Stitch Maynia Day 15 and another Finish!

 On Day 15 I stitched the February chart of the Stitch of the Month, and I finished it, too!  This is turning out to be a fun stitch!

Here are both January and February together.  If I keep going like this, I may be all caught up before you know it!

Stitch Maynia Day 14 and a Finish!

I stitched the first part (January) of the Stitch of the Month project, found on the ANG (American Needlepoint Guild) website.  Many of our Fox Chapter members started this in January, and are much further along.  A few of the members test stitched this for the designer and are already finished!  I am a bit late to the party, but, enjoyed stitching it none the less.

Watch for more sections as they are completed!

Stitch Maynia Day 13

No, I didn't post this twice, this is the Baby Girl Gingerbread Person.  It is pink, yesterdays start was blue for Baby Boy!  This is the last of the Gingerbread People!

Stitch Maynia Day 12

On Day 12 I started this cute little Baby Boy Gingerbread Person.  Not sure about his hair color, may change that when I get to it.

Stitch Maynia Day 11

Day 11 - Stitching a Leprechaun Gingerbread Person.  Only 2 more Gingerbread people to start and then I can go on to something else!

Stitch Maynia Day 10 & a Finish!

Even though I still have some Gingerbread People to stitch, I needed a change of pace.  I started a canvas piece on Day 10, Portland Revisited.

It was fun to stitch, with lots of different stitches and fibres, and in no time at all, it was finished!
I have no idea what I will do with it, perhaps make it into an ornament.

This is a free chart from ANG (American Needlepoint Guild).  It is one of their HUM projects, (Holed Up Minis).  They post a new one every Sunday.  This was the very first one they posted.  Our Chapter is stitching it together this month.

Stitch Maynia Day 9

Day 9 was a great stitching day!  A Nutcracker Gingerbread Person.  Very, very little reverse stitching, and all that is left to do is to fill in the hat and jacket with red!

Stitch Maynia Day 8

Day 8 was spent stitching on the Angel Gingerbread Person.

It was also spent driving up to Welcome Stitchery for more supplies for upcoming projects.

During these uncertain times, please, please support small businesses.  They are hurting.

Stitch Maynia Day 7

On Day 7 I stitch on the Drummer Boy Gingerbread Person.  I stitched this one for Owen for Christmas, and now this one will be for me.

There was a lot of frogging involved on this one too.  I need to get that amphibian out of the house!

Stitch Maynia Day 6

Day 6 didn't go so well.  I had to rip out the same shoe at least 3 times, I don't have the color for the dress at home, and I ended up a tiny bit short on the left side......but I wasn't going to rip it all out again.  I just made it work! 

Stitch Maynia Day 5

On Day 5 I stitched on the Hockey Player Gingerbread Person.  Doesn't seem like a lot of progress, but I restitched those skates a number of time because I was having trouble counting

Stitch Maynia Day 4

On Day 4 I stitched on the Cook Gingerbread Person....I am sure you can see a theme here...

I had made this one for my youngest grandson for Christmas, but now this one will be mine. 

Stitch Maynia Day 3

Day 3 was a great stitching day and visit from the frog!  Just a little more of the flag and this one will be done!

Stitch Maynia Day 2

On Day 2 I started the Ballerina Gingerbread Person by Handblessings Designs.  I am stitching this one for the 2nd time, the first one went to my favorite granddaughter, this one is for me.

Stitch Maynia Day 1

Day 1 didn't go so good, I spent most of the day frogging!  This design is stitched on perforated paper, and I stitched quite a bit on the wrong side!  (the color is different in each side, so I couldn't just leave it, I wanted the gingerbread color)

Oh well, at least it's a start!

This is from Handblessings Designs, the more Gingerbread People free series from 2019.  I have already stitched some of these, but gave all but 1 away at Christmas, so they are being restitched for me!

April Progress, May Goals

April seemed to go on forever!  You would think with this stay at home order, I would have gotten more stitching done.  Sadly, there were a lot of other things to get done, so although I got a lot of stitching time done, not as many finishes as I would have liked.  I did have 4 finishes: part 4 of the Anniversary Sampler, Hope of Spring, Pumpkin Harvest and a pink hat.  I made great progress on Fine Wine.

