A Finish and Some Progress

I have a finish! This little piece, Simply Live, was such a fun stitch. I used a combination of Weeks Dye Works and Crescent Colour threads and Picture this Plus linen in Heritage.

I've also made some progress on my Mary Peacock! The colors are so, so pretty. I love it. I would be a bit farther along but a frog has come to visit this piece. In particular the pink motif on the top gave me fits, I know I unpicked sections at least 3 times.

I am still thinking about what kind of rotation works best for me. I love my Friday stitchalong with my friend Karin. In fact, we already have the next couple pieces picked out. Next up is Shepherd's Bush Love Letters and after that Primitive Needle's Earth Sampler. I so admire stitchers who can juggle several large projects and make progress on all of them. I don't think that's me. I like to chose one or two projects and work on them pretty much exclusively. I definitely can't juggle more than one super large piece. So for now, I am going to do my Friday stitchalong, Mary Peacock, and my ornaments. When I need a break from Mary Peacock I am going to stitch on my UFOs. I am planning on participating in an Adam and Eve stitchalong that starts next month and then that will be my second project.

I'll leave you all with a couple pictures of Sophie and Chloe, they are so funny. They love to look out the window in the living room. Their other favorite spot is right next to me or on my lap, even when I am on the laptop, LOL. That's Chloe in the second picture. Hope everyone is having a great week and lots of stitching time!

Stitching Update

Woohoo, it's only been two weeks since I last posted. Not quite the once a week I was hoping for but better than I was doing :-). I've been stitching everyday, I haven't got quite as much done as I wanted to but I am making progress.

My Friday project is Simply Live by the Primitive Needle. Lisa's designs are wonderful. My friend Karin and I are stitching this together. She is using a conversion Jean at the Attic did for her in Belle Soie. I am doing mine in a combination of WDW and Crescent Colours. If you'd like to see it in the silks pop over to Karin's blog, she has a picture of her progress posted too. It's a really fun piece to stitch, I am hoping to finish it next Friday.

I haven't made a lot of progress on Mary Peacock. I am hoping to remedy that this week. I love the colors in the Shepherd's Bush conversion so far. I can't wait to add some green and more shades of blue and pink.

I've been re-thinking my rotation. I love my projects but I am not sure I like changing pieces all the time. Add to that Siobhan has been encouraging me to join in some stitchalongs on CHS yahoo group and I really want to play :-). I guess my rotation is a work in progress. I need to ponder things for a few days and maybe go through my stash again.

Hope everyone has a happy Valentine's day. It's a bit gloomy here today, we have freezing fog. It's sort of weird, not icy but not snowy either. My DH and I are going to hang out and watch movies which means I should get a fair bit of stitching time today. I so appreciate you all for taking the time to read and comment on my blog!

It's a New Year

I can't believe it's been so long again since I posted. I hope I can manage to update my blog at least once a week for the rest of the year. January was a bit of a crazy month again, I had all the yearend processing to do at work, we went to Hawaii for a week and my MIL came for a visit. I am ready to get back to some sort of normal. I like to having a routine.

One of my goals for this year is to stitch everyday even it's just sitting down and stitching for 20-30 minutes. So far I haven't missed a day. I am honestly a little impressed with myself considering my DH and I spent a week in Hawaii this month :-). I actually finished a scissor fob and started another while we were there.

I love making lists so as usual I sat down and made a list for this year. My friend Karin always laughs when she sees my rotation list, I tend to think I can get more done that is realistic, LOL. I like to think big, we will have to see how I do this year :-).

Stitching Rotation Projects for 2009:

Handwork Frances Eden 1809 (large project)
Midsummer Night Designs Peaceful Paradise (large project)
Needleprint Mary Peacock (large project)
Scarlet Letter Ann Grimshaw 1818 (large project)
Blackbird Designs Willow House (UFO project)
Merry Cox Diminutive Sewing Set (UFO project)
Round Robins (I have several home that need a bit of stitching to be ready for framing) (UFO project)
Bent Creek Summer and Autumn Snappers (small project)
Blackbird Designs Blessings and Kind Wishes (small project)
Blackbird Designs Where my Heart Blooms (small project)
Good Huswife Ms. Lila’s House (small project)
Little by Little Mecklenburg 1775 (small project)
Little by Little Reward of Plenty (small project)
Primitive Needle Earth Sampler (small project)
Primitive Needle Simply Live (small project)
Shepherd's Bush Love Letters (small project)
Carriage House Samplings Village of Hawks Run Hollow (weekend project)
Two Christmas Ornament each month (weekend project)

Rotation:

Monday: UFO projects
Tuesday thru Thursday: Large Projects
Friday: Small Projects
First Weekend of the Month: Christmas Ornaments
Second thru Fourth Weekend of the Month: Village of Hawk Run Hollow

Christmas Ornaments:

1998 JCS BOAF Twas the Night Before Christmas
1999 JCS Nostalgic Needle Tudor Rose Ornament
2006 JCS La D Da Christmas Cardinal (finished January)
2006 JCS BBD Quaker Medallion Strawberry
2005 JCS Brightneedle Home for Christmas
2004 JCS La D Da Snow Bird
2001 JCS Little by Little The View Above
2003 JCS CEC Christmas Acorn
2002 JCS Bent Creek Roly Poly Snowman
2000 JCS Theron Traditions The Berry Bird
Plum Street Sampler Emmanuel Freebie
Midsummer Night Designs Jingle, Sparkle, Joy

My BAP project is Needleprint's Mary Peacock. I am using the conversion that Shepherd's Bush did. So far I love it.

I finished several scissor fobs this month. The 2007 fob was a re-stitch, my rotten puppies went through a stage where they liked to steal my fobs and scissors and take them out in the yard. It's a good thing I love them, LOL.

I also stitched Blackbird Designs Buttons for a Cure. I sent this piece and my Christmas ornaments to Deb for finishing. I will post a picture when they come home.

Finally, I did my Christmas ornament(s) for the month. Karin and I are stitching two sets of twelve ornaments this year and exchanging the second set at Christmas. It's so much easier to stitch something twice than to kit and stitch another piece. This way we end up with 24 new ornaments each :-). I did La D Da's Cardinal this month.

I hope everyone is having a happy New Year and getting lots of stitching time :-). Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my blog.