The fire truck even came with live firemen to talk to. <br />
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Auntie goes for the "artistic shot" <br />
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Since I'm up here, I might as well check out the view from this side.<br />
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Afterwards we picked up fruit smoothies at Tim's and we didn't forget about the littles - they got fire hats and smoothies too.<br />
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I took a stitching workshop one weekend this month that my stitching guild holds once a year. There were two different projects, a canvas piece and a Hardanger/blackwork piece. Right now I don't consider the Hardanger/blackwork piece a WIP since I don't have any immediate plans to work on it. However the canvas piece isn't WIP either, since it is done.<br />
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I will finish it as a scissor case (eventually). But for now it's done. It is designed by Carol Storie (who was our instructor for this workshop) and you can find here webpage <a href="http://heartfelt-designs.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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1. Lily of the Valley<br />
This one is coming along nicely, just the fill (started tonight) and outer border to complete.<br />
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2. Happy Go Lucky<br />
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Filled in some more border. This piece has also been re stretched since something in the last month the frame came loose.<br />
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3. Stars of the New Millennium - I ordered another overdyed to see if I liked it for this project. I'm hoping to have it this week so I can take it with me on holidays next week.<br />
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Nothing this month, but I plan to do some shopping while on holidays next week.<br />
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I've mentioned my holidays. I'm going to spend the week with my cross stitch buddy and we plan to watch TV and stitch all week. Maybe the progress will be epic in next month's update.<br />
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Until then, happy stitching.<br />
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Nothing again this month. I mostly started things this month. When you consider everything that has been completed this year, it makes sense that at some point I would have to start things so that I would have things to stitch.<br />
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1. Lily of the Valley<br />
I continue to make progress with this one. The part I like about this is if I get stuck during the week working on it (mistake made, can't figure something out) I just put it aside knowing that I will take it to Thursday stitching and it will get jump started again. The boxes are also great for gratification while stitching these - a few hours and you have completed something.<br />
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Close up of latest square completed (I did this when I was sick of doing French Knots).<br />
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3. My Way<br />
Well, now my options on this piece are really easy and somewhat tedious or need to think a lot. I have to either complete the border (tedious) or the 2 squares I'm designing. You can see that I've made progress on both of these, but it will continue to be slow as they are both time consuming.<br />
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Close up of completed square (maybe my favourite square on this piece - I like the density).<br />
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Closer up of the stitch I chose for the squares on this piece. Doing this made me happy - I've loved the stitch since I saw it somewhere on the Internet and it worked perfectly in the space I wanted it to go.<br />
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1. Fairy Moon<br />
I started this on my retreat last weekend. It's at the typical blob of stitching in the middle of the fabric stage right now.<br />
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1. Lost in the Garden - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
2. Victorian Blooms - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
3. Stars of the New Millennium - have the canvas. I have also made my overdyed thread selection. Now I need to pick all the colours/threads for this. I need to find a few hours where my head is in the right spot. This SAL (stitch-a-long) has started this month, so I will be a bit late, but I won't be the only one.<br />
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<b>Oh, Look - Shiny!</b><br />
A couple things may fall in this category. First of all is the project for my guild. It's a small canvas piece that should be fun and quick to do. The second is a pattern I've fallen in love with and hope to procure in the near future - <a href="http://www.cherrylndesigns.com/shop.html" target="_blank">Starburst Flag of Canada</a><b> </b>(you will have to scroll down - it's the 3rd one).<br />
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That's all for this month folks. Now I'm off to install more RAM in my new computer and get it set up.<br />
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As I said in my last post I was at a stitching retreat and I got this great picture of the full moon. It's not my WIPocalypse update, but it is a full moon post.<br />
