I got another one of those lovely, mysterious, stitch-me-quick packages in the mail at the end of January. I just finished last night – hallelujah! I’m always happy when I get these turned around relatively quickly; it makes me feel better about the speed of my stitching, despite the fact that it took nearly 14 hours. I scanned it, of course – front and back.
I also started my February ornament for the JCS SAL last night. This was a tough one to substitute threads because they were all overdyed threads, of which I had none. I was not about to spend nearly $20 to stitch one little ornament. No thanks! I’m going to try tweeding (blending two colors of thread) to try and simulate the two main colors in a couple of the combinations; otherwise, I chose what looked to be the most prominent color in the photo and matched it to a DMC floss color. I think it’ll turn out fine. Gratuitous use of expensive threads just kills me. I don’t know why someone hasn’t thought to kit up these stupid ornaments and sell them (the kits). That would be such a great idea. If I had a lot of money and could manage to get an advanced copy of the magazine every year, I might consider it. Hmmm… I wonder… maybe my ONS owner contact would be willing to work with me on it. Or maybe Silkweaver, since they already do the fabric cuts for the ornament? Maybe I’ll write to them…
On tap for this weekend is a gaming night tonight at a friend’s house. Nearly a year ago, we got together and played Diablo II for an entire day. Tonight will be our attempt to finish the game with the same characters we started last year (yes, he kept the files). I’m crossing my fingers that yesterday’s headache stays away.
Then, I have graphic design work to do for a web store. And I have to test the speed of an LCD panel to decide if I want to replace my current CRT monitor or not. And then I should really work up another graphic that a friend asked for before Christmas and I keep forgetting about. Then, maybe, if I’m lucky, I can relax and stitch a bit? I need to get back to working on another model that was on hold for a while.
