finish cross stitch projects

YIPEE!!! I finished my letters last night! It is so exciting to finish a piece – and I’m actually going to get this one framed!

Next: “Wee Baby” by Heart in Hand Needleart. It’s just tiny, so shouldn’t take too long. After that, it’s on to “Lilly of the Woods” by Mirabilia. THAT will take a bit of time… :)

I took this book out of the library yesterday, mainly because I was excited to see a book that centered around embroidery. It is historical fiction, set in both the 17th century and current times. I’m only about 30 pages in, and so far it’s pretty good! The author has done her research on embroidery and materials in ages past… Its very interesting!

I find it really hard to find supplies for my addiction locally, and usually end up driving an hour to a great little shop – Gitta’s. Or I end up shopping online…

Where do you get your supplies from?

Well, after taking a month long break, I’m back into my stitching. I’ve finished the J and the E, and have started the K. My daughter was quite excited when I finished her E…

I’ve started keeping track of my stitching statistics. I’m not quite sure why I need to know how many hours I’ve spent on the project (69.75), how many days of stitching that is (25), how many elapsed days since I started the project (96), and the average number of hours per stitching session (2.79). Its interesting to me, at least…

Jan

So I actually started my new project last night, after finishing the Petal Fairy. My next project is to do four alphabet letters from M Designs “J”, “E”, “K”, “J” – one for each member of my family – January, Eowyn, Kiera, James. Once it is framed, it will hang in our front hall. Everyone is getting a different colour – blue, red, purple, and green in jewel tones. I’m using Thread Gatherer Silk ‘n’ Colors fibers – I love the variation in shading.

I will keep you updated on my progress.

I finished the fairy last night, and I’m so happy with how it turned out. Now I just hope that my daughter likes it when she grows up (she is 1).

On to the next project!

So I had lots of stitching time this weekend, and I have finished the wings, the branch, and about half the flowers! If I get to stitch tonight like I did last night, I will definitely be done this week!

Being a chain-stitcher (meaning I have pieces planned for the next 30 years), is it even possible to complete this goal? There will always be a piece I am working on, and therefore needing to finish…

Oh well – at least there are a nice bunch of people on this goal, so it makes it great to update!

Ok… Here is the piece so far. What I have left to do is the rest of the wings, the branch, and the flower heads. Not that much, really…

Why is it that when you get close to the end of a project, and you know what you want to work on next, it gets harder to finish? Shouldn’t it be easier? You would think that would be the case with the excitement of the new project, but I just want to pitch the current one and get started…