Well, as I suspected, I finished the flowers on the flights to my destination. However, they did take longer than expected - many hours yet to finish the last two blocks, so I'm glad I took it. See? Now I just need to clean it and take it to be framed.
I had also taken a few smaller designs that I wanted to start, and was able to nearly finish 4 of them! I could have finished them all except there was some white thread that I thought wouldn't show up well on white fabric, and I knew I had a sparkly thread at home that would be a good complement (a byproduct of the bugs for John, actually). So I finished those in the first meeting where I didn't have to be on camera. Ta da!
Now I am working on a girl in a green dress, of similar size, and have several others lined up behind. My goal is to make more pencil cases for Christmas presents, as well as some embroidered handkerchiefs. I also ordered more silly fabric for my team at work, to give them new little bags (and, for the guy who started in May, his first).
The last fun thing is that I found a book of cross-stitch patterns that I had been looking for without success, yay! There were two people that I had picked a little pattern for but I wasn't really satisfied with those choices - hopefully this book will help me find something more appropriate.
The last not fun thing is that I somehow hurt my hand this morning trying to open a jam jar. What the heck?? I do not love this middle age thing. :P
- Catherine