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Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-76599372330416510602012-10-01T22:39:00.001-06:002012-10-01T22:39:04.806-06:00WIPocalypse ApologiesNormally I would be posting my monthly update, but my monitor on my computer is dead, so I don't have access to my normal computer. I have taken pictures, but need my computer to download them. I was really looking forward to this month's update because I just came back from a weekend stitching retreat and started some new things. So stay tune. Once I get a new computer and get it up and running, there will be pictures and a real update.<br />
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I'm still liking how well this WIPocalypse process has been for me. I've completed most of the WIP's I had at the beginning of the year and now I'm having fun starting new projects. Stay tune for more entries this month. Sorry for no pictures - I know I'm breaking the cardinal rule of blogging that requires having a pictures for every blog entry.Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-27182254583591214272012-08-30T22:30:00.001-06:002012-08-30T22:30:09.111-06:00Full Moon - Ninth Moon (Blue Moon)Wow - this has been the year of special moons - there was a Super Moon in May and now a Blue Moon. This is also the second time this blog has acknowledged a blue moon. The last time was in January 2010.<br />
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<b>Finished</b><br />
There is nothing in this category this month, the closest a came was a "mini" finish on one of my WIP's (more details below).<br />
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1. Lily of the Valley<br />
This one saw some ups and downs this month as it took some re-counting and ripping to get the squares in the right spot and the right size. I also spend an entire evening this week ripping out one colour of the left hand leaf as it was one stitch over. This will really come alive this month, because once the centre panel is done, the razzle dazzle starts and it comes together quickly<br />
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2. Happy Go Lucky<br />
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3. My Way<br />
You have no idea how happy I am to be working on this. The colours make me happy. The silk thread make me happy. The stitches make me happy (mostly - right now I'm not too enthusiastic about the wrapped fan stitch that I've just started). This is the one that I just about had a mini finish on in that if I had done the wrapped fan stitch, I would be finish the last square designed by the designer. I have to design the final two squares.<br />
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<b>New Starts</b><br />
1. "M" is for Mother - no change<br />
2. Fairy Moon - my fingers are starting to get itchy to start this, so it may be part of next month's update.<br />
3. Lost in the Garden - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
4. Victorian Blooms - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
5. Stars of the New Millennium - have the canvas. My order arrived, the only thing missing was the overdyed thread I needed for this project. Need to call the store and find out what is going on (and why they are ignoring my e-mail)<br />
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<b>Oh, Look - Shiny</b><br />
Nothing in this category this month - again. Which is good because I'm looking forward to starting the projects listed above.<br />
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Now I should go. I'm tired and there are "miles to go before I sleep"<br />
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Happy stitching.<br />
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1.<b> </b>Once Upon a Time<br />
Well, I finished it on August 8th, but I finished it before I made my update so I'm counting this.<br />
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1. Lily of the Valley<br />
I did spend some time outside of Thursday evening this month working on this. Mostly because I'm a bit behind my other co-horts who are stitching this at this time.<br />
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2. Happy Go Lucky<br />
I didn't include this in my last month's update but I did spend a little bit of time on this in June. I spent some more time in early August while stitching with Megan. This is a great piece to take for social stitching since if the squares are ready (coloured, know what's going in them, etc.) they are quick and easy to stitch while chatting.<br />
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1. My Way - this is the last month this will see no progress. Last night I pulled out the pattern and the material. Today I hope to start stitching it again.<br />
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1. "M" is for Mother - no change<br />
2. Fairy Moon - no change<br />
3. Lost in the Garden - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
4. Victorian Blooms - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
5. Stars of the New Millennium - have the canvas and have some more overdyed thread on the way to check out. Hopefully in the next week or so I'll be putting together my threads to order for this project. October will be here soon.<br />
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Wow, nothing in this category this month. I've been too busy.<br />
