IHSW

I worked on two projects and started two new ones this weekend for IHSW.

Tama recently posted about her rotation schedule, so I've decided to give it a try. My first pick was the Book of Ink Circles free chart; I worked on that all last week and put the last stitches in on Friday.

Where I was on June 11:

Where I am now after four days of stitching (I skipped one):

After I put that away, my next rotation piece was Snow Belles by Lizzie Kate. I started this back in March but was unhappy with how it looked on the linen. So I restarted it Saturday on 14 count Aida in Smoketone. I'll be stitching all six of the charts in this series on this piece of fabric.

For my two starts, I tried to put a little extra time into them in honor of IHSW.

On Saturday, I started Q is for Quilting by Prairie Schooler.

On Sunday, I started Road Runner from The Official Looney Tunes Cross Stitch Book. There are seven more in this set that I want to start.

I hope everyone had a good weekend with friends and family, hook and yarn, needle and thread or all three!

Thanks for reading and looking.

Blessings :-)

First Five on Friday

I've seen this Friday series on many blogs and thought it looked like fun. It was started by Amy of love made my home. You share five things on Friday, either related or not. So, today, I have five random thoughts that I'm linking to Amy's Five on Friday post.

1. While scrolling through Pinterest (my not-so-secret addiction), I saw some posts on homeschooling preschoolers. My first thought: "How nice." My second thought: "Eek! That's only a year or two away!" As time seems to move at warp speed in my house, I've decided it's best to start researching how to homeschool a preschooler now.

2. I went to the new doctor on Tuesday, and I have to admit I was very impressed. He actually listened! Wow! He didn't treat me as if I were stupid or being a baby or making up my pain. He listened, took lots of notes, and gave me some prescriptions that should help. While he didn't officially diagnose me with fibromyalgia yet, that's the route we're taking with medication. If I improve in the next couple weeks, it'll be a good conclusion.

3. We survived our first week of night shifts. Tim's been home the last few days and goes back to work tonight. It hasn't been too bad; no one's getting much sleep, but I figured that. That's why we took the time off from school and have been cleaning and organizing. I've been tackling small areas every day and filling boxes to take to the thrift store. It's amazing how much stuff we have that doesn't get used.

4. It's IHSW this weekend, hosted by Joysze of Random Ramblings. I really haven't decided what projects I'm going to focus on stitching this weekend. I've been playing around with my rotation schedule, I've dropped a couple of SALs and added otheres, and I'm still doing starts. Whatever I decide, I'll show progress pics on Monday.

5. I've become addicted to Flosstube. I can't remember who first mentioned it in their blog, but I was intrigued so I headed over to YouTube to find out. For those of you who don't know, they're videos done by stitchers showing their WIPs, purchases and stitching techniques and tutorials. Basically a live blog. I love to pull up a video while I stitch or fold clothes; it's like watching TV but all about cross stitching. So far, my favorite flosstubers are Tricia the Left Handed Stitcher and BlimeyCatStitches.

Thanks for reading.

Blessings :-)