Bookmarks

I finished these two bookmarks yesterday and the day before.  One of the challenges at the Embroidery Guild this year is to stitch two bookmarks for the guild.  Once we have collected them all they will be donated to the library’s literacy program and to the church we meet at’s shut-ins. Glad to have them done

No Wednesday WIP this Week....

Instead we have a Wednesday finish!  This is Nancy Cucci's Pacific Heart.  I started this at a class just about a year ago, and it hadn't seen the light of day since then, that us until a little while ago.  I finished it up in the wee hours this morning.  So another WIP bites the dust.  Down to 6 WIP's at the moment, and hope to get at least two more finished soon.

De Ja Vu......

I finished this little box up this morning.  I am teaching this project at our Guild this evening, and since I had stitched it in Green over a year ago, I decided to make another one to practice the stitches......love it in blue, too! 














Here is the green one I did last year.  Love them both.  This is a design by Eileen Gurak of Handblessings Designs.  It is done on canvas with perle cotton, and then mounted to this little tin. 

Part 4 Finished!

And here it is.....Part 4!  It actually stitched up quite quickly once I kicked that darned frog to the curb! 

The Valdani floss is behaving rather well, also.  The floss for part 3 and 4 did not have the knotting problem I had with Part 1 or the shredding problem with Part 2.  Hope the rest of the floss works well also. 

I included the rest of the colors that I will be using for the rest of the bands.....not 100% sure of the order I will use them in, but there they are!

As much as I would like to continue working on this piece, I have a few other things that need to be stitched, some WIPs that I set a goal to have finished by April 22, and a wedding gift and a 50th anniversary piece that need to be finished by June and August respectively. 

WIP Wednesday 3-21-2018

After the visit from the frog, I have finally kicked him to the curb and made some good progress on part 4 of the Stitch-a-long. 

IHSW Report - a Finish and the Frog



I did manage to finish Part 3 of this stitch-a long this past weekend, but there was no progress at all on Part 4!  None, nada, zilch!  I stitched on part 4 all day Sunday, and on Monday, I unstitched all of it!  All. Of. It.  I love stitching over 1, but frogging over 1 is the pits!

IHSW

It is International Hermit and Stitch Weekend again (third weekend of the month).  I have some appointments and errands on Friday, and German School on Saturday, but I plan to stitch for most of the weekend after that.  Check back on Monday to see what I have accomplished.

WIP Wednesday 3-14-2018

This is Pacific Heart by Nanci Cucci.  I took the class last March, and it hasn't seen the light of ay since.  Pulled it out today and got two more sections done!  I love working on Nanci's designs, so I need to get this one finished soon.  I am taking another of her heart classes in June.

Part 2 is Done!

Part 2 didn't take as long as part one.  Love how this is turning out, love the floss colors, but not really happy with the quality of the floss.  I am using Valdani floss that I purchased as a set of 12 colors, originally intended for a fall quaker.  It came as little balls of 3 stranded cotton floss, and since I am stitching 1 strand over 1 fabric thread on 25 count, it made sense. 

Well, on the first section, the burgundy colored floss knotted a lot, and I do mean a lot!  On the second band, it just kept shredding!  I changed needles in case the eye of the needle wasn't smooth enough, I then changed the size of the needle to open up the fabric a little more so the floss didn't rub against the fibres in the fabric, but nothing seemed to help.  I did use shorter lengths of floss than normal, but it still kept shredding.  We will see what happens with the third color.....

Another Fin-EE!

This is part 1 of the 2017 Linens & Threads Mystery Sampler.  Yes, I am a bit behind, but hush, better late than never! 

WIP Wednesday 3-7-2018

This is actually as WISP (work in slow progress).  It was started in February of 2006 as a stitch-a-long with two stitching friends.  The plan was to stitch on it for 10 hours each month.  Denise never did get hers started, and Nancy made some good progress early on, but found she had a huge counting error and abandoned the project soon thereafter.  For some time, I did get my 10 hours in almost each month, but then other projects needed attention and it stood in the corner for some time.  The last time I remember working on it was April 2016....until today.  I should have about 30 hours of stitching left.....wish me luck!  I want it done and off my WISP list!

This Weekend's Baking

While shopping this week, I found strawberries on sale or a very good price, so I was inspired to make this dessert that I remembered from my childhood trip to Germany.  I have made it before, but not for a number of years.  The recipe for the sponge cake makes two, and I have two pans, so I made two cakes.  I had a lot of volunteers at German School this Saturday, so the two cakes were gobbled up in not time!

February Progress March Goals

February was a fine month for stitching!  I stitched for 150 hours!  I finished the last three of my Crazy January Starts, and I finished the Stocking that I have been working on for two years!  Yay!!!!

February 2018

WISPS:
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler
Oveture II 

In Progress

4 person RR Marguerite’s
SAL part 1  worked on it
Landon’s Stocking  finished
Pacific Heart 
Merry Bells #1 

Crazy January Starts

Grand Hotel finished
Forrest Snowfall finished
Afternoon in New York  finished

Future New starts

Perpetual Calendar
                #5
                #6
                #7
                #8
                #9
Candy Corn #2
Ambrosia Honey
Scissors case
Flower of the month
French alphabet
Large Bargello Ball #2
Small Bargello Ball #2
Candy Corn Heart
Gingerbread Heart
Winds of Grace (6 of them)
Towmater x 2
Lightning McQueen x2
Cupcake ornaments:
                Logan
                Natalie
                Owen
                Peter
                Justin
                Nathan
Spring
Summer
Winter
Crystal Violets
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
Carnival
Walking on Water’s Edge

March 2018

WISPS:
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler
Oveture II 

In Progress

4 person RR Marguerite’s
SAL part 1  
Pacific Heart 
Merry Bells #1 

Future New starts

Perpetual Calendar
                #5
                #6
                #7
                #8
                #9
Candy Corn #2
Ambrosia Honey
Scissors case
Flower of the month
French alphabet
Large Bargello Ball #2
Small Bargello Ball #2
Candy Corn Heart
Gingerbread Heart

Winds of Grace (6 of them)
Towmater x 2
Lightning McQueen x2
Cupcake ornaments:
                Logan
               Natalie
                Owen
                Peter
                Justin
                Nathan
Spring
Summer
Winter
Crystal Violets
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
Carnival
Walking on Water’s Edge