Both of these motifs - the round one was sooo much fun!
Paradise Lost
by Long Dog Samplers
2006. The first part of this album is from a 12 person International Round Robin that was supposed to go for 12 months. My project was finally returned after 24 months and I was one of the lucky ones.
2007 - 2008. The second section of this album is a new UFO RR I'm in with some friends, starting with Claire's piece.
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Was yours finished when it returned Mel? ie do I stand ANY chance at all of getting mine back!?!
The Dragon
Hilary, No - mine had been worked on by 8 of the 11 people. I still haven't finished it off - but as you say - at least I got mine back. As far as I know Ronnee never returned yours or Lyn's. Even when she was phoned and sent postage paid satchels she never posted them back. Apparently there was no-one in visiting distance in the US that could go and physically stand on the doorstep until she handed them over. Hers was the only one I refused to work on. Becky had it the last I heard.
As I mentioned at the time, if you ever wanted to start another one, I would certainly work on it again for you!
So sad when RR's don't make it back. I've always (touch wood!) been lucky. They aren't finished but at least they are home. I still say I plan to tie the miscreant to a chair when I finally get to meet her and make her at least stitch her initials in the empty square:) (Love you Paula).
And now you know why, as fascinated as I am with them, I've never joined one...
[sigh] I think I'm going to make J take me to England for a vacation just so I can stitch Claire's square and not feel so guilty! (love you too!)
, I just like teasing you now. I love that we are such good friends and hope you would never take offence at the "being held down to stitch" thing.
Mind you, if it makes J bring you over here quicker, I might just keep on LOL
LOL take offense? It takes a whole lot more than that... besides, then we'd have to find something else to natter back and forth about. But hey - it's on the list of reasons why J *has* to take me to the UK.. so let's keep it for a bit!
Whimper I want this again! Maybe I should start this one off again!
If you do - I'll work on it !!!
Did Hilary's never turn up???
Nope - never seen again - still with Ronnee or Ronnee ditched it or something ......
Ronnee promised to send the two or three she had back out to either the owners or Julie and nope nothing!
I remember at the time Ronnee dropped out because she had a homicidal or suicidal daughter and she had to put all sharp objects out of her reach - I always wondered if said daughter destroyed the projects and Ronnee just wouldn't own up to it .....
Under the circumstances I think if that had happened I would have liked to have known - at least I would have stopped thinking they had been stolen! (as has happened with more projects than just this one)
I honestly don't know... My mind went towards destruction rather than theft .... but for no reason other than I couldn't imagine stealing someone else's work.
I know - but it has happened to me and the people don't seem repentant at all!
As I've always said, I was dead lucky to get mine back and people do change over the years. The person who held onto mine is now a close and valued good friend. But I don't think I'd do another RR with her even though I do love her to pieces.....
I just loved your RR! Congrats! I am also addicted to this! Lol!Waiting for my 1st RR(Margarett Sherry Fun Farm Animals) to get back.Melissa M. already posted it and I am itching to see the final result!
Urk meant to put my previous reply next to this pic! blame it being nearly 00.30 hours and a couple of glasses of wine under my belt :-)
Hilary !!!! Next you'll be shimmying with those crutches !!!!!
Giggle - good night girl!
who said anything about me going to sleep! the ankle is giving me gyp so I will be on-line for a while yet LOL
Hmmm a quick "shimmy on down" well it could happen ...................... LOL
Ah the young !!!!! I remember when I was young enough not to fall asleep by midnight - or heck just not fall asleep after two glasses of wine !!!
oh come on! I suspect you are younger than me!
I turn 36 this year :) :) There! Secret's out!
there you go then! you are 6 years younger than me (mutterings of whippersnapper!) I hit Life, The Universe and Everything on March 7th :-)
Oh no - the dreaded 42 !!!!!! Now how can I get that into a birthday present .... hmmm know of any hitchhikers charts ??????
Not that I am aware of no! of course there are always towels .... a friend of mine didn't tell people how old she was (last year) but the kitchen was draped with towels and only one person got the clue! (it was over in the States and Mark and I couldn't get - we sent her the original TV series on DVD instead :-) )
Hmm - I'll have to make sure its got little flowers on it - just like Ford's!
