2011 Finishes

Looking at my blog I have noticed that I haven't posted anything in almost a year. I would love to say something big and wonderful happened, like we won the lottery, but that didn't happen and reality is I got lazy. Plain and simple. Good thing is I just got lazy in posting and not stitching! :) However I haven't stitched a whole bunch but I did have a few finishes from last year.

1.) Sunflower Fairy-Nora Corbett

2.) QS Fairy Tales-Heaven and Earth Designs

4.) Boo Moon-Blackberry Lane Designs

3.) My Baby Duck-Cross Stitch and Country Crafts

Like I said a few finishes. Nothing impressive.

So for 2012 I have a couple UFO's, and a couple of WIP's and my goal is to finish all of them this year.....if not all at least all my UFO's. I know one of them I started back in 2007.

UFO's

1.) Topaz Fairie

2,) Fairy Roses

3.) Moonlight's Visit

WIP'S

1.) The Biggest Stash

2.) Spring Fairy

I had 4 finishes last year, I think I should be able to do 5 this year.

HAED Finish

After nearly 2 years and over 60,000 stitches, QS Fairy Tales is finished!! I am so happy to have this one done as it was my first HAED. :) Now, the question is will I stitch another one? Yes! Only the next time I think I will try the tent stitch seeing as how long it took me to stitch this one with full stitches. As for what is up next to stitch......I have no clue! I will have to go stash diving tomorrow and see what catches my eye.

QS Fairy Tales from Heaven and Earth Designs

Started January 1, 2008

Finished December 6, 2010

Home of a Needleworker

In roughly the last 6 months this is my one and only finish. That is the direct result from having a 21 month old running around!

Home of a Needleworker

by LHN Designs

Well, I didn't get to any stitching today but I did get progress pictures taken of Moonlight Visit and Collecting Shells.

Go Ahead.....Call Me Crazy

I must be crazy. In fact I know I am crazy! I am participating in a SAL on Facebook and the design size is 447 wide by 728 tall!! If that isn't crazy enough it is being stitched over one! The only part of this project that isn't crazy is I am stitching it on 22 count Aida cloth. My kids bought me Aida cloth for Christmas so I figured I would put it to use. Oh, and it is a mystery SAL, too, so I have no idea what it is other than what the title of the project is.....The Moon SAL from Xstitch Cross Stitch Patterns. Go ahead and tell me I am one crazy lady! LOL

I did manage to have one last finish before 2010. :) I finished Mike's stocking. Mine All Mine is done! Whoo-hoo!! No more stockings for me until next Christmas. :)

Looking back over my 2009 finishes I was surprised at how much I got done with a baby around the house. I had 19 finishes that I finished and 6 finishes that I haven't finished for a grand total of 25 stitching finishes. Not too bad. :)

Happy New Year to everyone!!

Gentle Encounter Finished

Look! I have a finish! Not too bad for a month's worth of stitching. :)

Gentle Encounter

Stoney Creek Magazine Nov/Dec 1991

Start Date: November 15, 2009

Finish Date: December 16, 2009

A Finish!

I finished the fob! Yippie!! I love this little fob because it goes so perfect with my scissors. :)

I definitely needed this little happy dance! I think it may have gotten my stitching mojo running again. :)

Happy Stitching!

Cheetah Scissor Fob

Okay, nobody faint but I actually finished a small design yesterday! It took me nearly a week and half to get it completed but the stitching is finally done. :) This is a freebie from Sharon at Cross Stitch Happy and the pattern can be found here.

My goal for the day is to finish this into a fob for me. :) Now, if I actually get it accomplished that is totally different story!

Have a great day!

Needle Roll Finish

It was a pretty quiet day around here today so I managed to finish Pine Needle Roll into an actual needle roll. This one turned out a little skinny for my liking but that is what happens when I use the fabric that came with the kit. Oh well, it still looks good to me. :)

I hope everyone is having a good stitching evening!

From Baby to Toddler

Yesterday I watched my baby emerge from baby to a toddler. :) Little Megan took her very first steps unassisted! Unfortunately I did not even have my camera ready for it. :( Mike was putting his shoes on to leave for work and Megan started fussing (she knows putting on shoes means going someone is leaving) and I looked at her and told her to walk on over to daddy......and she did! I am not sure who was more surprised us or Megan. LOL. By the end of the evening she was taking 2 steps before falling down. We are so in for it now!

My butt fell asleep again tonight sitting on the bleachers cheering for Krissy and her team. JV lost but Varsity kicked butt! It looks like the 2nd week in October will probably be the last of the games. Whew....at least I will get a little break before Track seasons starts.

I didn't get to stitch any today but I did finish these 2 pieces this week.

Fraidy Frog

by Just Nan

Let it Snow

by Country Cottage Needleworks

Have a great night!

Rain with Attitude

I love days like today! It is cool and raining (just a nice steady rain no T-storms) which means I stayed indoors and stitched. :) I made it to HL yesterday to buy the colors I needed so I was able to finish Rain with Attitude this morning. :) I absolutely love how this design turned out!!

Rain With Attitude

by Stoney Creek

Start-August 2, 2009

End September 3, 2009

Fibers-DMC

Fabric- 28 count hand dyed with tea

I will probably just work on my HAED for a bit before I start anything new. I need to get started on Mike's stocking (Mine All Mine) but I am procrastinating as long as I can because this will make the 3rd time I have stitched this pattern.

That pretty much sums up my day so far. :) I hope everyone has a great day...rain or shine!

