April WIPocalypse Check In

Topic:  Which specialty stitches do you love doing on projects?  Which do you dread?
I love working on most specialty stitches.  Anything different to break up the monotony is fun!  I guess if I had to pick one, it would be the rice stitch.  I hate doing French knots, though.  I can never keep them consistent.  One knot will be huge, another will be tiny, and another will be the right size.  No matter how much I practice, I never get them looking similar much less the same.  I try to replace them with seed beads as often as I can get away with it.

This month I am working on Coke Santa by Stoney Creek, Noah's Journey by Dimensions, Snowdome Stocking by Donna Kooler, Fish City by Stoney Creek, and the Fairy of Destiny SAL by Passione Ricamo.

Coke Santa

Fairy SAL



Fish City

Noah's Journey



Snowdome Stocking

I finished Coke Bears this month:

Pooh Sampler rotation finished

I finished my 10 hour rotation on Too Much Honey, a sampler kit by Janlynn.  I did a lot of backstitch work at the bottom and finished the cross stitching on Eeyore, Tigger, and Pooh.  I just need to finish the background, backstitching and the alphabet at the top.  Not too much left!

Pooh Sampler before

Pooh Sampler after

Finished!

I finished my Coke Bears piece for Momma.  This is the final piece in the Coca Cola Polar Bears series so now she has them all stitched up (you're welcome, mom). 

March WIPocalypse Check In

Topic:  If money and time were not limiters, I would buy sampler kits from Victoria Sampler.  I would love to have more of her samplers, gingerbread house kits, and the country kits designed by Thea Gouverneur.  I would also finish collecting patterns from my favorite designer, Nora Corbett.  I would purchase missing patterns from both her Nora Corbett and Mirabilia lines.

This month I am working on Coke Bears by Stoney Creek, Noah's Journey by Dimensions, Too Much Honey by Leisure Arts, and the Fairy of Destiny SAL by Passione Ricamo.

Coke Bears

Noah's Journey

Pooh Sampler

Fairy of Destiny



 
 

 

February Theme-a-Licious

The theme for February was Fangirl.  Since my favorite designer is Nora Corbett, I worked on Sabrina.  Here's a picture of the progress I made in February. 

Sabrina after

Sabrina before



The theme for March is March Madness.  This means you work on a different piece each day.  Since I have a rotation system, this happens anyway.  So I'm going to work on my Passione Ricamo fairy as my focus piece in March.

Baby's Garden Quilt

I finished my rotation on Baby's Garden Quilt by Janlynn.  It's a cute little kit I picked up somewhere.  It doesn't look like much progress, but I finished the watering can, almost finished the bear on the left, and began the bear on the bottom. 

Baby's Garden before

Baby's Garden after

February WIPocalypse Check In

Topic:  I have a rotation system in place so I really don't find myself in stitching ruts very often.  I have a basket with 4 project bags in them.  Each night, as I'm relaxing for bed, I grab the project bag in front.  I stitch while listening to an audiobook (each CD is approximately an hour, so I get an hour of stitching in before bedtime).  When the disc is over, I place that bag to the back of the basket.  When I don't feel like working on one of these projects, I always have a Mill Hill kit lying around to occupy my time with.

This month I am working on Coke Bears by Stoney Creek, Baby's Garden Quilt a kit by Janlynn, Too Much Honey by Leisure Arts, and the Fairy of Destiny SAL by Passione Ricamo.

Coke Bears

Too Much Honey

Baby's Garden Quilt

Passione Ricamo SAL