So what's your favourite colour ???
Blues and greens LOL - but seriously you don't need to get me a birthday gift!
Who said anything about *need* ???????
You didn't *need* to send me a cute chart and fabric last fortnight either !!!!!!
ah yes but that was a RAK to cheer you up after the freezer debacle!
Yeah, definitely like that one better - it's not so heavy & distracting.
Works well and I like the corners.....
Thanks ladies !!!!
Looks very nice, Mel!
Very cute Snoopy, you don't see alot of patterns of this character!!!
I love Snoopy! Well done!
One very cool dog, love it!!
Very cute
When are you sending this one round again so it can be finished off?
Lovely.
Love this one
Thanks ladies - Snoopy is sooo cute to stitch !!!!!
Well that's a point :) So when do you want it - let me know and I'll post it off :) :) :)
And don't forget to send me your Zodiac Cats in return!
Hmmm after fighting with Snoopy and the backstitching etc on that are you sure you want to get involved with some MS cats on aida!
Maybe I should set up the one you did before and send that round again LOL
Snoopy wasn't that bad - you know I like to whinge!
You decide which one you want to send and let me know when. My Fantasy RR can be packaged and posted with a few days notice.
Well I will confess that getting some of the ones done that came back part completed ...........
I will have to get working copies of the charts made (hmm I could dig those out this week and get them copied on either Wednesday or Friday!)
Well I have to post yours onto Laura week Friday - howabout I pop my Fantasy RR into the mail to you then too. That way I'm only stopping off at the mail once ....
You can do the same thing with one of yours - and yes I like the idea of finishing off partly completed RRs.
I like the idea as well - at the moment mine are languishing in my stash drawers whimpering at me!
What a wonderful Snoopy!!
Thanks Shawn - and Hilary - I've got my Friday flex day *next* Friday - gotta work this week as the boss wants to visit the branch ..... anyway will Post your RR to Laura and my old Fantasy RR to you then. Both leaving here on 8 June.
Ok Mel - it will be this weekend at the earliest that I can the Zodiac cats out to you!
Wow you got a load done on this one! well done you!!!!!
Wow, that's a really lovely bit of progress there! Thanks Mel! And Hilary and Claire :-)
It looks lovely so far!!
Oh, this is gorgeous! Well done Mel!!!!
Tons of progress!! Never been involved in a RR before, sounds interesting!
Very neat!
Very good progress - I can't wait to join the next one you guys do!
Oh My this is gorgeous. You did heaps Mel.
Janine
Wow, you got a lot done! This is a great piece - nice fabbie, Mariann!
It's Wichelt Evergreen 32ct linen...
I've had quite the number of e-mails with Barb (of Stitches 'n' Stuff - a Canadian site that changed hands after she died in 2000) about the ideal colour for this. The fabric is a half cut, because I'd also like to put Rose Arbor on the same piece. Didn't want a grey background. The colours just pop out on this one, don't they?
Looks lovely. The fabric is just great
looks fab! Well done, you :)
That's a great job, Mel! It did get some great progress, didn't it?
Looks great Mel - that's ten hours right?
Looks good with the three pieces finished
The compass looks like a fidly piece of stitching, but the finished piece looks realy great.
The backstitching was a PITA !!!! But thank you - I hope Claire likes the finished product :)
The backstitching may have been a PITA, but it looks great.
Looks great Mel!
Very nice, Mel - looking great!
In this shot, that looks like an actual key laying on top of the fabric!
Very nice - this is going to be such a cool piece!!
Looks nice so far, Mel!
Nice contribution!
Great stitching Mel! I love the fabric it's on.
Hey you're right! Damn I've been found out .... alright I admit it - I didn't *really* stitch the key, I found an old one and glued it onto the fabric :) :)
Looks good Cannot see more of this design.
I can see why it drove you batty
Looks fantastic...well done, you:)
Pretty little compass and that key, you sure you didn't just stick one on there for fun?! LOL
MEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's gorgeous! I love it. Thank you:)
You did a wonderful job on the compass; backstitching and all!!! Congrats for working through it!!!!!!
