Old and new - and done!

I finished two projects today and I'm feeling pretty good about it because I have't been getting much done lately. I had a mostly completed beaded Halloween pin and I did the finishing work on it today. One black cat for October ready to roll.




And back in March I bought a new Just Nan kit of a needle roll and a case to keep it in. It's done too! What a weekend.

Wow!

That's really all there is to be said for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics! I wasn't expecting to be able to watch the ceremonies, but they were broadcast on our local Kanal Edno after all, so I got to see them and they were spectacular. I'm not sure how any country can follow up on that. Poor London! The flame lighting ceremony was certainly the topper. How anyone could perform that smoothly and convincingly on high wires was amazing.

It's hard to decide who to cheer for hardest after fifteen years of living in Bulgaria, but both the US and the Bulgarian teams looked classy in the march.

Finished badge

I finished the A&S 50 badge last night and appliqued it to a linen pouch this morning. I'm relatively pleased with how it turned out. The zero with the candle could have been a little straighter, but overall, it's okay. I particularly liked how the chain stitch filling turned out. It has a nice sheen and I enjoyed the stitch.

Badge, version one

I decided a pouch badge for the A&S 50 would be a good thing, so I've started one. It's going pretty quickly, so you may see it finished later today, if nothing comes up. I'm trying it out in satin stitch for the gold and I think I'll use chainstitch for the green background. For the complainer who says I have no photos, here you go. (You KNOW who you are!)

I also just realized this is my 100th post.

Whew!

It has been pointed out to me that I never identified the piece that required frogging. Mea Culpa! I was working on the wedding sampler for my daughter and SIL. They may get it before their silver anniversary, if they're lucky! It's counted work on linen and I managed to start a row of stitching one thread to the left of where it belonged and it does matter a lot. Oh well, fixed now and moving along. Here are some photos, including one with my little helper!

All caught up

Well, with my limited time this evening, (spent the day working in Sofia and the travel time is a killer) I have re-done all the bits I had to frog and moved a bit further along. Let's hope I don't look at it tomorrow and have to "rippit" again!

Frogging

Rippit is my mantra today. You'd think after all these years I'd know not to pull out intricate stitching to work on if I wake up in the middle of the night and can't sleep! But no, you'd be wrong. I spent my lunch hour picking it all out. So at least now I'm ready to start again on that section - in broad daylight and well rested!