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Hello friends!  January started with some crazy serial starting but I dedicated most of the months to my older WIPs. 4 days on Spooky House by X’s and Oh’s.  This pattern is fractionally fantastic with about 8 blends and several metallics that I stitched around; hence my rather patchy progress. …

Pattern: by Donna Vermillion Giampa Materials: 36 ct antique white linen, DMC, Kreinik 002HL BF, Mill Hill Petite Beads & white Nymo Size: ~11 x 13 inches, stitched 2 over 2 (18 count) Time to stitch: ~70 days (56 days since rescuing from UFO pile, plus time 10+ years ago)…

2017 was a good year for finishes (24 total).  Honestly I’m not sure I will ever finish so many in a year again since I want to focus more on big projects in the future.  Ornament finishes (8) included: Christmas Festoon, Noel Biscornu, Be Jolly Ornie, Be Merry, Patriotic Star, Green/ Gold Hardanger, Seraphina, Wagon Smallish…

Welcome to the blog hop hosted by Jo of Serendipitous Stitching Here’s the tree skirt I stitched and fully finished back in 2012.  It’s called “Ingredients for the Merry Christmas” and it names “Giving”, “Family”, “Wishes, “Friends”, “Grace, “Sweets, Memories, Warmth” with lots of colorful and festive motifs.  I appliquéd…

Pattern: by Mirabilia Materials: 32 ct opal lugana “Sparkling Sundown” by vintage Silkweaver, DMC, Kreinik, Mill Hill beads and Preciosa Crystal Flower Beads  Size: 11″ x 18″ Time to stitch: 32 days Here is my pink fairy princess (Queen of the Fairies, per Shakespeare) in all her glory, my 23rd…

So, I was supposed to focus on WIPs in 2017, after doing the Year of Starts in 2016 (18 starts & 18 finishes).  Somehow I wound up with 24 (+1 or 2 maybe) starts this year!  How did that happen?   I am expecting 24 finishes, so everything is copacetic.  Several…

The end of October went great, I finished my son’s costume and had two more evenings to work on my Trick or Treat Fairy. I’m pretty much done with the 3371 in the dress now.  I’m over Halloween now so I’m putting this away until next year. On November 1, I…