May begins a month of Stitch Maynia!  I wasn't sure if I would participate this year, but I got my WIP list down to 8, so I put together my list for Maynia and came up with 31 starts!  Yikes!  Not sure if I will get to all of them....I may start to twitch once I get half way down the list, but we shall see!

May 2020

WISPS:

Antique Map and Needlebook

Heirloom Christmas Sampler

Oveture II

In Progress

Merry Bells #1 

Diamond City Lights

Walking on Water’s Edge 

Maynia Starts 2019

1.       Stocking for Eleanor

2.       Fine Wine 

Maynia Starts 2020

1.       Gingerbread Person #2

2.       Gingerbread Person #3

3.       Gingerbread Person #4

4.       Gingerbread Person #5

5.       Gingerbread Person #6

6.       Gingerbread Person #7

7.       Gingerbread Person #8

8.       Gingerbread Person #9

9.       Gingerbread person #10

10.   Gingerbread person #11

11.   Gingerbread person #12

12.   Ugly sweater #1

13.   Ugly Sweater #2

14.   Ugly Sweater #3

15.   Portland Revisited

16.   Sister Stitcher

17.   Valentine Project

18.   St. Pat’s Project

19.   Anniversary band sampler part 5

20.   See the colors

21.   Shepherds Bush bag

22.   June Flower of the month

23.   Photobooth

24.   Hardanger runner

25.   Hospice heart #3

26.   1^st lightbulb

27.   2^nd lightbulb

28.   3^rd lightbulb

29.   4^th lightbulb

30.   5^th lightbulb

31.   6^th lightbulb

Future New starts

2^nd blue tree

Large Bargello Ball #2

Small Bargello Ball #2

Winds of Grace (6 of them)

Towmater x 2

Lightning McQueen x2

Cupcake ornaments:

                Logan

                Natalie

                Owen

                Peter

                Justin

                Nathan

Summer

Winter

Crystal Violets

Peter’s stocking

Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler

Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler

Carnival

Ambrosia Honey

Scissors case

July flower of the month

French alphabet page

Hardanger ornament

Snowman Heart

Marnee Ritter Heart

Marnee Ritter Gold Heart

Gingerbread heart

Pretty Little Chicago

A Stitcher by Cherrywood designs

Twisted Band Sampler

Tree of Ornaments

Redwork heart

Flower patch

Hex Symbol 

WIP Wednesday 4-29-2020

I have been stitching away on Fine Wine by Design Works.  I got quite a bit done, but I am getting tired of black and white and gray!

I have started on the face.  I am doing all the skin (face and arms) 'over 1' so it is now very slow going!

I will continue stitching on this until May 1st, when Maynia starts!

A Second Hat Finish

I made this hat for Natalie, my favorite and only granddaughter.  She just loves pink!

I am not sure if I will put a pompom on the top or something else.  I have a lot of time to decide before winter.

Happy Sunday!

WIP Wednesday 4-22-2020

It's Wednesday again, I think!  It is hard to keep the days straight in this uncertain time.

Today I am stitching on Fine Wine by Design Works.  It came as a kit, but I am using evenweave instead of the aida that was included, and I am using my own DMC.  It may seem like a bit of a waste buying a kit for just the chart, but since I stitch from a working copy, it can sell the kit when I am finished.

This is one of the last two Maynia starts from last year.  It is coming along well, and I hope to have it finished someday!

Happy Sunday!

And We Have a Finish!

This is Hope of Spring by Chessie & Me, stitched on the 32 count fabric that was called for, and using the Gloriana silks that were called for.  Some things were stitched 'over 1'.  I will wait until things reopen to purchase a frame, but I still have Summer and Winter to do, so I probably won't do the framing until those two are finished sometime in this decade......

WIP Wednesday 4-15-2020

Here is my WIP!  I have made good progress on this one this past week.  I hope to have it finished by the weekend!

Happy Easter!

WIP Wednesday 4-8-2020

I am working on Hope of Spring by Chessie & Me.  Linda Lautenschlager did 4 samplers, one for each season, that work together as a set.  I love 4 seasons pieces.  I have already finished the Fall sampler, and have winter and summer kitted up and ready to go!

I started Hope of Spring during last year's Maynia starts, and it is one of three left to finish.  It is done in silks on 32 count fabric, with lots and lots of specialty stitches.  I forgot how much I enjoy these designs!

Happy Sunday!

