Jan 6th and 7th Projects

I've been so busy stitching that I didn't even get to posting anything yesterday:) I really like my day 6 project!! In fact I almost decided to finish it today (day 7) instead of starting a new one, but I was a good girl and left this one alone to start the new one:) This is Bountiful Stars from Blackbird Design's Patriotic July stocking booklet. I changed the colors because I didn't like the 'red' they used which looked more pink to me and didn't make me think 'Patriotic'. It's coming along really quickly and I can't wait to make it into a little stocking!!

This one is 'Blessed are the Peacemakers' from Little House Needlework's Saltbox Scriptures series. I have finshed the other 3 of these and am really excited to finish this one off and then decide how I want to display them. I've thought of framing them and hanging them one at a time during the corresponding season, or making a cube out of all 4 of them and turning it to the corresponding season OR making a small wall hanging quilt out of all of them to hang year round:) Just not sure yet. I changed a couple colors in this one too. I really didn't like the purple with the other fall colors and so changed that to red instead, I am also using a deeper orange than it calls for and I also changed the brown a little, though only because I didn't have the color it called for, but it is really close.

I have 2 finishes (so far) that I will show off on Monday durning my WIPocalypse post. So exciting that I actually getting some stitching finished:)

Jan 5th Project

I had a nice, easy stitch planned for today as I knew I would be heading into town for the afternoon. I still thought I could finish this one today though. No such luck!!! I ended up having some problems with the blackwork and had to take it out and start over. I'm sure I'll get this one done tomorrow though:) This is a freebie card from Prairie Schooler that I am doing on 32 ct lambswool. Like I said, it's a nice, easy stitch and I'm enjoying it very much:)

Jan 4 Project

My 4th project is a freebie that I found while looking around the web one day. Unfortunately I have completely forgotten where I found it. Usually the printed page will say on the bottom of it what the website is, but this doesn't say anything at all. I do know it was a non-English blog, but other than that, really couldn't tell you where I got this now. Sadly it wasn't even that long ago that I printed this off. What does that say about my memory? :)

Anyway, I'm also doing this one for my dd, she loves cats of all kinds. I am stitching this over one on 28 ct white fabric.

Jan 3 Project

My 3rd Crazy Project is a Little House Needleworks ornie called 'He's a Flake'. I'm doing this on 32ct Twilight Blue linen which is just a bit bluer and a bit darker than the dove linen that it calls for. I didn't work on it much today as I am really close to being done with an older WIP (from last year's Crazy Challenge) and am really hoping to get it done in the next couple of days:) So I will probably focus on it and only just start the next couple until the WIP is done.

Jan 2 Project

My project for Jan 2 is January Word Play from With thy Needle and Thread. I'm doing this on 32ct Summer Khaki with most of the called for floss colors. I love this series, though I will be making few changes to a couple of them as I go. I want to do the whole set, but want to change things like the witch in Oct since we don't celebrate halloween, and santa in December's since we've never celebrated Christmas with santa. I have several other designs from With thy Needle and I don't think it'll be hard to sub in a little here and there. This one is going pretty fast and I hope to finish this one off this month:)

Jan Challenge - Day 1

My 1st project for the month is a HUGE one:) This is my first HAED and I can already tell that it's going to take me a long time to finish it. I'm doing this one for my dd who really loves tigers. It's being done over one on 32ct ant. white linen. That tiny little square is less than an inch sq and already I've stitched 455 stitches in it!! :)

Great Giveaway!!

I found a really generous stitchy giveaway in blog-land today. It is on CrafyMoo's blog and she is giving away some really nice charts, fabric, and even a $20 gift certificate to 123 Stitch!! Now that's my kind of prize:)