what I'm working on

crossstitchpro · Post by **crossstitchpro** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:55 am

Hello Everyone,
Sorry I can't stay and read/chat. Life is very busy right now. The biggest news is that my son and his fiance are coming for a short visit. Our children aren't able to come home very often, so when they do, it's a big deal and our world stops while they're here....

anyway, I started two projects. One is of a primitive cat from a painting by Henri Rousseau. The other is called, "Near Kennebunkport". It's of a lady in her country garden. It's from a painting from the 1800's.
(Kennebunkport is a seaside town in the state of Maine, it's famous now because President Bush's family owns an estate there.)

I have some "virtual stitches" images of what the designs will look like when finished and some pics of what I've done so far. They are the first ones in the WIP album.

http://community.webshots.com/user/flat ... =community

Have a great weekend all!

Lori

agi · Post by **agi** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:45 am

Wow, Lori,
you have just finished that beautiful iris, and now two such beautiful projects! And so much done already!

Jilly · Post by **Jilly** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:56 am

They are lovely projects, keep us up to date often

Have a great time with your family Lori

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:00 pm

oh they are really nice and you've made good progress on both.
It must be great to have two interesting projects on the go at once.

Hope you have a wonderful time with your son and fiance, I can imagine how much you are looking forward to it.

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:37 pm

You may not be able to linger and chat but you certainly give us good things to look at when you do pop in!

Wonderful Stuff there!

sammy_v · Post by **sammy_v** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:01 pm

There both looking great, u have really made progress with them.

I hope u all have a lovely time when ur son and his fiance come.

nicgoss · Post by **nicgoss** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:22 pm

Just taken a look at your gallery and you really have done some stunning work!

Seeing the lady in the garden picture has made me want to complete something like this in the future, so keep us up to date.

Have a lovely time with your son and fiance

...and I can't believe your garden - absolutely beautiful and HUGE!

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:50 pm

Goodness what a lot of progress on both of your WIP's maybe the rest of us could take a clue and get more stitching time and less forum.......Oh no that wouldn't work for me I go through severe withdrawls when I can't peek into see what every one is up to.

Thanks for the update and enjoy your family I do the same thing when my son comes home. Daughter is here alot so I am able to do other things when she comes home. But we still have fun. And besides that she brings treats from her cooking school. The last 3 visits saw her with 3 cakes each time.

Diet what diet?????

mags · Post by **mags** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:15 pm

Wonderful progress Lori.

Yes, Rose, I too would get a lot more done if I didn't spend so much time on here

nicgoss · Post by **nicgoss** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:08 pm

Was just saying exactly the same thing to my BF! Haven't got any stitching done today as I'm constantly on this forum

To make things worse, he even brought me my own laptop yesterday! Spoilt or what?!

So things are only gonna get worse

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:00 am

Great stitching, 'pro. Have a wonderful family time.

nicgoss: the acquisition of a new computer which will allow you to be in even better forum contact is a problem exactly how?

nicgoss · Post by **nicgoss** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:32 pm

...mmm!!

Okay you got me there!

Just don't expect to see any updates on my cross stitch for a while

Also might put off those slight necessities like eating, talking, leaving the house etc...

crossstitchpro · Post by **crossstitchpro** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:30 pm

We had a wonderful weekend with our DS and his fiance. She's a lovely girl. They are so inlove that the air around them is syrupy sweet.

The only problem is that she's not eating enough to feed a bird. My daughter did that before she was married too. After the wedding she promptly gained 10 pounds. (she's still quite thin)

Since it snowed yesterday (we still have about 3' of snow....spring is so late this year)...I stayed in and stitched most of the day. Here's my progress on the The Tiger Cat: You'll find it in the WIP album.

http://community.webshots.com/user/flat ... =community

Lori

mags · Post by **mags** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:40 pm

Good progress

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:54 pm

Fabulous your really getting on with it.

nicgoss · Post by **nicgoss** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:57 pm

Looking great!

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:19 pm

It's a wonderful design, Lori. Pleased you had a lovely weekend. Our son and girlfriend are coming to visit next week. It will be the first time we've met her!

agi · Post by **agi** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:30 pm

You have done a lot of progress. Very nice!

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:02 pm

Oh thats coming on great.

sammy_v · Post by **sammy_v** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:56 pm

Looking fab, well done.