New Start: Lords Prayer

Well, I've put the Gourmet ABC and the Nautical ABC on the back burner for a few days.  I promise I'm going to go back to them both ASAP!!  There's a very very good reason why I shelved them for right now.   My daughter and I share the same godmother, who is a nun.  We received the invitation about 2 weeks ago that our godmother will be celebrating her 50th jubilee as a nun on Oct 17th.

I had no idea what to get her as a gift, and this past Christmas, kiddo and I gave her a quilt, so a quick quilt was out of the question.  My kiddo says, "Can't you stitch her a prayer?" BINGO.  So I ordered the Lords Prayer kit off Ebay.  I got it, started stitching it with the thread it came with and wound up ripping most out.. it kept knotting.  My husband then says, "Why don't you stitch it in her favorite color? There's only 3 colors in it."  Off to the store I went.  Got (hopefully) enough thread, and new fabric.  Fresh start.

In one week:
What it will look like:

Day 1: 3 hours in:

Day 1:  4 hours in:

Day 2: about 10 hours total:

Day 5 (I missed a few pictures!!)  About 20 hours so far total:

Hopefully I get another row or so done tonight.  I bought the frame for this one already, so this *has* to get done ASAP.  Aiming for the first week in October to have it done.

Progress Report: Nautical Alphabet

My other WIP is a Nautical Alphabet that I'm going to finish for my mom for Christmas this year.  She's been in the Coast Guard since the 60s, but went into the Coast Guard Auxiliary when she retired.  My father was a commercial fisherman, so I grew up on boats and the water.

I started it on 23 August, worked on it until 27 August, then put it down to get back in my school groove.

Here's where I was as of last night 6 September:

This is my progress from when I woke up until I decided to get out and move a bit in the gorgeous end of summer day.

And this is where I got after dinner, until 8:30 pm, when I started to upload my photos.

Yep, that's where I am now.

Progress Report: Gourmet ABC

I made some progress on the Gourmet ABC between last night and this afternoon. I think I'm one stitch off in the top part of the fork, but you can't really tell.

Progress Report: Gourmet ABC

I figured I'd show off my progress on the Gourmet ABC I'm working on.   It's slow going, but I'm doing my best. My thought was if I posted here for everyone to see, I'd be more likely to make progress and finish it faster than if I just did it at home.

I'm trying to hide this from my husband - I'd really like to give it to him for a Christmas gift this year.  My goal is to have it all done by Halloween, so I have the time to frame it.

Here it is after a week of stitching:

I took 2 weeks off of stitching it, but now I really need to get back to it!  My goal is to stitch one block a day.