Well, that's a nice way to start a post, isn't it, especially after such a long absence?
But it's true. You're all evil and do you know why? Because you keep inspiring me to buy and start new projects (of the big-ass kind). To wit:
New start (Needleprint's Sarah Harris, on home-dyed/baked fabric with the recommended DMC threads)
And another one (1854 Isabella Johnstone sampler from SANQ, summer 2010):
New stash:
Furthermore, I've been making penny rugs:
The large rug is nearly finished, it just needs a backing. I use the smaller ones as coasters.
Also, I made a little progress on Susan Dunn.
Now, as you know, I'm mindlessly, if not dangerously, optimistic, so I truly believe I will get around to stitching and finishing everything in these pictures within the next year or so.
I'm translating up a storm (or at least I should be. Mostly, I just sit at the computer waiting for the urge to stitch to subside), I'm still reading (Finished Another Book), doing yoga, drinking coffee AND...
Thinking of a way to bring you the scary story I promised you a couple of weeks months ago. I haven't forgotten! Harmien was so good as to pose for a series of photographs I thought I needed to illustrate the story, and just to whet your appetites, here's a teaser picture.
She got frightened so badly, it changed the course of her life.
Scream XIII.
Coming soon to a computer screen near you.
Yours stormily,
Annemarie.