Oh phew! That's one weight off my mind :) :)
How could that even be a weight on your mind? It's wonderful and one bit less for me to do!
Looks great, Mel! I had forgotten which piece I would be getting next!!
Great job! I can't wait to see this one when it's finished!
Laura - it was posted out yesterday :) :)
Very nice! I love the fabric on this too - what are you using?
This is Claire's RR project and it was a Lanarte kit - so the fabric came with it.
It looks great, Mel! Glad that you have your stitching mojo back, too! :)
Awww - thank you sweetie !!!!!
Well said....and talking of mojo....the report with Debbie and Denise...did any of you buy stash??
Nope. Mum and I bought threads for BoInk and Debbie bought some needle threaders and that was it !!!!
Good gods...that was it!!! karen has all that wonderful stuff and you barely spent a thing?! well done you....
Well she doesn't carry a huge rang of charts in my styles and I wanted to concentrate my money on the items I need right now as I'm still supposed to be on a financial diet ....
I can't answer for the other ladies :) :)
You did good...the abstinence force was with you.
Very nice!!! This is such a cute piece! What is the varigated used on the letters?
Wahoo. looks fantabulous. Erm, one cat too many though...!
HoE, Fern....
Looks fabulous:)
??? Sorry don't get this reference ....
Very nice Mel!
HOE = House of Embroidery, Mel
I *love* it! Greedy Mel took two kitties :-) I think this one will come home finished, LOL. It's really such a lovely piece, I hope you had as much fun stitching on this as I had.
And the more I see of it stitched the more I like my colour choices...
{whine}
But if I'd only done the bottom kitty it would have been too small .......
{/whine}
No problems whatsoever, Mel! If it's one short it means that someone won't have to stitch on it anymore.
House Of Embroidery, Fern...Karen asked what the thread was.
See I whined and pouted too,....and got told to only do the one. I do adore this design...
Mariann,,,,would you possibly let me borrow the chart when it's all finished? I have a friend who has four cats and fosters others. It would be lovely to stitch for her.
Looks great. I love RRs. Just a pity that I haven't been able to get into any for the past couple of years:((
Well, if it is finished before the last stitcher gets it, she could stitch one of the little kitties as a scissor fob or something. And if Mariann makes this into a bell pull, the fob could hang on the bottom of the hardware. There is always a way to participate if you want to.
Sisu! That is a great idea...
I agree that this is a great idea, Sisu! I think even if I framed it, this could still be done
Your kitties are darling Mel. Congrats, you do wonderful work.
Very pretty Mel! I love the thread the you've used for the alphabet. It's yummy!
Your part looks like a fun part!
It was quite fun - quite simple too :) :) i liked watching each piece grow ... well when I could see it.
Looks great for not being able to see!
Ewww the people....they still freak me out LOL.
God stars love for doing the faceless wonders. Love the tiddly quilt and sewing table.
Wonderful progress! I think that this looks greast so far!
Another great start!
I really like this one - very nice stitching!
This is going to be awesome. Love what you've done so far.
Nice work! This isn't really my style, but I love the colors in it.
Looks great Mel.
This is wonderful.
Lovely ! It's such a pretty piece. Shame about the fabric.
You did a nice job on your part Mel!!
Great stitching Mel!
It is so stunning. Love the color. Is the pattern Rose of Sharon? The colors remind me of it. My hours would be about 30 I am a slow stitcher and haven't found time lately. Great job.
Becky J
MI
This is just as beautiful as the first one. Great job. Love the material color on this.
Becky J
MI
Looks good ladies! Thanks for working on this one!
It does look lovely.
So sorry the fabric beat me on this one, pouts:(
Looks great!!!
Nice addition to the piece Mel! What was wrong with the fabric Claire?
Sighs...it's one of those with scratchy itchy fibres and no matter what I tried, I couldn't stop the dermatitis rash from coming up over my hands and arms.
Yup - don't know what the fabric is - but certainly is stiff and scratchy. Kit fabric :) :) But that's *why* we are all helping Sisu with this one - afterall she doesn't call it Fiendish Tea for nothing :) :)
Looks lovely, Mel!!