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As usual, hoping you all happy stitching. Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-2421454804505736382012-07-03T21:52:00.000-06:002012-07-03T21:52:15.259-06:00Full Moon - Seventh MonthOkay close your eyes - imagine all the pieces as they were in "last" month's post. You see them? You remember them that way? (For those who are having trouble visualizing, check out the previous post.) Good - that's exactly where they are this month. I have not had time to stitch since my last update. My three nephews are in town until Sunday so my life currently consists of getting up, going to work, coming home and changing and then heading over to my parents until they are all in bed (the boys, not my parents, though dad was in bed before I left one evening). The exceptions are days were I don't work and I go over for 8 in the morning and spend the entire day with them.<br />
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The one exception to the not stitching is the project I'm working on with my oldest nephew, I got the idea from <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/blog/try-this-get-the-kids-involved.html#comments" target="_blank">Amy Powers</a> and here is the piece Stinker and I are working on:<br />
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1. Nephew's T-Shirts - This is a bit of a cheat because I started them June 16th so they are stealing a finish from next month's update. As you can see I could only find grey t-shirts not blue ones. Hopefully next year the colour I want will be available and I can buy a few years supplies.<br />
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2. Lego - The Robie House - I know this isn't stitching, but one weekend after I finished frogging the dove out of Once Upon a Time I took a break from stitching and finished this.<br />
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1. Once Upon a Time - as you can see, the dove is back in and the castle is reaching for the sky again. Now I think it's realistic to finish this by the beginning of August.<br />
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1. "M" is for Mother - no change<br />
2. Fairy Moon - no change<br />
3. Lost in the Garden - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
4. Victorian Blooms - hope to have canvas ready for this soon<br />
5. Stars of the New Millennium - hope to have canvas ready for this soon, also have ordered some overdyed thread and am thinking about colour choices. <br />
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1. Happy Go Lucky Sampler - I've signed up for an online workshop taught by <a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Amy Powers</a> at <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/stitchalong.php" target="_blank">Big Picture Classes</a> and it starts tomorrow. I hope this is going to be a fast easy stitch, especially since the nephews are here visiting starting on Friday for the next two weeks.<br />
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So until my next hopefully more timely update - happy stitching!Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-18378128180890724652012-05-11T16:25:00.001-06:002012-05-11T16:25:58.243-06:00Supermoon - Fifth MonthIt was super moon this month! I didn't get to see it as it was overcast and raining/snowing in Medicine Hat where I was for the weekend for a cousin's wedding. It was a blast, but it meant that this entry is laaaaaaate.<br />
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Enough with the prologue and on to the important part - what got done and where are the pictures?<br />
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1. Newborn Joy<br />
Once again, I met the deadline of having it done in April - it was completed on April 28th. Since this piece is for a little boy, I changed the pink roses to yellow (some of the roses were yellow originally, but now all are). The yellow was a suggestion from the mother - also a cross stitcher. I was campaigning for purple, like I did for my nephew's Rosebud Lullaby. I have to say, I'm really happy with the yellow. Now this is added to the list of HD posts I need to do. I dropped this and the blackwork pansy off at my framer's today.<br />
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1. Once Upon a Time<br />
The first thing I did when I picked this up again (best estimate is I put this down in the summer of 2010) was to put in a couple of stitches. Then I ripped out those stitches and did some counting. Then I've spent the last two weeks taking out the dove that was almost completely stitched that was stitched OVER ONE. For other people who cross stitch, you will understand my horror. Instead of one stitch, I had to take out 4 tiny teeny stitches. I was using a beading needle instead of a tapestry needle so I could get between the thread and the fabric. As of last night the nightmare was over. Here is the backwards progress as it stands right now.<br />
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1. My Way - can you believe that on my original WIPocalypse list that this is the only one so far that hasn't gotten anything done on it? I keep talking about it - there were 14 of us that took the workshop in the fall of 2010 and there are 4-7 of us that aren't done yet. One of these days....<br />
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1. Nephew's T-Shirts - no progress on this because I still haven't found the right shirts. Anyone know where I can find light blue T-shirts in size 3 and 6? I am willing to order them online.<br />
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4. Lost in the Garden - no news<br />
5. Victorian Garden - no news<br />
