Ok, so I’m very excited! My order of Holey Donuts arrived today. I’ve been wanting to try these for a while after reading Heather rave about them several times on her blog. So, when I saw they were offering free shipping last week, I decided to give them a try.
I was very [...]

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She’s finished! As always, you can click to biggify, if you like.

Design: Letters from Nora – Madeline Melissa
Designer: Nora Corbett
Fabric: 32-count Waterlily
Fibers: Crescent Colors, Treasure Braid
Stitched 2 over 2 except braid which is 1 over 2
Completed May 27, 2009
I did make several changes from the original chart. If [...]

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I started the beading on my fairy last night. I got quite a bit of it done. I completed the beading in and around her hair, the bodice of her dress, and the hem of the dress. I’m still loving her more and more as I work on her. [...]

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Well, as I suspected yesterday, I didn’t quite meet my goal of finishing my fairy before returning to work today. I got pretty damned close though! All I have left now is the swirly bit backstitching and the beading. As a point of comparison, here is the design as originally charted followed [...]

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Woo Hoo, my fairy has a head and arms, and I’ve finally started on her wings. At this point, I very much doubt I’ll have her finished before I go back to work tomorrow. I’ll probably be very close though.
Here’s my progress as of last night:

Letters from Nora – Madeline Melissa
Designer: Nora Corbett
Fabric: [...]

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It’s Sunday, so that means I headed to my Weight Watchers meeting this morning. I was down 1.8 lbs (0.8 kg) this week. This brings my loss since rejoining to 9.6 lbs (4.4 kg) and my total loss overall to 67.4 lbs (30.6 kg) pounds. I should (hopefully) get [...]

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Carol R. from the UK is offering up some lovely scissor fobs on her blog right now. She is giving away a total of three fobs. Stop by & leave her a comment if you’d like to be entered in the drawing.
Giveaway … With a Twist!
Until next time …

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I’m still cruising along working on my M fairy by Nora Corbett. Since I have a long 4-day holiday weekend, I’m really hoping finish her by the time I go back to work on Tuesday.
This is my progress as of midday today (May 22):

Letters from Nora – Letter M
Designer: [...]

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I recently learned about this project from reading Carolyn’s blog. She is the most recent recipient of this traveling chart and has completed stitching it. So, it’s time for the chart to take flight again. If you would like a chance to participate, then stop by Carolyn’s blog and post a comment. [...]

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First things first, thanks for all of your kind comments the past few days about both my weight loss and my stitchy update. I have the.greatest.blog.readers.evah!
Now, on to my update. I’m absolutely loving working on my M fairy by Nora Corbett. In fact, she’s the [...]

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