Jan 17, 2010

HAP PEE DAN SING

I suspect that Stewey called his Aunt Chrissy yesterday, because at 1:30 I received a telephone call from her telling me to get out of bed and put some freakin' shoes on already. (What IS it with these two and shoes?). Then, she showed up with Bosco to help me take down all of the Christmas decorations, put them away, organize the garage, flip my mattress, and change my bed. Whew! Add #14 (take a shower) to the list, and I had a rather good day!

Today is an even BETTER day, since I put the final stitches into "Shenandoah Spring" moments ago:
Shenandoah Spring
DebBee's Designs
18ct. mono canvas in light blue
Watercolours, DMC floss and #8perle, Neon Rays, Kreinik #4 and #8 braid

When I finished this section, all I could hear in my head was Donkey's voice (from Shrek), saying "I'm making WAFFLES!"):


This is the center of the piece and was stitched all the way back in April of 2008. What the heck took me so long to finish this one?

I used Caron Watercolours "Seaglass" for this one, as well as DMC 504 and 503. The Neon Rays colors were N62 and N88, and then Kreikik braid in 3214 added the sparkle. I can only imagine what this one would look like in a different color pallette...maybe somthing like a rich, deep blue, or even a combination of brilliant reds. The imagination wanders...

What to stitch next is still rattling around in my brain. I might pick up those LHN ornaments and get a jump on those, or maybe finish the Merry Christmas piece from Raymond Crawford. Or I could pull out any of the billion and a half Laura J. Perin's I have and have fun with them, or maybe even do a little crewel piece?

It's nice to have such a dilemma!
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38 comments:

  1. BrendaJanuary 17, 2010 at 3:22 PM

    Very pretty! Thanks for sharing what you got done.

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  2. PattiJanuary 17, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    Oh my gosh, that is gorgeous!!

    Congrats on the finish and also on getting all the Christmas decorations down and organized. I hate that job....it's fun putting everything up, but taking it all down, not so much. :(

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  3. DonnaTNJanuary 17, 2010 at 3:36 PM

    SS is gorgeous! I love the colors. Thanks to Stewey's diatribe from earlier this week, I too finished taking down and putting away the Christmas stuff. Thanks Stewey!

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  4. DonnaJanuary 17, 2010 at 3:54 PM

    That's so pretty. I may have to add it to a very long list of projects I must stitch in this lifetime! Congrats!

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  5. madziulaJanuary 17, 2010 at 3:56 PM

    beautiful!
    I hope that in future, in my counry I could buy patterns and beautiful threads for needlepoint too :)

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  6. TerriJanuary 17, 2010 at 4:03 PM

    Congrats on a great finish. I love that green

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  7. MarnieJanuary 17, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    Gorgeous!!! I loves the WAFFLES! O to dream of getting all the housework done AND finishing so many wonderful pieces of needlework. You inspire me. Can't wait to see what's next.

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  8. MisteaJanuary 17, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    Your work is beautiful as always. The colours are perfect - and you are right a completely different look would be achieved with a bright pallette.

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  9. JulesJanuary 17, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    I absolutely love this design! Congrats on the magnificent finish!!!

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  10. UnknownJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:05 PM

    Lovely!

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:10 PM

    The crowd is in the stands. They start stamping their feet. The cheer goes up. "LAURA! LAURA! LAURA!" Maybe it's just my canvas mood, but I want more Laura Her Very Self. Her patterns are just gorgeous.

    Our Christmas decorations are down, but then again we don't have Stewey, so this year they never went up. But I did do a load of wash yesterday -- on the boat, always an adventure.

    We just finished watching all of West Wing. What next? What next? MI-5? Hard to find any dialogue that good in movies or television. (Yup, watched The American President and Charlie Wilson's War, too.)

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  12. AliceJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    Beautiful! You did have a good day!

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  13. FayeJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:41 PM

    My my...that is stunning!! You make the nicest stuff!! Good job..Faye

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  14. Sara LeighJanuary 17, 2010 at 5:44 PM

    That is gorgeous! It's one of many I have admired and hope to tackle.

