May Stitch-A-Thon

22 May 2006 18:04 Renée stitch-a-thon, wips

Fairy Flora, Progress as of 21.05.2006 - Click for a larger image! Thanks for all the birthday wishes today. As I keep telling everyone who asks, “It is a beautiful day to turn 27… again!” :lol: I have to say that my 27th year of life was probably the best one so far… ergo my decision to stay that age indefinitely.

I wasn’t sure how much stitching I might accomplish over the weekend, being it was my pre-birthday weekend and all, but I went ahead and participated in the Friends Gather Stitch-A-Thon anyway. My entry for this month was “Fairy Flora” and my goal was to at least give her some arms, and if time permitted, a head.

As you can plainly see, Flo now has arms and a face, so apparently I met my goal. What you might also be interested to know is that quite a bit of my progress was accomplished while Hubby and I watched the Eurovision Song Contest. (You can read my reaction to that whole thing here.)

I have to say that I was really amazed at how much I got done because I was having quite the time trying to keep track of my progress while watching the contest close enough that I could also make snide remarks about the music and costumes!

And now I am off to eat cake and ice cream… Cheers!

8 Responses

  1. Vivi Says:
    22 May 2006 at 18:15

    Happy happy birthday, Renee! Flo is looking beautimus! ;)

  2. Barbara Says:
    22 May 2006 at 18:39

    Happy, happy birthday Renee! Your progress is AMAZING. She looks fabulous!!

  3. Christine D Says:
    22 May 2006 at 19:37

    Great progress, Renee! She is looking gorgeous!

    And happy birthday! Have some cake for me - hope it is chocolate!

  4. Singular Stitches Says:
    22 May 2006 at 22:02

    Have a happy, happy birthday, Renee!!!

  5. harsha Says:
    23 May 2006 at 05:12

    Happy Birthday Renee!! I hope I’m not too late :)

  6. Jenneke Says:
    23 May 2006 at 12:47

    Amazing progress! I had the songfestival on too - nothing else scheduled on tv- and was pleasantly surprised by Lordi. Nothing near Rammstein’s quality, but more fun than than those eeky lovesongs.

    greatings

  7. Wendy Says:
    23 May 2006 at 14:25

    Happy Birthday, Renee! You are making great progress on Fairy Flora ~ she is looking amazing.

  8. Vash Says:
    24 May 2006 at 15:09

    Happy Birthday Renee! I hope you had a great day.

    Fairy Flora is looking great, wonderful progress that you’ve made.

    I can’t help noticing that you still use stitching hoops. Have you ever tried R&R Craft Frames instead? Trust me, you never want to go back once you’ve used them. They work particularly well with large pieces like your fairy as you can keep most of the stitching clear of the edges of the frame or hoop and so avoid crushing your stitches. Just a thought.

    Vash