Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Still Catching Up

Maybe I'm just slow, but the after-vacation catch-up is taking a while. First, I forgot to post my TUSAL pic, and I'm now three days late (oops). I'm pretty sure I lost some orts during my travels, but oh well!
I've been working my way back into blogland by reading backwards until I get caught up at each blog I visit. It takes a while to read and click on the interesting stuff, so hours pass and not much progress is made. Ya'll have been busy! I love seeing what's been happening.
On my stitchy front, here's where I stand in Eden. The end is definitely close!

During my little changes here and there, I think I've left too many spaces between the lines of writing. I'm gonna stitch the half-stars on the bottom and make a decision about unstitching the second row. I'm even gonna shorten the motifs by one stitch to help things along. I really don't wanna unstitch and restitch at this point, but I'm not sure just ignoring it is gonna work for me. I just realized that I'm gritting my teeth while I type! Deep breathing may help. Unstitching is part of stitching, right?

This is my short little post for today. There are things to do and places to go this afternoon, so I'm off. Make some fun.

12 comments:

Jan said...

Oh yes, you are so close! I hope that you can compensate without having to do that not so fun reverse stitch!

Missy Ann said...

You are so close! I can't wait for your happy dance. :D

Maggie said...

Lots of hard work gone into your WIP, it's wonderful! look forward to seeing your finish :-)

I know what you mean about catching up with blog reading, the time just seems to vanish when you having fun, one great blog always leads me to another great blog...an so on lol.

staci said...

Re-entry can be sooo hard! Beautiful stitching as always :)

Ranae said...

Your oh! so close

Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri ~ Boog) said...

Your TUSAL pic is really cute, Doris! I love how your ATS looks - I don't think I'd change it but if it makes you grit your teeth... The whole thing was way too much work to ever walk by it and have a regret. Personally, I love it and can't wait to do a little jig for you when it's all done!

Siobhán said...

You are SO CLOSE!! It looks great. I love the personalization changes that you made.

Anonymous said...

"Penelope-ing" is part of the process, how much we hate it.
But do you really need to ?

Deb said...

Doris, You are so, so close! It looks wonderful and I can't wait for your finish so that I can happy dance with you!

To tell you the truth, I wouldn't take anything out. I don't think there is too much space between the lines of writing and along the bottom couldn't you just repeat some of the motifs from above (the bird, the bunny, etc.) and fill that space in? Don't rip out. It looks so nice as it is.

Anonymous said...

You are soooo close; can't wait to see it done. Has your mom and sister finished theirs? I can't wait to see all 3 of them framed! you will have to take that photo for sure!
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Jennifer Ann Fox said...

You're on the homestretch! Looks great!!!!!!!
Slow down, take deep breaths......it'll be ok, no grinding of teeth.....LOL

Jennifer

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Brigitte said...

Oh my, it won't take long until the happy dance ...