And so, honeybuns, I finished The Coat:
I would like to think that I can now breeze through this piece and be finished by April, but somehow, I don't see that happening. Do you?
I have another finish to celebrate, but that one's on its way to Melissa, so I won't be able to show pics until it arrives on her doorstep. Her exchange gift for me arrived early though, and here it is:
Isn't it sweet? And it smells heavenly, too! Of Spring (well, Summer. Lavender!). Melissa, your stitching is gorgeous and I just love the design you picked for me. Thank you so much for a lovely exchange!
Speaking of Spring Fever: it turns out Ikea is suffering from it, too. They have a huge sale and the combination of a huge Ikea Sale and Me Suffering from Spring Fever is not a very good one. Especially since I have (or I should say: had) a bedroom in serious need of a revamp.
As it so happens, our local Ikea is a two minutes' drive from Pelle's school (literally), so I picked him up myself and had a lovely lunch of fries (for Pelle) and Swedish meat balls (for me). Then we picked up the chest of drawers I wanted and went home to clean out my bedroom; to play with Pelle; to haul off the old bookcases that serviced as wardrobes; to go for a bike ride with Pelle, and by the time I got to put together my chest of drawers, I was so knackered I complained and muttered and mumbled my way through the entire chest building process. I think I swore a bit too.
But then, this morning, when I saw this, I was so happy to be greeted by a room that actually looks like a bedroom and not like a dusty junk shop.
Who cares that I can't move my fingers or hold a pen, much less a needle? I have a bedroom. Which I won't be seeing for a good while, since all this Spring Cleaning Fever has distracted me from my work for one entire day. And you know when you have to make up for lost daytime hours, right? Right. The time you should be spending in your bedroom...
Yours Springily,
Annemarie.
30 comments:
Could've fooled me, I thought you were going to show a pair of socks you knitted :) Noahs looking good, nice exchange and I just love your chest of drawers. Hope it warms up for you soon.
Glad Noah's bits are covered up now ;) You're coming along nicely with it. But why hurry to finish it by April? Why not take your time and savour stitching it?
Melissa sent you a beautiful exchange - I'm halfway through that design myself and really must pull it out again! Love your new chest of drawers, your room looks so cozy and inviting :)
I was too! And of course you can get him finished by April, we know you can do it! I am so JEALOUS that you have an Ikea next door - we have to drive clear to Detroit, about 100 miles. Love Melissa's piece, did she tell you, by chance, the designer?
Now, back to work, Miss!
Noah is gorgeous! I love his beard and all the creatures by his sides.
A beautiful piece by Melissa too!
Enjoy your new bedroom!
Ach, wat een schattig kussentje van Melissa! En, oeh, wat een gave kast. Met Rites of Spring daarboven, compleet springerig... Moooooi!
The chest of drawers looks lovely. And you've given Santa some "drawers" too, to protect him from the weather. Nice work!
I was tired just reading about all you got accomplished yesterday. LOL
Great progress on Noah.
Love your new dresser. I hope your hands feel better today so you can stitch some more on poor Noah. :)
Congrats on getting the dresser put together - and on living so close to IKEA!!!! I used to live 10 minutes from one, now I'm 5 hours *sob*
Noah's very cute, and you're so thoughtful to finish his coat while it's still icy and frosty. :)
Wait...is my IKEA having a sale? Because you know, I'm cleaning up the craft room and I could use a dresser for the fabric. I love that blue dresser. Very soothing color.
Whew! Thank Goodness Noah's coat is now done and he's once again warm! ;-) It's looking great.
I'm so glad you like the piece I stitch. I'll post the link on my blog later. I'll also reply to your email later.
I love that IKEA chest of drawers. That's a lovely blue and goes with your room. I also like that sweet lamp!
Annemarie,
I just love your new dresser. Congratulations on putting it together. That is no easy feat.
The little pillow that Melissa made for you is so sweet.
I hope your weather warms up to match your springtime mood.
Oh my, I love that blue dresser...that would match my other dresser in my bedroom too. Shoot...will I tackle the Ikea this weekend?! Great progress on Noah and what a sweet exchange from Melissa!