And Part 4 is finished

I got part 4 this morning of our Needle's Nest Anniversary Band Sampler.  So I sat down to start stitching this evening and finished it in the wee hours of the morning......

And We Have a Finish.......

Hot off the hoop...Pumpkin Harvest by Rocking Horse Designs.

And now there are only 9 WIPs left......

WIP Wednesday

Well, I am a day late, forgot to post this yesterday.  This is Pumpkin Harvest by Rocking Horse Designs.  Another kit I have had forever!  (The Rocking Horse was sold and is now closed, that should give you some sense of how long!)

This is another from my list of WIP that will be finished soon!

March Progress, April Goals

You would think that with this sheltering in place I would get more stitching done.  Sadly, even though I am stitching, I am not stitching more.  I guess I am just a bit too anxious and worrying....
I did have 5 finishes, 3 of them being WIP from last year's Maynia starts.  I should get another one done in the next few days, so I may just do Maynia this year after all!  My WIP list is down to 10, and will be 9 in a few days.....and I do have a number of small things to start....so we will see.

April 2020

WISPS:

Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler
Oveture II 

In Progress

Merry Bells #1 
Diamond City Lights
Walking on Water’s Edge 

Maynia Starts
1.       Stocking for Eleanor
2.       Fine Wine 
3.       Pumpkin Harvest
4.       Hope of Spring 

Future New starts

Large Bargello Ball #2
Small Bargello Ball #2
Winds of Grace (6 of them)
Towmater x 2
Lightning McQueen x2
Cupcake ornaments:
               Logan
                Natalie
                Owen
                Peter
                Justin
                Nathan
Summer
Winter
Crystal Violets
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
Carnival
Ambrosia Honey
Scissors case
June flower of the month
July flower of the month
French alphabet page
Hardanger ornament
Snowman Heart
Marnee Ritter Heart
Marnee Ritter Gold Heart
Gingerbread heart
Pretty Little Chicago
A Stitcher by Cherrywood designs
Twisted Band Sampler
Tree of Ornaments
Redwork heart
Flower patch
Hex Symbol 

Sweet Watermelon Finish

Finished stitching this one up last night.  It is Sweet Watermelon by Rocking Horse Designs.  It came with the frame.  I have just set the frame on top of it, I still need to do the actual framing.  Can't do that until I go get some foam core to cut down.

Another WIP finished!  only 10 more to go now.....

Happy Sunday!

WIP Wednesday 3-25-2020

Working my way through the pile of WIPs, this one is Sweet Watermelon, from the Rocking Horse.  Should be finished soon.

Snow Sampler Finish

Finished the stitching on Snow Sampler by Country Cottage Needleworks!

Another one from my WIP list is done.  I am now down to 11 on my list, so it is almost time to start a few new ones!

Happy Sunday!

Part 3 is finished

Even though our EGA Chapter isn't meeting now due to the Covid-19 outbreak, we were sent the next installment of the chart electronically, and I got it all stitched up right away!   Here it is and below is the entire piece to date!

WIP Wednesday 3-18-2020

It's Wednesday again, and time to show you what I am stitching today.

I had started Country Cottage Needleworks' Snow Sampler last May, but I was not happy with it.  I restarted it last weekend on different fabric, and you can see that the white floss is much more visible.  I am much happier with the way it looks, so I will continue on and take out the stitches on the paler fabric.  I am sure I can find something else to stitch on this fabric someday.

Happy Sunday!

Late Night Finish

Just finished It's Fall Friends from the Bent Creek Photobooth Series.  

This series is really fun!  I have three more in the series to stitch and then comes the task of framing them all!

Ornamentified!

This evening, at our ANG Chapter meeting, we ornamentified an ornament!  The technique we did was different from the way I had learned, but it works, and it is good to know more than one way to ornamentify and ornament!

Happy Sunday!

WIP Wednesday 3-4-2020

This is my current WIP.  This is It's Fall Friends from the Photobooth series by Bent Creek.

It was started last May, and I had so much else going on, I didn't get back to it to finish like I had planned.

I picked it up again this past weekend, and have made good progress.  Hope to have it finished soon.

Part 2 is Added

Part 2 of the Needle's Nest Anniversary Sampler has now been added.  Took much longer than it should have, had visit from the green aphibian….

