April WIPocalypse progress

The full moon has come and gone and I didn't have a spare minute to post this past weekend. We were a little run off our feet over the past week or so. I was surprised though when I took my progress pic of Feather Your Nest, to see that I had accomplished a lot more than I thought.

That hill is finally out of the way! I was getting a little bored stitching that colour but I persevered and at last it's finished. I'm going to take a little break from this one now and start something new.


Edited: Last night I put in the first stitches on Midsummer Night Designs Peace Inside.  I had very few of the required floss for this one so I've substituted with similar colours so I hope it all goes well. I might even be able to add a progress pic by the end of today.


I want to thank everyone for their recent well wishes and apologize for not stopping by the blogs lately. With all our holiday preps  I got myself run down somewhat. Following my virus I acquired a rash of some sort which spread rather quickly to various areas of my body. It was intensely itchy and I spent most of my nights pacing the floor  scratching. Originally the Dr. tried to tell me it was a winter dermatitis but after a couple of weeks I returned to his office and he was shocked when he saw how it had progressed. Since that time I've had a biopsy and a full blood workup. It's definitely an allergic reaction of some sort and there is the possibility that it's due to a gluten allergy. We'll know more when we receive the biopsy results and in the meantime I've been put on medication. Consequently I've been feeling rather rundown with what little sleep I've had. I haven't had the energy to do much of anything including stitching and blogging.I have been reading some of the blogs and commenting on occasion but I've fallen woefully behind and know that I won't catch up at this stage. So I'll clear the posts and start from scratch.


The one day that I did have some energy I decided to fix up the spring wreath for my front door. 

Many of the eggs in it have cracked so I pulled quite a few off and replaced them. You can see some of the cracked ones in these photos.

 I used a glue gun to attach the new eggs and while I was using it the outside casing of the gun cracked open, spilling the hot glue all over the pointer finger of my left hand. Fortunately I was standing very close to the sink so I immediately ran the finger under cold water but I still managed to sustain a third degree burn. That glue gets incredibly hot!!
That's when I decided that maybe I'd better leave well enough alone and just rest, lol! I still have a few eggs to replace but I think it looks  much better than when I started.


I hope you all enjoyed a very joyous Easter weekend. Since my sons were unable to join us this year, we invited several young people from our church whose families were all out of town so they were alone for the holiday. It was a lot of fun and I'd love to do it again.
This week I return to stitching and should have lots more to post next time. Have a great week!