Goal review, and some pics

Hi girls,

sorry for not posting lately, my FIL passed in October, and things have been a bit more difficult here since.

October goals review:
1. Stitch April Cat by Margaret Sherry for RR - No (the girl left the RR and asked hers back)
2. Stitch a flower fairy for Freestyle RR - Not even started
3. Stitch Adél's Astrocat RR - Yes (though final stitches were put in in November)
4. Stitch one or two of the Herbs and Spices RR - One stitched
5. Mail out PS and Crazy exchanges - PS mailed (CE was mailed out in November)
6. Stitch and send Fair and Square Autumn round - Yes
7. Stitch and send Angel Swap - Yes
8. Stitch on Lanarte Tuscany Sampler for Let's Stitch challanges and SATs - YES

Not too bad, I think.

And the November goals:
1. Stitch May Cat by Margaret Sherry for RR
2. Stitch a flower fairy for Freestyle RR
3. Stitch one or two of the Herbs and Spices RR
4. Mail out CE Christmas ornie exchange
5. Stitch on Christmas gift for the Hungarian Group exchange
6. Participate in at least one of Let's Stitch Challenges
7. Join the Friday night SAT once or twice

And, as I did not get to show you my finishes, here are some piccies:

The PS exchange I received from Mira, a cute little framed picture, and WDW floss (in gorgeous colors!!!)


Sagittarius Astrocat by Margaret Sherry for Adél

Jane Austen adn February Cat

I did not show you yet my progress on last week's challenge and SAT for the Let's Stitch group.

My weekly challenge project was At Home with Jane Austen from the Sampler Girl. I did not manage to work much on it, due to work and RR commitments, but I left the half way mark on that one, so I am satisfied.


And for the Friday nigh SAT, I chose to finish up the February Cat from the Calendar Cats RR. Here is a pic of him, and some details.

An RR and a challenge

Last week there was a challenge on the Let's Stitch blog, to dig out our oldest wip, and work on it. Though it is not certainly the oldest wip I have, it is one of them, and I still love it, so I jumped at the idea of pulling it out and putting some stitches in it. Not very much though, as I was also working on some exchanges and RRs. Anyway, I sticked to it for Friday's Stitch-A-Thon as well, and this is what I accomplished:



And last week I also managed to finish up another one of the Herbs and Spices RR: Lemon Verbena for Cinella. Here it is:




Now off to do some stitching, this week's challenge is to work on a sampler design, so I am putting some stitches into At home with Jane Austen by the Sampler Girl (besides those RRs and exchanges, of course).

The standing before the challenge:

Some pictures again

I haven't posted for a while now. I have done some stitching, and finally I have some piccies to show you.

So (in no particular order):
I finished June Cat from Margaret Sherry's Calendar Cats for maczyka's RR.



I managed to finish two pictures from the Herbs and Spices RR, Comfrey for Szandrah, and Ginger for Melinda.



I was the lucky winner on Edige's blogaversery drawing, and I received this lovely purse:

I have sent and received the needleroll on the Hooked on Exchanging group, look what lovely needleroll I have received!

And the one I stitched for Leigh:

Mini Topiary sampler III Needleroll Designer: Jeannette Douglas Designs Fabric: 28 ct vintage cream linen Threads: various silks from my stash

I also managed to finished the Margaret Sherry cat for the charity, but no pictures yet, they have to be uploaded from my camera.



P.S.: I decided to write this blog only in English from now on. The events of my life will be written in Hungarian on multiply (but there in Hungarian only). I hope my Hungarian friends who follow this blog can cope with this. If not, let me know :-) and I will find a solution.

És még egyszer utoljára magyarul: fárasztó magyarul és angolul is írni a blogot. Ezért úgy döntöttem, ezt a blogot ezentúl angolul vezetem (végül is itt nagyjából kizárólag a kész hímzéseimet mutogatom), ha valami olyan történik velem, amit nagyon meg szeretnék osztani veletek, magyarul, azt a multin fogom megtenni. Ott ityamom néven vagyok megtalálható, ha esetleg valakinek hiányoznék magyarul ;-). Remélem, az engem olvasó magyar barátaimnak megfelel ez így. Ha nem, szóljatok, kitalálok valamit :-)

Ezer éve - for ages

Ezer éve nem írtam ide semmit. Pedig sok minden történt. És végre összeszedtem magam, és hímeztem is végre. Gyorsan mutatom a képeket, aztán a következő postban mesélek is ezt-azt.