That is why you all eserve to be sainted. It is horrid stuff. I should have switched it out from the get go, but I honestly thought it would soften up a bit. Nope. Stayed horrid.
I could have lived with the stiffness of the fabric, but I had a hellish *seeing* on it... There are fabrics and then there are fabrics, some let me see well, others just not :-(
Yep I understand you here. Its one of my problems with PTP fabrics - I love them but I have a hard time seeing the holes - this is why Cirque des Cercles is stalled ...
Such a small yet essential detail, sigh...being able to see the holes and not itching like crazy...sighs...
Sisu, you will know for sure next time if you ever come across that fabric again.
Mel, I didn't realise that was your PTP problem.
I like their fabrics but loathe the opalescents.
Well at 37 and stitching with black on a regular basis - I don't really want to admit that I cannot see the holes in *their* light blue fabric ......
I eventually get my eye in sometimes, but it really is a hassle - hence why I've been forced by necessity to bypass their fabrics sometimes - I adore them! I truly do - I just have trouble stitching on them.
I can't do black. I never have been able to at all.
I planned a Donna Vermillion cushion, the holly one, on black.
It still sits there and is waiting for never.
I picked a very dark blue/purple for Tuscany - it looks great, but man you girls can imagine the light has to be just right!
I am lucky that vision wise, I can stitch on anything. Color is not an issue. The most difficulty I had with finding holes in the fabric was a piece of Silkweavers Opalescent. The darn sparkly threads were more loosely woven than the rest of the fabric and were constantly looping over the holes and making it hard to get the stitches even. The end result was lovely, and my brother loves it, but if it weren't for the fact that it was a gift, I doubt I ever would have finished it.
I had a hard time seeing on Stellar which was a PTP fabric, for Joyful. I thought it was just me, but sounds like I am not alone. It was 32 ct. though...
Aren't these motifs addictive? Love them both!! Thanks, Mel!
Wow, I can't believe how much is done!! Thanks to everyone for the great progress!!
Wow - that's cool!! Neat colors in the round one, and love the thistle!! I obviously need to get mine out and take a closer look at it...
Laura picked a set of colours and with minimum guidelines let us pick which colours we wanted to use on which motifs. I adored the Peacock thread and it was the one with the most amount left by the time the RR got to me (I'm last before its sent home) so I picked the motif I thought it would look the nicest in.
Laura is right - those motifs are addictive !
It's gorgeous so far! I'm sure it looks twice as good in real :-)
I left the Peacock thrad alone - it was already used in some motifs around the ones I got to do, so I left it out completely and played with the other colours. The teal one is great, too, very subtle.
By the way, Laura, did you notice that I changed the LJ to LL to represent your initials? (I suppose you have a middle name, but since I didn't know that I just went with the two letters that were there)
I noticed that and wondered who did it! What a thoughtful touch Mariann!
Wow, it does look utterly super!
I could see this going round again too....
I think we all enjoyed this one muchly.
Super pair of motifs Mel!
I did, Mariann, and thank you for you doing that! I do have to say, though, that because my initials are 'l's, it kind of looks like a number 11 on there! hehehe It'll have people wondering what significance there is to the number, right? By the way, the middle name is Beth.
LOL, yes, I thought so, too, but that's just how it is... They do have the little dash on the bottom though that separates them from being figures 1, so.... Glad you like it :-)
Ok you all, I don't ever post much but I adore watching RR's progress! What happened to Claire's? And the others? I know Sisu's tea one is home but the others are where and how much more is done on them?
Chele
This folder is only MY progress on these pieces. For the story of these pieces AFTER Mel, you will have to go to the actual owner's own site. I know Sisu finished hers. Claire hasn't finished hers and mine is still with mum or on its way to Karen or Kay I think.
Anyway here's the new folder for this year's RRs. http://gothtigger.multiply.com/photos/album/119/RR_-_2009_Round_Robin_Pieces
Mine from last year is finished - framed on hanging on my bedroom wall. I hope it will be in a moving box sometime soon though - that means we'll have found a bigger house!
Oooh keeping my fingers crossed for you !!!!
Thanks Mel - found out though that we are one of five bids they have :-( Kind of decreases our chances
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