The Sea Babe is Finished!!!

TGIF is all I can say!!! It's been another one of those crazy weeks. I always have grand plans for stitching time during the week, but then stuff just gets in the way! Errands, etc. I'm sure everyone is familiar with that drill. But, I do have a finish!!!! The Mermaid Sampler by CHS, affectionately known by me as the "Sea Babe".

The Mermaid Sampler
Carriage House Samplings
32 ct. Vintage Country Mocha
DMC threads - two over two

Now, of course, my son had to make a comment about the Babe's tata's! I had thought about omitting the offending "girls", but I knew that later I'd be sorry that I didn't put them in. What is a mermaid without tata's????? He's 15 so I guess he's a little sensitive to those things. Of course, the bathroom I'm doing in the mermaid theme is the basement bathroom. And of course, who uses that bathroom the most - my son and his friends. Hmmmmm. Well, maybe they'll get a good laugh out of this - who knows.

It was a fun and fairly quick stitch. Not as quick as I would like with all the fill in, but still fun. Now it's back to Shores. I'm looking forward to the second block now. I guess I just needed a break. Although I've been hopelessly enabled by a board that I'm a member of. The same board that I'm suppose to be doing the CHS Adam and Eve sampler with. Well, they started talking about The City Stitcher's Adam and Eve, and I may have to have a go at that one too. After doing the "Babe" sampler and liking just stitching on 32 ct (whereas everything else is either on 40 ct, 35 ct or 25ct on black), I realize that I need an easy stitch too. Something when my brain and eyes don't want to get into sync. So I'm going to start this one too. Ah, the pleasures of multiple projects and the freedom to rotate!

Not too much else happening this week. I do have to thank everyone that made comments about my poor bird last week. I plan on doing a little brain surgery this week. My MIL is one of those people that buys into all those Infomercials - you know - As Seen on TV things, and recently she got sucked into the one about the glue than mends everything from skin scratches to clothing. She opted to get the package of three of this glue and gave one to me. Funny thing, this stuff actually works! So with a toothpick and a little glue, I'm going to fix my little bird.

One of the comments concerning my poor bird mentioned having a cat placed next to it and blaming it on the cat. Well, my mind went a little wild and here's the result:

Not the greatest picture, but you get the scenario. Thanks for all the comments and I hope everyone has a great weekend!