Hope you meet your deadlines! :)
Girl, Noah's coat looks just wonderful, you'll be done in no time now ;-)
Glad to know I'm not the only one is spring cleaning mode OR that has had a "dusty junk shop" bedroom. When you said that, I thought, how can she see our bedroom from way over there, lol!
But I've been working on it and hopefully soon mine will look as good as yours. Love that dresser!
xoxo
Noah looks very dapper in his new coat!
Love the exchange from Melissa and your new IKEA piece as well! Enjoy them both!
You did a great job on the chest of drawers - congrats! Love Noah, and I'm glad he is covered now!
Congratulations on finishing THE coat! The exchange from Melissa is lovely as are your chest of drawers
I didn't hear you say "Ikea". Truly. Really. Because, if I went there now I'd only perish from annoyance, because that's what happened 2 weeks ago. Because they're in the middle of new-year reset. Yup.
It looks great, and so does NOAH!! When I first saw this design (and it was here, I'd never seen it before), I thought, "WTH---Noah for Christmas?!? Umn, okay...and it's a beast of a thing, too." Now, I'm like "When in doubt: NOAH!!!!" Your stitching has slowly won me over on it! :P
I still can't believe that The Coat is all wrapped up! And, those kitties I see are TDF!!! I really like them...I might have to get this just for those cats....Notice that the cats are keeping company with the snake, lol! Each according to his nature, I suppose.
Yeah!! Congrats on finishing THE COAT!! It looks great! The gift from Melissa is so sweet too.
I love IKEA - mainly for their Swedish Meatballs. I could eat my weight in them - really. I love your dresser. It's so sweet. Take a rest now - it's not spring quite yet. :)
I'm glad Noah's feeling toasty warm now that his coat is done! The piece from Melissa is so nice, I've just seen it on her blog. Nice purchase from IKEA!!! Sounds like we're having similar weather, I'm going to be scraping ice off the car this morning but the sun is shining and the days are lengthening so I'm thinking Spring.
Woo! Noah looks great. The gift from Melissa is wonderful--great exchange!
Love the new dresser! Would you believe I've never been to an Ikea? I know, I'm an Ikea virgin. Who knew?!
Hip, hip, hooray, Annemarie! His coat looks fabulous. He's hiding in one of the boxes in my dining room - thoughts of his funky beard are calling to me.... LOL! And wowser, that exchange Melissa sent you is incredible. Who's the designer?
Congrats on having a "real" bedroom. It must feel great. I love the chest - it's gorgeous.
Been thinking that maybe you should send a real email in addition to all the mental ones you've sent. ;)
I love the Noah design, everything is nice.
Oh, do I love that Ikea purchase. I've heard so much about that store but have yet to go to it (it's a fair distance away), but I just love your new dresser. And congratulations on getting Noah's coat finished! You may not be done by April, but you're going in the right direction. And you exchange piece is really pretty too!
Hi Annemarie,,
I want to contact you but I don't know how to. Can you leave a message on my blog (of course I won't publish it) then we can chat and maybe do an exchange.
Love looking at all you lovely work!
Constantina
Wow, you have put a cabinet from Ikea together yourself! I have to admit I leave the room at the moment we arrive home with this stuff and it's time to put it together... maybe that's why we don't go so often ;-).
Love Noah, he'll be thankful for his coat these days.
Im glad to see that you covered up that poor fella what with all that snow. Love your new dresser. You can actually put a piece of IKEA furniture together? I am seriously impressed. DH has some very colorful language for IKEA put togethers. He growls at my DIL each time she buys something there and then sits down and puts it together.
Yes, Annemarie, you say it. Spring seems to be farther away than ever before. But I was wise and had already thought about a return of the winter with snow and ice and so I stayed away from any kind of spring cleaning fever, lol.
Great progress on your Noah stocking, and finishing the coat is definitely a kind of finish. Not the one I was thinking of when I read your blog title but nevertheless ... lol.
Congrats on finishing the coat! And lovely exchange piece. You've picked a great chest of drawers, it goes very well with Tempest and Rites of Spring :-)
Woo! Noah's coat and a chest of drawers? Way to go! I'm feeling kind of whiny, because we don't have an Ikea here.
Does anyone know the name of the little piece that Melissa stitched? I is love it!
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