A Couple Ornaments

It seems like the more I try and not do anything the busier I get! I just keep telling myself things will calm down after Monday when the kids go back to school. LOL....who am I trying to fool, even I don't believe that one.

I didn't get a chance to do any stitching today but yesterday I did finish these 2 designs into ornaments. I had originally planned on making a tassel for Goodluck Baby but I couldn't make a decent looking tassel no matter how hard I tried. I think it turned out cute. :)

I didn't do anything special to this one

I am not sure what tomorrow has in store for me. The forecast for tomorrow is rain and if that is true then I will probably just keep close to the house as I don't like to drive in the rain. However, if it does rain I will have to try and keep the kids from killing each other all day long. They are such loving siblings....LOL!

Have a great night!

A Couple of Finishes

I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately but every time I sit down to blog my mind goes blank. Main reason for that is right now it seems like my cross stitching is non existent. I did have a small finish last week.

Peace by Country Cottage Needleworks

From 2007 JCS Ornament Issue

I had planned on having a finishing weekend but we were busier than I thought so I only ended up finishing one ornament. I still have 7 more to go to finish into ornaments! I finished the stitching on this one last year sometime.

Lil' Britters Britty Bunny

from Brittercup Designs

Have a wonderful day!

Goodluck Baby Finished

I know it is hard to believe but the kiddos actually let me get in some productive stitching yesterday. :) I decided to not stitch the flowers and grass around the baby so I had to improvise a little bit on the legs but it turned out okay in the end. There was also the back stitching to do. I have a love/hate relationship with back stitching. I love the effect but I hate to do it! In this design a couple of different colors for the back stitching which normally isn't all that bad but when stitching over one it tends to be in a huge pain the rear.

Goodluck Baby

by Ellen Maurer-Stroh (EMS)

start June 13, 2009

finish July 7, 2009

I took this cute picture of my speed demon this morning. It looks like she is doing stretches getting ready to run. Is this a sign of what Megan has in store for me?!

Have a great day!

Bumble Fairy

From Jeanette Crews Designs

Started May 29, 2009

Finished June 8, 2009

Chocolate Everyday

I didn't think I was going to be able to finish this cute design today but I managed to put the final stitches in about an hour ago. I really love this one!

Chocolate Everyday

Design by Sandra Cozzolino

(freebie can be found here)

Deck the Halls

Today I worked on finishing the stitching on this cute little design. It was a freebie that I got from Gloria and Pat a few years ago. I have been meaning to stitch it since I got it but somehow I kept putting it aside for other goodies. I plan on making this one into an ornament for Christmas which brings my total up to 2 ornaments this year. Only 17 more to go!

Deck the Halls

from Gloria and Pat

Just as I predicted earlier this week, another child was sick today. This time it was Krissy. She may be the eldest but when it comes to her not feeling good, she tends to be the worst one being sick! I love her to death, but she sure can be a whiny butt. She gets that from her Dad!! I should be thankful that they both are not sick at once because that is really bad....were talking pulling my hair out bad...lol.

I am not exactly sure what we are doing this weekend. Ideally, I would like to plant my butt on the couch and stitch while listening/watching season 3 of NCIS but I'm not going to hold my breath on that happening. It's a nice dream.:)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

A Productive Day

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their kind comments on my last post. I am feeling much better today. :)

One of the benefits of moving back here is....garage sales!! I love them! My Mom and I were shopping today when we saw a garage sale and neither one of us could pass it by. It was a good thing we didn't because I found several (I think a total of 5) unused frames. All of them cost me a whole two dollars.:) We also found a nice comforter, 2 shirts for Mac, a shirt for Krissy, a hooded sweatshirt for Allie, a computer game for Mike, and 2 big dolls for Megan. All of the items(including the frames) cost a grand total of $8.50! Gotta love that savings! :)

With my new acquired frames I happily dove into my WTF pile to see what I could frame. Here are my results from this afternoon.:)

Above the Clouds

by Teresa Wentzler

Kindness is the Greatest Gift

by X's and Oh's

I hope everyone is having a great evening!

It was a fairly quite day yesterday so I continued to thin out my WTF pile. I finished this little bear into an ornament. I had a little problem with attaching the cord. When I was finished whip stitching it together I realized I had the cord off centered....too much to let it slide. So, I ended up whip stitching this one together twice. grrr!

The date isn't exactly centered either but it wasn't real bad so I left it alone.

I want to wish all the mother's out there a Happy Mother's Day!!

A Finished Finish

Since I had a happy dance yesterday I figured I might as well keep up the momentum by digging in the WTF (waiting to finish) pile and work on one of those pieces. This needleroll (scroll about 3/4 of the way down the page)that I finished the stitching on last year caught my eye. I used the ribbon that came with the kit but I think I might replace it with some purple ribbon. That will have to wait as I don't have any purple ribbon right now. Hmmm....sounds like a good excuse to go stash shopping...lol.

Febuary Needleroll

From The Victoria Sampler

Stitched November 2008

Finished April 2009

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

VCE Finished

Grab you dancing shoes because that is what is happening here today! Whoo-hoo!!

Victorian Christmas Eve

by Nora Corbett

From Cross-Stitch and Needlework January 2008

Started April 16, 2009

Finished May 7, 2009

I really enjoyed stitch this design! The only part that I didn't care for was stitching with the Wisper white thread. If I was to ever stitch her again I would just use plain old regular white DMC.