49 Queen Stitches.....

..... and 19 Spider Web Stitches later.....and I finished another piece on the WISP list!  This time it is Cloister Garden by Drawn Thread.  I started it in March of 2009 when Rene and I took a class at Welcome Stitchery.  Rene finished hers a long time ago, but I set mine aside, 2/3 done, with lots of Queen stitches unstitched.   (Did I mention that I hate queen stitches?)  I also realized that Spider Web stitches aren't my favorites either.

I really enjoy specialty stitches, and this chart was just full of them!  I have the others in this 'Garden Series' in my to-do mountain and will have to pull out another one to stitch soon.  I think I am going to wait with the framing on this one until I finish at least another one so that I can frame them similarly.

Thanks for visiting!

 

Another Finish

One of my goals this year is to work on WIPs (works in progress) and WISPs (works in slow progress).  I refuse to have and UFOs (unfinished objects).  I finished Logan's Birth Sampler and now have finished this mini stocking (counted canvas).

The list is getting shorter!  Most of the WISP are BAPs (big a$$ project) so I won't get all 12 of the finished, but I hope to make a good dent in the list and at least work on all of them over the summer.

Thanks for stopping by!  come back again soon as I have some more finishes and framing to photograph and show you.

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!

TA DA!!!!

Finally!  The last stitch was put in at 3:39 AM on Saturday morning. By 10:00 AM it was at the framers.  I had ordered the frame a few weeks ago, so I should be picking it up sometime this week and I will be giving it to Logan at his 3rd birthday party next Sunday.

Did I ever mention I hated kits?  This was a kit, although I used my own antique white Jubilee fabric and used DMC floss instead of the floss included in the kit.  If it had been for anyone else, I would have tossed it months ago.  But for my grandson, I just kept on stitching.  

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.

Another International Hermit and Stitch Weekend!

Since the last one worked out so well for me, I am going to participate again.  Unfortunately, this weekend is a rather busy one.  I had to work a bit later than usual today, and this evening I had a folk dance rehearsal.  Saturday morning is the last day of German School, followed by the Graduation and picnic, so that takes up quite a bit of my Satuday.  Sunday, I have promised to babysit my two little munchkins for the morning, and I don't know when I will get home.  I don't get much stitching done while I babysit because both of them want to "help"and at 3 and 1, they can't really help much.  But I will report back with my progress at the end of the weekend.

May Flowers

Last Tuesday evening, our  ANG  chapter invited Nancy Buhl of From Nancy's Needle to teach a project.  She brought May Flowers and the kit included this lovely music box to mount it in. 

It was a quick stitch, and I finished the stitching and "finished" it this evening. 

In case you hadn't heard, Nancy is retiring from retails sales and is closing her shop, The Needle and I, which is in Rockford.  I will miss that shop.  I didn't make it there more than once or twice a year, but she always had some great sales, and usually had the fibres I needed and couldn't find elsewhere.  Nancy will continue designing and selling her designs on the internet.

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.

April Progress, May Goals

April was a great month, stitching wise.  I logged 159 hours of stitching, and really feel like I made a lot of progress.  I hope the renewed stitching mojo will continue.

April Progress

WIPS:

Work on Bavarian Table Topper
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
work on Logan’s stocking  Christmas heart canvas ornament 2010
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2011
Work on Cloister garden 
Work on Crystal Iris 
Logan's birth sampler stitching finished, backstitching half finished
Mystery Sampler part 7
Needlepoint hearts 1  
January stocking project for ANG 
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler

New Starts WIP:

Strawberry #2 finished
Strawberry #3 finished
2^nd Starfish Biscornu model  finished

Need to start

afghan pillow bear
afghan pillow moose
Photo booth
Sue Hillis Seasonal Baskets – stitch border
Quilted wreath ornament
Natalie’s Birth Sampler
Quaker Rose Sampler
Snowman Ornament (Val’s Stuff)
Train ornament
Duck ornament
Darla’s Round Robin  finished
Charlotte’s Round Robin  finished
6 fat men border  finished
Snowed in   finished
Sweet Stitches Needle book  finished
Sweet Stitches biscornu  finished
Sweet Stitches Scissors fob  finished
LHN Deck the Halls ornament  finished
LHN Gingerbread Village ornament   finished
From Sea to Shining Sea border  worked on it
West Coast  finished
Southwest finished
Snow Friends worked on it
Rose Card  finished

May Goals

WIPS:

Work on Bavarian Table Topper
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
work on Logan’s stocking 

Christmas heart canvas ornament 2010

Christmas heart canvas ornament 2011

Work on Cloister garden 

Work on Crystal Iris 

Logan's birth sampler

Mystery Sampler part 7

Needlepoint hearts 1  

January stocking project for ANG 

Antique Map and Needlebook

Heirloom Christmas Sampler

From Sea to Shining Sea border

Snow Friends

Need to start

afghan pillow bear

afghan pillow moose

Photo booth

Sue Hillis Seasonal Baskets – stitch border

Quilted wreath ornament

Natalie’s Birth Sampler

Quaker Rose Sampler

Snowman Ornament (Val’s Stuff)

Train ornament

Duck ornament

Mountains

How's that Birth Sampler coming?

You probably have been wanting to ask me that question.......

Here it is, just needs to be back stitched and personalized....and that MUST be finished by early May so that I can have it framed for Logan's 3rd birthday.....actually 1/4 of the backstitching is alreay done, so I don't think it will take too much longer to finish.  I am thinking of a bright red frame or perhaps another primary color.....

