Catch A Falling Star - July 27, 2009

Hi Everyone! Well another week has gone by and glad to say that I got a lot done again this week. I managed to get about 2,000 more stitches this week and am pretty close to finishing page 2 which I think will be done by the end of this week. I had set a goal of finishing the first 7 pages by the end of the year and as of now, I am a little ahead of schedule so that makes me really happy!

Here is my progress from last week:
And this is where I am now:

Sorry for the blurry pic. My cell phone has a delay when you take the picture and so if you move it even a little the pictures come out blurry!

Look forward to all the progress pics this week!

Kerri :)

Catch A Falling Star - July 18, 2009

Hi Everyone! Well I did it! I finally finished page 1 and I even started page 2 and got 20 rows in so this was a really productive week for me. It's not all that exciting to see right now though since the first 7 pages are basically just one color but progress is progress I suppose.

Here's where I was last week:
And this is where I am now:

Here's to another productive week of stitching! Hope all is well with everyone and look forward to all those progress pics!

Kerri :)

Catch a Falling Star Update

I finally got some time to work on this and I am still not done with page 1. Only about 5 more rows to go! I decided to fill in the stars to get a break from all the dark navy blue I've been stitching lately.

Here was the last update:


And this is where I am now:

Hope everyone is well and looking forward to seeing all the updates!

Kerri :)

Catch a Falling Star June 26, 2009

Well I haven't had the most time to stitch this past week since the OH and I are sharing one car to get to work and most mornings we have been getting up at 3am which makes me unbearably tired in the evenings. I did get some stitching in last weekend and a little last night but still haven't finished page 1. I only have 19 more rows of the dark navy blue to go and then need to fill in the stars and then it's on to page 2.

Here was last week's update

And this is where I am now

I can't wait to see everyone's progress! This blog definitely keeps me motivated to work on this every week. :)

Kerri :)

Introduction

Hi Everyone! I was so excited when I heard some openings were available to be a part of this great group! First off, my name is Kerri and I currently live in Denver, Colorado with my boyfriend and our two little furkids (kitty cats). I started stitching about 8 years ago and only recently discovered HAED's at the beginning of this year. I've always been drawn to larger designs and I love that they are all full crosses and no backstitch (I despise backstitch!) At the first of the year, I started Chessie by Ash Evans and I'm about a page and a half into it but Chessie is on break at the moment because I started working on Catch a Falling Star by Julie Fain. I love Julie Fain's artwork and this was one of my favorite's of hers so when it got charted I immediately snatched it up. Surprisingly, it only has 14 colors in it which seriously, I think may be the only HAED I've seen with so few colors but I love it because it goes quicker. So here's a pic of what the end will be

and this is where I am so far

It's being done on 18ct aida with 3 strands over 1 and full crosses. What's really cool is on my flickr page, Julie Fain actually left me a message that she was following my stitching and she hadn't actually seen any of her art done in a cross stitch yet so that was very cool!

Anyways, thank you all for letting me join and I look forward to seeing all of your lovely HAED's!

Kerri ;)