It's Been a Minute!

Wow - didn't realize it had been that long since I posted. Oops.

It's been so hot here in Texas I don't even want to step outside. We are getting a little break from the 100+ temps this week - hopefully we have seen the last of them. (but it's still hot!)

I've been getting some stitching done (and a lot of frogging - over one, eek) Hubby had a conference a few weeks ago and I tagged along for the ride. Too hot to do anything so I just sat in the room and stitched away!

I can't show any of it as I've only been stitching on gifts. I have one ready to frame and one I need to pick some finishing fabric for so I decided to make myself a project roll to store/transport the finished stitching. I used Vonna's tutorial as a starting point. If you haven't visited her page and watched her tutorials you should - she is a very talented finisher! It took me way longer to finish mine!

My tube is a little shorter and fatter - I was determined to only use what I had here (because who wants to go out in the heat to shop?)

Here is my version. That piece may look small but it is stitched on 40ct fabric and some of it is over one - and took three tries to get it right. Long gone are the days when I could stitch on 36ct fabric with no glasses or magnifier - now I need both and I'm a lot slower! It's upside down because it's a gift (and there is another one underneath that one) I will show them when they have been gifted. (Christmas)

Here it is all rolled up and ready to visit the frame shop.

That's about it from here.

Happy Stitching!