Stitching on Paper

While I was on the Sue Hillis Cruise this past January (Yes, I know I haven't posted about it, but I will, soon, I promise!)  I received this card.  It was 'stitched' by Rochelle Handelman, one of our cruisers and the picture doesn't do it justice, it is truly lovely (and sparkly, too!).  I knew that Michelle wanted to present this type of stitching at one of our EGA meetings, so I put her in touch with Rochelle.

This past Monday evening, Michelle presented 'Prick and Stitch' embroidery to our EGA guild.  It was an interesting presentation, and then we all got a card to work on.  Mine is pictured on the left, a single rose and leaves.  It was fun to do and didn't take as much time as I thought.  I am quite please with the results.   I will need to find some more patterns and the tools and try a few other designs.

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!

A Productive Weekend

I am happy to report that my first International Hermit and Stitch Weekend was a great success! 

Starting at 6 pm Friday evening and ending at midnight on Sunday evening, I stitched!  I did have to teach my German Class on Saturday, so Saturday's Stitching didn't begin until 3 pm.

What a productive weekend!  I decided that a new start was in order, one that had been all kitted up for quite some time.  This is Little House Needleworks' From Sea to Shining Sea, done on 32 count raw linen, with one strand of silk from Cresent Colours.  I managed to get half of the border done, I completed the first square and made good progress on the 2nd square. 

It was nice to have peace and quiet and very few interuptions.  Can't wait to do this again, when is the next one?

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend

This has been going on for quite some time, but I have been too busy to participate! But this time I will be part of it! As of this afternoon (once I get home from work) I will become a hermit and stitch all weekend! - except for German School on Saturday morning - I hope to get lots and lots of stitching done. Will you join me?http://joysze.blogspot.com/p/international-hermit-and-stitch-weekend.html

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!

March Progress, April Goals

Not as much progress this month as I would have liked. I had the mother of all colds that really knocked me for a loop. Add to that lots going on at work as well as some family stress, and it equals less stitching time. Thanks to those of you who e-mailed me to check up on me, it's nice to know I was missed!

MarchWIPS:
Work on Bavarian Table Topper
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas
work on Logan’s stocking
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2010
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2011
Work on Cloister garden
Work on Crystal Iris
Logan's birth sampler
Mystery Sampler part 7
Needlepoint hearts 1
January stocking project for ANG
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler

New Starts
WIP:
Strawberry #2
Strawberry #3
2nd Starfish Biscornu model worked on it

Need to start
afghan pillow bear
afghan pillow moose
Photo booth
Sue Hillis Seasonal Baskets – stitch border
Quilted wreath ornament
Natalie’s Birth Sampler
Quaker Rose Sampler
Snowman Ornament (Val’s Stuff)
Train ornament
Duck ornament
LHN Traveling Stitcher Pouch finished
LHN Traveling Stitcher Needlebook finished
EGA Ornament finished

April
WIPS:
Work on Bavarian Table Topper
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas
work on Logan’s stocking
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2010
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2011
Work on Cloister garden
Work on Crystal Iris
Logan's birth sampler
Mystery Sampler part 7
Needlepoint hearts 1
January stocking project for ANG
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler

New Starts
WIP:
Strawberry #2
Strawberry #3
2nd Starfish Biscornu model

Need to start
afghan pillow bear
afghan pillow moose
Photo booth
Sue Hillis Seasonal Baskets – stitch border
Quilted wreath ornament
Natalie’s Birth Sampler
Quaker Rose Sampler
Snowman Ornament (Val’s Stuff)
Train ornament
Duck ornament
Darla’s Round Robin
Charlotte’s Round Robin

February Progress - March Goals

February
WIPS:
Work on Bavarian Table Topper
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas
work on Logan’s stocking
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2010
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2011
Work on Cloister garden
Work on Crystal Iris
Logan's birth sampler
Mystery Sampler part 7
Needlepoint hearts 1
January stocking project for ANG
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler

New Starts WIP:
Sweet Treats Cupcakes Part 1 finished
Cupcakes Part 2 finished
Cupcakes part 3 finished
Cupcakes part 4 finished
Cupcakes part 5 finished
Cupcakes part 6 finished
Cupcake border finished
Strawberry #2
Strawberry #3
LHN Ornament Tweet finished
LHN Ornament Bringing Home the Tree finished
Kim’s Round Robin finished

Need to start
2nd Starfish Biscornu model worked on it
afghan pillow bear
afghan pillow moose
Photo booth
Sue Hillis Seasonal Baskets – stitch border
Quilted wreath ornament
Natalie’s Birth Sampler
Quaker Rose Sampler
Snowman Ornament (Val’s Stuff)
Train ornament
Duck ornament


March
WIPS:
Work on Bavarian Table Topper
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas
work on Logan’s stocking
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2010
Christmas heart canvas ornament 2011
Work on Cloister garden
Work on Crystal Iris
Logan's birth sampler
Mystery Sampler part 7
Needlepoint hearts 1
January stocking project for ANG
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler

New Starts WIP:
Strawberry #2
Strawberry #3
2nd Starfish Biscornu model

Need to start
afghan pillow bear
afghan pillow moose
Photo booth
SueHillis Seasonal Baskets – stitch border
Quilted wreath ornament
Natalie’s Birth Sampler
Quaker Rose Sampler
Snowman Ornament (Val’s Stuff)
Train ornament
Duck ornament

Bringing Home the Tree

I finished the stitching on this 2011 Little House Needleworks ornament on Sunday.

The finishing will have to wait until I have more of the series done.