stitching update...

...over the past few months, i had two different stitching projects going on. one, a gift for my sister-in-law for the holidays. i had thought about something which incorporated an Irish saying, as my in-laws are very Irish, and my sister-in-law has been to Ireland (and loved it). i finally settled on a wild rose design - she has a variety of beautiful, framed photographs of flowers she's taken around her home.











i must admit i didn't quite finish it in time for christmas. between feeling under the weather, packing, and traveling in December, i wasn't able to complete the outlining for the flowers and leaves. just a bit more to go. i've set it aside for now, and will bring it back out in November to finish up for next christmas. i was a little disappointed not to finish it when coming so close, but i'm sure she'll enjoy it just as much next year as she would have this past year.

the other stitching project, which i've been working on, sporadically, for the past year, is coming along - i can almost see the light at the end of this project. i put it aside in mid-summer to get started on the wild rose project, and then picked it back up in January in hopes of finishing it in time for spring. i think i'll make it...










i've realized that stitching is something i do rather inconsistently - starting and stopping projects which don't have a deadline. i think it's because it's typically such a time-consuming, slow-to-show progress type of project. and of course there's lots of other projects to work on, and books to read, etc...

i will finish this project soon, though (and i'll repeat this to myself again and again). if for no other reason than i've got several other stitching projects i'd like to start in on.