6 Snow Belles Week 16, Crazy January Challenge Day One

 Here are the Snow Belles at week 16.  Since Monday was New Year's Eve and I had a lot going on, I worked on this piece on January 1st instead. 

I started a new chart on this piece, Frosty Friends, and it is Chart 1 of the Crazy January Challenge.  This challenge is where you start a new chart each day for 15 days ( I may do more) and then finish them sometime during the year. 

6 Snow Belles Week 6 & 7

Here is my progess for Week 6,

and here is week 7.  It's rather slow going with everything else going on in my life, but there is some progress!

6 Fat Men Week 20

Ta Da!!  My 6 fat men are finished! 

After 20 weeks, actually I only stitched on 19 Mondays, and a total of 84 hours, my 6 little fat friends are all finished.

I will wait to pick out a frame until after the 6 ladies are done.

I will miss spending my Monday evenings with these guys, but in a few weeks, once I have picked out some fabric, I will continue with the 6 Snow Belles on Mondays. 

6 Fat Men Week 18 and 19

 This first picture was taken after stitching on 8-6-2012, which was week 18 of the SAL.  I made good progress, but it doesn't look like much.

This second picture was taken after stitching on 8-13-2012, which is week 19 of the SAL.  I finally feel like I am getting somewhere on this square, and feel like the end is in sight!  Perhaps only two more weeks and I will be done!

6 Fat Men Week 17

I forgot to take a picture at week 16, but there wasn't too much progress.  Not too much progress this week either, but it's getting there.  I just wish my Mondays weren't so busy so that I could spend more time stitching!

6 Fat Men Week 15

I am happy to say that I made a good bit of progress yesterday, and finished Let it Snow!

I even had a chance to start the border on Snow Day, which is the last square left to do.  

6 fat men week 14



Not as much stitching time this Monday as I had hoped, but some progress was made.  I do see the end looming near!     Next year's piece by Lizzie*Kate is said to be "6 Fluffy Ladies"....not sure if I will be stitching that one or not.  I will have to see the charts first.

6 Fat Men Week 13

I finished Snow Fun this past Monday and made a bit of a start on Let It Snow. 

This is stitching up very quickly, and if I were to just stitch on ir for a few days, I would be done with the entire thing.   As tempting as that is, I will continue to just stitch on this on Mondays but I do think I will be done in a few weeks!

6 FAt Men Week 12

Here is this week's progress.  I had hoped to get Snow Fun finished, but I just didn't have as much time as I needed. 

Look for a finish next week, though!

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6 Fat Men Week 11 and IHASW Report

I was unable to participate fully in the Internation Hermit and Stitch Weekend this past weekend.  I was attending a folk dance workshop in Tulsa OK, so I was either driving or dancing.....I only got 4 hours of stitching in all weekend!

I did get a little bit done on my 6 fat men yesterday after I got back home. 

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6 Fat Men Week 10

Here we are!  I finished up Snow House this week and started Snow Fun.

I am a little past the half way point.

Tune in next week to see more progress on this fun design.

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6 Fat Men Week 9

I made some good progress on my fat men yesterday. 


Can't wait for next Monday!

6 fat Men Week 8

Well, I planned more stitching time this Monday, and considering it was a holiday, I didn't think it was unrealistic to plan to spend the day stitching.

Unfortunately, a BBQ was planned for my house (not by me) and I had to straighten up the house, clean up the kitchen, make German potato salad, bake some pies and be a charming hostes.  Don't get me wrong, it was a lovely afternoon, but I couldn't sit in my comfy chair with my stitching lamp and stitch all day without interuption.  I did get a little bit done on Snow House.

Thanks for stopping by!  More stitching on this one next Monday!

IHSW and 6 fat Men

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend is over again. Sigh!  I did get to stitch on Friday and Saturday and managed to finish From Sea to Shining Sea, which was started last month on the IHSW.  I love how it turned out!

On Sunday, I babysat, then found my self too tired to stitch in the afternoon.  The evening was used for finishing, but nothing got "finished".  I have three things in a partially finished state.

Monday, or 6 Fat Men Day, no stitching at all!  Next Monday is a holiday, so I promise to make of for this week's lack of progress.

6 Fat Men, Weeks 5 and 6

 I realized that I forgot to post last Tuesday, I was too busy stitching!  Here is last week Monday's progress.  Not too much, I was having an episode of vertigo and couldn't stitch too much, but there was some progress.

Yesterday, I had to work very late, so I didn't get in as much stitching as I would have liked, but I did finish the Snow Friends chart so there was some progress.

Tune in next week to see which of the other 4 charts I start next!

6 Fat Men Week 4

I made some good progress this past Monday night.  I did the birdhouse on the right and part of the snow man in Snow Friends. 

This is quite an enjoyable stitch, and I found myself wanting to continue stitching on it on Tuesday, but I resisted.

Check back next week for more progress on this piece.

6 Fat Men Week 3

This is the result of Monday's stitching.  I started the Snow Friends square, but didn't get as far as I would have liked due to a power outage....I could have stitched for at least another hour!

I have had some questions about my fabric, I am using 28 count Blue Spruce Cashel, and did have to change out one color of floss.  The Deep Sea WDW floss is too close in color to the fabric, so I switched it out for a brighter shade of blue in the Snowed in square.  Since it is surrounded by white in the Snow Friends square, I did go ahead and use the Deep Sea there. 

Stop by next Tuesday to see how far I have gotten!

6 Fat Men - Week 2

Here is this weeks progress on 6 Fat Men.  As you can see, I finished the first of the 6 charts this evening.  I love how this is stitching up so quickly.

6 Fat Men on Mondays

Katica at Threads, Thoughts and Other Notions is hosting a Stitch-a-long on her blog on Mondays.  We are stitching 6 Fat Men by Lizzie*Kate. 

I had my project all kitted up for a few weeks and it was really hard to wait to start stitching on it. 

Here is my progress after the first Monday of stitching. I was lucky to have the day off of work, so I was able to make good progress.        

Please stop by every Tuesday to see my progress!