Incoherent Scribblings

SBQ: Last Year’s Fav

I have been working on “Poet’s Heart” since the beginning of the week and am probably two-thirds of the way finished with stitching this section. I think I have enough time left in this slot of my rotation to finish the bands in this section, but if I run over the 10 hour mark a little bit it’s no big deal.

And now, on to this week’s SBQ! Today’s SBQ is:

What was your favorite finish of 2007?

For me, my favorite finish in 2007 would have to be “Celtic Spring.”

First of all, she is gorgeous.

Second of all, she was my only BAP finish in 2007.

And finally, in addition to the reasons already mentioned, she is my favorite finish of 2007 because she was my first major beading project.

Mae (and) Flowers

The weather was so beautiful and springy this weekend that instead of stitching pansies on “Stiefmütterchen” I decided to go out and get some of the real thing instead!

I usually have pretty good luck growing seedlings, so I bought some violas yesterday and today I planted them in my window box. I have never tried to grow pansies directly from seeds, but I thought it might be a fun challenge, so I also bought a package of pansy seeds. I planted the seeds in a pot and in 15-20 days we will see what happens… Wish me luck!

Anyway, when I wasn’t outside playing in the dirt this weekend I was working on “Celtic Spring” and I managed to make some good progress on Mae’s dress. I now have (approximately) the top half of Mae done so next weekend I plan to work some on the border. I am quite happy with how quickly “Celtic Spring” seems to be stitching up. I seriously doubt I will get her done before the official end of spring, but I am pretty sure she should be done before autumn!