Stitching Update...

I'm sorry I have no photo to share today.  I have spent the weekend stitching away on my exchange/birthday gifts!  Quite literally I am beat!  You would not think stitching could make you tired, but I seem to have held by head funny and now my neck is a bit sore.  Also I have managed to prick a nice hole in my middle right finger!  I cannot stitch with a bandaid, so it has made for a few painful moments each time I hit it with my needle.  I didn't quite meet all my goals, but I am pretty pleased with my progress.  I have nearly finished my birthday gift. This was the one big project I have been so worried about--the others do not feel quite so daunting to me! I only have a small-ish segment on the top and bottom to complete and I hope to personalize it in some way.  I have not bought my finishing fabric yet, so I hope to do that this week sometime.  I think I will wait until next Saturday to do the finishing--it is going to be a very sewing machine sort of day as I also hope I will be finishing my last ornament and my mailart as well.  I do have a tiny bit of stitching left on ornament #2, and I will put it in the mail Tuesday or Wednesday (the 23rd is the official mailing date).  I am really looking forward to hitting the sack tonight.  I would like to just hop in bed and look at a magazine or something else mindless.  Fingers crossed that I will complete everything I want to this week!!!  I hope I will be able to share the first ornament I mailed off last week.  I have been checking every day, but the recipient has not yet received it!  Soon I will have something fun to share.