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Remember way back in the past (the first WIPocalypse entry) I left a line for anything new that caught my eye that wasn't on the original list. I think it's time to give it a separate section after this month.<b> </b>I'm committing to new projects all over the place - mostly canvas.<br />
1. Stars for the New Millennium - my favourite online stitching group (hi Wagoneers) is starting a SAL (stitch-a-long) for this project in October. I held out as long as I could because of the unfinished My Way that is similar to this project, but on March 28th my resolve weakened and I ordered the pattern. For those who are curious - here is the best place to see pictures of this pattern - <a href="http://pinterest.com/brncgirl/stars-for-a-new-millenium/" target="_blank">Pinterest Board</a>. The designer is <a href="http://www.theedwardianneedle.com/about/anthonyMinieri.php" target="_blank">Anthony Minieri</a>. I'm in the process of deciding on colours and thread. This should be a fun adventure.<br />
2. Lily of the Valley Collage by Laura J. Perin - I meet with my local stitching friends every Thursday evening for a stitch in. A few weeks ago one of the ladies started bringing in this project, but was getting frustrated with it since she was having trouble with miscounting it. One of the other ladies mentioned that she would love to do it as well as a SAL. I chimed in that I love the piece as well (it's my "birth flower") and would be interested in joining as well. Another lady has it all kitted up so it looks like there will be four of us working on it together. We will start as soon as the canvas arrives. For those who are curious, you can find it on the <a href="http://www.laurajperindesigns.net/secret-garden-collection.html" target="_blank">Secret Garden Collection page</a> - scroll down to Lily of the Valley Collage. By the way, this isn't the only piece in this collection that I love.<br />
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So there you go, the latest and greatest update. I hope you all good stitching this month (and no frogging).<br />
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1. Blackwork Pansy<br />
Yay - it's done and pretty much by the deadline I set for it. Once again, I'm overdue on the Happy Dance post for this one. This one is special because I designed it myself. More details will be available on the happy dance post. But enough talk - let's see some pictures!<br />
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3. Lost in the Garden - no news<br />
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5. This month 2 of my nephews turn 2 and the oldest nephew turns 5 in May. I started a tradition of stitching their names on T-shirts every year for their birthday.<br />
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So I'm going to make some predictions for the next month. I will not be stitching much this next week. Part of today's plans is going to meet my nephew's aunt and uncle to bring the boys back to spend Easter break with my parents. So I will be with them whenever I'm not at work (or the dentist). I have craft and baking projects planned to do with them, but they are not conducive to stitching time. So at the next Full Moon update, I want Newborn Joy and the T-shirts done. Anything I get done over and above that will be bonus.<br />
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And That's All Folks! see you next month.<br />
<b> </b>Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-58090190077955879832012-03-13T23:26:00.000-06:002012-03-13T23:26:00.607-06:00Long Overdue Happy DanceThis title is apropos for a couple of reasons. First of all, like all good birth samplers, it was seriously late. It arrived before their second birthday, but usually I'm done and have them delivered in one year. (I only do birth samplers for my nephews/nieces, CSB's children or BFF children.)<br />
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Second of all, these have been done since the end of January and were delivered mid-February so this happy dance should have been posted then.<br />
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These are for my nephews - twin boys born April of 2010. I did 2 Mirabilia Little Stitches designs - On Grandmother's Quilt and Rosebud Lullaby. On Grandmother's Quilt is done with no modifications. I did modify Rosebud Lullaby, 'cause like I joked, I want my youngest nephew to speak to me when he's fourteen. I changed the colours of the roses from pink to purple and I also removed some of the bling and bows. (Original design can be found on the designer's homepage.)<br />
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My parents did the framing for me and the mat colours coordinate with Crescent Dreams (also Mirabilia Litlle Stitches) I did for their older brother in 2007. All three of them have the same yellow inner mat board.<br />
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<br />Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-84225039013550770602012-03-08T18:45:00.002-06:002012-03-08T18:45:30.069-06:00Full Moon - Third MonthAs I was driving to work this morning, the full moon was large, beautiful and just going down past the horizon. It made me think that this is one the last mornings I will see the full moon on my way to work in the morning until next winter. Full moons mean one thing around here - it's time for another WIPocalypse update. This month hasn't been as exciting as last month. (I still need to do happy dance posts for my nephews pieces.) I haven't even framed Swirly Sampler yet, but taking advantage of a sale at a local frame shop, I have the frame ready to go. I just need to stretch the piece and it's ready to go.<br />
