Dad's Birthday

A few days ago I started a project to give to my Dad for his birthday. He restored a 59 Corvette not too long ago that he has been meaning to restore since before I was born. It's a gorgeous car. So I searched high and low for a pattern of the car. And I found a 58 one. So I asked him the differences between the two years. There are a couple one on the front hood of the car and one on the back. Well my pattern doesn't show the one on the back but there are two differences I have to change on the front of the car. This pattern requires Tweeding. It looks so weird to me while i'm stitching it. Hope it looks good when it's done.

Finished

I got the book marked finished last night. Sadly i'm not overly happy with the yarn that I got to use on the sides. But it doesn't look too bad. Hopefully Emily will still love it.

Some progress

Well I've tried to do a little on each project I've got going. I need to finish a couple of these so I can start on one for my Dad for his birthday next month (a 59 corvette...he has one he restored). I am finding out with the Santa head that it gets harder to get the beads one line under. I keep wanting to go down one more line cuz the beads are lined with that. But so far it's looking pretty good. And Mokona is about filled in. Sadly I still haven't touched the Pooh Map.

So I got a little farther on the back of the Nemo bookmark. But..... I didn't like it. So I took it all out and started new. I should have the new back finished today!

And last but definitely not least is Emily's Nemo bookmark. I just have to do the back which i'm stitching half stitches randomly with three different blues. And then put the two together! Not much longer Em I promise! (I'll work on it some more today!)

Also I started a Christmas Pin of Santa's head. I haven't gotten too far on him but I find the beading style a good break from stitching.

One of the other projects i'm working on is Mokona from an anime called Tsubasa Chronicles (also there is a black version in XXX Holic). He's a cute little Mokona! I just need to finish filling him in with white (I stitched this on antique white) and then i'm going to do the background in the same dark red that's in his head.

For once i've been working on so many projects I don't know which to work on. I haven't touched my Pooh Map. I still have all the back stitching to get done. Think i'm just putting it off LOL. I also got a frame for the Greek Harbor. So all I have to do it iron it out again and then do the beading (berries in the bushes). Then I can finally mail them out!

I have been able to get a ton of stitching time in on my Pooh Map all that is left is the backstitching.

So I started a bookmark a couple of days ago for my best friend. I haven't gotten very far on it cuz i'm still sneaking in stitches on my Pooh Map as I go.

I got a bit more stitching in last night. All yesterday my head was really foggy and I didn't feel all that well.

Here it is after just a couple hours of stitching. And i'm trying to do it in the "correct" x way. Where they all cross the same direction.

So I finished the Greek pattern as much as I can until I get a frame for it. So I decided to start on something new. And I don't really have anything to do for anyone in particular so i'm actually going to try to do something for myself. Don't really know why I picked this one of all the patterns I want for myself. But it looked like it would be fun. Now that i'm looking at the pattern and seeing all the quarter stitches i'm kicking myself in the butt. *sighs* Well as soon as I can make it to the store i'm going to get the colors I need for the soda seasons pattern and try working on both at the same time. Or do an old car pattern for my dad. I know he would love that.

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's done. Well almost..... I have to stitch in a few beads that are suppose to be french knots in the bushes then do my framing. Then it gets sent out to John's grandma.

I was digging through some of my cross stitch stuff and found an old finished project. One of the only things I've ever stitched for myself. I find that if I stitch something for myself I have absolutely no drive to finish it. But anyways I stitched this and was planning on putting a picture under the I Love You.