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er why because i hate stitching with white lol the solution i think i ve found is to do a bit of white then when i get bored i move onto a different area with another colour and so on i ve also stitched some more on my nouveau encore designs personalised sampler and have finally finished my 8th page out of 20 this page seemed to go on forever as it overlaps quite a bit onto the other pages but hopefully when i get to those pages they won t take as long lol i still can t seem to get decent pics showing the true gorgeous colour of the silk maybe in the spring when we get some brighter weather lol and my final stitching has been on my haed qs alisha i don t know how but i did finally manage to get a pic which shows the true colours of this one they are so yummy i m so happy that because i m able to sit and stitch for longer at the moment i seem to have got my enthusiasm for my stitching back again and so i m hoping to work things out and get back to a rotation in the new year sally and i were chatting a few weeks ago and if you read her blog you ll know that she has decided to try to stitch only from her stash for the first half of 2012 except for any fabric and threads needed to complete charts she already has within reason well mad woman that i am i decided that this seemed like a good idea because i already have more stash than i and probably all my lovely blogging friends can stitch in our lifetimes haha so i have agreed to join sally in her challenge which will begin on 1st jan funny thing is i seem to have volunteered to start my challenge early as i saw some charts a couple of weeks ago that i would love to get however when i was looking for my new year s day start which i m happy to be doing with sally again kelmscott miniature monogram hornbook this year i came across yet more charts that i d forgotten i had and it just reminded me how much stash i have and how much i d love to actually stitch some of it in 2012 instead of just collecting it lol i ve also had some gifts half kitted up for at least a couple of years which i d really like to get stitched so that i can give them to the recipients in 2012 so i ve dug those out as well i was trying to see earlier by going back through my old posts if i d recorded how many wips ufos i started 2011 with but i unfortunately i didn t i do have a strange feeling that it was 11 and i currently have 10 so i m going to say that that s progress hehe so in order that i can keep track of my stitching in 2012 i m making a list of those wips ufos now i ve decided that my main goal for 2012 is to reduce that list by another one so getting it down to 9 lol keeping this in mind will also hopefully stop me getting too carried away with new starts although i do have several planned but the idea is to keep them reasonable so they can all be finished in 2012 in my dreams i d love to finish qs alisha and my personalised sampler in 2012 but i m sure i said that at the beginning of this year and it didn t happen so we ll see 1 haed qs alisha 2 nouveau encore designs personalised sampler 3 lk 6 fat men 4 haed cabin in the woods 5 haed sk moon fantasy 6 haed romeo juliet 7 haed qs garnet 8 haed qs always dreaming 9 cross my heart school of dolphins 10 l l celtic autumn alternative colours as for planned new starts these are 1 kelmscott miniature monogram hornbook new year sal with sally 2 prairie schooler september gift for dh who really loves this design which means it s a must stitch as he doesn t usually show much interest in my stitching lol aiming to stitch this when he s on a late shift at work etc so that i can do it in secret 3 lhn gentle kind gift for dh s nana 4 lhn quilting gift for mil obviously i have loads more ideas for things i d like to start but those are at the top of the list for now rotation wise i m going to try going back to a rotation mon haed qs alisha tue lk 6 fat men sal with sally wed ps september dh is usually out on a wed thur lhn gentle kind quilting haven t decided which to start first fri sat nouveau encore designs personalised sampler have decided to try to focus on this and hopefully make good progress by stitching on it two nights a week sun free choice this way if i m really enjoying one of my wips i can give it some extra time or if i miss a night stitching on something because we re busy or whatever then i have a chance to catch up well that post turned into a bit of a marathon i m afraid congratulations if you re still here and still awake lol i hope you all have fun seeing in the new year in a couple of days and that 2012 is everything you hope for i m nervous of what the year may bring with my depression possible major operation counselling etc but also hopeful that it is going to be better than 2011 has been and that i ll be able to do lots of lovely stitching along the way til next time hugs and happy stitching posted by lisa at 10 44 am 10 comments sunday december 4 2011 don t know where to start it s been so long since my last post although i ve been wanting to blog for a couple of week just thinking about it has made me feel totally overwhelmed as i had no idea what to say so i thought the best thing would be just to do a quick post which will hopefully get me back into it a bit and i can then go from there the last couple of months have been really tough for me my depression seemed to come back with a vengeance all of a sudden and nothing i tried helped i did end up visiting my doctor who put me on medication but they actually made me feel worse along with some unpleasant side effects so i stopped taking those a couple of weeks ago for now i m just taking it day by day and hoping that one day soon things start to get easier i m seeing my doctor on a fortnightly basis to make sure things don t get out of hand and have also been accepted for counselling but unfortunately there s a waiting list so i have about another 2 3 months left to wait i think before that will start i ve also been in a lot of pain with my coccyx problems again the pain unfortunately had got to the point where it was a lot worse than before my first operation in april which helped me be more or less pain free for 3 months anyway i m pleased to say that my consultant agreed to do the same operation again which i had done on 25th november and although it s still early days i m hoping that it s worked again and i might be lucky and get longer than the 3 months relief this time i m also waiting to find out if my local nhs trust