Lily of The Valley Happy Dance!!

She took a couple of months in the end and cause my biggest mojo loss in ages, but I'm finally finished.  And she has grown on my now she has her beads.  I made a few very small changes.  Biggest change was the colour of the beads on her dress.  They were supposed to be the same beads as the yellow ones on her wings but when I put them on they looked wrong to me so I unpicked all of them and re did them in a much paler pearl coloured bead.  I also changed the blue beads on her arm drape things to silver droplet beads to match the other strand.  I love how they look like dew drops. I changed the darkest blue in her wings to the same krenik as the back stitch and I used a blend instead of this colour where it appeared in her skirt as I forgot to take the colour with me on holiday when I started her.

So....  at long last, here she is :-)

Twinkle Toes

I have finally finished stitching lilies gown.  I have rewarded myself by beading up her tiny feet.  I just love how a piece comes together when the beads slot beautifully into all the gaps.  Now I just have to finish up the stitching of her right wing and her heads, then she is done.  But I love her feet, she's like a twinkly ballerina.

My other project this week has been grooming the Bumpy Dog.  I haven't shown her for a year or so now but I'd like to get her back in the ring, perhaps in a veteran class or two.  But there is an awful lot of fluff to deal with before we acheive show condition again.  I've made a start but I'm not finished yet by a long stretch.  However I amused myself by taking before and after photos.  This represents about 2 hours work.  I think I've got another 3 or 4 hours left, then done!!

I have also finished my exchange item, stitching, beading and all the finishing  :-)  I've ordered the nice charms to go on it.  Thanks for your help with my dilema xx

Silver Lining

Every cloud has a silver lining.  Being at home with concussion has meant that I have got some stitching done.  I'm stitching at about half my usual speed due to the nausea and dizzy spells but I have actually managed to make a bit of progress on my Lily of the Valley.  In fact she should be finished up very soon :-)

Now I just wish my head ache would go away  :-(

Holiday Update 3

Sorry if this is getting a bit boring!  I'm going crabbing tomorrow in Whitby.  Today I stitched Lily's arm.  I hate doing skin, I always get lost doing all the fractionals.  I like to invent lots of exciting fractionals so my edges are uber smooth but it takes quite a while.  There is one colour I am missing which was annoying but I have subbed with a neat blend and some kreinick and I'm really pleased with how it looks.

Holiday Update 2

Lily after day two.......

Its not quite as much stitching progress as I had hoped for but I have spent quite a while playing on the beach with the dogs.  It took quite a few gos to get a picture of the Bumpy Dog leaping on her tennis ball.  The weather is still stunning  :-)

Holiday Update 1

Here is Lily after her first day...............

And here is our holiday house on top of the cliffs on the North Yorkshire Coast.  It over looks a beautiful five mile long bay and we have private steps down to the beach.

 But best of all it has a huge glass roof terrace.  This is my little sister and The Bumpy Dog.  You can see the tiny people down on the beach below if you look carefully.  I did most of my stitching up on the roof today  :-)

Lily Holiday Challenge......

My next start will be Lily of the Valley by Nora Corbet.  I'm starting her today as I am just about to set off on holiday with my family for 1 week.  My goal is to completely finish her in just 1 week.  My fastest pixie yet was 10 days so it won't be easy.  I'll post an update on her every day as long as I can get internet at the holiday house.  Wish me luck!

Lily OTV Floss Toss

One of my goals for March is to was to kit up Lily Of The Valley ready to start in April.  And here is my floss toss...........

I have stitched half of Part 3 of Winter Watergarden but I have found a frog in every tree!!  I have evicted them all but I'm giving it a week off to refresh myself, a change is as good as a break.  Alhambra now I think.