momstitches
- Name: Cheryl
- Gender: Female
- Location: Nashville TN US
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WIPs
My current works in progress!
Current WIP Count: 10 - Back to double digits! 
2009 Goals:
Complete 1 large Chatelaine - Um, not likely to happen
Reduce total WIP count from beginning to end of year (starting WIP count is 9) - Nope, probably ends at 9
Start Crabby All Year and stitch a square each month so that the project is completed in 2009 - on track to finish in Dec
Restart Egypt Garden - started and progress made 
2009 Rotation
Chatelaine's Hanging Gardens of Semiramis - started 4/6/09 - 45% complete
Raise the Roof's Crabby All Year - started 12/31/08 - 92% complete ALMOST THERE!!!
Chatelaine's Egypt Garden - (re)started 1/8/09 - 7% complete (6336 of 94864 stitches)
Chatelaine's Medieval Town Mandala - 52% complete
Chatelaine's Elizabethan Sweete Bag - front panel is 67% complete
Dimples Designs For Amelia - completed 03/20/09
Chatelaine's Evening in the Park - 54% complete
Travel Project
Chatelaine's Celtic Quilt - 19% complete (blocks A1, A2, and B1 completed)
WIPs not in rotation
Chatelaine's Misty Morning Vineyard - 5% complete (moves into rotation when MTM is complete)
Teresa Wentzler's English Garden Sampler - 5% complete (it doesn't matter how much I work on this, I just don't get anywhere!)
Possible 2010 Goals (still in the thinking stage):
Finish Hanging Gardens
Start Nativity Story Table Topper and stitch on it every month wit the goal of finishing by year end
Finish one large Chatelaine (either MTM or EP)
Start one project from my Stitching Bucket List
Stitch three ornaments
Attend Quilt Festival in Houston
Attend bi-monthly Moonlight Stitching 4 of 6 sessions
Currently Reading
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And Thats All I Have to Say About That
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My friends are full of awesome!
11/19/09 10:00:29 | 4 People who also have something to say
First, over the weekend, the pin cushion MissyAnn made, which I was lucky enough to win in the random draw, arrived at my house. See it displayed on the table by the stitching chair in my office.
I do love these colors together. Thank you Melissa! It is likely to see quite a bit of use in the near future as I have several...
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Table runner news
11/18/09 16:41:01 | 3 People who also have something to say
You know that Nativity Story Table Runner I want to stitch as my monthly project for 2010? Well, I finally decided that I want to stitch it on a 32 count fabric, which would be more like 34 count on a hand dyed fabric. Of all the fabrics I looked at, I really thought that PTP's Relic was the closest to what I envisioned for that sort of aged look. But,... -
What I've been doing lately
11/17/09 14:15:39 | 1 People who also have something to say
Well, besides being sick. I'm mostly better now. Just the lingering cough. DH was mostly a butt. But when I'd get to the point of calling him out, he'd suddenly do something nice. Funny how that works.
Anyway. Last weekend I finished my Crabby block for November. Blurry pic, but the colors are true. Sorry, but it's the best I could manage today.
This past...
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A pretty good weekend
11/02/09 08:54:33 | 2 People who also have something to say
So, maybe something can be salvaged from this football season after all. My Vols, looking rather bad-assed in their black just-for-Halloween jerseys, actually whipped South Carolina on Saturday. Anytime Tennessee beats a Spurrier-coached team, it's a good day. I despise the man, but I digress. When they can do it amidst a rather lack-luster season, it's a high point! Feelin' the Big Orange love right now.
And yesterday, my Titans resurrected themselves. Yeah, I'm... -
Diva's Downer
10/31/09 07:47:34 | 2 People who also have something to say
Diva's high school volleyball team lost yesterday in the finals of the state tournament, which makes them State Runner-up for the third year in a row. The girls are really devastated. I think it will take them a while to bounce back. While the team that defeated them is an excellent team, our Lady Irish beat themselves with so many more unforced errors than they typically make. They just did not play like themselves, and I think that will haunt them for quite a while. I just hope they...
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My List of Wishes
Chatelaine - Mystic Meadows (with Judy O'Dell's finishing book)
Jean Hilton - Whisper, Visions of Sugar Plums (all counted canvaswork)
Little House Needleworks - Chocolate Box
Jeannette Douglas Designs - My Stitching Album parts 7 & 8 as released
Raise the Roof Designs - Monthly Mockeries 4 along with the button packs for parts 3 & 4
Fibers
I am collecting Rainbow Gallery's Petite Treasure Braid (I prefer it to Kreinik). Colors I need: 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 64, 67, 201.
I am slowly becoming a fan of WDW and GAST. I have a very small collection, so any additions are welcome!
I also like Gloriana silks - so yummy!
Other Stitching
I bead as well as stitch, so fun beads of any type are fun to have. Delicas are my favorite seed bead. I like fun glass beads of all types!
Hobby Lobby stopped carrying the needles I like. John James Petites - I use mostly 28's and 26's, but I do like the 24's for pearl and metallic fibers. I also use the #10 beading needle A LOT!
Fabric
I stitch mostly on linen (NO Permin or Wichelt linens), but I like lugana, too. Jobelan and Jubilee don't work as well for me. As for color, I like hand dyeds and neutral solids. Country Stitch fabrics are my favorite hand dyeds.
As for non-stitchy things, I am an avid reader of fantasy and historical fiction. This is my Amazon wishlist. I do keep it up to date for books and DVDs. I love faeries and chocolate (esp. dark).
