Update and a Model

Here is my latest update on "In Memory"

This is still getting very little love on the 123 stitch board, but tons of love from me!  I have finally reached the band with the angels and that band is FULLY stitched, so it is going to take an age and a half to get that completed.

As much as I hate to put this down, I have a model to stitch!  I started it Sunday and it is going very quickly!  At first, I was unsure of the design and the colors, but once I put floss to fabric, I realized why I am a stitcher, and not a designer. :)  I'm hoping to have this completed by early next week, and back to it's owner by next weekend.

This weekend Mischief and Mayhem have their first annual Valentine's Day party.  Small guest list, but that's okay, because the cats just run upstairs and hide while the hubs and I get stuck doing all the work!  Hope you all have a great week!

~Kat

Whoops!

I completely forgot to post yesterday!

This week was tough for me. I had to go start cleaning out my mom's house and get it ready to be put on the market in the spring. I live 4 hours away, so it will take a while to get everything done. It was a hard and sad weekend, but I was able to relive some good memories too.


Because I was so distracted, the frog came to visit. He's gone now (I hope Mayhem ate him!), so here is my meager progress:

 
And here is Mischief and Mayhem, saying goodbye to the frog:

"And STAY OUT!!!"




Have a nice day, everyone!



~Kat

Another Wednesday update

Plugging along, and doing a fairly good job at keeping my emotions under control.  I find myself anxious to complete each motif, but dreading completing the entire sampler.  I don't know if that makes any sense...

Mayhem was a good boy this time and stayed away from the camera.  But, in case you missed him, 

And his equally handsome brother Mischief,

Together, they are best buds!

I just love that shot!

~Kat

Cat Lessons update

I have been so busy!  I'm still working on My Family Sampler, but took a break to personalize my Cat Lessons for People with the names and birthdate of my sweet kitties, Mischief and Mayhem.  Hope you like it!

WIP Wednesday, except it's Thursday

Thought I'd post my progress as of yesterday.  First up is Family Sampler by LHN:

I'm enjoying this very much, with the exception of all the extra fabric I have to deal with.

Next up is Two Girls by Industrioushead.  Amy, you can stop reading right now.  Go on, I'll wait...
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Okay, I had to do that because she is my sister and I forgot she still reads this from time to time!  Here it is, as modeled by my sweet Mayhem:

 Have a great evening, everyone!

Success!

Last night we let Mischief and Mayhem sleep in our room.  We have been trying since the end of our vacation, but for the past 2 nights, they were just too rambunctious - chasing each other all over the house and scuffling.  Very cute during the day, not so cute when you are trying to sleep.

So, we decided the best thing to do would be to play with them hard so they would get tuckered, and it worked pretty well!  Yes, I did get stepped on (in the face) once or twice, but that's to be expected.

We'll try again tonight!

Mayhem has gotten too curious for his own good.  Yesterday when I got home I opened the door and they were in the hallway.  We keep them in the kitchen/library area during the day, but they had gotten out.  I didn't notice they were out until I had gotten the door opened pretty wide, and when I noticed they were loose, Mayhem had made his way onto the porch.  I threw my stuff down (including the groceries!) and grabbed him, but he had gotten to the end of the porch already.  I was terrified!!!  I'll be opening the door alot more slowly from now on. 

Honestly, I don't know how people with actual children manage to stay sane!

Have a great day

A wrinkly finish and a new WIP

So last night I finished Cat Lessons, except for the personalization, which will have to wait while I get a few Christmassy things done.  It was a fun stitch, and every time I see it I will think about my increasingly rambunctious and curious kitties!  Here it is, in all it's wrinkly glory!

And since I finished this, I now felt justified in finally starting Family Sampler by LHN.  I am doing this as part of the SAL at the designer's yahoo group, and I have decided this will be my Wednesday and Sunday project until my Christmas gifts are finished, then this will be my focus piece.  This is about an hour's worth of fabric prepping and stitching, and I already love it!

Can't believe it's Thursday already!  Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Makin' Biscuits

Mischief's evening ritual:

Happy Friday!

SO glad it's Friday!  It has been a very busy week.  Not much stitching done, and not sure I will get much done over the weekend, as I am going to my Mom's for the weekend to help her with landscaping chores and any other little projects she needs help with.  I do this every month, and it's a nice visit.  I am lucky to be able to see her so often, my brothers and sister live far away and are lucky to be able to see her once a year.

Mischief and Mayhem continue to be cute beyond words!  Every evening Mischief jumps up into my lap and snuggles in for cuddle time.  I'll wrap his blanket around him and he will "make biscuits" and suck on his blanket like a baby.  I took some video of it last night.  I'll try to upload it next week.

Still waiting for my fabric for "Family Sampler" to arrive.  I was hoping it would arrive yesterday in time for me to prep it for stitching, but alas, it did not.  If it is at the house when I get home today, I'll bring it to Maine with me, but who knows if I will be able to get it started.  I plan on stitching it on Sundays and Wednesdays until all my Christmas stitching is completed, then it will be my focus piece.

Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!

WIP

One of my active WIP's is Cat Lessons for People by Lizzie*Kate.  I am making it in honor of these guys:

Mischief and Mayhem, born on May 29, 2010 and adopted by us on August 3, 2010.  They are a delight!  Here is my current progress:

Please excuse the hoop marks and general wrinkleyness (yep, I made that word up!).  I am going to put their names and birthdate at the bottom, and hang it in the laundry room.  This is where they spent the first few days with us.

This is the first photo I took of them!  Look how fuzzy and small they are! 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Grr...

I am so FRUSTRATED!!! Ahh...... glad to have that off my chest. Work...BAH!

Last night as Scott and I were having dinner, Mischief came into the kitchen dragging his blanket (which we have NEVER seen him do!). He dropped it by my feet, layed down on it, and proceeded to "make biscuits". It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! I wish we had the camera! Scott and I just looked at each other and laughed.

Life with 15 week old kittens is certainly full of laughs and love. I am so glad we got them, and even more glad that we got 2 - they love to play and chase each other, scuffle and sneak up on each other. They are so much fun to watch, a ton of work, but the unconditional love they provide makes everything worth it.