Fairy Moon

This is my favorite fabric out of the new batch...I think it'd be an awesome fabric for Mirabilia's Fairy Moon. But I really wasn't planning to start that one anytime soon (though it's in my stash, since, hey, you can never have too many cross stitch charts!), so I can't really justify keeping it.

Playing with fabric dye again...

It's really hard to think of this as anything but playing; I LOVE seeing how the different fabrics turn out. This is going to be a big batch - I am finally ready to 'launch' my hand-dyed fabric website, so stay tuned for an announcement about it! : ) I'll also post some pics of some of the new pieces tomorrow. There's one that I am soooo tempted to keep for myself; it (all modesty aside) is GORGEOUS!

Gypsy

I'm over halfway done with Gypsy now, woo hoo! She's going back in her box for a while so I can work on other projects, but I'm pleased with my progress. There's no way I'll meet my unrealistic goal of finishing her this year, but at least she now has more than a head. (See the gallery on the right for the 'before' pic).

I can't believe that I've gone nearly two months without posting! Well, I'll blame it on all the busyness of moving in, plus being sick for several weeks (still not up to par, but at least I'm functioning again).

I have FINALLY gotten back to stitching. It seemed that one thing or another kept interfering or taking precedence, plus I didn't really have a stitching corner set up (still don't alas), and finally a couple of weeks ago I'd had enough, so I hauled out Gypsy and put in a few stitches. I haven't gotten much done since then, but most days I try to get at least 30 minutes in. Since one of my 2009 goals is to finish her, I'd better get cracking! The most recent pic is over on the right side of my blog. I think I'll work on her for another few weeks and then pull out Marked One again.

Speaking of HAED charts, a lovely stitcher in Italy is going to be stitching a Hannah Disney fairy on one of my hand-dyed fabrics! I told her that she absolutely MUST send me pictures; I'm really excited.

settling in...

Moving is probably lots more fun when you can afford to pay someone to haul all your endless boxes of craft junk over to the new place, and unpack them in an organized manner. But what keeps me from being frustrated with how long this whole 'settling in' business is taking is the fact that A) I love our new house, B) We no longer have to deal with a landlord and C) I finally have my own office!
Now if I could just get it organized...

Here's a pic of the office before we started to move in:


and here it is with all my endless clutter (check out my awesome closet):


I have actually unpacked all but two or three of my 'office' boxes now (well, except for the ones I stuck out in the garage, heh), but it still looks so wretched that I'll hold off on posting an 'after' picture til I get things looking a little more reasonable.

skunk tutorial is up!

I finally finished it. Now to get back to unpacking...(I can't believe I have so much stuff. Neither can my husband...I was so good at hiding my stash that he was quite shocked to see just how many boxes were labeled 'craft stuff'.)

moving...

So moving is taking longer than I expected (doesn't everything?). I'll get the skunk tutorial up ASAP...by the way, Norman (the subject of the tutorial) sold last week, yay!