Stitching Question

Yesterday was a full day of visiting relatives and going out for lunch that I didn't have time to post. Today I was organizing my WIP and can't believe how many I have, we'll cover that another day.

So I've decided to put this question out there. Do you have a color of floss that you do not like stitching with ? I do, it's white ! I find it doesn't cover as well as other colors. I used to use one strand folded so there would be that loop to anchor the first stitch, well I started using two (no loop) and believe it or not the coverage (with all colors) is much better. With the white I've tried completing each stitch as I go and that seems to work well too.

Look forward to hearing if there are any you don't like.

Give Thanks

The Stitcherhood

14 ct. Grey Adia DMC 3777

Heart on back is from Lady Quaker

Another rainy day here in Burnaby. I sometimes feel that I am not the best "Pet Parent" around. I see others walking their dogs in the rain, some dogs have coats some don't. Me I take advantage of it and stay in. Tiger does have a fair size yard if she really wanted to run around in the rain, but she doesn't. So other than going to the store to pick up a couple of things, Tiger will go for the ride, and then it will be a couch day of stitching.

Friday Flop

Well I awoke this morning to pounding rain, throughout the day it would stop only to start up again. It was a good day to stay in and stitch, which I did. Yesterday I came across a nice little pattern and finished it today and when I went to take pictures the camera wouldn't co-operate. I'm charging the battery now and tomorrow we'll see if I can get it to work.

Fall Hocus Pocus !

Well I missed a day of blogging. By the time I got home from work and wound down it was too late. Today was not looking good either, but here are 3 things I've stitched in the last little while. I can't remember where the fob came from so if you know, please tell me so I can give credit where it is due.

18ct oatmeal with DMC

Lizze Kate

14ct Lemon Twist by Sassy's Fabbys

with DMC

Helga Mandl design from TGOS September issue

14 ct. oatmeal with DMC

I'm off now to lay my splitting headache of a head down for an hour before I need to go out.

A Very Busy Day

Here it is day 3 of NaBloPoMo and I almost didn't have a post. It's too early in the month to start missing posts, so I will just tell you about my day. I'm retired, but do work 6 days a month. Not only do I get to catch up with my former co-workers, but I get some extra stash money :) Second and third business days of the month are busy. Tuesday is the busy day for the week. So when the 2nd business day falls on a Tuesday it is extremely busy. I got up at 5:00 a.m. to get to work at 7:30, had two 30 minute breaks finishing at 5:00 p.m. That's right, a very busy day, although I must say things went pretty smoothly. By the time I got to my car, stopped at the grocery store and forgot to buy what I needed it was just after 6:30 when I got home. So here it is almost 10:00 p.m. and I'm off to bed to get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again.

My Favorite Time of Year

Autumn in Appalachia by

The Stitcherhood

18ct. oatmeal with DMC

I love this time of year when the leaves are changing colors and it begins to cool down. So when I saw this design I just had to have it. It was a relatively easy stitch, so why then did I make some errors, I couldn't frog them out, so I improvised and not each tree is as it should be. Bet you can't spot them right off, I know I can't tell where they are :)

Speaking of the weather, as you probably can tell the picture was taken when the sun was out, that was the other day today it's cold and raining.

NaBloPoMo

No this isn't gibberish talk ! It's National Blog Posting Month and I am going to give it a try, yes try, as you now I am not great with my posting . First off there is no theme for posting this month, so my posts will be a mix of things and of course stitching.

Design by Glory Bee from JCS Halloween Issue

28 ct. Sage by Sassy's Fabbys with DMC

As hard as I tried I just couldn't get this one finished into a pillow in time. I did manage to finish the stitching last night.