Finish!

I think you can tell by the title, I have a finish!!  Yay!

Wednesday night, I still had a way to go.

I didn't touch her Thursday.

Early yesterday afternoon, I finished page 5 of my FoF 79

And about 8pm, I had finished my first HAED!  

I've got several more HAEDs as WIPs and many more charts and all I can say is WOW!

After I put all the bobbins away, I pulled Lust back out for some love.  I didn't get very far last night though.  I don't know if I was just tired, just not feeling her or just needed to decompress a little but I din't get more than 25 stitches into her.

So I'll leave you with an approximate picture of page 20.

This year's progress on goals and page 5 progress

Recently, I was looking back at my goals for this year.  And you know what?  I realized I've done pretty darn good; especially since it's only the middle of September.  

1.  Here Comes Santa tree skirt 

goal:  finish

goal completed 1/3/15 - 2 pages

2.  Earth Song

goal:  finish page 2

goal completed 1/25/15 - 1 page

3.  Loneliness of Autumn

goal:  finish pages 1-2

goal completed 2/11/15 - 2 pages

4.  Rose Garden Mandala

goal:  finish

goal completed 3/10/15 - 4 pages

5.  Coat of Arms

goal:  pages 10-15

goal completed 5/31/15 - 5 pages

6.  5 Little Pumpkins

goal:  finish

goal completed 7/12/15 - 4 pages

7.  Nightshade

goal:  finish 4th stitched page

goal completed 7/24/15 - 1 page

There have also been the following new starts, which don't have any goals
DMC 16 color SAL
1 block completed

Chatelaine's May 2012 Consolation prize
Completed!  4 pages

Eclectic Bloke Designs Warrior Alice
1 page completed

HAED's Her Private Garden
1 page completed

Chatelaine's The Heritage Sampler
2 bands completed

I was curious how many pages I've stitched this year.  So far, including FoF 79, I've stitched a total of 31 pages.  I am including the block of the DMC SAL and each band of the new Chatelaine in that total.  Even without them, that is a really respectable total!!

The goals I have remaining are:

1.  Faces of Fairy 79

goal:  finish

I'm currently about half way through page 5 with only a very skinny page 6

2.  Lust

goal:  finish pages 19-20

Page 19 is done with page 20 about a quarter done

3.  Loara Standish

goal:  band 2

I really want to try to make some progress on poor Loara this year.  I started her as a reversable sampler.  I don't know if that is my problem or if it is the teeny tiny fabric.  

4.  The Master

goal:  page 1

I just need to pull him out and work on him.  All those grays are tough though.

I also have a goal on the HAED BB of starting SS Daybreak and finishing page 1.  Fabric is ready to go and I've purchased all the DMC I needed.

This weekend, I started working on my youngest son's bed.  I've made pretty good progress too. I just ran out of weekend.  Tomorrow, I need to find the flattest part of floor in the garage and unscrew and reattach the darker slats in the headboard since I'm not happy with how they are sitting in the frame but otherwise, I think I'm ready for polyurethane.  That will probably be later this week since there's football Tuesday afternoon.
Here's a current progress picture.  I is pretty much sitting like it will be when it's put together.  The outside rails just aren't attached to the outside of the feet yet.

My fairy has made pretty good progress this week too.
9/17/15

9/20/15

Page 4 and page 5 progress

One of my goals this year is to finish FoF 79.  Since I managed to get through the dreaded eye last month, I've been making a lot of progress.  

9/7/15

9/10/15

9/13/15 - page 4

9/13/15

I don't know how much the skull is going to slow me down, but it looks like there's still nice big blocks of color in it so hopefully another couple of weeks and this page will be done!

Page 4 in progress

It's amazing how much difference stitching solid blocks of color can make.  This is mostly 939.  I had to wait for a repair guy Friday morning so I pulled out my stitching.  When he left and I left for work, here's where I was.  

After a long weekend, I made some very nice progress.  This is where I ended up Monday night.

I also made 4 pints of elderberry jam and 5 pints of salsa verde.  That reminds me, I need to go out and check my tomatillos to see if they have another batch of salsa verde in them or if they're about done for the year.  I know the elderberries are ready to be picked again.  I'm thinking of making syrup this time.  Anybody else make anything with elderberries??