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Pattern: Stoney Creek Magazine, Winter 2016 Materials: 18 ct MCG Textiles Anne cloth, DMC Size: 5″ x 35″ Time to stitch: 28 days My first seasonal bell pull is finished!  The pattern is fine, with lots of detail, frequent color changes, and a fair amount of backstitching. Though each block…

Pattern: kit by Mill Hill, Christmas Village Buttons & Beads Materials, Kit floss & beads, 28 ct stormy grey jobelan Size: 5″ square plus about 1.5″ wide border Time to stitch: 9 days My first piece of the Christmas village is complete and I’m thrilled! The pattern is fine, easy…

Pattern: by Joan Elliott Materials: 32 count belfast “Highland” by Picture this Plus, DMC, Kreinik, Mill Hill as charted Size: 15″ x 10.5″ Time to stitch: 27 days My second of the elemental goddesses is finished!   The chart, which I purchased from Ms. Elliott, is well done, clear and easy…

In late February I started Fire Goddess by Joan Elliott.  This is one of my Year of WIPs pieces (2017 finish goal) and it was about time to get it on the go.   The fabric is 32 Belfast “Golden Promise” by Silkweaver (old).  I actually have two pieces of this…

This month I worked two days on my Mill Hill Christmas village, specifically the Tree Farm chart.  I may need to adjust my rotation time on this project, as I want to finish one every 3 months, and that will take more than 6 days (2 days x 3 months).…

I chose to do a little crazy January, 5 day rotation of 3 new starts plus WIPs. King Arthur’s Court by DMC was my new year new start.  After 5 days, I had stitched most of Guinivere’s dress and Lancelot’s legs.   I am adding fractionals so the backstitch lines…

2016 was a great stitching year!  I participated in the Year of Starts, discovered that serial starting is not for me, and I’m happiest when my WIP count is in the single digits. I joined Facebook, found Flosstube, started my own channel, got enabled and enhanced my stash so much…

Pattern: by Joan Elliott / Designs Works kit Materials: 32 ct white evenweave by Fabric Flair, fibers provided in kit Size: 12″ x 16″ Time to stitch: 40 days since January 2016 On the 5th Day of Christmas, I present to you… 12 Days of Christmas!   This is the…