Another Finish!

I snuck another one in before the ball dropped for 2017!  This one is Let's Do Wine by Imaginating. 

Let's Do Wine

Going to try for one more, but not sure that will make it in time.  It might be my first finish for 2017.  But, I'll take it!

December Finish

I finished Coke Santa by Pegasus Originals.  This piece was stitched for my mother as part of her Coca-Cola collection. She was thrilled!

Coke Santa

October Focus Piece

The theme for October (borrowed from Stitch Maynia) is "BAPs and Smalls, We Love Them All".  So I worked on my favorite BAP, Fish City.  Here's my progress.


after

before

 

 

Next month's theme is "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue".  This month's focus is borrowed from Stitch Maynia again.

October WIPocalypse Check-In

I've been off the blogging radar lately because of work stuff. Getting back to teaching after a flood, short grading period, report cards, you know, fun stuff.  But, I have been stitching my heart away to keep my sanity.  I have two finishes this year (see previous post) including my goal finish for the year!

Now for the WIPocalypse questions:

September--Topic: Tell us a story about the journey you took through one of your completed pieces.
Sorry, but I don't really have one.  I don't have one piece that has a journey from start to finish.  Sad, but true.

October--Topic: What online stitching communities do you enjoy?
I am not on Facebook, or anything else like that.  The only social media I participate regularly in for stitching is Pinterest and more recently, Youtube.  Thanks to bloggers here, I have begun watching Flosstube.  I'm not on Facebook, but the Flosstubers I watch are so I participate in some of the challenges in my own way. ;0)

This month I am stitching on Farm Babies by Stoney Creek, Fish City by Stoney Creek, Tepee Bears by Bucilla, Let's Do Wine by Imaginating, Christmas Tree Sampler by Victoria Sampler, Sabrina by Mirabilia, and Around the World in 80 Stitches by Papillon Stitchery

Farm Babies

Fish City

Tepee Bears

Let's Do Wine

Christmas Tree Sampler

Sabrina

Around the World in 80 Stitches

Finishes!

I have 2 cross stitch finishes!  I finished my goal piece Fairy of Destiny by Passione Ricamo.  I also finished Love Note, a small kit by Mill Hill.  That brings me up to 4 stitch finishes this year!  A big deal for me. 



Fairy of Destiny

Love Notes

September Theme-a-licious

This month's theme was September Sally into Imagination.  I began a new start by Lesley Teare.  It's a Chinese Dragon for my brother. 

Chinese Dragon

For next month, I am going to do the monthly stitch-along with StitchMaynia.  I am not on Facebook but I know their theme is "BAPs and Smalls, We Love them All" because I subscribe to Katy the Stash Queen on Youtube.

August Theme-a-licious

This month's theme was Airborne August.  My focus piece was intended to be Fairy of Destiny by Passione Ricamo.  However, I had to put aside my cross stitching this month to super-marathon two of my quilts.  Our quilts are on display at my local library this month so I had to finish my Quilt Diva by Amy Bradley and my 66 Holly Hill quilt by Barb Adams and Alma Allen.  So my poor fairy got minimal stitching time.  :0(

Fairy of Destiny before

Fairy of Destiny after















Next month's theme is September Sally into Imagination.  I get to stitch on any imaginary being.