will agree for me to be referred out of the trust to enable me to see if i can actually have my coccyx completely removed it s a major operation with up to a year recovery afterwards but my consultant thinks i m an ideal candidate for it because of my symptoms and reaction to the treatments i ve had so far and as i can t have the op i ve just had done again because of the long term side effects then it s really my only option at first i said there was no way i wanted the removal because of how major it is but then i got to thinking that i m 38 now and in chronic pain on a daily basis with maybe 40 years life left in me i really don t know if i can handle the thought of another 40 years in this much pain so maybe up to a year recovery for the big op if it works would be worth it anyway the decision might be taken out of my hands if i m not approved so guess i ll just have to wait and see and hope for some relief from the recent operation for now stitching wise i m afraid i ve managed very little over the last couple of months because of the pain i can t sit in my normal stitching position at the moment and the position i now sit in i can t do for long as i get stiff and achy so when i have stitched it s just been for a little while and i ve often had several days in a row when i ve not even picked it up i use my stitching as stress relief and relaxation so it s really hard not to be able to fall back on it like i used to but i have managed a couple of finishes first up is the istitch mystery sal which i was determined to keep up with i stitched this 1x1 on a piece of 28ct unknown hand dyed fabric using a skein of vikki clayton s hdf silk my other finish is my 2011 christmas ornament for our tree i ve stitched an ornie for our tree for as long as i can remember now this year i told dh and dd that i really didn t think i d be able to do it because of how little i ve been stitching but when i saw their dismayed faces i knew i had to try so as this shepherd s bush merry be came as a kit i thought it would be the easiest option i really enjoyed stitching it as it turns out but the finishing cause me a lot of stress i ve never done ribbon edging before and it took me about a week to work myself up to do it but i m ecstatic with the results and i ve learned several lessons for when i do this sort of finishing again i also had a new start but haven t taken a pic yet sally and i began a sal of lizzie kate s six fat men a while back and i m really enjoying it i ve stitched the first chart snowed in i think it is and am about halfway through the next snow friends last night i stitched on it for longer than i ve stitched in one go in a good while and it felt so good here s hoping things are starting to improve well if you re still here and made it through thanks so much i hope to be back soon with a pic of six fat men positive news on the operation etc and talk of christmas which will soon be here posted by lisa at 6 17 pm 8 comments friday september 30 2011 a happy dance more progress i was determined not to leave it so long before blogging again this time so am back with a few more pics for you first up is my finish of lhn s travelling stitcher which i ve been stitching as a sal with sally i ve really loved stitching this design and it was really special as we started our sal in person when we met for our stitchy day back in august with this in mine sally and i agreed that we d like to stitch both our initials on the design to remember it the chart is now available on my for sale page at the top of this page along with the a new day chart which i finished recently please go have a look and see if anything takes your fancy and contact me if so next up is part 5 of carol s istitch designs mystery sal looking forward to seeing what part 6 looks like next weekend the final pic today is of my haed qs alisha by hannah lynn disney i ve been working on this one night a week now for a few weeks and am really enjoying doing one night on it but don t think i d want to do more as the confetti is hard going i ve decided for now to stick with this as my only haed wip as it s the closest to being finished although it s still a long way off once that is done then i intend to pick cabin back up again and focus on that but i reserve the right to completely change my mind at any point lol i ve spent this morning tidying my stash by putting away threads from various finished projects and then pulling threads for lizzie kate s 6 fat men which sally and i are going to start soon as our next sal unfortunately i haven t got a suitable fabric big enough so am going to have to order some from sew and so this afternoon i think just hoping nothing else jumps in the cart at the same time i m not sure what to stitch on this weekend my shepherd s bush merry be pincushion is calling as it s getting fairly close to a finish i think so i might give that a bit of attention but i d also like to try to get a bit more progress in on my personalised sampler the page i m currently stitching seems never ending lol i hope everyone in the uk is enjoying this gorgeous weather we re having this week and making the most of it erin is away in southport with my mum til tomorrow so david and i are taking the opportunity to go out for an early tea tonight i ve got some laundry to bring in but then i think i might stitch or read sat in the sun for a bit til next time happy stitching posted by lisa at 12 12 pm 5 comments wednesday september 21 2011 not much to say but lots of pics i m afraid that i m still struggling here too long a story to bore you all with to be honest i was thinking of stopping blogging altogether as i m sure you re all sick of my long absences but sally convinced me to keep blogging for now even if it s just to post pics of what i ve been stitching on so here they are my big toe a new day framed lizzie kate welcome baby shepherd s bush merry be pincushion lhn travelling stitcher istitch mystery sal part 4 i m sorry that a couple of the pics aren t showing correctly i can t seem to rotate them on my phone for some reason please also excuse the creases on travelling stitcher i ll try to be back with more pics and a bit more to say soon but until then happy stitching lisa posted using blogpress from my iphone posted by lisa at 3 25 pm 14 comments older posts home subscribe to comments atom followers my blog list rebecca s needle niche stitches of life happiness is cross stitching a kiwi stitching jeremiah s mom 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