Theme-A-Licious January 2014

January’s theme was gardens.  Keeping with that and my Valentine kick, I ended up here.

 

Lizzie Kate’s February Flip It block.  It was done on 14 count white with DMC colors.

February’s theme is fantasy.  Ok, maybe it’s really Fantastical Fiction.  I was close.  I’m in either way.  There’s at least one new start in my future. J

Happy stitching World

October Catch Up

Behind the times again, imagine my surprise.

I didn’t make a YOTA post Saturday, but there was stitching! Here’s where it ended up.

More purple, for those like me who need reminding.

I finished this at the end of September and was going to post it for Theme-A-Licious.  Then I decided I didn’t want to add words to it.

 

It just seems so obvious that it’s a “Kirk Hootie.”

So then, I thought about posting something I was inspired to add words to.

 

 

In the end I didn’t post that either, until now.

The Kirk Hootie pattern is by Mini Cross Stitch.

The Rory pattern is by Dork Stitch.

Happy stitching World

Theme-A-Licious Somewhere in the middle of September

I finished stitching this piece yesterday. (Honest) While it’s not quite ready to post on the Halloween SAL, it’s perfect for Theme-A-Licious.

Look – words!

Ok, one word.  This is by Glory Bee from the 2013 JCS Halloween Special.  The colors are all from my stash.

The “Wow I want to start something” part of me wants to start a Lizzie Kate piece from one of the Tiny Tidings for my September ornament.  To which the “Geez I need to finish something” part shakes its head at.  So I ignored both parts (and the shreds of my common sense) and bought into the new Lizzie Kate Christmas Mystery Sampler.  I’m calling it a birthday present to myself.  When I started it yesterday, I actually tried to measure out the spacing.  Which was a good thing because I found out the fabric piece was short on one side.  Not cool peeps!  And the LNS never called me to say it was in.  So I’m like a week behind. Good thing I know it won’t be finished by Christmas.  I have it started.  And the moral of all that babbling is nonexistent because I’ll probably start the Tiny Tidings piece soon too. :-) 

Happy stitching World

Theme-A-Licious August Wrap Up

I managed to put my long weekend to a little bit of good use and actually get in a finish.

This is my Theme-A-Licious ornament finish (for August).

 

It’s called Festive Flamingo (clever name) from the Stoney Creek book, Tropical Christmas.

Stitched on 14 count Polar Ice, because that’s what I had and I wanted to see what it looked like.  Not bad, as it turns out.

Happy stitching World

Theme-A-Licious Mid Month

The theme for the month is wings.  My idea of what to do hasn’t gotten past the thought.  Here’s hoping it'll take flight soon.

I did make a start on the Christmas side.  So far it looks like this. 

You can’t see the bird for the wreath yet but it should fly in any day now. J

IHSW this weekend.  Maybe I’ll put out some bird food and see what turns up.

Happy stitching World.

Ornament SAL June

This month’s finish is last month’s Theme-A-Licious ornament piece, designed by Lesley Teare.

 

There seems to be nothing much more to say right now.  Guess that means it’s time to stitch. J

Happy stitching World

Theme-A-Licious May wrap-up

Monochrome May went fairly well.  I finished the first half of my future needlebook (or something).

 

There was a little more progress on the Santa.

 

Jumanji June will either see the return of the sheep I was working on earlier or more Hooties.  J

Happy stitching World.

IHSW - May 2013

Let’s see, what did I work on this weekend?  Little bits here and there.

We have a little more Mal.

 

A little more blue.

 

 

And a little more red.

 

Pretty good weekend overall.  Hope yours was too.

Happy stitching World.

Theme-A-Mid May

Tragically, I feel as if I haven’t exploited the full potential of Monochrome May.  I only have two new starts to report. J

One is from the French blog Le blog de Louison.  She has, at last count, 178 different biscornu patterns. Very inspirational and well worth a look.  My current plan is to take two and turn them into my first needle book.  Here’s my progress so far.

 

For the Christmas side, I decided on this little Santa.  The pattern is by Lesley Teare from an issue of Cross Stitcher Celebrations.

 

IHSW is this weekend.  Perfect time for more new starts and even a finish.  Dream big right?

Happy stitching World.

Theme-A-Licious April Wrap Up

Ok, so I admit I kind of missed the target on Amazon April.  But I did stitch at least once on my biggest project along with all my other stitching, I’m pretty happy with that.

Monochrome May should be fun.  I’ve picked out a Santa I want to start that’s all done in 321.  And I like Heather’s idea of working on just one color in a bigger project.  What about one color in a bunch of smaller projects?  Ha, ha, more starts!!!

Happy stitching World.

Theme-A-Licious Mid April

It’s Amazon April!  So far I’ve worked on my biggest picture, The Summer Ball, twice.  The impressive part of that would be if it was twice as large as it was before.  Not yet, but it is bigger.

