Final WIP

Just a quick update, and WIPocalypse question of the month.
 Thanksgiving at the bakery was survived and quite successful in fact, Thanksgiving at home was delicious.
The question of the month is
 What online stitching communities do you enjoy?  I'm not a horrible active person in communities, there are a couple on facebook that I pop in on now and then, however I am highly involved with the DeviantArt group Stitching Pirates and have been a member there literally since day one.  This is where I found my amazing group of stitching friends, a friendship that has gone far beyond a group of fellow crafters.

I have a bit done on Hedwig,

but have been concentrating on Mulan, this will be the final WIP pic of her, next time you hear from me she will be finished.

As for what I watched.

Art by Requiem Man

Critical Role - DRAGON

Luke Cage - S01 - All of it. - Power Man and Iron Fist were some of my favourite comics growing up, so I’ve been looking forward to this one , and it was worth the wait. Especially the actor they got to play Luke, he’s so well cast.

Gilmore Girls,- S02 E03-E05 - I like it, but only in small doses

Attack on Titan  S01 E01- E5  I haven’t watched any new  anime in a long time, I started with this one because it looked good and some of my Critical Role people dub it.  However this is the subtitled version, so no Matt Mercer and no stitching, good show though.

Ender’s Game - A wonderful dark and well written sci-fi movie.


To Catch a Thief - I love caper movies and this is Hitchcock so even better, A former thief sets out to catch the cat burglar that is impersonating him. Also I want a Barbie of every dress Grace Kelley wears.

October Chaos

I’m in the calm before the storm work wise.  The main baker has surgery on Friday and will be off for 4 to 6 weeks, meaning I will be back up baker as the present back up will be taking over, except he has a funeral he must go to on Thanksgiving weekend, the second biggest food holiday of the year and I will be the only baker there Ack!!!! Which means for the next month or so I will be back on my early morning shifts, so no Jeopardy, lots of naps, and possibly no watching Critical Role live sighhhhhhhhhhh.

On the other hand , Hedwig is finally coming along well

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And I finished the cross stitching on Mulan, now onto the backstitching.

As for what I watched.

Critical Role - Are you supposed to get emotionally devastated by a fictional show?

Galavant  - All of it, what a lot of fun this one was and essentially a season is the length of a long movie so quick to watch and enjoy

Executive Decision - A Die Hard type movie, a plane is taken hostage and a team of experts have to take out the bad guy and of course they have along the one guy that is just there to give them information that of course has to end up landing the plane,  It’s a cliché from start to finish, but still a good adventure. 

Eight Below - Through unfortunate circumstances, eight sled dogs get left behind in the Antarctic and this is the story of their survival and the attempts to rescue them it’s a wonderfully heart-warming story and holds a special place in my heart as it’s one of the very few movies that can make me cry.

Bad Co. Live At Wembley - A concert DVD. I became of mild fan of Bad Co. because of Supernatural, and then a friend talked me into going to their concert (it didn’t take much talking) and they were phenomenal so I bought this DVD cause why not.

Ella Enchanted - Another take on Cinderella, in this case poor Ella is given the gift of obedience by a fairy  and must do everything she is told. Including killing the prince.

WIPocalypse and Fair

It is time for September's WIPocalypse and the question on the month is

Tell us a story about the journey you took through one of your completed pieces. 
 I honestly am not sure where to go with this, Cindy is by far the most in depth and important piece to me that I've done, but I've chronicled her on here pretty thoroughly.  So another work I did will get the nod.  It's small and was one of the first kits I did.  I saw this adorable Eeyore and needed to make it for my Winnie the Pooh loving mother.  which makes this the first piece I made that I intended for someone else, Not much of a story, but she and I love it.

The last few weeks have been really busy, hopefully it will be calmer now, most of it was fun stuff, so no complaints.
The Rob Thomas concert was phenomenal in an unexpected way.  I saw him once before and then is was a standard pop rock concert. but this time it was just him, and a couple other guys doing all his hits and some of Matchbox Twenty stuff as well, all acoustic, it was such an amazing performance.
Also got to do some shopping when out, and in doing so found a couple fun stores in Penticton, a bead shop (Beadz) and they recommended I try the sewing shop as well which had a lovely supply of cross stitch stuff,  I also took the long way home so I could stop at Spotted Lake in Osoyoos.

The week after the concert was our fair and I did really well at it with the stitching, but what keeps my busy is the fruit, I am convener for the fruit division which means I have to set everything up, take entries, record what the judge does and take everything down again, it's a hectic but rewarding week of work.

I have managed to fit some stitching in as well even got back to Hedwig

As for what I watched.

Critical Role

Glee S06 E11-13 A satisfying conclusion to the series.

American Ninja Warrior - Caught up on what I missed during
Olympics etc.

Galavant S01 E01 - A medieval musical series, it’s awesome so far, and short so it shant’t take me long to watch it all.

Enchanted - A fun fairy tale spoof, the only thing I don’t understand is why they put Idina Menzel in a musical movie and then didn’t have her sing.  But everything else about it is wonderful.

