SFS January 2015

Report for January

$ spent 19.00

$ earned 4.00

During the “break” last month, I signed up for the Frosted Pumpkin SAL for the year.  So I spent $11 to get the fabric they suggested.  And I was disappointed because they cut it badly.  I’m pretty sure I can still use it, but I haven’t started yet.  The balance was spent on floss.

What I have started are a lot of SALS.  And then I had to figure out what project to do for each.

YOTA – Retro Cat

SFS – London

CSC – The Summer Ball

FP – Storytime Sampler

Smalls – Monthly Calendar

 

Since I decided to work on The Summer Ball for the CSC SAL, here I’ll be working on London.  This is a part of a vintage poster set by Maria Diaz.

 

My finish, which can be seen on my Smalls SAL post (when I make itJ) is the first part of a series.  Size is around 50 x 50.  I’m not claiming anything for the sprite and sandcastle since I started those last year.

Happy stitching World

This is not a SAL post

Once there was a Time Lord in search of a companion.

 

He met Rose.

 

They went on to have many great adventures, fighting enemies like

But they also found time for fun.

 

Like building sandcastles on the beach.

All sprites designed by Dork Stitch.  Sandcastle design by Diane Machin.

Happy stitching World

YOTA January 2015

Hi there World, how’s your new year going?  It’s time for the first YOTA post of the year.  Is it only me, or is it really easy to let the smallest thing distract you sometimes? (So many questions)  Anyway, I decided when I signed up for YOTA this year that I wanted to finish what I call my Retro Cat picture.  Here is what it looked like as of January 1^st.

 

What it looks like today is pretty much the same.  Of my many choices of starting places I decided I had to do the purple.  Only to discover that I had apparently run out of 209 and completely forgot.  Then I found some in another box and put a few stitches on.  But it’s a different dye lot naturally.  So today I finally picked up some more.  Tomorrow, when I have enough daylight to check it, progress may commence.  I did check the orange I had and it looks good.  That means more chair next month if nothing else.

Be sure to go to Pull the Other Thread and check out all of the other YOTA participants.

Happy stitching World

Happy New Year

Christmas magic!  I finished these in time to give away.

 

 

Mickey is from an issue of Cross Stitch Card Shop and the cactus is from Cross Stitcher’s Countdown to Christmas.

The end of another stitching year.  I think it was a pretty good one overall and hope 2015 will be just as good for me and everyone else.

Happy stitching World

Happy New Year!!

Stitch from Stash December 2014

So here we are at the end of Stitch from Stash 2014.  I’ve been spending more time making plans for next year than stitching.  But there was still shopping.

 

Actually, this was all purchased with the gift certificate I won from Pull the Other Thread. Outside of that I’ve picked up some fabric pieces from EBay and a couple of magazines.  I’m using December as my exemption month.  That gives me room for that and whatever else comes along.  Like the sale at Artecy or the next issue of Cross Stitch Collection.  The CSC would be good because it has the last part of the Maria Diaz pattern, which is what the fabric in the picture is for.

Happily the month hasn’t been completely stitch free.  I have a finish to share.

 

I call it Penguin and Snow penguin.  It was designed by Lucie Heaton.  I’m hoping for one more finish by Christmas.  Of course it’s one of those last minute things that I just decided to start on Friday.  Still, it could happen.

Happy stitching World

Smalls SAL November 2014

In preparation for Sprite Pattern December, I give you this.

 

The 9^th Doctor as designed by Dork Stitch.  Her annual pattern celebration starts tomorrow, so be sure to check it out.

Happy stitching World.

Stitch from Stash November 2014

So November seems to have more about shopping than stitching.  I’ve started a little Christmas tree piece but it’s not much more than a blob of purple right now.  Also I’m saving a sprite finish for my Smalls SAL post later.

Shopping though, I’ve excelled at shopping. J  While I was waiting for these.

I picked up these.

 This one my daughter bought for us.

 

It has the first part of this really cute piece by Maria Diaz.  Why they split this picture into three parts I don’t know, but they did.

 Just for fun one morning, I picked this up from the clearance bin at ABC Stitch Therapy.

 

I kind of think the Prairie Schooler pattern could have been cheaper, but it wasn’t full price.  The Santa’s Village piece came with the button so that was nice.

What was the total of all this shopping?  $70.45. So, I guess I’m using my bonus this month.  Next month I may go over, depends on how many more magazines come in.  J

Happy stitching World