Rose by Rachel Anderson

Here's the latest progress picture of "Rose".

Finished pages 13 and 14 last night. Which means I now have 1/3 of her finished and it also means I've reached my yearly goal *yeah*

I'm amazed at how real the water droplets look. <3

 

Now I will take a little break from her to start "So many books so little time". Think I deserve a new start after finishing 14 pages in less than a year *lol*

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Rose by Rachel Anderson

Yay, my stitchy mojo is back, finally. :D

Spend the last few days stitching and here's a pic of how far I've got:

Working on pages 13, 14, 15, 19 & 20 at the moment to prevent page lines.

I hope to finish pages 13 & 14 over the next 1 or 2 weeks as that would complete my yearly goal on the HAED BB.

Sorry, not much to say this time. Only wanted to show my progress and now I'll go back to "Rose" as she's screaming for me again. :D

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Lots of floss :D

Look what arrived today.*jumps around*

148 skeins of floss in 90 different colours. *faints*

I just bobbinated half of the colours, now I have to wait for the fabric and the rest of the bobbins. Guess it will take 1 - 2 weeks for that to arrive.

I know, I should work a bit more on "Rose" before starting something new, but I can't wait to start "So many book...". *blush* I intend to do one row on "Rose" then one page on "So many books..." then another row on "Rose" etc. Hope I can stick to that plan. *lol*

As my stitching mojo is back in full force for about 3 days now, I hope to have a WIP update soon too.

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Dream over... welcome to reality

It's been over a week since Westlife's last ever concert at Croke Park in Dublin and still I can't put into words how I feel.

Most of the time I feel fine, I think it just hasn't sunken in completely that it's over. That there won't be anything new from Westlife anymore. But yes, I feel quite fine most of the time... only sometimes I feel like crying cause I already miss Mark so much. *blush*

I've never cried during a concert before... I've always saved that for being alone at home... but on the 23rd I didn't even get through "What about now" without crying... when Mark started singing I just couldn't help it, his voice always gives me goosebumps and touches my heart and even more so at this date... and I never stopped crying for the rest of the concert.

But it was amazing to be able to say goodbye properly, to be part of this huge crowd that was only there to see these four special boys for one last time. 85000 people - WOW. It was a wonderful evening, even though it broke my heart to see my fave Irish guys crying.

The atmosphere in Croke Park was absolutely mind blowing... and if it feld like that for me, how must it have been for Mark, Shane, Nico and Kian? Thanks so much guys for everything.

And Marks family made these last two concerts even more special to me. Thanks for being so lovely and for giving me the chance to let Mark know how much he means to me. <3

Here you can see the few pictures I took and read a more detailed review of our meeting with Marks family: Review Dublin 2012

Us German girls with Barry Feehily (Marks Brother).

And for those only visiting my blog to see my cross stitch progress... today I've finally picked up "Rose" again... I only put in about 20 stitches but hey, it's better than nothing, isn't it? And it were the first stitches after about 6 or 7 weeks. So I hope my stitching mojo is coming back.

And I treated myself to "So many books so little time" by Randal Spangler yesterday... I thought, as I've turned 30, I might be allowed a "little" new start soon. Can't promise a date as I need new fabric and most of the floss but I think it won't take too long. 8)

That's it for today. Finger's crossed for a new update on "Rose" soon.

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The beginning of the end... Westlife's farewell tour

Sorry for the lack of updates lately.

I'm completely caught up in my yearly Westlife tour blues *sigh* And knowing this time it will be the last time I'll see my favourite Irish lads live, makes it even worse.

I just can't concentrate on my cross stitching right now. It might sound stupid for some people but Mark, Shane, Nico and Kian were a very important part of my life for over 12, almost 13, years. They gave me amazing music and so many beautiful memories, they've made me do things I've never thought possible and gave me lots of new friends. Even though I've never got to know them personally, I feel closer to them then to most of my family members. It's really hard to explain.

And knowing it will all come to an end on June 23rd just makes me sad. I will miss these guys so much.

So this yearly "after-tour-blues" started a bit early for me this year, about a week before we actually left for the tour, and I guess it will go on for a while after their final gig. *blush*

On May 16th the first part of our yearly Westlife tour started in Cardiff. 4 German girls on tour to see 4 Irish lads live in concert. The journey was filled with mixed emotions this year. We really had a blast and the boys gave us a fantastic show - as always. They have so much fun on stage, it's really hard to believe it will all end soon. But maybe that's one of the reason for all that fun on stage... the pressure is lifted off their shoulders.

So for anyone who wants to read a bit more about our crazy little adventures, here's a little review of our days in Cardiff: Cardiff 16. - 19.05.2012

And a very small selection of my concert pictures:

Here's the rest of my concert pictures: Westlife 17-05-2012 & Westlife 18-05-2012

That's it for now. I guess the next update will follow a few days after I'm back home from Westlife's final gig at Croke Park on June 23rd.

xx

Rose by Rachel Anderson

Here's my update of the week. A day early this time as I've just finished the second row of pages. :D

 

And here's a close up of her face and wings. 

 

Really love how her face turned out. I had my doubts cause the first few colours of her face seemed so dark. But when the really dark colours of the hair, eyes and lips appeared everything suddenly looked perfect.

Rose by Rachel Anderson

Time for my weekly update on "Rose". :)

Great to see her face appearing slowly.

Hope to have her head finished by next week. Can't wait to see how it will look like.

I try to take part in the HAEDless SAL on the HAED-Board each month but "Rose" is hardly giving me any time for that. I can hardly put her down atm.

I put in about 60 stitches on my Non-HAED project yesterday before "Rose" screamed at me to get back to her. Very demanding little lady *lol*

Rose by Rachel Anderson

Weekly update on my "Rose" :D

Have to admit I'm quite satisfied with the progress over the last three weeks. When I started her I thought finishing one page per month would be the average but over the last three weeks I stitched the equivalent of about 3 pages. She's stitching up so quickly at the moment. Hope it will continue like this.

Love how the wings and her face are coming along.

At the moment it looks like one of the upper wings will be a little bit pale compared to the others, but I guess that will change as soon as the last stitches around it are in.

That's another thing I love about HAEDs... while stitching there are times where I really doubt if the colours are right but in the end, when everything's done and you watch the piece from afar, everything fits perfectly and it will look beautiful.

Can't wait till she's finished.

Rose by Rachel Anderson

Another new update on "Rose" :)

 

Haven't stitched as much as last week because of the easter holidays. But I'm still quite happy about the progress

The part of the background I'm now working on contains looots of confetti. Especially the area around the wings. But I'm sure it will be worth it in the end. :D

Rose by Rachel Anderson

One week later and here's a new update on "Rose". :)

Yay, the first signs of her head are there and you can see where her wings will be. :D

Took my big q-snap out again, so I can stitch over all of the remaining pages of that row at the same time. Hope this saves me a bit of time when it comes to the confetti.

Happy easter holidays, everyone.