Incoherent Scribblings

I had another extremely productive stitching weekend. Although I haven’t had a chance to stitch yet today, I have finished my band and rotation on “Poet’s Heart” and worked a little more on “In Cupid’s Garden.”

I am extremely excited to be finished with the band on “Poet’s Heart” because I know that I only have around 10 hours left to stitch before “Poet’s Heart” becomes a happy dance. I will admit that sometimes my estimations for how much more I have left on a piece are not very accurate, but each large band on this piece is taking me around 10 hours to finish and since I only have one band left, next time I work on this piece it will be done! Of course, since I am so close to finishing it I want to work on it some more, but I promised myself that I would move on in my rotation.

I worked a little more on “In Cupid’s Garden” last night because it was still in my stitching bag and even finished an arm, but what I really want to do is start a little something for this next round of my rotation. I am not sure what, but I know I want it to be a quicky, that way when I am finished if I still want to work on “Poet’s Heart” I can go back for another round.

Keeping my word to have a guilt-free January, I started Mirabilia’s 1997 freebie “In Cupid’s Garden” this weekend. It features one of my favorite stitching themes (watering cans) and I have wanted to stitch this freebie for quite some time but have just never gotten around to it.

I have chosen to stitch it on 32 count cream Belfast and am substituting Kreinik for the metallic DMC since I don’t have the DMC on hand. I haven’t looked, but I doubt I have the beads it calls for so I will have to order some or use something that I already have.

So far the watering can is stitching up without difficulty but I must admit that when I first saw the colors used in the darker areas I was a little skeptical. It calls for a green-brown blend (3023 & 844) and a beige-silver blend (644 & Kreinik 001) that look very peculiar when holding it close and stitching. However, apparently it is one of those pieces where you don’t get a good idea of the effect of the coloring until you look at it from a distance because when I photographed it I was impressed with how good the shading looks.

Even though I was quite busy this weekend, I had an amazing stitching weekend and have already reached 10 hours on this piece. I am not really ready to put it down, but I am committed to moving on to the next piece in my rotation nevertheless.

According to my rotation, “Poet’s Heart” should have followed “Fairy Flora,” so unless I decide to indulge in another of my guilt-free January starts, that is what I will work on next.