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This past month, I worked on Joan Elliott’s Christmas Angel.   Last time: 

Now:

All the regular DMC cross stitching is complete.  After ordering the metallic threads, I took a break, but put in a few evenings of effort once they arrived.  Most of the metallic cross stitches are complete and I got a start on the backstitching.  This pattern has a ton of backstitching in general.  To avoid burnout, I’m retiring her for now.  I’ll bring her out in a month or two, there is plenty of time to finish her before Thanksgiving (I want to frame her for Christmas).

Petal Fairy also got a turn on the scroll bars.  Last time:

Now:

She’s almost done.  The backstitching is complete; it’s minimal, as typical in Mirabilia patterns.  The beading is in progress; she has plenty of beads though she’s not as blingy as other MIra patterns I’ve done.  Expect a HD post soon!

Question of the month?  What makes you pick up long-abandoned UFO rather than beginning a new piece?  Simple- I like to finish things.  My collection of WIP/UFO’s number in the single digits, and that works for me.  Having a zillion unfinished projects around makes me feel like my hobby is out of control.

For next month, I plan to start a new project once Petal is finished, something for Halloween.  And I’d like to make some progress on the Mask of Colors QS; I’ve met most of my stitching goals for the 2015 WIPocalpyse, except that one.