All the pretties

August has been super busy.

It started with a family lunch, then my birthday, the Knowledge and Needles Open House and a stash zone still waiting to be finished.

Also - my boss was away most of the month so work was busier than normal.  

Needless to say, blogging hasn't been the highest on my to do list.

But I have some progress pictures to share.

First: so of the glorious stitching on display at the Knowledge and Needles Open House.  I keep waiting for Ann to include drool bibs.

On my way to the Open House I picked up Teresa Wentzler's The Castle from the framers.  This guy is all mine

I have managed a little stitching progress

Blackstone fantasy garden

Canada sampler

Serenity prayer

Guardian on the wall

I must share my most epic Christmas present from the parents.

Like most stitchers I have a pile of finished-unfinished pieces.  Getting them framed and on the wall hasn't really been a priority.  

But for Christmas the parents decided that they would take a piece to the framers.  

This might have also been because mom likes seeing the finished stuff and she really can't when it's in the bin.

Teresa Wentzler's The Guardian is now all framed and on the wall.

All in a name

Let us take a trip down memory lane and consider some of the wonderful dragons that have been created by needle and thread:

Spike (Teresa Wentzler's freebie Stretch)

McTavish (Teresa Wentzler's Above the Clouds)

Pickles (Teresa Wentzler's The Castle) - named after my uncle's childhood nickname, this was stitched for him

Catherwood (Teresa Wentzler's Guardian) - named after my great-grandfather's brother who I found in the 1901 census, when I started working on this

Gherkin (TW's The Castle on 32ct.) - Gherkin-Pickles... TW thought it was funny ;)

Poke (Dragon Dreams' Moonlight Guardian) - named Poke because I'm a Slowpoke when doing SALs

Olive - I promise there is a dragon here... someday

So, you're probably wondering why all the dragons... you'll find out... wait for it.... tomorrow