 

For my Santa ornament for the month I picked one from the book, 365 Christmas Designs by Kooler Designs.  White on antique white is as much fun as white on white (who knew).  Still, that part is done and things should get more colorful from now on.

 

I leave you today with one final thought.  If it’s the 15^th of April, why is this the view out of my door? J

 

Happy stitching World.

Theme-A-Licious March wrap up

March madness has been good to me.  There was progress on both the Retro Cat

 

And Do Not Disturb.

 

The challenge for April will be to keep making progress while adding in the Ballroom picture for Amazon April.  Fun!

No ornament for March but I’m looking forward to trying to decide on a Santa.  Or better than that, more than one!!

Happy stitching World.

Theme-A-Licious Mid Month update

March Madness has been going pretty well so far.  I’ve been switching back and forth between my YOTA and WIPocalypse projects everyday and here are the results.

YOTA:

WIPocalypse:

 

I may even make it to the end of the month!  Especially since I’m giving myself the last weekend off for good behavior.  Ok, the con I’m going to might have something to do with it too. J

IHSW this weekend.  Time to get my stitch on and make some progress on Mal.

Happy stitching World.

Theme-A-Licious February 2013

Figures and snowmen were the topics for February.  In the end I came up with 2+ figures and 1 snowman.  By mid-month I’d finished Sherlock and Mal’s head.  Mal hasn’t gotten any attention since then, but I do have one other figure.

 

Because Sherlock is nothing without Watson.  Another great pattern by Dork Stitch.

Yesterday I posted my snowman finish for the month.  Tomorrow I’m not going to post (!?), but I’ll be back on Saturday with my YOTA update.

Happy stitching World.

A Multi Purpose Snowman

Say hello to my dual purpose snowman.  He’s my finish for the Ornament SAL hosted by Stitching Lotus and Theme-A-Licious hosted by It’s Geek to me.

 

He’s from the book “365 Quick Christmas Cross Stitch Designs” by Kooler Design Studio.  So plenty of source material for the rest of the year.

Sad to say, Mal won’t be completed by tomorrow.  I’m off to look for Watson.  If I can find the colors maybe he can find a finish.

Happy stitching World.

Mid February TAL and ETI

Hello!  Time for the mid-month Theme-A-Licious check in.  Topics of the month: figures and snowmen.

Here’s a figure -8.  Whoops!  Not that figure.  Let’s try this one.  This is Mal from Firefly.

 Or he will be someday.  Hey, his hair is finished. J

How about this figure.

 

This is Sherlock.  He took some time from flitting back and forth between those other franchises (H, ST) to sit for his likeness with Dork Stitch.

Watson, as we know, is still off in Hobbit land but may put in an appearance by month’s end.

February’s ornament is a snowman.

 

Slow going.  There’s hasn’t been as much snow to work with around here as there is back east.

ETI

Which stands for Everything That Isn’t.  As in YOTA or WIPocalypse or Theme-A-Licious, etc, etc.

Right now that’s a couple of pieces I finished for my B and SIL.  Those are:

 

The sailboat, designed by Lucie Heaton.

 

And the scarf my SIL wanted.  At least I hope she does, she hasn’t seen the final result yet.  This was a free pattern I found on Ravelry.  It’s called an Infinitude scarf.

Hey, it’s time for IHSW. Psych up! Sign up! Enjoy!

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Happy stitching World.

TAL January wrap up

It’s time to wrap up January’s theme, which was gardens.

I made some good progress on Bienvenue.  All the way across the top and onto the second flower.

February’s theme is people.  This means I can either work on Mal from Firefly or Dork Stitch’s Doctor Who sprites.  Tough choice!!

The Christmas theme for January was trees.  I can happily report a finish.

Snowmen are the subject for February.  I’ll have to find a cute little one so I can keep up this trend.

See all the other Theme-a-licious updates  here.

Happy stitching World.

TAL January Mid-month Flowers/Trees

So I decided to join this years’ Theme-a-licious sponsored by It’s Geek to Me.  This year there are two categories, the regular and a separate Christmas theme.

January’s theme is jardin, which is French for garden.  I’m working on Bienvenue, which is French for welcome.  Actually, there are some flowers in there too.  Not that you can tell so far.

Here it is at the beginning of the year.

And currently:

Still only one flower, but the heart is cute.

The Christmas theme for January is tree or wreath.  Taking just short of forever to decide, I finally went with this little piece designed by Zoe Halstead.

Which now looks like this:

I plan/hope to finish the trees this month.  Bienvenue, I hope/plan to finish before the sheep make it eligible for the June theme.

To check out all the Theme-a-licious updates, go here.

Happy stitching World.