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Pattern: by Them Stitches on Etsy Materials: 34 count cream linen (2 over 2), DMC as charted Size: 6″ x 8″ Time to stitch: 8 days in February 2016 Yay, I’m finished! This project was a bit more work than I thought it would be.  Note to self: small projects…

This is a few days late and I’m sorry- I lost track of time!  This past lunar cycle saw the end of my crazy January challenge and the adoption of my new rotation (weekly, with a few weekend projects.)  The rotation is flexible though; I like to reach certain points within…

Here is my Joan Elliott Christmas WIP, the 12 Days of Christmas.  Expect to see this project frequently, since I intend to work on it 1 weekend per month.  The timing didn’t exactly work out, this time.  I wanted to finish the 2nd (right) half of the top section and that took longer,…

Pattern by Lavender & Lace Materials: 28 count “cream” cashel linen, threads as charted excepts subs noted below Size: 11″ x 17″ Time to stitch: Almost 3 years (mostly as UFO) My 2nd Celtic lady is finished!  I am thrilled. The fabric is a fat quarter of cream linen by Zweigart.…

So, here is my last new start of crazy January- Air Goddess by Joan Elliott.  My floss toss on “Aerial” belfast by Picture this Plus.  After a week, I was close to finishing the bottom half of the chart (the regular DMC part, anyway).  So I kept it on the scroll…

SAL via Crossed Stitches Finishing Celtic Christmas is Goal No. 1.  So close yet so far!  I spent a few days working on her; finished up the cross stitch, the backstitch and started the beading, from the bottom up.  The beading is extensive and I ran short of MH #557.  I…

I stashed this pattern years ago, since I like the verse (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)… it was a reading at my wedding.  And then last year, we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary, so I figured… well it’s about time I stitch something to celebrate our marriage!  My plan is to add an additional section with…