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Not as much in the way of happy dances this month, but I can't only have months with three pieces that are days away from happy dances. So what has been worked on this month? <br />
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2. Blackwork Sampler<br />
Very pleased with the progress on this one. I have only one section left to complete. A couple of good stitching sessions (and the Brier - curling - is on, so lots of good stitching time) and it should be done.<br />
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3. Lost in the Garden - no news<br />
4. Victorian Garden - no news<br />
5. Nothing new has caught my eye and demanded to be started this month. I did on Leap Day buy 10 new patterns from Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) and Patterns On Line.<br />
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<br />Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-82837077564608350292012-03-02T11:51:00.001-06:002012-03-02T12:51:18.227-06:00I Knit on Fridays<div><p>Last week I stopped at my local yarn store (aka lys) which is also the closest thing to a needlework store we have in this city (lns). The owner was surprised to hear that I was there to buy yarn. I told her it was Friday and "I knit in Fridays."</p>
<p>So it is Friday again and tonight I knit. I knit with a group that meets at a local coffee shop. I thought I would tell you a little bit about my current prices and future plans.</p>
<p>While I have avoided the whole "oh look, shiny"distraction with my needlework, it struck with my knitting last week. I have decided to knit a dog.</p>
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Given the success I've been having with WIPoclypse, I thought I would apply some of the same logic. So the first step is to create a list.<br />
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1. I think I need to make some stars: <a href="http://foldingtrees.com/2008/06/lucky-wishing-stars-tutorial/">Lucky Stars</a><br />
2. In the spirit of trying things: <a href="http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/2011/07/baking-soda-clay.html">Baking Soda Clay</a><br />
3. Under the thinking big category: <a href="http://inspireco.blogspot.com/2011/06/packed.html">Craft Suitcase</a> (I have my Great-Grandpa's old suitcases in my closet, this would be fun to do with them)<br />
4. Playing with colours: <a href="http://dollarstoremom.com/2011/04/make-a-dollar-store-spring-wreath/">Spring Wreath</a><br />
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I think that is enough for now. There is no time schedule for these, but I would like to try to do them in the next 2 months. I'm also taking a needle felting class in April. That should be fun.Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30264715.post-24676128425272422972012-02-09T00:23:00.001-06:002012-02-09T00:23:29.252-06:00Full Moon - Second MonthAs I drove to work this morning under the light of the full moon I thought of all I accomplished this month. I'm happy about the progress I made this month. So here is my WIPocalypse update.<br />
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1. Swirly Sampler<b> </b><br />
Yes, it's done - the HD post is <a href="http://www.raychillcanuck.blogspot.com/2012/01/swirly-sampler-happy-dance.html">here</a><b> </b>but to summarize<br />
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I have the frame picked out and am just waiting for the framer to assemble it. I took advantage of a annual sale offered by one of the local framers so it'll be at least 2 weeks until I see the frame and get all the parts put together.<br />
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2. On Grandmother's Quilt<br />
I haven't done a Happy Dance post for this, but it is complete and framed<br />
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3. Rosebud Lullaby<br />
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1. Newborn Joy<b> </b><br />
I'm happy with the progress on this one. I would love for this to be done this month, but that might be ambitious.<br />
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2. Blackwork Sampler<br />
Also pleased with the progress on this one. I started to work on it February 2nd so in a little less than a week this is the progress I've made.<br />
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Ideally I would like to complete the stitching by March 7th. At this time this looks doable.<br />
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<b>No Progress</b><br />
1. My Way Canvas Work<br />
<b> </b>2. Once Upon A Time<br />
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<b>New Starts</b><br />
1. "M" is for Mother - I have now purchased the pattern and the accessory pack and still need to pick and buy fabric.<br />
<b> </b>2. Fairy Moon - no news<br />
3. Lost in the Garden - no news<br />
4. Victorian Garden - no news<br />
5. Nothing new has caught my eye and demanded to be started this month. However this is a new month.<br />
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I'm quite pleased with the progress I've made this month and hope to continue it. I've been thinking about why I think this is working for me. Creating the list has given me focus. Having no expectations means that I'm not rebelling. Then I also like the fact that I'm reaching my goals so hopefully that will be a high that will spur me on the continue with the progress I've been making.<br />Raychill Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09627485323239911736noreply@blogger.com2