Happy Saturday!! Here it is May 21 already.  Wow, this month is flying by. The year end school functions have started.  Thursday night was the last choir concert for my daughter.  Friday they ventured to Cedar Pointe, and Monday they have their banquet.  Then it is button down the hatches for the last 2 weeks, and she'll be out of there and heading into her Freshman year of high school.  Doesn't seem possible.  I remember when she was under my feet...

But not so much anymore! LOL!  This was taken when she was about 3 years old, and now she's almost 14. My mom always told me to enjoy every minute, because they grow up all too fast, but you just don't realize it. Seems when you are a parent you are trying to provide for them until you get them grown, and you just can't stop and smell the roses.  Maybe that is why being a grandparent is so sweet to most. You get the chance for a "do over." Can't wait for that to happen someday.

I am endeavoring to have some of my finished stitched pieces framed.  It is so expensive to do. I have never really sat down and tried to learn how to do it, although I am sure I'd still have to have help with the mat board and frame anyway. I had Noel framed in November...

So this month (I had to recuperate from the cost LOL!) I had Mermaid of Atlantis by Mirabilia framed. She was stitched on Reef by Heaven Lee Creations (wish she was still in business). She is my favorite mermaid so far by Nora Corbett.

I wish I had the funds to frame all I wanted to frame, but one by one, they will get framed. :)

Well, off to finish off my Saturday.  I hope that you all have a charming weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

Okay so this weekend should have been one where I accomplished a lot of stitching.  It is cold, raining, and just downright miserable outside. However, this has not lent itself to much stitching. While I got in about an hour on Friday night, today has seen not one needle pass through fabric and it is 10:30 p.m. I have, however, made a carrot cake and yeast rolls for dinner tomorrow. And I did make it to the grocery store. But I fear that tomorrow will not bring any time either. Seems the weekend is always stacked, and there is little time for "me." Ah well. I shall make this post and see if I can't bring fabric, needle, and thread together for just a bit.

I say all of this to state that my progress on Lady of the Mist has been slow. Looking back at progress pics from when I started her, I find that I began this particular journey in 2008 and had finished her upper body (or the top part of the chart minus the rose trellis around her).  I picked her back up in February of this year, so I've been working on her roughly 3 months. It is frustrating.  I can remember a time when I would finish these projects in those 3 months! Anyway, without further ado, here she is...

She IS a gorgeous piece. She is just very large! LOL. That dress is something else.

So that's all for me.  I hope that you enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you for stopping by.