February Progress, March Goals

I am quite happy with my progress for February.  I had 10 finishes, 2 were from the WIP list.  Here's to more stitching time in March!

February 2020

WISPS:

Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler
Oveture II 

In Progress

Merry Bells #1 
Diamond City Lights
Walking on Water’s Edge 

Maynia Starts
1.       Stocking for Eleanor
2.       Fine Wine 
3.       Pumpkin Harvest 
4.       Sweet Watermelon 
5.       Photobooth worked on it
6.       Foxy Fob finished
7.       May flower of the month finished
8.       Snow Sampler
9.       Hope of Spring 

Future New starts
Part 1 25^th Anniversary sampler finished
Part 2 25^th Anniversary Sampler worked on it
Eileen’s new ornament finished
Hospice Heart #2  finished
Circle of Hearts finished
Hospice Heart 2 finished
Texas Star Quilt Pattern Ornament finished
Beading sampler  finished
Crochet hat finished
Large Bargello Ball #2
Small Bargello Ball #2
Winds of Grace (6 of them)
Towmater x 2
Lightning McQueen x2
Cupcake ornaments:
                Logan
                Natalie
                Owen
                Peter
                Justin
                Nathan
Summer
Winter
Crystal Violets
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
Carnival
Ambrosia Honey
Scissors case
June flower of the month
July flower of the month
French alphabet page
Hardanger ornament
Snowman Heart
Marnee Ritter Heart
Marnee Ritter Gold Heart
Gingerbread heart
Pretty Little Chicago
A Stitcher by Cherrywood designs
Twisted Band Sampler
Tree of Ornaments
Redwork heart
Flower patch
Hex Symbol 

One More February Finish

I finished Circle of Hearts by Margaret Bendig this evening.  It truly was a fun stitch!  I just loved doin those hearts!

This will be an ornament some day.

A Gift

John, my gentleman friend, recently returned from the Holy Land and Egypt.

He has traveled before, but never brought me a gift.  And I didn't expect one.  But this time he did!  He has also never given me jewelry before.

The necklace is an olive tree.  He found a local artesian that was highly recommended, and picked this one because it was patterned after a specific tree in the garden of Gethsemane, and he saw the tree.

The bracelet is Garnet and he got it in a Bedouin village from another local craftsman.

He seemed really excited to give it to me.  I don't know if this a new development in our relationship or if he is just being his nerdy little self.  Either way, I won't look a gift John in the mouth, I said thank you and will wear them often!  

First Crochet Finish since 1982!

I made a hat!  I think it needs a pompom or something on the top, but I am not sure yet.

The crochet class instructor said the stitches were very even, and she was impressed with my finish!  This evening was the last class.  We were to come with all the crocheting finished so we could put the hat together.

I must tell you that over the course of the week, I took all the stitches out and started over twice!  And many other rows were taken out as I went along because I didn't like how it looked.  But I got it done!  And I was the only one who completed the assignment!  I think the stitches are a little tight, though.  Must work on that.

There is a Beyond Basics in Crochet class being planned in the near future.  I think I will take that class to learn some other stitches besides the basics.

My Oma would be so proud!

WIP Wednesday 2-26-2020

I am working on a crochet project for the crochet class I am taking.  I started this ribbed hat on Thursday, and I want to have the crocheting done by tomorrow, so that we can crochet it together on the last class.  Actually, I could have had it finished already, but I keep taking it out and starting over because I didn't like how it looked or I dropped some stitches, but I will keep going!

Happy Sunday!

Another Stitching Finish

This is the beaded sampler I was working on, but I ran out of beads, so I had to wait until I picked up some more....then I spilled them all....then I had to gather them up off the floor....and it is finally stitched.

Our ANG Chapter is giving incentive point and a charm for doing some beading.  I needed 5 more stitches to earn the charm so I finished them in the knick of time.

This will become an ornament someday.....

Finally finished

When you lasts saw this piece I was waiting for the fibres to finish the stitching.....that was Sunday.  I ordered the fibres on Monday morning and asked that they be mailed out to me right away.  I should have them by Wednesday at the latest...right?   Well, I found out Wednesday that they hadn't been mailed yet.  I don't know why.  I jumped in the car and drove the 45 minutes in each direction to pick them up myself.

And when I got home, I saw down and finished the stitching.

Ornamentification will happen at a later date.