I thought I'd share a new pic of Lust. I've already gotten more definition in the flames but I don't know how much more I'm going to get done this weekend. I'm planning on getting my tufted upholstered headboard put together so I can have it ready to hand on the wall as soon as the paneling is up. I'm hoping to get the bed moved down there tomorrow or Sunday too. I should have pics soon!

I've busy this week. I've found the bottom and right edge of the first page of the second row of Lust. There's lots of confetti in those little flames so I don't know if I'll finish the page before the second part of Frosty Knotgarden is released or not.

Friday, I stayed home from work with the idea that Ed and I would go mattress shopping. I think we hit all the other placed we wanted to except for the mattress stores. The hardware store which just happens to carry a few mattresses doesn't count. Yesterday after Ed left for work, the boys and I went to Lincoln. Let me tell you know, mattress shopping with two little boys leaves a lot to be desired! We ended up at a disount furnature store and got a mattress for the guest room, and one to give Jakob a bed when I finish his room, which, at the rate I'm going should be sometime this summer. I've got lots of sanding to do in his room since I put the first coat of mud on the walls when I was 7 months pregnant with Josh and haven't touched it since.

Just a little while ago I put a coat of paint on the floor. So now my guest room looks like this So far so good! I think the curtains I picked out will look good too! Told Ed what kind of fabric and he seems to think this room will be for him to dump hunting and fishing stuff in to his heart's content. If that were the case, I wouldn't be working so hard to get it done and looking nice. Here's a link to the curtain panels I'm using for the actual curtains and for the headboard I should be putting together in another week or so. They are in the second row and are the second color in...the rocky river color.

Sunday's supposed to be a day of rest, right? I guess that doesn't count when it comes to work around the house. Since last Tuesday I've been busy working on the guest room we're finishing in the basement. I've been very slowly (is two years slow?) working on getting this put together. I've been sanding drywall mud for what seems like forever, but I had Ed come down Tuesday night and "approve" my work. I just didn't want him to come back and tell me I missed something (which I know I did) when he told me "good job, honey" At that point the room looked like this

Tuesday night, after work I finished sanding. Wednesday night, I put on the first base coat of paint. It's just a primer coat since the drywall just sucks it up. Thursday night I put on the first coat of actual color. Its a light brown color called suede. After work Friday, I picked up a couple of gallons of dark brown concrete for the floor. Ed isn't on board with this idea yet. But since he isn't doing the work, he doesn't have a lot of input. He still wants to put down a subfloor for basements. But if we have another plumbing problem, that stuff will leave water sitting underneath the subfloor growning all kinds of fun stuff. Yuck! I also got a gallon of really light green paint for the ceiling. Saturday, Josh and I stopped by Target and found some curtains. We got three panels so I can do a tufted upholstered headboard as soon as I get all the supplies. The idea comes from the Centsational Girl blog here and here

After the second coat of color on the walls and a coat on the ceiling, my guest room looks a lot different.

On the stitching front. I finished part one of Frosty Knotgarden. It turned out very sparkly!

After I finished this, I returned to Lust. This one is a HAED by Marta Dahlig. When I left this the last time I was just starting the last two pages. Now, I'm almost done with the top row!!

3/21/10

Since the boys were able to go back outside and play today, I pulled out a piece that Jakob stitched and framed it for him. I think it turned out pretty well.

I finished part 12 of one corner of Caribbean last week. This piece is becoming a real eye-popper. I've had to substitute for several dark colors which don't show up well on the black. I've been tending to substitute some of the charted PTB or a light blue which was also used on the Celtic Maze Mandala. What do you think?

To celebrate the finish of my first corner of Caribbean, I started Frosty Knotgarden. Naughty, I know, but it has really been calling to me and I haven't had a new start since MM6 last August. I've made pretty good progrss with it and might have the first part done early this week. Part 2 won't be released till May but that's beside the point. At least it will be caught up until then.

I've been busy stitching away on Chatelaine's Caribbean lately. I want another piece finished before I start Frosty Knotgarden. I have everything but 4 cards of PTB. They're backordered :(

Last night I finally made it though one corner and took a couple of pics before I move the qsnaps to do part 12 which is the top border. Here's a closeup

In other news, I got my job back at the restaurant here in town. I was "let go" about two weeks ago because of payroll by the owner's accountant. Well, the owner has taken over management of the restaurant with the original owner and the manager wanted me back. Yeah! Now, I'm just waiting to get the laptop and a few other little jems so I can get everything caught up

We'll Ed, my DH got ambitious yesterday so that means that I have to be too. He put drywall up on a wall in our laundry room so we could move things around and I could have a sewing room. We'll see how that works...Anyway, here are a couple of pictures so you can see what we're doing.

And last night I finally finished Chatelaine's MM6 - The Moonstone Garden. I started it when it was released back in August 09. I'd originally meant to have this one done before the end of 09 but my plans were kind of hijacked by my husband. I'll post a picture soon. Until then!!

Lust and more...

I've decided to take a break from all the reds in Lust and have been working on Chatelaine's MM6 again. Here's Lust at the end of the second page