Monday, January 9, 2012

African Woman

You can call me crazy, but that's why I joined CJC again... Well, while traveling through the blogland I came across Becky of Becky Bee's Stitching Hive and she is hosting a BAP challenge.
Wow, I'm not the only one that's crazy! For this challenge I chose African Woman.


I saw this kit a very long time ago. It was pricey so it took me a while to splurge... The while was so long that it was unavailable anymore. I called Gita's  and they say they will try to get it for me. It took exactly a year and that was 7 month ago.

I promised myself not to start anything big this year, finish what I started before and do 15 new little projects from my stash. Well, I opened the package...


finished the fabric edges, put on the scroll frame and the rest is a history


That's the beginning of the challenge.  It should be done by December 31, 2012. The size of Lanarte's African Woman is 15.4"x19.3" (187 x 255 stitches).


For more pictures of my crazy starts visit Crazy Challenge 2012

Topaz


Last Saturday Freddy took Topaz to the vet for the checkup. Her ear is healing nicely but she has a lot of trouble with her collar. She still doesn't eat dog food but finally drinks her water. She has good appetite but only for people food...

In a week vet is removing stitches (if all goes well) and hopefully we can say goodbye to this huge, stiff collar.





So long my friends,
Evalina 

20 comments:

  1. Evalina you chose a great kit to stitch, and I´m happy Topaz is getting well...

    Hugs,
    Laurita

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  2. Beautiful piece...that is going to be gorgeous!! Glad to hear Topaz is doing well and will soon be out of the "cone of shame" (have you seen the Pixar movie "UP"??)

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  3. aww poor Topaz! My mom's cat had to wear one last year and she wasn't very impressed with that haha. Glad she is healing well. One more week, Topaz!

    That kit is very pretty. I like the Lanarte girls, but yeah, the expense and the fact I am no good at staying focused on anything big is another are reasons I don't have any of them!

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  4. Evalina! That is one BAP! But she is gorgeous and I can't wait to see your progress.

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  5. P.S. Are you going to use guidelines?

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  6. This is a beautiful piece. Your doing great and I know you will have it finished at the end of 2012.

    Topaz is a pretty dog. I hope Topaz continues to heal and the collar comes off soon.

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  7. Yep, you are certifiable!! Should be lovely when finished though. Poor pup, what an awful collar. I'm sure both of you will be ready to get rid of it.

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  8. wow it is a very lovely project..so beautiful..
    happy stitching xx

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  9. Isn't it fun to travel through Blogland? Your new BAP is beautiful. Look at all those pretty colors just waiting to be stitched!

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  10. Glad Freddy is healing up well!

    Woohoo my BAP's. Good luck on the December deadline!

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  11. Oh I'd be more than willing to pass on Cougar - and you're right, more I look at HER more I think she's a girl! :D I'll definitely message you about it when I get close to finishing. :)

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  12. ohhhh well you have started soooo you must finish ;) lol and good luck on the challenge and glad topaz is doing so well :0 love mouse xxxx

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  13. Wow, African Woman is an amazing project. A very lovely start on it =)

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  14. African Woman is a beautiful project can't wait to see more progress, love the colors.

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  15. Fabulous project Evalina! I am so pleased Topaz is doing well xx

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  16. Fabulous project. If you have trouble with finding Lanarte projects, I'm always willing to look if they have them here! The sell Lanarte a lot in Belgium or the Netherlands. But as you do say, they're all so expensive :(

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  17. Love these beautiful, rich colors...no wonder you couldn't resist! Lovely design and nice start!

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  18. I'm going to love seeing this come to life, Evalina. :D

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  19. Wow that is quite the project you've taken on but how beautiful it will look once you're done! I'm loving the colours.

    Awwww poor Topaz, no doubt he can't wait until that collar is off too! I hope all heals well and he can soon be rid of it. xoxo

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  20. Lots of colors.
    My mom's dog had one of those.....likes people food....sounds & looks like same dog

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