July Theme-a-licious

This month's theme was July Jubilee.  I stitched on Dicken's Mittens by Cross-Eyed Cricket.  I finished two mittens and started a third.  I completed The Ghost of Christmas Past and Jacob Marley's Ghost.  I began stitching on Bob Cratchit.  I only have 4 mittens left to finish!

Dickens Mittens

Ghost of Christmas Past

Jacob Marley's Ghost

 

Bob Cratchit

Next Month's theme is Airborne August.  I get to stitch on something with wings.

June Theme-a-Licious

The theme for June was Jumanji June.  I had to choose a project with animals on it.  So I decided to start a new project by Stoney Creek called Farm Babies.  I am stitching the birth sampler from the booklet. 

Farm Babies Birth Sampler

Next month's theme is July Jubilee.  I get to stitch a holiday project.

May Theme-a-Licious

The theme for May was Monchrome May.  So I started a new project this month where almost all the colors were purple.  There were a few green areas, but most of the piece is purple.

Let's Do Wine by Imaginating

Next month's theme is Jumanji June.

10 Hour Rotation Finished

I completed my 10-hour rotation on Mr. Bear last night.  Doesn't seem like I got much completed, but I guess I did.  I now have the main teddy bear's head and some of the pillows in the background.  That's why I love before and after pictures!  It shows me I really am getting stuff done!

before

after

May WIPocalypse Check-In

Topic: What were you stitching this time last year and did you finish it?
Last year at this time I was working on four main projects.  I was working on Coke Santa by Stoney Creek, Noah's Journey by Dimensions, and Snowdome Stocking by Donna Kooler.  None of those were finished of course.  They still meander through my WIP rotation schedule.  I did, however, finish Noah's Friends by Jenny Barton.  (We won't mention that I didn't finish it until December).

Noah's Friends

This month, I am currently rotating between Tepee Bears by Bucilla, Mr. Bear by Designs by the Needle, Sugarplum Stocking by Bucilla, Nutcracker Needlepoint by Janlynn, Blue Jean Teddy Quilt by Bucilla, and Christmas By the Letter by Lizzie Kate.  My focus project this month is Let's Do Wine by Imaginating (a new start for a Christmas finish, I hope).

Let's Do Wine

Blue Jean Teddy

Christmas By the Letter

Nutcracker Needlepoint

Sugarplum Stocking

Tepee Bears

Mr Bear

April WIPocalypse 2016 check-in

Topic:  What do you listen to while stitching? Sometimes I listen to Pandora radio while stitching.  I created a radio station with random music.  You truly never know what will pop up on my station (pop, rap, Disney, opera, classic rock, do-wop, literally the possibilities are endless...).  However, 95.9% of the time I am listening to an audiobook.  It's a great way to catch up on my TBR (to be read) list (okay, my TBR mountain).  I check out audios from the library or download them to my phone and listen away while I stitch away.  I'm currently listening to This Body of Death by Elizabeth George (from the Inspector Lynley series).


This month, I am currently rotating between Tepee Bears by Bucilla, Mr. Bear by Designs by the Needle, Sugarplum Stocking by Bucilla, Nutcracker Needlepoint by Janlynn, Blue Jean Teddy Quilt by Bucilla, and Christmas By the Letter by Lizzie Kate.  My focus project this month is Fairy of Destiny by Passione Ricamo.

Fairy of Destiny

Christmas by the Letter

Nutcracker Needlepoint

Mr. Bear

Sugarplum Stocking

Blue Jean Teddy

Tepee Bear

January Theme-a-Licious

This month's theme (from It's Geek to Me's past monthly themes) was January Jardin.  This means I chose a focus piece that had a garden or floral theme.  So I chose to work on my Baby's Garden Quilt kit by Janlynn.  Here's my progress:

Baby's Garden Quilt before

Baby's Garden Quilt after

Next month's theme is Figural February.