WIPocalypse - December

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.

WIPocalypse projects didn’t see too much activity this month.  On the Ballroom picture I filled in a few stitches along the edge and added a little dark brown.

 

On Do Not Disturb I finished the light green on the flip flops. (I know – WOWJ)

 

Mythical Dragon sort of fell by the wayside, but these things will happen.

In the end, no matter how far I didn’t get, everything is farther than it was.  How can you not like that?

I’m thinking of signing up for the sequel.  Next year I’ll just focus on Do Not Disturb.  In between all the other distractions that is!

Happy stitching World.

So Much Cuteness!!!

I received my exchange ornament from Shannon at A Bit of This and That.  Just look at that little gingerbread man!  And the search is on to find the perfect cross stitch pieces to go with that fabric.  Thanks Shannon, I love it all.

Speaking of love and little and cute, this is the ornament I brought home from the LNS exchange.

 

It was made by the shop owner.  Lucky me!!  I didn’t finish the piece I was going to take. (Something to look forward to I guessJ)  But the piece I did take still made it the biggest one there.  Talk about tiny!  Amazing work.

Hope everyone has a great stitching week.

Happy stitching World.

WIPocalypse November

It makes perfect sense right?  I finally make a copy of Do Not Disturb so I can mark off where I am on the sand and what do I work on – the flip flops!

 

Kind of nice though.  It has more color.  And I know where I am with the sand now too. J

Happy stitching World.

IHSW November

Be still my heart!  I think I finally found a reason for not finishing something.  It’s for those times when I’m working on something I can’t show, like my exchange pieces.  Then I pull it out, work on it and TA-DA.

So; a head, a tail, some orange (what else) and a circle and a half later, I give you, (TA-DA) the Retro Cat.  Or, as he’s known around here at the moment, the Robo Cat.

 

It’s the eyes, or lack of.

 Now actually, since I get carried away with these things, while I can’t show you two of the exchange pieces I’m working on there is another.  I signed up to do an ornament and cookie exchange at my LNS next month.  Still haven’t picked out what cookies to make yet, but there’s a pattern!  I decided on Stitcheree’s latest pattern, Joy.  Here’s my humble beginning.

 

So I have stitching and turkey and cookie making to look forward to this week.  The LNS exchange may not be until next month, but I’m never going to pick a recipe without testing right?  Anyway, I hope you all have a great week and a Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it this week.

Happy stitching World.

WIPocalypse October

To prove I know it’s not Monday anymore, J let me start by saying:

         HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Also, I hope everyone in the Northeast made it through Sandy ok.

Now for stitching.  I took out Don Not Disturb and put a few more stitches on that over the weekend.

 

 I was thinking of switching colors just to help it look different.  What I settled for was finishing the light sand color.  At least in the first 20 rows. J  Plenty more fun to come.  Right after I stop looking at all the pretty Christmas patterns.

Happy stitching World.

Ready for anything?

Hardly.  But I have been having fun with the cute, free (Thank You!) patterns from Stitcheree.  Last week I finished Silly Snowquake.  I use Charles Craft 14 count Polar Blue aida. (Another thing I’ve taken a liking to.)

 

 

This week I finished Creepy Hollow.  I did this one on DMC 14count marbled aida.  The fabric is actually greenish but the floss is 317, so they balance out.

 

 

Now hopefully this weekend I’ll spend some time with at least one of my sadly neglected WIPocalypse pieces.  Then I’ll be ready for Monday. J

Happy stitching World.

Make A Long October

As part of Pull the Other Thread’s Make A Long, I give you my first ever attempt at using matboard:

This is the Lizzie Kate Santa I finished a little while back. He’s taped onto a piece of matboard that I padded with some quilt batting. For the back I taped some Christmas fabric to a piece of white cardboard. Then I added the ribbon and taped the two together. Double sided tape is my friend!! The only thing I need to do differently next time is to measure and cut both the boards at the same time. J

I love places that sell things for $1.00. Like the little wood frames at Michaels. The 4x6 frame was the perfect touch for the penguins I made for my BD’s birthday earlier this week. My first thought was to paint the frame purple. But I pulled out some blue paints first and went with this one instead.

 

 I actually had two stitching finishes this week!  The penguins, designed by Maria Diaz, and Silly Snowquake by Erynne at Stitcheree!.  I’m keeping than one in reserve for next week though, so I have time to make it into an ornament.

Have a great IHSW!

Happy stitching World.