SAL a week late

 Here is my SAL posting.  Yes, I know it is a week late and I have been sick all week as well as attending a dear friend's funeral - totally not expected.  Not the week I had planned on at all.

Pandemic is done (except for framing which will wait til after the holidays)

For prospective

Upper left

upper right

thru the middle  

bottom left

bottom right

Not sure what is coming next.

Whatever it will be, will wait til after Christmas

I hope the other ladies were better than me.

 

Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, 

Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, 

AJ, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Connie, Cindy, MaryMargaret

Merry Christmas !  

Happy Holidays !

Dec 2

 Time for more fun stuff.     23 days to Christmas!

 Pandemic is finished.  Nov 30th.  However, it needs cleaning up.  a few spills here and there.  It badly needs ironing - curled up edge, lots of rumples.  Give me a few days before unveiling.

Meanwhile

It's December already!  Time for the season.

It was in the 20's last night.

Early for where I live

Enjoy the season

More to come

 SAL time

Last time 

please note there are gaps in the outside borders

on both the left and right side

close to the center but to the right has 2 empty triangles

a partial design

plus there are other areas I cleaned up or if you prefer

finished up

today

                                                                 All the borders are done

the triangles are done

the dragons are in (next to the triangles) and misc 

other odds and ends

                   so for this one, the area above the reindeer got cleaned up, even though the phots won't load

ok now these two won go side by side but you get the idea

All around the piece (except the date)  I did clean up work to make sure things were finished.

I stil haven't figured out where I am putting initials.

CHeck out the other stitchers as well

Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, 

Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, 

AJ, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Connie, Cindy, MaryMargaret

 Have a great Thanksgiving!

           

 Some how yesterday's post has disappeared. So I will repeat myself.

Nov 5- I was thankful for a rainy day -good for the grass and a chance to play catch-up on my genealogy.

Nov 6 -thankful for another day of Fall weather and sunshine.

 Some people write volumes during November for their writing group(s).  But November is also for showing gratitude.  I'm a bit behind already but here goes.

Nov 1 - I was grateful to place flags on Veterans' graves with my local DAR chapter.

Nov 2 - I am grateful for a solid roof on my house - many in Florida do not.

Nov 3 - I am grateful for my pets (2 cats).  Several friends have lost theirs in the past month

Nov 4 - I am grateful for leaves to rake.  Not actually my favorite chore but it means I have trees to shade the yard in the summer and to provide beautiful foliage in the Fall.

              

 SAL time again.  Wow, it seems like it was yesterday.  However I have actually been busy.  I want to get this piece, Pandemic done before Christmas.

Before I forget here is the latest member list.  Please check everyone out.  They do such marvelous stitching.

Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, 

Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, 

AJ, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Connie, Cindy, MaryMargaret

Last Photo

now

these two photos are the left and right side

to show where I still need to stitch

borders, back stitching on the lower right

and the date on the lower left 

oops it didn't show in the photo.

This is before and after where I concentrated my efforts

                                                                            Then

                                                                            Now

better close -up

Back to the Needle and thread.

 I got the photo to stay but it is still huge.  Not sure how to shrink any further.  I guess I can live with it.

SAL time

Way behind.  I really need to stitch faster or more or both to get this (Pandemic) done by the end of the year.

Here is the last posted photo:

THis full photo (with curled edges_

was August 28

Upper right corner

Everything above the break in the pattern

had to come out

Ripped out

Cleaned up

Re-stitched

More to rip out

Getting frustrated 

I moved more to the interior

You can see the bare tip a couple of photos back

and now

Today's overall view

October 9, 2022

A semi-close-up of the upper right corner

Don't forget to see all the other stitchers as well

Avis, Claire, Gun, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, 

Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, 

AJ, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Connie, Cindy, MaryMargaret

 

I wanted this as a header but it won't let me.  IF you know how to get the photo where the other :header: used to be, please let me know.

 

Finally it worked!

Pandemic as of 28 August 2022

It turned out to do with getting an upgraded phone, installing email and 

not taking off the old email, etc.  I knew that Yahoo had discontinued 

my sbcglobal account (along with others) but for some reason, my

phone kept getting emails there but I couldn't on my computer.

I had long changed my active email but when i out it on the new phone

it also showed up differently to capture anything on the phone to send forward.

But now it is figured out.

 This is SAL reporting day and I have no photos.  I have emailed myself my photos 4 time today and none have shown up.  I have no idea what is going on.

the big decision has been made.  I am going to go back to Pandemic.  I really want to finish it this year and I when I do have stitching time, I find myself going to it.

I admit I have had almost no stitching t time since mid-JUne.  I took on the "head of a chapter of a lineage society.  THe state admin are newish and the nationals just changed at the end of June which meant everything got rewritten.  Far more to read and learn that I expected.  Things are starting to even out but I feel better once the first meeting (late Sept) is over and the first one is in the past.

Here's some history

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January 2021

December 21, 2021

June 2022

Hopefully in the next few days I can get to my current photo.

Meanwhile, enjoy the other stitchers

Avis, Claire, Gun, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, 

Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, AJ, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Connie, Cindy, MaryMargaret