I meant to work on finishing my Hearts of America, but I was way too lazy to straighten up the craft/guest room enough to get to the machine, so I worked on Deco Spirits instead.
I was here (working on Water):
and now I'm here:
I usually wait to do the metallics later (all of that blue and the gold is kreinik and PTB), but because there was so much, I decided to get it over with a little early and then get back to the white. I had to take the picture at an angle because it just would not show up in straight on photos.
My stitching has been super slow, because a certain Tiny Monster keeps demanding attention. And if I don't pay attention, she starts running off with threads, kreiniks, etc. And I've also discovered the joy of having a black haired dog. I used to just find white hairs stuck in everything that I couldn't quite remove. Now I have fine black hairs in the mix with those white hairs. Oy vey!
And as a bonus, I also remembered to take an ort/TUSAL shot (TUSAL, the Totally Useful Stitch A Long hosted by Daffycat (also on Facebook), where we show off our orts). I have to keep pushing down the orts, but I'm getting a nice Deco strata in there ;)
Nice progress! I fully endorse working on what you feel like in the moment. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! And yes, "Screaming" rotations are my favorite :D
DeleteBeautiful progress. Dealing with dog hairs are worth it. Dogs are amazing. They love you no matter what.
ReplyDeleteRight? Annoying, but ultimately just a fiber made of pure love :)
DeleteBeautiful design, and so much progress (especially when one considers you're stitching with Kreinik!), and great orts, too! :)
ReplyDeleteI knew if I waited to do the metallics last, I'd quit... I do the same thing with anything that has extensive backstitching or any other kind of stitching I don't enjoy as much :)
DeleteAwesome ORTs! Just lovely!
ReplyDeleteLong ago, I used to have a white cat (the original Daffycat) and couldn't wear dark clothes, then we got a black & white Border Collie so I used to joke, "Now, I can't wear anything!"
LOL! I know that now I can't pet Mona when wearing my black pants and I can't pet Freyja when wearing my khaki/lights pants :)
DeleteGreat progress. Oh yes, the fur issue. I had a black cat and a white one a number of years ago - there was ALWAYS a hair showing in any of my projects. It used to irritate me but now that they're both gone, when I find one of their hairs in a WIP, I get a little teary but then smile.
ReplyDelete<3 That is sweet!
DeleteFor being distracted by poor sad puppy, you've made a ton of progress! Looks great.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I've learned to take her on a nice long hike (there's an easy ~7mi one not far) first thing in the morning enhances my crafting time :)
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