It has been ages since I wrote here. A lot was going on. And finally I had sufficient stitching time, so I have some pics to share. Tales in the next post!Capricorn Astrocat - Cica313 RRje
Designer: Margaret Sherry
14 ct lilac Aida, DMC

Birthday flowers - Ditti RRje
Designer: Jeremiah Junction
18 ct roustic aida, DMC

July bear - Newsees RRje
28 ct Linda, DMC

Calendar Cats - March, Magu RRje
Designer: Margaret Sherry
28 ct Linda, DMC

Herbs and Spices - Comfrey - Szandrah RRje
Designer: Jeremiah Junction
Floba, DMC

Herbs and Spices - Ginger - Melinda RRje
Designer: Jeremiah Junction
14 ct aida, DMC

Képek - pictures

Elég sok minden történt, nem volt időm írni, és most is csak mutogatok:

There was a lot going on in my life lately, I had no time for blogging, and even now I can only show pictures:Sweet biscornu by Periphaeria Design (from the Gift of Stitching Magazine)
Silkweaver 32 ct Lugana Forest Haven
DMC variegated floss
for Trinabelle on HoE

Cozy Christmas wishes
freebie from Lizzie*Kate
32 ct raw linen, GAST and DMC floss
will be finished as a Xmas ornie

JJ Herbs and Spices RR Chamomile
14 ct aida, DMC

JJ Herbs and Spices RR Peppermint
28 ct Zweigart Linda, Anchor floss

Margaret Sherry Calendar Cats RR
January cat
28 ct white Linda, DMC floss

Túléltem a hetet - getting through a hard week

El sem hiszem hogy vége van. Lezárva, megcsinálva - 18 cég teljes éve átnézve, lezárva, és a nemzetközi szabályok szerint konszolidálva. Mindezt rohamléptekben, mert bár a végső határidő február 28, as külső könyvvizsgáló csak 21-31 között ért rá, és már így is fenyegetőzik, hogy késni fog a jelentése, mert csak 24-re lett meg a teljes, kiegészítő mellékletes anyag (ami azért vicces, mert tapasztalatom szerint ezt az anyagot kb 3 munkanap alatt le lehet könyvvizsgálni - mondjuk eddig is tudtuk, hogy szakmailag nincsenek a topon, csak mivel egy nemzetközi lánchoz tartoznak, bármelyik európai tőzsdén ismerik a nevüket, és most ez a lényeg) - egész héten legalább este 8ig dolgoztunk, csütörtökön a finisben 11ig, ki is dőltem, tegnap óta lázas vagyok. de: KÉSZ!!! Jövő héttől visszajön a 4x4 órás munkarendem, és végre megint lesz időm tornázni, meg hímezni.
De azért egy készet tudok mutatni: kész lett gyerkőcök freestyle RRje. Kicsit küzdöttem vele, mert a minta nem volt a legjobb, de azért elég jó lett.
És végre készrevarrtam az ollóőrt is, hétfőn indulhat Amerikába. (arról majd csak érkezés után lesz kép). I managed to survive the week - the year-end closing came early this year. But it is done, and all (18) companies are fully audited, and consolidated - but to get it done, we hade to work 10-14 hours a day for the whole week. I got really, really tired - I also have fever, and I cannot decide whether it is the flu or just the stress. But from next week, I can get back to my 4 X 4 hours work a week routine, which will allow me to get back to the gym and my stitching! Which makes me quite happy, as my stitching mojo came back at last.
I did find the time however to finish on one of the RRs that are waiting for me, and also to finish up the fob for the HOE exchange - it will be in the mail on Monday!

it was a long time

That I did not post, but I was overwhelmed with work.
As I want to go stitching right now, I can only share some progress piccies:
The may house from the needleworker SAL - I could not finish it, and today I am starting the JUne one - hope to have more succes on finishing that one!







The first half motiv of the Beatrix Potter Quaker Sampler which I am doing as a SAL on Sundays - on a homespun linen (about 100 yrs old) over one wiht DMC 902.






Extract for JJ Birthday Flowers - RR.










My part of the new free style RR with an autumnal theme. The fabric is fein floba from Zweigart, the desing is Autumn Thanks from SABF, with the recommended floss.

Some update

With the busy season here I had very limited spare time, which I tried to spend stitching rather than blogging, but I did stick to my rotation. However, my progress piccies are related to RRs I am participating is.
First, a Flower Fairy is born:
This one is for a dear lady (or rather her daughter now) who passed away far too early last summer, leaving a 2 year old baby behind. Finishing her RRs is quite heavy, but we decided we would do it, and sticked with it.
The fabric is a very high count, about 35-40, and is stitched 1 ply over 2.



And, I have started my part of the new RR, in which my theme will be autumn.
I am through halfway already:
This one is stitched on Zweigart Fein Floba, with DMC and Gentle Art threads.







And finally, my beautiful hand-dyed fabrics have arrived from Carol:
I am really happy with them, I can sit and watch them all day long, thinking about what should go on them!

A new blog

Well, I felt I should start blogging in English as well... I have been writing a blog in Hungarian for a while, but I am starting to meet people from all over the world, and I would like to have a blog that I can recommend to them as well.
This one will be about stitching.
Yesterday I started to operate kind of a rotation. As I am participating in quite a few RRs, I must dedicate at least three nights for them, on Tuesdays I am working on the SAL project we have just started with some Hungarian stitchers, and on the other nights I am trying to work on my WIPs.
Yesterday was a combined day, so I worked on a WIP and an RR as well:
This one is part of a Round Robin, the theme is fairies, and this is Buttercup fairy from DMC.

This is a WIP, Bent Creek's April glooms. This is stitched on Zweigart Fein Floba, using DMC floss.