BBD Strawberry Fields Forever Week 8

 I bet you are tired of seeing this project every week.  Well next week may be the last time as I think I will have it finished by the end of the weekend.  I only have the remaining boarder to do.  Up the right side and a little bit on the top.  Mistakes in the vine abound but I don't think anyone but me will know.  I have been thinking of sending this to Jill Rensel Studios to have it framed but I'm not sure I like it enough to spend that kind of money getting it framed.  I think the part that I don't like is the urn on the left side of the house.  It is just to big in proportion to the house.  I wish someone actually read this blog so they could tell me what they think.

Started my Christmas decorating today.  I decorated the downstairs bathroom after a thorough cleaning.  I also started cleaning the dining room and decorated the dining room table.  If I haven't told you in the past, I Love Christmas.  I do love Christmas but I also want to get the house decorated before December 8th when Susan comes for a few days.  My plan is to finish cleaning the dining room and the living room tomorrow and then the Family room on Wednesday.  I will start decorating upstairs on Thursday and then do the family room on Monday.  I also have to give the guest room a lick and a promise before Sue comes and take the quilt off the bed.  

I am going to sit down and do a little gift wrapping before I spend some time stitching on Merry Christmas a freebie from Hello from Liz Matthews.

An FFO

 Designer:  My Easy Stitch - Design:  I Love Disney - For:  CJ 

Not quite straight but the best Bob and I could do.

I hope she likes this.

I will wrap it tomorrow and give it to her on Thanksgiving as 

I would like to see her face when she opens it.

BBD - Strawberry Fields Forever - Week 7

 It's not perfect but I don't think anyone but I don't think anyone will know where the mistakes are.

BBD Strawberry Fields Forever

I've been working in this for 6 weeks now.  This past week has been frustrating.  I have a mistake.  Well I had several mistakes.  I fixed one big one and now I have a little one that I know where it ends but I can't figure out where it begins.  It's tiny and I know I can fudge it but I don't want to.  I will just keep going and count off of where I know it is correct and see what happens.

 I'm also stitching on a Christmas ornament which should be finished in a day or two.  I picked the wrong fabric to stitch this on as there is lots of white and it just doesn't pop off the fabric.  It will be OK but I wish I had picked a darker fabric.

Today Bob is going out to lunch with some old high school friends.  I wasn't invited.  

2 FFOs

 

Designer:  Lizzie Kate - Design:  Tiny Tidings XV - Dear Santa - Fabric:  16CT Country French Cave Mocha - Floss:  DMC - 1st Stitch:  10/30/2021 - Last Stitch:  11/02-2021 - For:  Shirley

Designer:  La-D-Da - Design:  Fallen Leaf - A freebie - Fabric:  14CT ? - Floss:  WDW Cinnamon & GAST Piney Woods - 1st Stitch:  10/23/2021 - Last Stitch:  10/25/2021 - For:  Me - FFO'd:  11/09/2021

I am in the process of FFOing 2 more smalls and hope to have them finished today.  Then I am putting my sewing machine away and hope it doesn't have to come out again until after the holidays.  It has been nice the last 2 days with Bob working outside to get the back porch and patio winterized.  I have had the office all to myself and can sew to my hearts content.

BBD - Strawberry Fields Forever con't

 Week 5

I really like stitching on this.

Blackbird Designs - Strawberry Fields Forever

 Four weeks of progress on this project.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Stitched on 16CT Sandstone by BeStitchMe (this fabric is a dream to stitch on)  using a combination of DMC, GAST and WDW.  I had to make some changes because several of the GAST threads have been unavailable for several months and I wanted to start this project so bad.  I am hoping to send it to Rensel Studios for framing once it is finished.  Well that is if it looks OK with the changes I made.  

FFOs

 I have 3 Fully Finished Objects as of today.  One is for me, one is for Anna Kathryn Walker, and the other is for Aubrey Walker.

Designer:  Country Cottage Needleworks

Design:  Holly Jolly

Fabric:  ? from the scrap bag

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  08/08/2021 -  Last Stitch:  08/18/2021

For:  Aubrey

Notes:  I changed the words from Holly Jolly to Aubrey - 2021

Designer:  Lizzie Kate

Design:  Gather A Harvest

Fabric:  16CT Hand Dyed Stone Aida

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  08/31/2021 - Last Stitch:  09/09/2021

For:  Me

FFO'd:  11/02/2021

Designer:  JBW

Design:  Baby's First Christmas - Gingerbread

Fabric:  16CT Sassy's Fabric French Vanilla

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  09/19/2021 - Last Stitch:  09/22/2021

For:  Anna- Kathryn

Notes:  Front and back or ornament.  This is the 2nd ornament I stitched for her.  The first one I only used Anna as the name but they are insistent that she be called Anna-Kathryn.  Also the 1st ornament I took to Ronnie for finishing and haven't gotten it back yet.  I took it in late June.  I plan on giving both ornaments to Kayla if I get it back before I send them off to her.