yes it is! and one of these days I will learn how to take a “purrfectly straight picture!” ooh this is driving me nuts! Elizabeth tells me it is my lens and not me. If I straighten it on one side with my Mac, then the other side or the top or then the bottom is crooked. I will have to pursue perfecting this picture taking thing.

Okay back to the stitching stuff. For everybody who thinks that I have been totally out of my mind or having way too much fun stitching round the clock, there really is a method to my madness…yes believe it or not. The girls at BeStitched have been wanting me to teach for them ever since we first met in Dallas, but we were never sure exactly what, but just that I would teach. Deco Kitty showed up on my blog and sooner than later that became the one! Okay class is less than 2 months away, how would I ever get it all stitched in time? I embarked on a few shopping trips for threads and also looked through all the beautiful Gloriana and Belle Soie that I have here. Selected some beads, some Kreinik and I was ready to start.

I normally select more than one possibility for an area, just in case. Even though it might look perfect in my mind, it looks far from that when it is on the canvas. For example I was absolutely convinced that I had to bead the green and gold stripe down the column that the cat is perched on. I had 2 great colors of olive green beads that I could try, the correct color of beading thread as I have been known not to use beading thread from time to time…and I was all set to bead. I beaded some and just as quick they came out as the beads just didn’t have enough life for me. Okay lets try something else as I dug through my bag of goodies.

After working on the green architecture of the building, I realize that I probably should just start the area and not necessarily finish it so that I can move about the canvas. The stitch in the pink columns behind the kitty is not totally completed yet as something else is planned over that. I may restitch it too as in a way I am trying to cover up the purple dots and yes they are purple! I just am not happy with the quality of my pink stitches. I am thinking that the stitch in the ceiling with this wonderful overdye that I am using needs to slant in the opposite direction too.

I was pouring through my books last night looking for just the right stitch for the teal area and I have a few possibilties in mind both with stitch ideas and thread choices to try out today. The class at BeStitched will be one with a little different twist…those girls are way too clever…you will just have to go to their website and read all about it!

Thursday is a great day for early baseball, so I will stitch away with a game on and when it is over I will then take care of other things. Oooh this house is such a mess! and I have a few errands to take care of too.

My stitching assistant Sylvester had a tough day on the job yesterday. and until next time…keep on stitching