She's so big!

I've been stitching away on Princess Elliana, and every time I finish an area I look at all the areas left and it seems like a lot! And today a new design was released that I really want to stitch as well, called Miss Dancing Flower:

The colors and textures remind me of Princess Elliana and are what I love to stitch the most, so she might be my next start when PE is done. Speaking of which, here is Elliana as of last night:

Still a lot to do, but I'm already thinking that I'll send her to Jill Rensel for framing when she's done.

It's been a pretty nice June so far, and my temperature SAL has acquired some red:

It's been fun seeing new colors appear, but now I'm already dreading seeing the greens and then blues make a comeback later this year. Plus, it seems like working on this every day makes it seem like the year is passing by even faster than usual; almost halfway through already...

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

No models in the house...

...for just over 48 hrs!! Last Wednesday I finished a Rosewood Manor model, which I mailed back on Thursday morning. Spent a little time basking in the feeling of freedom, then received the next model from Karen on Saturday afternoon--that was some short-lived basking! However, there's no deadline on the new one, and Karen knows I won't be starting it until I finish the Wichelt model that should be coming later this month, so it's all good.

I've been catching up on house and yard work, but I've also spent some time starting Princess Elliana for myself:

I changed my mind on the fabric again and went with a piece of PTP Crystal DaVinci Belfast. It's similar in color to the recommended Peaceful Purple linen, but has some patches of orange that I think will go really well with the yellows/oranges in the dress. Hoping I have most of the month to work on her before the Wichelt model arrives.

Carolyn Manning's Daily Temperature SAL is still progressing; can't believe we're now into June!

In non-stitchy news I am happy to report that Roxie has continued to lose weight at a really good pace, and might actually reach her goal weight within the next couple of months. When we took her in on December 31 she was 58lbs:

By February 21 she was down to 49.9lbs:

And by May 6 she was down to 39.2lbs. I don't have a picture from that day, but here she is as of this morning:

Originally we had said she needs to lose around 30lbs, which would put her at 28lbs. When she goes in for her thyroid recheck we'll have the vet assess her and tell us the goal now that she's closer to being the right weight. She has so much energy now, she's like a different dog!

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!