Miscellaneous Bits
25 April 2005
I have quite a few stitching related things to post today, but since they don’t really warrant entries of their own, I am going to cram them all together in one update! So, here is my weekend stitching report: 
1.) A couple of weeks ago I signed up for a round robin over at the EMS Cross Stitch Board. I got my rota for it on Thursday evening. The first post date isn’t until June 10, but I will be on holiday (at the Black Sea) then so I will have to post it about a week in advance. The group consists of me, a lady from the UK, another lady from Germany, and a little boy of nine (9!) years from the UK.
Though I think it is great that a little boy is interested in stitching, I really hope his stitching is decent and he takes care to keep the pieces clean. I doubt his mom would let him join if he wasn’t a “serious” (as serious as a nine year old can be) stitcher, so I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I can’t help but be a little nervous.
It is an Open Theme Robin and I am going to do a “Stoney Creek Cats” theme. I have a book with 14 different patterns in it, so I will supply them this time around. Right now, every time I open the book I change my mind as to which cats to include! But I won’t start stitching my square until May and since I have until June to post, I guess there is no need to hurry my decision.
A while back, I decided that one of these days I would like to make a bell pull with one of my finishes. However, because of the length of bell pulls, I realized that they are something you need to plan before you begin stitching. Therefore, I have decided that upon its return this RR will end up as a bell pull. I spent Friday and Saturday planning it and stitching it a very cute little border. Now it is just waiting for the cats to be stitched onto it. (You can see the border here!)
2.) In other news, the free site that was hosting my cross stitch gallery made me mad, so I converted everything to my own website. (http://blondelibrarian.net/gallery/) It shouldn’t look any different than the old gallery, but let me know if you have viewing problems.
3.) Finally, in keeping with my 2nd half of April goals, I started stitching on my second pansy from “Stiefmütterchen” today. Actually, it is pansy #5 on the chart, but since my fabric is divided up into nice little squares I can stitch those pansies in whichever order I want. 
I will post a pic in my new gallery when finished. How are you coming along with yours Susie?
Anyway, as you can see I had a very productive weekend. Let’s hope I follow suit the rest of the week!
