My Song of the Seasons returned home yesterday. I had sent it to Jill Rensel for framing, and she and her staff once again amazed me with their work!!
It arrived packaged amazingly well. Everything was bubble-wrapped, cardboard everywhere and then wrapped again. One day, I will not be so excited for a shipment from her and I will photograph how well everything is put together for shipping.
I had asked Jill for something "fatigued" that would give the piece a type of instant vintage look. I think she found the perfect frame for it!
I have hung it in the living room so that it is visible to anyone allowed in the home. I love this project, and I am so glad that I was able to complete it and send it out for Jill to frame.
On a side note - the hubby and I learned a valuable lesson. Language acquisition is not only important but vital. We have shared our limited knowledge of our family's native German, but I failed to allow my girls to READ in the language. So, the middle daughter had a fit when she was reading that the Koehler Family should "DIE". "Why do you want our family to die?!?!" She could NOT understand why I was laughing so hard. I had to explain the language again and then she calmed down.
I finished Waterlily for my friend's RR. I will be pulling it off the rods today and then carefully package them up for their next trip.
The one really cool thing is that I have Waterlily in my stash for myself, and I learned a lot about the pattern while doing this portion. Yay! Hopefully, she'll be a quick stitch for me in 2014!
Post-script: The next one in line for the RR, Nikki, took a picture of the entire piece thus far and sent it to me so I could show it off.
My goodness!! Where has this year gone?! I cannot believe that we're already posting for November. I'm a wreck because I am almost positive that my Christmas stitching will not get done in time. Since I am a horrible procrastinator, I guess it's par for the course.
This weekend, my mission is to complete my portion of a Round Robin so I can send it off to the next person. I have had it {gasp} for over a month. Ugh! Here was where I left off on Waterlily in my section:
I have no idea why my skins always look so untidy, but I have continued to try to make this as pretty of a piece as possible.
I didn't actually get her done, but I made really good progress on Waterlily. I cannot wait to stitch her in her entirety for myself!!
I have found a group of women with whom I can create and work on Round Robins!! I am so excited to give this a try, and I am even happier that I was finally able to finish my own fabric to prepare for mine to be shipped out.
The last two weeks saw me with a horrible cold, so it was too difficult for me to stitch - I would have frogged everything since I was too dizzy to sit up. I managed to work and get my job done, but then I would crash at the end of the day. So, finishing this (Finally!) was a very cool accomplishment.
The fabric is by Stephanie and is called Ice Goddess. It is 28 count Opal Lugana. I used Valdani M-49, Subtle Elegance for the borders because I wanted a lace-look and feel to the piece.
Each stitcher is given free reign on the piece. I have told everyone that I want them to pick something that is their favorite or best represents them.
Happy Squeeee!!! Now, this piece is off to it's first destination - South Africa!!
