BOO! Said the headless girl
Still plugging away on this little gem. I'm at 20 hours and figure it will take me another 20 hours, so I'm about half way through. I really love this piece and still don't know how I let it sit so long in the discarded, but hopeful pile. How and why do I do that?
I made some good progress on Job's Tears yesterday. I finished the sewing machine. Oh my goodness, is it gorgeous. I've about another 4 hours before I'll do another update photo. I'm hoping to find the time this week. It is unlikely I will, but the intention is there and that is the important part.
I read on Bliss' blog yesterday about her giving a gift of stitching and it not being well received. I've had it happen to me, not to this extreme, but a gift not be appreciated. I've also had it go the other way too, to the point of embarrassment because the people were so touched. I talked with Pam about one of the gift I'm stitching for a girl at work for her retirement this December and we came to the conclusion that I should scrap the idea. I'm not upset about it, I think I feel relief to not have another project deadline hanging over my head. I also wonder if the sense of relief doesn't come from knowing in my heart of hearts it might not be completely appreciated. The woman is a sweetheart, but just may not have the appreciation of what is involved, as much as she is able to see the time invested since I do a lot of stitching while at work.
The SAT is over on the Cross Stitch Board. I will be back later tonight with an after picture of Love. I had to work on other pieces for the SAT because I ran out of floss for Love and have yet to hit Michael's to pick up more. I would have made incredible progress if not for that! Darn it!!!!
I really need to run since I should be getting ready for work.
Happy Stitching Days to you.
6 comments:
Halloween Fairy looks awesome. Nice job ;)
So I have to ask, which one are you scrapping?
Headless wonder, no wonder lol
Tammy, you must be more than halfway through her! She's looking great so don't give up ;o)
I've only had once incident that I 'know' of and that was from my own grandmother. She's a rotten person to begin with so it shouldn't have surprised me. She just got rid of everything that I ever stitched for her. Luckily some of the items were caught in time but not all :o(
She is so cute. Cannot wait to see her with a head.
It is hard to believe that there are people out there that do not appreciate stitchy gifts, but I know it is true. Better to not stitch for someone than to find out in the end they did not appreciate it.
I love your progress on Headless Halloween Fairy, you are doing a GREAT job on her.
Wow, I love how Halloween Fairy is coming along.
I just dropped by Bliss' blog. What horrible people!
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