Last week, I had a bit of a distraction. My daughter and I were sitting in my quilting room one night after dinner. It was my night off of doggy duty and I was just sitting there, contemplating what I was going to do that evening.
My daughter didn't want to do her doggy duty alone, so she thought she would keep me company. She brought her cross-stitch to work on. She asked me how much I had to do on my oldest cross-stitch, but I rightfully could not answer her. It had been a while since I looked at it. I felt that I had about half way still left to go, so I told her to pull it out, as it was right there on the shelf in front of her.
Well, one thing lead to another, and in the end, I started up again working on my cross-stitch. We cross-stitched together chatting away, until we both looked up and noticed it was past 11:00 pm. Wow, time flew by. Past our usual bedtime.
I did have approx. half the cross-stitch completed. Here is the upper right hand corner. I only have the French knot to put in for the birds eye.
My daughter didn't want to do her doggy duty alone, so she thought she would keep me company. She brought her cross-stitch to work on. She asked me how much I had to do on my oldest cross-stitch, but I rightfully could not answer her. It had been a while since I looked at it. I felt that I had about half way still left to go, so I told her to pull it out, as it was right there on the shelf in front of her.
Well, one thing lead to another, and in the end, I started up again working on my cross-stitch. We cross-stitched together chatting away, until we both looked up and noticed it was past 11:00 pm. Wow, time flew by. Past our usual bedtime.
I did have approx. half the cross-stitch completed. Here is the upper right hand corner. I only have the French knot to put in for the birds eye.
I did have the numbers done, until I realized I used the wrong colour. So out it came and I finished them again, this time using the right colours. I have been getting distracted this past week with this cross-stitch and I blame it all on my daughter (jokingly of coarse). It is on my main list of to do, so that is a good thing. It's nice to see some progress happening on this one.
Now I am working on the vine that goes around the border. I have a bit left to outline, and I will be able to move the frame down to the last third of the cross-stitch. I did quite a bit in the last few days and I am still liking it. I do enjoy doing hand work. It's relaxing.
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