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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

I'm In Love With Celestial Dragon!

Lately all I want to do is stitch, stitch, stitch!  Especially on Celestial Dragon, I am just so in love with this design!  The colours are fantastic and the pictures just don't show how shimmery this dragon is!

Also on Saturday Art Deco Spirits got some needle time.  While I was waiting for my Mum at the hairdressers I brought ADS with me and got quite a bit of it done.

Today was my weigh in day, and my hard work from last week has really paid off!  I'm down two pounds!  Yay!  Now to keep this same focus this week and hopefully I'll knock off those last 4 pounds in short order.

33 comments:

Donna said...

You are doing great! I am so proud of you and both pieces look wonderful!

Tama said...

Wow, they look great! I'm amazed at how fast they are going!
and congrats on your weight loss :D

mbroider said...

CD looks great!! Love the shades of blue on this!

Beatrice said...

Yippee...good for you.
The stitching is going great guns too!!

Lesleyanne said...

Beautiful stitching. They both look gorgeous. Well down on losing the two pounds.

Christine said...

I'm not surprised you can't resist stitching on your dragon, he is stunning

Julie said...

Stunning colours on CD, no wonder you want to pick it up at every opportunity.

Alice said...

Good for you Dani! CD is gorgeous and you did a lot! You're on fire!

riona said...

That's phenomenal progress ... looking forward to tracking further progress. It is a lovely design and worthy of your skills.

Annie said...

You are really moving right along. Must be burning a lot of calories with all that high-energy stitching! Congrats on shedding those extra pounds!

Katri said...

Celestial Dragon is a truly gorgeous design, and I hope to stitch it some day, too. Your progress is just amazing! Well done on also the Art Deco design as well as the weight loss!

ollie1976 said...

Beautiful work like always! Congrats on the 2 pounds!
-Jen

jayne@~an eye for threads~ said...

Well, you know the colours are probably what attracts many to the TWD's Each and every one is spectacular. I love the CD and it is stitching up very quickly. That's the thing with all of them, once you get started it is hard to put it down...lol I say that very loosely.

Kathy A. said...

I don't blame you. The colors in CD are just so beautiful.
Nice to see Art Deco Spirits getting some love too.
congrats on that 2 pounds. I have every faith you will accomplish your goal.
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Bette said...

CD is looking gorgeous. It's really making me itchy to start on mine. ADS is also coming along nicely.

Lynn said...

Way to go Dani! You seem to be back on track with your weight loss and your stitching progress is awesome. I can see why you don't want to put down CD. It's gorgeous.

Lisa said...

Congratulations on the weight loss Dani! Way to go! I know that you can knock off those final four! The progress on your projects is wonderful. I really enjoy watching them grow in size and beauty. Thank you for keep us all updated on them!
Take care.

Giovanna said...

They're both lovely! Congrats on the weight loss.

Lucy said...

The dragaon is incredible!!!

Erna said...

Great!!!Love the dragon progress and I'm proud of your weight loss.
Hugs
Erna

Jules said...

I love ADS! I think it may have something to do with all of the BLUE! Yum!! lol

Anonymous said...

I'm in love with your Celestial Dragon too! It's gorgeous!

Just out of interest because I'm never managed a project that big, but would this piece work on aida or would it have to be an evenweave?

Carolyn NC said...

Great stitching!

Raven/Missy said...

The CD looks fabulous! I have this chart in my stash and hope to stitch is someday. Yours is looking fabulous!

Your ADS is coming along really well also and looks great!

Congratulations on the weight loss, good luck with those last 4 pounds!

Lainey said...

Wow Dani your needle sure is smoking! Great progress on both pieces.
Congrats on losing those two pounds..happy dancing with you here!

Crazee4books said...

Hi Dani,

You make stitching Teresa
Wentzler's designs look so
easy. Celestial Dragon is
looking fabulous and you
are so right about the
colors used to bring this
dragon to life. They are
gorgeous!!

You've been speeding along
on Art Deco Spirits too and
it's looking great as well.
Love the color palate of this
one as well.

Congrats on the weight loss!!
You've been working so hard
at it, it's great that your
efforts are finally being
rewarded.

The stitching retreat that you
hosted looks like it was lots
of fun, with a great group of
ladies gathered for the
occasion. I assume you got
the tea stain out of Celestial
Dragon alright. Eeek!!!

Cheers!

Olga said...

Congrats on the weight loss!
CD is gorgeous!

Siobhán said...

Congrats on the weight loss! YGG!

Both of your WIPs look great.

Karoline said...

They both look gorgeous, great progress.

Congratulations on the weight loss

Lillie said...

Loved the colors on the dragon.
Congrads on the weight loss! Keep it up!

Sally said...

Wow, Dani, you are stitching up a storm! CD looks fantastic as does Art Deco Spirits.

Missy Ann said...

Congrats on the loss!

CD is sooooooo beautiful, the colors are gorgeous.

Sharon said...

Both pieces look wonderful Dani!