For Marilyn

A little while back I received a comment from Marilyn that I needed to share some recent pictures of Murphy, so this post is for her! I even found a fleece blanket for him that has dogs on it, instead of the one with cats on it that he's been using for the past year:

Unfortunately Murphy's love of people food combined with our pleasure in making him happy by giving it to him led to some rotundity, so he is currently on a diet and is about 20% of the way to his goal weight. I think the diet is as hard on us as it is on him!

On the stitching front the only thing I can share is a small start I made on Just Nan's Bumble & Hoot Needle Book; I spent about 2.5 hours at the auto service shop, and was able to complete the border:

Very soon two of the Tempting Tangles SALs will end, so I'll be able to share the pictures of the completed pieces, and maybe two Nora Corbett designs if they are released in November.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

Finished before Halloween

The third and final part of the Lizzie*Kate Frightful Mystery Sampler was released just under a month ago, but I put off working on it until I finished the Rosewood Manor model that was my focus for the month of September. I finally sent that on its way in early October, so I took a few days to finish Frightful and I am really pleased with how it turned out:

I used the optional embellishment pack for this design, but also added some more beads and the little ghost button at the bottom; there was supposed to be a stitched acorn in that area, but the ghost felt like a better fit for a Halloween piece. Now I just need to work up the ambition to take this over to my framer, but since it won't be done in time for Halloween this year I'm not feeling particularly motivated!

Once again it will probably be some time before I have anything I can share here as I have a Mirabilia model that is due in early December (with another one being sent to me in early November), the last of three Tempting Tangles models to stitch after that and another Rosewood Manor already here to get in the queue...

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!