Monday, June 29, 2009

The Championships & Stitching

This is the time of year when I'm happiest that I'm not working. Wimbledon!! Two weeks of tennis-- all day, nearly every day (except middle Sunday, of course). We're having lovely weather at the moment. I should be outdoors enjoying it, but I can't manage to tear myself away from the tennis coverage. :^o It happens for two weeks each June/July. I essentially become a shut-in, only emerging only on middle Sunday.

The good side of spending nearly two weeks as a couch potato is that it means LOTS of stitching time. When The Championships started last Monday, I pulled out PIG and went back to work on it.

Here's what it looked like on Monday...


And here it is on Saturday morning...


It's hard to see the details, but there are plenty of them. The section I've been working on has lots of rice stitches and TONS of backstitching. Those domed rooftops were a pain-- all rice stitch, with gold metallic backstitching overlaid.

I'm hoping to stitch today, but it's not looking good. I had a nasty night of insomnia last night-- awake until 5:30 a.m. and back up and 8:30. The likelihood that I'll be able to focus well enough to stitch on black fabric is slim, at best. :(

5 comments:

Tommye said...

That's striking! Love the colors. Keep up the good work.

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Lana said...

Great progress! That is beautiful! Don't you love being a couch potato? aren't stitchers the most productive couch potatos on the planet?! I know I get lots of stitching done while in front of the TV!!!

Jenna said...

You've made some wonderful progress here! Such a lovely design and you chose well in stitching it on black fabric, even if it's more challenging.

CindyMae said...

Your stitching is looking amazing!

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Brigitte said...

That's a stunning piece. And all stitched on black or dark blue fabric. It's ceratinly hard to see the holes on it but the colours look terrific on it. Great progress picture.