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  15. LisaJanuary 17, 2010 at 6:37 PM

    What a beautiful piece! Clearly, the ageing process (as in fine wines) made it turn out so wonderful. At least that's what I tell myself about all the projects I've started and left languishing. They're not UFOs, they're ageing!

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  16. DebJanuary 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    Beautiful finish!! It's gorgeous. I love the color of it!

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  17. corinnaJanuary 17, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    pretty
    -as always-
    looking forward to the next choice
    ;0)

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  18. CarolineJanuary 17, 2010 at 8:15 PM

    Beautiful!!

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  19. BrendaSJanuary 17, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    Beautiful finish! Isn't it a great feeling trying to decide what to stitch next? I think that is more fun sometimes than the actual stitching.

    Have a great evening.

    BrendaS

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  20. BluJanuary 17, 2010 at 9:05 PM

    Gorgeous finish! The colours are so pretty!

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  21. NicoleJanuary 17, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Wow!! It's beautiful Coni! Congrats on another wonderful finish! :)

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    Very nice finish. Glad you survived Stewey's to do list too.

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  23. KarolJanuary 17, 2010 at 10:51 PM

    Beautiful finish!!!

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  24. AmyJanuary 17, 2010 at 11:45 PM

    Pretty! I think in deep plum would be pretty.

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  25. NicJanuary 18, 2010 at 2:53 AM

    Congratulations on the finish - it looks great!

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  26. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 8:05 AM

    Your work is beautiful and inspring....I'm a dyed in the wool cross stitcher, but after seeing your lovely canvases I'm very tempted to try a few!

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  27. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 8:10 AM

    I'm sure it is beautiful "in spring"....It is also inspiring!

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  28. Alanda JacobsJanuary 18, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    Um... did you intentionally leave out the last stitches on the 'eyeball' shaped area in the bottom right-hand corner? It looks different then the others in the row? *hides*...

    It's gorgeous though... *goes back into hiding*...

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  29. Laura ElizabethJanuary 18, 2010 at 9:52 AM

    Congrats on the finish, it's really lovely! While I love green, all shades, I'm thinking about it in different colors as well. Great... now I have to buy that and waffles too!

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  30. MaryJanuary 18, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    Coni, this is gorgeous! A lovely finish for the new year!!

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  31. KellyJanuary 18, 2010 at 11:42 AM

    Once again you are making me want to add to my stash. This is a beautiful finish. If you feel up to doing this in another color, I am sure your readers would love to see the results...

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  32. DebsJanuary 18, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    I could just stare at this piece for hours and still not see everything. Great Job!
    hugs
    Debs

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  33. CynJanuary 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM

    Hi Coni,

    Congratulations and Very Pretty!

    DD and I started laughing out loud at the donkey comment about making waffles. LOL!

    I've been reading you for a long time and seeing your comments on other blogs and I have a thought about being at the "Cool Kids Table". I think of it as being at the "Fun Kids Table" instead of the "Cool Kids Table" as I'm not sure if they actually were having fun over there. I rather be at the table that was laughing and having a good time in spite of their percieved social standing. Well, that's where you usually found me. LOL!

    My Holiday decorations are coming down slowly this year as I strained a back muscle. :-( So DD, with DH's and DS's assistance, is taking them down for me. Yay!!!

    Have a wonderful week! :-)

    Cynthia
    Windy Meadow

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  34. UnknownJanuary 18, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    So gorgeous! Congratulations on you finish!

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  35. KarenJanuary 18, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    A beatiful finish!

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  36. dorisJanuary 19, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Too, too pretty! Really pretty.

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  37. ShelleenJanuary 19, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    what a very pretty piece.

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  38. JenniferJanuary 20, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    Normally, while I can admire canvaswork pieces, they don't make me want to run right out and buy one. This one, however, did. Not that I'm going to do it, but I really, really want to.

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