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I have the next three days off, the first two will not be spent stitching as I’m heading to Pentiction for a Rob Thomas concert, stay the night there then shopping in Kelowna on Thursday, which is good as I need to hit Micheal’s as I ran out of 727 and cannot finish the bottom of Mulan’s skirt until I replace it, I don’t know how that happened. I was sure I had another skein, but according to both my eyes and my app I am out.
So that means I got Mulan’s sleeves finished and the red sash started.

Also finish finished the angel which means I’ll get back to working on the Owl baby thing soon.  

As for what I watched.

Critical Role - My work schedule is switching around for a month or so, so I’ll be able to watch the live shows again YAY!!!

Stranger Things - I heard a lot of good things about this Netflix series, and they were all true, wonderful sci-fi/horror series,

Glee S06 E01-10 Finally got season  6 up on Netflix, and I’m already almost finished, this show had it’s issues, annoyingly glorifying bulling being the worst one, but the music was great as were several of the storylines.

Olympic WIPocalypse

I am obsessed with the Olympics, always have been, seriously, I wrote a paper on it in grade two, Okay maybe it was three sentences about my favorite thing but still...so the WIPocalypse Olympic challenge was perfect for me. I chose #2. a distance challenge (for those one at a time stitchers, or anyone else who wants to do some serious focusing on a particular piece) in hopes of finishing the angel for my sister-in-laws birthday, and it was a success, I did finish during the closing ceremonies, probably would have been quicker but I'm easily distracted by the games.  I still have to finish finish her, but here she is in all her glory.

So many beads

The August question is  - Have you ever read any fictional books that involve embroidery?  If so, give us some recommendations?  I can't think of any off hand, but I've read a lot of regency romance so it's likely I've come across it numerous times.

There is no what I watched this time as all I've watched was Olympics

Gishwhes

Tomorrow is the start of the Gishwhes scavanger hunt Click here to understand so I am unlikely to get much stitching done, and then the Olympics start. Therefore it seems like the time for a really quick update,  

Here's Mulan

And here's a Mill Hill Angel that I almost forgot I had to get done by September for a birthday, so Hedwig has been put on hold and this will become my Olympic project.

As for what I watched

Critical Role

Dare Devil S02 E04-E13 End of Season 2, Do I really have to wait for season 3 now.

Enemy At The Gates - Another WWII movie, the only other one I have I think, As stated before I don’t have many war movies, but this is about a personal battle between a Russian sniper and a German sniper and they are played by Jude Law and Ed Harris, and that makes the whole thing worth watching.

Evita - Film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Incredible music even if it does get repetitive towards the end, also Antonio Banderas is magnificent in this.

July Blahs.

Haven’t done a blog since the last  WIPocolypse (oops) July’s  question is
If you are participating in the Olympic Challenge, tell us about your plans – which type of challenge you’ve selected, the pieces you’ll be stitching on, etc.  If you are not participating in the challenge, tell us how this year’s stitching is going for you so far, and if you’re meeting your stitching goals so far for the year.

I am going to participate in the challenge because I am obsessive about the Olympics, and will be watching every spare second I have. And I will have Hedwig beside me the whole time, so I will be doing part 2 of the challange

1. a rotation challenge (for those who like to work on a bunch of different pieces)
2. a distance challenge (for those one at a time stitchers, or anyone else who wants to do some serious focusing on a particular piece)
3. a color challenge (stitch only in the colors of the olympic rings on your WIP pieces, OR… your nation’s flag).

Also that will make up for pretty much ignoring Hedwig all July

To answer the second question, because why not, my stitching goals are actually going fairly well, I reassessed doing Mulan and the Fractal at the same time, decided I was insane to even think it and stuck with Mulan and the secondary project, I finished my mystery stitch that no one is allowed to see, and got a good start on Hedwig before the tour started. And Mulan is going a lot faster than expected, I will finish her in less than a year. I'm sure I will.

I have no update on Hedwig, between the 2 and 3am work starts causing me to miss Jeopardy and the Tour de France putting a hold on the movie project I have been strictly stitching Mulan and am slowly realizing how big she really is.

As of today I have 5 days off in a row, I’ve been feeling kind of down about it as I grabbed the days to go to the Celebration of Light in Vancouver and those plans have since fallen through and now I find myself at loose ends for the weekend, This was to be a birthday present to myself and I feel like the change of plans is causing a minor mid life crisis. Which is annoying me to no end, I usually love having a weekend to do nothing in. But I will be 45, maybe I’m due that crisis, lets hope it only lasts the weekend..  Bah I’m just annoyed at being annoyed and cranky about this.


As for what I watched.
Critical Role

The Tour De France - no stitching during this as I don’t want to miss the magnificent scenery.

Jessica Jones S01 E04-13 Really good series, can’t wait to see where the character goes from here, and the Daredevil tie ins were well done

Daredevil S02 E01-03 And in comes the Punisher with brilliant casting.

The Emperor’s New Groove - This has got to be one of Disney’s silliest animated movies, but such fun.,

Independence Day: Resurgence  - I was worried a bit about this one, ID4 is one of my all time favourite movies, so I was a little scared they would screw this up, but they didn’t, it is a very worthy sequel.