Life With Jules, and other stuff

A Big WELCOME to my newest followers! I finally finished Married This Day !!! I am very pleased with how it looks and can’t wait to get a frame for it so I can finish-finish it and send it to my best friend. Here is the finished product:   Married This Day by Ursula Michael Started: February 27, 2011 Finished: November 26, 2011 I kept with a French theme as my best friend is from Nantes, France. I used “Marie ce Jour” instead of “Married This Day”. I also used the non-American way of placing the date: DD-MM-YY. I am sure she will treasure this piece. Now, the only question I have on this piece is: to Matte or Not to matte? I think I will need to use an Ivory or Cream color matte to separate the fabric from the frame itself. Plus, there is a tiny smudge near the lower left corner that I need to hide. My cousin came over yesterday afternoon for a few hours. We are very close and haven’t been able to spend much time together this year, even though we only live about...

I have put quite a bit more detail into this piece and WILL finish it this weekend.

Not a lot of stitching this week. But I can say that I am soooo close to finishing Married This Day ! I am gonna park my butt this weekend and finish it even if it kills me, lol! Well, it won't actually kill me, but it will be somewhat consuming. I will leave you with that Fall Foliage I promised you all last time: Oh, and for those of you who haven't visited yet, or even if you have, I do keep a photo blog of sorts. Click here for more images like this one! And as always, WELCOME to my newest followers!!!

I will start with the update! I stitched all weekend on Married This Day and can happily say that I am so very near a finish!!! Here is where I left off last night: And a little while ago, I added some detail and almost the rest of the cross stitches: ABU is such a stinker! He gets into everything!!! And I mean EVERYTHING. He has grown accustomed to stealing my socks and taking them off to parts unknown for his pleasure. He thinks he’s a dog because he loves to play with socks, LOL. He’s also been knocking one of my stuffed kitties off the top of my TV at night while I am asleep. It’s now in a “hiding” place by my bed. I know, I know…party pooper! Well, tonight he decided he wanted to watch the tele with me: Well, only a few more days until I start my new job. Until next time…

The clock is ticking! I have to get as MUCH stitching done as I can by next Thursday evening. You see, I HAVE A JOB!!! I start next Friday with Orientation. Wa-Hooooooooooooo! For now, I will show you a little more on Married This Day : This picture shows how the roses progress. Have a great weekend all! Mine will be filled with stitchy fun and hopefully a finish or two. Until next time…

Just a quick update to share my progress on Married This Day: I am almost finished with the cross stitch portion. Then I will finish up the backstitching and detail work. The weather has turned quite cool here in Central Florida. We are sitting in the mid-60s at the moment with a slim chance of reaching 70’F. Yeah, I know! There are many north of here that are much colder and seeing snow, especially in the mountains and Alaska. However, in this part of the world, when temps go below 70’F, that’s long shirt and jacket season, lol! Bundle up…Until next time…