June Theme-a-licious

The monthly theme was Jumanji June.  I was supposed to stitch on an animal-themed piece.  So I stitched on my kit, The Pack.  This is an interesting design.  There are no partial stitches or backstitching.  The entire design is cross stitch.  I got a lot of stitching done this month.  Don't know what got into me, but I kinda like it.

The Pack before

The Pack after

Next month's theme is Jolly July.  I need to pick one of my many Christmas-themed projects for some Christmas in July time.

June WIPocalypse Check In

Topic: Do you find yourself more productive with stitching in summer or winter?

This  is an easy question.  I am definitely more productive in summer simply because my break is longer.  I am a school teacher so I have more time in the summer to have fun.  I have trainings to go to and things that must be done for work, but I'm not on a 7:30-4 schedule like I am the rest of the year.

This month I am working on Coke Santa by Stoney Creek, Noah's Journey by Dimensions, Snowdome Stocking by Donna Kooler, and the Fairy of Destiny SAL by Passione Ricamo.  I did not accomplish anything on my Fairy of Destiny this month.  :0(

Coke Santa

Noah's Journey

Snowdome Stocking

May Theme-a-Licious

May's theme was May Memories.  So I worked on Mason's birth announcement.  I got a huge amount done in the home stretch!  The entire top half is finished, I just need to finish stitching  the bottom and back stitch the ark.

Noah and Friends before

Noah and Friends after

Next month's theme is Jumanji June.  I'm supposed to pick a project that has animals of some sort on it.

April Theme-a-licious

Last month's theme was Amazon April.  I was supposed to stitch on a BAP this month.  So, of course, I stitched on Fish City.  I don't have a bigger project than that one!  I was able to finish down to the last few rows at the bottom.  I even finished the bottom left corner completely (just needs to be backstitched). 


fish city before

fish city after

This month's theme is May Memories.  I think I'll work on one of my many birth announcements.  Got to finish a few before the babies graduate high school!

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).