Finally finished my mouse pad and an update to the Poe files

I finally after having bought the stuff for this project a year ago and having started it several months, was able to make a point this past week of sitting down and finishing my mouse pad.  Poe weighed in at 19lbs 7.5 oz and 28" long as of Monday at the doctor's office too.  He's gettting too big too fast and is wearing 9 month old clothes too at only 6 1/2 months.  I had my appt today and so far at 11 weeks 3 days all is well.  We almost didn't find the heartbeat though.  Maybe this maybe doesn't like heart monitors either?  We'll see.  And best of all, me and my DF will be married tomorrow!

Stitching

Here's a quick update on projects that I've had going this year. I finished my needlepoint butterfly that is supposed to go on the side of the purse it came with, however, the zipper on the purse broke :(. So maybe I will save it for another purse or make it into a pillow... I haven't decided yet.



And here is the celtic bookmark I made which my DBF has been using so I guess as far as he's concerned it's finished. I'd like to make a tassel for it and add a backing to protect the stitches later when I have a chance.



I started a mousepad design that's really cute of a kitty tangled up in yarn and a colorful maze for the background. I haven't worked on it much lately because none of my hoops like the plastic canvas that came with the kit so I am having to make do without the benefit of a hoop. It's a pain to stitch when you don't have it stretched out and flat while you are working on it. I plan to come back and finish it later when I feel I have a lil more patience for it.

My latest project I started is an asian butterfly design which I will post a pic of later once I feel I've actually got something done on it. I've only got the body of the butterfly done which isn't much in comparison to the total design.