Conference Project Time Again!

I love General Conference weekend, and it’s almost here!  It’s an opportunity for us to listen to our living prophet, President Thomas S. Monson, and other Apostles as they lead and guide us in these latter days.
Do you remember “my Conference Project”?This is how much was finished after the last conference six months ago.  I love to work on this cross-stitch called “Lost No More” by Greg Olsen during conference.  I find that my brain listens better when my hands are busy.  When I’m looking down at this picture of the Savior, rather than at the distractions of what others around me might be doing, I absorb the messages of our church leaders better.  But that’s just me!  I’ve never been able to master the art of taking notes – I miss what they’re saying while I’m writing what they already said!

Anyway, I’m sure looking forward to this opportunity of attending Church with the whole world!

 

 

My Conference Project

I call this my “Conference Project” because I usually only work on it about twice a year – during General Conference!  I think focusing on the Savior is a great thing to do at Conference!!!  And I know that I listen better when my hands are busy.
I started this in February 2006 so you can see it’s taking awhile.  It’s called “Lost No More” by Greg Olsen.  It’s the most intricate cross-stitch I’ve ever done.  I’ve never had to mix strands of colour before, and all the shading is very hard to follow so I better get it done before I need bifocals!!!  I really love this picture, maybe because I have a fascination with sheep and goats – must be that NewZealand part of me!!!
This is how it looked at the end of last year.
And this is how it looked a few days ago . . .
You can see the little sheep now!!!  And a lot of the background is only half stitches so it goes twice as fast – that was exciting to figure out!!!
I’ll post a picture after Conference and we can see if I’ve made any progress after about 8 hours of stitching and listening to the words of the Prophet and Apostles.
I love General Conference!!!
P.S.  This is the 181st Annual General Conference.