I’ve been working on my various projects these past 2 weeks, just going along at my own pace. I haven’t felt like I’ve made a lot of progress so I haven’t been posting. But it’s been a while so I thought I should share anyway. Here’s where everything stands: My small for this month will be Token of Love from […]
On December 31st I made one very last new start for 2020. This is Token of Love by Samplers Not Forgotten. I fell in love with this Nashville kit and had to have it. I was planning to start it all year and never got to it. Well look! After all I did start it in 2020! I think I […]
Many stitchers, I know, try to finish up a few last projects at the end of the year. Count me among them, I too had to wrap up a few loose ends! First is an ornament I stitched WAY earlier in the year, this little mitten from Mill Hill. This one was started by my grandma and only had about […]
I’m determined to get one of my stitches done before Christmas and it’s time to decide which I will focus on. It’s going to be… Cozy Into Winter. I just have to finish the colored diamonds on the border and the specialty stitch bands. I can get that done amid the wrapping, baking, Christmas letters, decorating…Oh my there is a […]
I have a little report this week on my two December stitches. Here is Deerfield. I’m still loving this one. And here is Cozy Into Winter. I am not enthusiastic about the satin stitch stars. I will have to do a little at a time with them because they are not very fun. I hate satin stitch over 1 and […]
I realized suddenly this month that I don’t think I’ve stitched any Christmas ornaments this year! Well, I had to change that state of affairs! A while ago I had kitted an ornament from Just Cross Stitch Magazine 2001. It is called Gemstone Heart by Hermanson Hardanger. Since it was ready to go, I picked it up. Except for the […]
I think, to modify that famous quote from Jane Austen, “it is a truth universally acknowledged…” that obtaining a complete kitted up project calls for a new start! Do you ever kit something and just let it sit there? Or once you have pulled all the threads and have decided on your linen do you have to start it right […]
I have been working on my La D Da Holly Drum. I just have the top and bottom to complete. It should be ready for the Smalls check in on Friday! FINALLY I have gotten my last threads for my Drawn Thread Toccata 1! Do you remember this piece from FEBRUARY? I had ordered the last 3 threads I needed […]
Autumn Quakers…what can I say? It has become a completely engrossing stitch as I near the finish. All I have left is a monogram for inside that green wreath at the bottom right and the last large leafy motif at the bottom left. I had my iron out so I pressed the whole thing to give you a nice picture […]
At the beginning of October I had GOALS. I met them. I am proud! Yay! I finished (FFO’d) the 2 small projects I wanted to get done. I got the stitching done on 2 “bonus” smalls: And, I made great progress on Autumn Quakers: The little mauve leaf at the bottom right is the bottom of the sampler. So I […]
