Here we are, April done and over with, whatever is the world coming to! Thank you for all of your lovely and snarky comments on my last post about my invisible squares! I suppose I could have all manner of things completed if they were all invisible ahaha~ :b Please feel free to join me in my Invisible Escapades and we shall take over the world with our imaginations!
First up! If you haven't heard of Kim's 60 Random Acts of Kindness, it is her awesomely crazy way of celebrating life this year! It's so fun to give during your birthday! But! I can't believe I am RAK #2 and lookit the exclamation points the mail brought!
A STONEY CREEK PATTERN! Yes, I squeaked. I really like Stoney Creek patterns. She also sent some lovely fabric! This is my first new fabric in eons! And those little squares down on the bottom?
First up! If you haven't heard of Kim's 60 Random Acts of Kindness, it is her awesomely crazy way of celebrating life this year! It's so fun to give during your birthday! But! I can't believe I am RAK #2 and lookit the exclamation points the mail brought!
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| the goodies |
A STONEY CREEK PATTERN! Yes, I squeaked. I really like Stoney Creek patterns. She also sent some lovely fabric! This is my first new fabric in eons! And those little squares down on the bottom?
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| home is where you are ♥ |
Eeee! They are so tiny and adorable! Each block is ~1.5" square (I measured them at her suggestion haha) and they're stitched on perforated paper. I've worked with perforated plastic but haven't been brave enough to trust myself (or cats) to paper! Eeee! :D They reside on my geeky shelf, not because they are geeky! It's just my space for stuff I love. :)
Thank you so much, Kim! :D :D :D
Now, since it's the end of April (egad, pt. 2), Faithful April, Justine's brainchild! It was so nice to work on just one thing again and I continued on with Final Fantasy III, letting it shoehorn its way into Gifted Gorgeousness along with invisible squares. Here's what happened!
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| before, start of April |
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| after - with bonus parked string |
Eee. I am so close to a finish. I hope the subject is more apparent to those who have not seen the final image. I imagine the WIPs looked rather odd! I feel like I'm in the area right before the final boss battle. I'm still free to roam around the map (chart), doing all the side quests and gathering all available ribbons (putting in backstitching and filling in the other leg of the cross). But the boss is still there, waiting.
I am going to continue with Faithful April right on into Faithful May and have. This. DONE(???). Two years, shameful! I've already started daydreaming about which one I'm doing next. It will be the "easy" one haaaaaaaaaah.
Thank you for tuning into this week's edition of Ishkabibble Babble! wriggles away
Wow you received such beautiful goodies from Kim. She is too kind to be celebrating her birthday with these RAKs.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Faithful April was a success. It would be good to see a finish.
Yes, she was so very kind! It's fun to give stuff away during your birthday but 60! She's wonderfully crazy. :D
DeleteI will beyond excited to post about a finish ahaha.
Ooo it's looking great! I totally know how you feel! I'm excited for you... And to see it of course!
ReplyDeleteHow cool that you were the recipient of one of Kim's RAKs. And a Stoney Creek pattern, well, I would have squeaked as well, lol. Enjoy your goodies.
ReplyDeleteFaithful April was a full success, wasn't it? Your progress is awesome. I wish you a great Faithful May.
Now who would dare to get snarky with you :D :D
ReplyDeleteI kinda like the idea of invisible finishes!!! I have already completed a few since reading this post!
LOVE your gifts from Kim!! Isn't she an angel???
You're so close to finishing!! Can you taste the sweet taste of success??!! I'm wondering....I have a few pieces that are probably 5 or more years down the line....would the taste of success when they're finished be slightly stale? :D
Yes! I saw your fantastic presents from Kim! So cool!
ReplyDeleteYou have been really successful in your stitching. Keep at it!!
Nice progress Rosey.
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Ahh, no! I was doing good getting your emailed comments! But thank you here anyway. :)
DeleteRosey, you had a successful April!
ReplyDeleteI wish you a beautiful May!
Awesome!! This looks fantastic and congrats on getting so much done and great idea to keep going to a finish.
ReplyDeleteGreat fantastic fabulous progress! I'm so glad you're sticking with this one. I'm carrying on too and hoping for a finish soon-ish.
ReplyDeleteLovely gifts from Kim - those cubes are so cute and tiny!
I love your FF piece! May I ask if the chart is one you created or found somewhere? I'd love to try my hand at one of the logos eventually!
ReplyDeleteOh, Rosey...so happy you like your RAK. Your stitching progress is amazing - you GO, Girl!
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Lovely gifts from Kim!! You made a great progress on your stitching !! :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful gifts from Kim!
ReplyDeleteWell done on completing Faithful April and good luck with Monogamous May. You really did get lots of progress on FF.
That's so sweet. Great progress on your WIP too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely RAK! And great progress on FF.
ReplyDeleteGreat gifts from Kim :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on sticking with Faithful April, you've made great progress!
It has been a fun and rewarding challenge as we are all so close to a finish now :)
Great progress on FF that's grown such a lot.
DeleteGreat job with FF, you're so close now! Enjoy your wonderful goodies from Kim :D
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