Puzzled?

Jigsaw Puzzle
oops...once I find the link I'll update it, promise.  6-20-13 //amw

I'm playing with new a note taking application and thought it would be nice to actually update my blog.  It has been ages! 
I've been working a little on my crocheted afghan since maybe a week ago.  It was sitting UFO style in my closet since maybe July or August 2011.  Maybe the next photo I take will turn into a new blog post!  Meanwhile, hope the link works out and happy crafting.

Background Removal

Now this is how I remove backgrounds...

Sitting in my department's computer lab, I just printed out this pattern QS Merlin by Linda Ravenscroft and had at it with a highlighter.  Hoping not to have to make too many changes later but I snapped a quick photo on my phone of the whole thing.  Thought it looked cool.  Enough to maybe warrant a blog post, even.

Today I had fully intended to go to the library and whip (sorry no pun today , it's really blind stitch, darn) out my quilt binding, and maybe still will after lunch hehe but this pattern distracted me for a bit because I had access to the giant laser printer.  (I also printed out class notes I promise O:-D)  Going to a quilt show over the weekend couldn't keep me from my stitching apparently. 

Happy sunny day!

Defending Against Frogs

Hi, blog!

After like, a month and a half hiatus, Cercles is coming along bit by bit.  Although I keep putting entire sections of motifs a few stitches over and end up frogging slash de-beading.  Good news is the replacement extension piece for the System 4 stand is working as it should I believe.  The Q-snap holder is not tilting slightly downward on the left hand side any longer.  May I internally happy dance?

Plus I've colored in the entire pattern.  One little thing off my mental, and what turned out to be an actual (on my phone's Notepad), to-do list. 

Last night was a fun pick-up rehearsal for the musical Falsettos.  The substitute saxophonist was giggly right along with me... I was beginning to go insane down in the pit with nobody to mouth random jokes/comments to.  Also, the guest oboist was totally awesome.  Her multiphonic note dealie gave me shivers of joy.  For about 10 measures then maybe 4 more for me to get over it. 

I really hope whoever is reading enjoys my rantings.  Believe me, much more goes through my head.  This is just what I happened to be thinking about at the time of this blog post.  Happy morning... my nocturnal-esque self could not sleep and therefore am awake, blogging. 

Circles, Beads, Contacts, Fire..

 

This is my next update of my beaded Cirque.  My somewhat obnoxiously sub-categorized Pictures library has these Ink Circles samplers in folders as CDC for Cercles, CDT for Triangles, and CDX for Carreaux (to be simple).  Is it bad that I heard on a bulletin board that there will be another Cirque and in my mind I'm planning what fabric count, floss or beads, cost?, and the biggest question how will they ultimately be displayed.  I was thinking that if I were to do whatever the fourth one was on 32ct over 2 in all beads, I could display the 4 in a large rectangle with the same mat size, and they'd fit almost perfectly with the same space between.  The only I guess, stipulation would be that the beads have to fit on 32 count fabric.  It might be too tight a fit, but I've never actually tried the beads I want to use (Delica seed beads, heard nice things about them).  After a bit of searching on the same website, I found some smaller beads that are a possible alternative, but they didn't have really what I wanted for color.  Here is the best I could find for purple.  I just need to do a little testing, I guess.  Also, get more beading finished on Cercles, for Page 1 is almost complete!!!  Just a side note.. the title was an obscure (and possibly incorrectly referenced) song from the musical RENT (that I listened to in full on Friday before interVarsity.. except Finale and Finale B lol), and "contacts" instead of "Contact" is because I'm getting new contacts Monday.  No Colours this time I'm thinking.  I do love the effect it has on my appearance.  The green is just so awesome.  But the new brand made of a different material lasts longer hours without getting uncomfortable.  Of course, your resident night owl said yes to that prospect.

Welcome to Falsettoland!

First pit rehearsal for The Falsettos tonight!

Here is my latest update on Cirque des Triangles.  Just a few more triangles to outline!

 Here's a photo of my initial set-up with my new System 4 Needlework stand.  It's the regular floor stand with the Q-Snap holder attachment.  The extension piece is now attached.  The Q-Snaps in the photo are 17"x17", but it was a little too tall for me to reach the part where I was stitching.  After failing multiple times trying to put the thing together, and several hours of trying different sizes of snaps and ended up with 17" wide x 8"+3" tall.  I got a few stitches/beads in last night.  

 

 Stash box! Yes!

UFO's Coming Home

 First, remember what it started like?

Now look!  Why the photo keeps coming up upside down (when it's right side up in my Pictures folder), I don't know. lol

Favorites

I was just looking at a few stitchers' WIP photos and somehow the thought popped into my head about what my favorite projects are.  Then I thought, hey this time away from my enormous box of stitching supplies got me thinking.  I mean, I have a few projects with me and I've worked on only Cirque des Triangles and UFO RR this quarter.  Well the quarter is almost over, and Triangles has a bit more outline and a lot more filling in.  See?

So just now I thought, do I have a project that I've been wanting to work on since I've been back in California?  And if so, do I want to make some sort of hierarchy or rotation system... Hmm.  I think I've been eager to work on beading my Cirque des Cercles.  So perhaps do I want to work on only the Cirques until I have the 3 of them finished so they can be framed together?  How to frame them is another issue, meep, because they're all different color schemes and sizes.  Then there is my HAED serial starting problem... uhh what I have been wanting to work on the most is Phoenix 1 by Law.  Second maybe QS Jem by Hannah Lynn Disney.  I have a full page completed on Phoenix and all the black and a bit of color on Jem.  That's a more manageable number of WIPs, right?  Maybe I should get a trunk with a lock and give the key to a roommate for the rest of the projects.

By the way, I was thinking of doing a thing for the new year.  Like a song of the day that describes my mood, thoughts toward whoever at the time, or just generally stuck in my head for no apparent reason, and see what comes of it, if anything.  I thought of this because the song today might have been My Favorite Things by Incubus.  And the title of this post was favorites, and I felt like ranting about it!