Drought has broken at Hawk Run Hollow

It's been a loooong time since I last posted, but finally I am here.

Due mainly to a holiday in Queensland (dog sitting for my Son), I have finally finished Block 6.  I had forgotten how lovely it is to actually finish a piece.  That sense of achievement is great and even though I am only half way through this sampler, I am determined to keep up the momentum now until it is finished.

My 13 year old Grandson watched me stitching one day and asked how long it  had taken and he was pretty horrified when I showed him my little book with the hours written in it.  His older Brother saw me doing some colour blending for a card one day and asked " don't you get bored doing that?".   Since they are into Wakeboarding which is a fast and exciting sport, my hobbies must be very dull by comparison.

So here is block six:

 

 

And my progress so far:

 

Please note that I have commenced stitching on block 7 - yay!

 

 

I have just realised that I haven't posted about the finish of Aaron's birth sampler!   I finished it a couple of months ago, just after his 3rd birthday!!!!  Oh well, at least It is finished.  I got lost with this one so many times along the way.

I think the AVAS colours were just too pale for me and I did alter quite a few, but then I realised that it was going to be far too long by the time I added in the name and date, so I decided it needed a complete revamp, which required unpicking - quite a bit of unpicking actually!  

 

So now to get this one and one other to the framer.  Stay tuned !

Five down and seven to go

I think this must be the longest anyone has taken to stitch Christmas At Hawk Run Hollow.  Talk about dragging it out.  Stitching always seems to be at the end of my to do things these days.  I keep promising myself that I will stitch each night but it just doesn't happen.  Anyway, back in July I finished Block five so here it is:
    

 

and a view of progress so far:

I guess it is not going to be finished in time for this Christmas either as I have started to stitch a birth sampler for my Grandson. 

 

I chose SB The Promise and will work in his details towards the end of the sampler.  I chose to stitch it in AVAS because I had all of the threads, but it is very pale.  Not a lot to show at this stage:

 

The colour is not good here as this is 32 count Belfast Platinum, so not grey at all.

 

 

So that is about it for now.  I should be taking advantage of a free day and sitting outside in the beautiful spring sunshine instead of fiddling around on the computer.

As always, thanks for popping in,

Mary