Week 15 of Nikki's Stocking

It is more like week 15.5. 

I saw the surgeon on April 16th. And he said my eye was doing well and he was really impressed with my vison of 20/60. 

Of course I had two big questions could I drive and could I stitch. He said yes to both if it felt comfortable. I didn't stitch that day a Tuesday because my eye pain and irritation was the worst it had been. He increased my prednisone drops from 4 times a day to 6 times and that did make an improvement. 

On Wednesday I did a little stitching and on Thursday 

I did a little more, but not a lot. 

What I did start to work on was my nest of threads. It never use to bother me to have a nest of threads and just pull out the color I wanted and match against the bobbin of floss I had. But this year with all those different greens and so many of them close in value, it is really bugging me. So I decided to use some little bags I have and label them with the color. That way I look for the correct baggy to find any loose threads I might have that I can use.

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Here are my rings, one with baggies and the other with the bobbins.

And a much smaller thread nest.

And here is the progress I made over the weekend. I still have a ton of leaves to do above the cornucopia. But I am tired of leaves. 

Be Happy!

Week 14 Nikki's Stocking Progress.

So, last Sunday I was stitching and I noticed that the stitching I had done on Saturday had an error in it.  

I couldn't figure out a way to fix it, so you know what that means. Time to do the frog stitch, rip it, rip it. 

I made my mistake by coming down the right side instead of coming down the center. So, when I went to do the left side it didn't line up.

Here is that blue area all fixed.

I didn't do any stitching after Tuesday since that was surgery day. 

I was told the surgery went well and and the after appointment the doctor said everything looks good. It doesn't feel good and it looks horrible all red and I have a black eye. My vision isn't very clear in that eye but they told me it would take a couple of months to heal completely. This surgery was more complicated than a normal lens implant. The new lens was stitched to the inside of the cornea. 

Sounds delightful doesn't. 

Me on the day of surgery. Now to pretend I'm a patient person.

Be Happy!

The Page Was Just Missing Something.

 

About two nights after I finished this page I was thinking about while preparing to go to sleep. And I realized it was just missing something. It looks plain and unbalanced. 

So I placed around with some ideas.

I added some more paper to the center of the oval and some decorations on the edges of the oval. Plus a funky border piece to tie the two side elements together, Better but still not right.

So, I added a third element to the right side and it is better,

The pictures seemed a little lost so I added a white border around the pictures. Just goes to show you sometimes you have to add more things to a page to make it feel right or complete. 

March Scrapbook Pages

Third month in a row I finished my goal of six pages. 

That is one quarter of this year! Now to keep it up.

Two page Christmas layout, Before and After.

This is Christmas Before, all neat and pretty!

And Christmas After, especially the bottom picture. a mess!

Another two page layout, from Christmas day 2019. 

with all the guest having a good time.

Happy Guest

Guest on the other side of the room.

Also Christmas day, a single layout, the girls trying on their bridesmaids dresses for their oldest sister, 

who was married the following February.

And Savanna and I looking good. 

Last page of the month, Savanna acting goofy.

She doesn't usually act goofy so it is fun to have the memory and I am glad my camera, (phone) was handy to catch the moment.

Be happy!

Week 13 Nikki's Stocking Update

Another week and I made more progress. 

I had to roll it up again, The heads of the wise men are lost in the plastic cover. Those top covers are hard to take off and the bottom ones fall off easily. There is one I can hardly keep on. 

I just had to go check last's weeks picture 

to see how much progress I made. 

I did good this week.

Tonight is Monday April 8, tomorrow I will have my eye surgery to replace my dislocated implanted lens. Praying for better vision.

Be happy!

Wek 12 Progress Report

I am late posting again but I still have a picture of my progress. 

Which I took a day late. 

I have been having issues with my eye making it uncomfortable to stitch. But I still do a little each day.

 I will have surgery on April 9th to implant a new lens. 

One week to go. I am so looking forward to better vision. 

Plus the new magnifying glass I purchased isn't working out real well. It is too heavy to stay where I want it to stay. 

And my old one keeps falling off the arm. the glue broke and the tape isn't strong enough.

Can you see what I have finished? 

Happy Stitching!

Week 11 update on Nikki's Stocking

I was feeling better this week plus I had a whole day with no appointments or errands to run, so I spent most of the day stitching.

Look I have stems going down!

And some flowers filled in.

Here are the golds I am using on those flowers. 

And yes, I had to roll my fabric up again. 

I bet I will have to roll up again by the end of the week.

Be happy!