Mary's Thread – Page 55 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

02/01/2018

Three Kings

My goal for January was to complete part of a big project. I’m a day late but I have finished the Three Kings band of Heirloom Nativity! Ta Dah! I love working the decorative bands between the picture bands but I’m going to try my best to set this aside. My goal for February is to complete one part of […]

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01/31/2018

January Small

I’ve done a lot of stitching this month, all things considered, but this last week I had to take stock of where I was and finish something for the Smalls SAL hosted by Heather at Stitching Lotus. This one was the best bet for a quick finish so here it is! Bird N Blossoms by Homespun Elegance. I believe the […]

Finished! 2018 6 36 sec read

01/24/2018

Random progress: a triple post

My progress is scattered over several projects these days. I was working away on the Three Kings of the Heirloom Nativity and I got this far: when suddenly I felt like I should work on the sadly neglected Joyful World. October is coming together: Then I remembered I planned to do a couple motifs in Random Thoughts to stay on […]

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01/15/2018

On a roll!

My first finish of 2018 is “Boughs of Holly” for the Christmas Ornies SAL: Our themes this year are “12 Days of Christmas” or “Christmas Carol of the Month.” I did Boughs of Holly for “Deck the Halls,” the January Carol. This is a kit from Victoria Sampler, part of the learning collection. This one, set 2 #3, is to […]

Finished! 2018 6 58 sec read

01/12/2018

New Year, New Starts

I’m diving right in to a new batch of smalls! First of all, I wanted to make the Mill Hill violin which is the last in the Holiday Harmony series. Next, for the Christmas ornies SAL the theme for January is Partridge in a Pear Tree or Deck the Halls. I made a partridge last year so I’m going with […]

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01/07/2018

2017 Summary Part 2: WIPs

My WIPs leftover from last year are all my big projects, which to be honest, I hadn’t worked on in months. However when I got them out, I could not resist starting in on them; they are now “active” again. Here’s where I’m at: Random Thoughts by The Drawn Thread, maybe 1/3-1/2 complete: Ohhh I do still love this one! […]

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01/01/2018

2017 Summary Part 1: Finishes!

Happy New Year!!! I feel like I should really take stock of my finishes for 2017 in one post to get a sense of what I really got done. I finished many smalls and many ornaments, thanks mostly to the smalls/ornaments SALs I’ve participated in! Here are my pin cushions: The two on the top left were stitched in 2016 […]

Finished! 2017 6 1 min read

12/30/2017

December Smalls SAL Check-In

This has been such a fun and motivating SAL this year! Thank you so much, Heather, for offering us something that resulted in so much work done! I feel like I really accomplished a lot! Without further ado, here is my last small for the year, Little House Needlework’s Quaker Birds ornament, in which I changed the colors to blue […]

Christmas Ornaments 7 26 sec read

12/07/2017

Two More Ornaments To FFO

I’m zooming in on completion of 2 more ornaments for the tree this year! First I have the Little House Quaker Birds which I did because it is my smallest LH chart and I knew I could get it done quickly. I changed the colors as inspired by another stitcher who did a similar colorway with blue, white, and silver. […]

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11/26/2017

November Smalls SAL Check in

(updating to comment that this is my November Smalls SAL entry over at Stitching Lotus!) Well, you know I just love my Mill Hill ornament kits! And I finished off the two I had showed you last time. Thank goodness for tinier needles! I got that beading done much better! Here’s “Ye Old Santa” And the Drum from the Holiday […]

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