Crazy January Challenge 2012 - Day Eighteen and Nineteen

Yesterday I worked on a WIP from last years CJC. It is the Husband or Wife's Sampler by Linda Myer. This is how far I got last year.

and this is where I was after stitching on it yesterday.

Today I started on the VS Hearts of Canada Nunavut Territory.

Tomorrow, I will be working on the Monopoly chart. This was another start from last year.

Take care and happy stitching!!!!

IHSW update

I had a fantastic & productive weekend participating in my first IHSW. I finished up 4 ornaments (see my earlier post here)- one of which was one my Crazy January Challenge 2011 pieces - Different Drummer. And then yesterday I worked on another CJC2011 piece - Believe Tree (M Designs).

This is how far I was on it before the weekend

and this is where I am now

Take care and happy stitching!!!!

And Another one is done!

I finished this up earlier today. I am now down to 7 Crazy January Challenge 2011 pieces that I still need to complete.

Frosty Flakes © 2010 Little House Needleworks

It feels good getting another done. Especially since I have joined the 2012 Challenge. I spent part of the morning going through my stash looking for patterns to start. I have picked 5 so far. I am hoping to have all 15 listed by the end of the weekend.

We are going out now for dinner and then to see my DH's cousins band perform at a local club.

Take care and Happy Stitching.

Another One Done!!!

Well, I finally finished another project from the 2011 Crazy January Challenge.

Ornament of the Month, "Under the Tree" ADU-19, Copyright 2010

Little House Needleworks

So, that is 6 done out of 15.   As you probably noticed I am easily distracted by new projects, especially mystery SALs, so I haven't been working on the Crazy January projects very much in the past few months.   However, between now and Dec. 31st I am going to try and focus on them a bit more and hopefully will be finish a few more.

This one won't qualified for the Christmas Ornament Challenge 2011 since I started back in January, but it is another for my Christmas Basket (the one I pass around Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for the family to chose an ornament from).   I have completed 9 and need at least 4 more.

Well, I am going to do some more stitching!!!     Hope you are all having a great weekend.  I'll be back tomorrow, if not sooner.

Take care and happy stitching!!!!!

It is still winter here

Some of you may be seeing signs of spring but I think we still have a ways to go. These are some pictures I took after work on Friday.


Fortunately, the daytime temperatures over the weekend are above freezing so hopefully some of the snow will be gone by Monday. (Although the forecast calls for flurries tomorrow evening and below freezing daytime temperatures by Tuesday :( )

Stitching wise I haven't progressed as much as I would of like to. I can't seem to get myself together enough to stitch after work so I only manage to get something done on the weekends. Right now I am working on 2 pieces from the Crazy January Challenge - "Merry Christmas" and "Seaside Sweethearts". Here is my progress to date:




A group of us are going on a crafting (scrapbooking, quilting, sewing, knitting, etc) retreat next weekend. I of course will be bringing something to cross-stitch and probably some knitting. I am really looking forward to it. It is always fun to get away with just "the girls". If I don't finish "Merry Christmas" beforehand I hope I will have it finish by the time it is time to go home next weekend.

Below is the first of the dishcloths I have finished this year through the Monthly Dishcloths KAL Yahoo group. I running quite behind this year and still have to finish some from last year. The pattern is call "Weave Me Wash Me" by Alli Barret of Knitwits Alley.


Well, that is it for now. I wish you all a great weekend and Happy Stitching.

Yep!!!!!! I am still around!!!!!

Here I was doing really good with the blogging the first 2 weeks of the New Year and then I go and disappear for the next 2 1/2 weeks. Unfortunately, my DH and I came down with a doozy of a cold. We were off of work for a whole week. We went back to work last week but by the end of the day we were so wiped we didn't feel like doing anything once we got home. We are still not 100% but it is better than it was.

I did manage to finish one of my Crazy January Challenge starts - Winter Sheep © 2010 Little House Needleworks.


I also made another start. (I admit it. I have bad case of "startitis". Why else would I have joined the "Crazy Janaury Challenge.) It is the "Castles in the Air" SAL by Papillion Creations. I finally got around to ordering the silk threads from Hand Dyed Fibers at the beginning of January and once they arrived I couldn't wait to start using them. I am stitching this on 36ct Flax Edinborough Linen. This is my progress so far.



While I was home sick I didn't feel like stitching much (or anything else for that matter) but I did occasionally pull out the "Unicorn" SAL by Dyan Allaire (Kustom Krafts).

I just love how all the different blues work together in this pattern.

Well, it is getting past my bedtime. I will be back tomorrow with my TUSAL update.

Happy stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 13, 14, & 15 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

Well, it is Day 15 and here are my starts for the last 3 days.

Day 13 - LHN 2010 Ornament of the Month - Frosty Flakes. I was rather tired that day so I didn't get much stitched.



Day 14 - LHN 2010 Ornament of the Month - Under The Tree. We were able to leave work early on Friday so I managed to get a good start on this one. I also managed to finally take down my tree in the living room and packing away the ornaments. Tomorrow I will be packing my Nutcrackers and the house will back to normal until next Christmas.



Day 15 - LHN 2010 Ornament of the Month - All is Calm. Not a bad start on this one either. I didn't start on it until late this afternoon. I spent most of the morning reading Lee Child's 61 Hours and then I had a bit of housework and laundry to do. I was reading 61 Hours before going to sleep last night and just hit the exciting part so when I woke up this morning I couldn't do anything else until I finished the book.



Now comes the next fun part of this challenge. Trying to get all these wonderful new starts finished this year. Based on my track record that will be a challenge and a half.

Thank you for all for your wonderful supportive comments during this challenge. I really appreciated them.

I will try to post at least once a week with progress on these projects.

Take care and Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 11 & 12 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

I was too tired last night to do a post, so before it gets to late and I get another day behind I going to stop stitching and start posting. As I mentioned the other day I will be stitching the LHN's 2010 Ornaments of the Month for the rest of the challenge. Yesterday I worked on the "Red House in Winter". I didn't get as much done as I would of like. I think I spent too much time on the internet.

Today I stitched on the "The Merry Skater". I stayed away from the computer and made pretty good progress on it, if I do say so myself.


The challenge is coming to an end soon (3 more days) and I really enjoyed participating in it. I pulled out a few charts that have waiting for ages to be started and I am really happy about that. It is going to be a fantastic stitching year. Right!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for all your lovely comments. It's nice to know I am not just talking to myself at times : D.

Take care and happy stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 10 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

Last nights start was "Joy to the World" by Little House Needleworks. I had to attend a Girl Guide meeting last night so I didn't have too much time to stitch. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I want to complete the rest of the 2010 Ornament of Month this year so for the next 5 days the remaining charts from this series will be my starts for this challenge. Today I am stitching on the "Red House in the Winter" and tomorrow I will be starting "The Merry Skater".


Well, I want to get back to stitching now. So till later, happy stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And thanks again for visiting.

Take care!

Day 9 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

Last night I said it was going to be a busy day. Well, in fact, it turned out to be a lazy pajama day. All I did was stitch and watch old movies on TCM. (And take down my Nutcracker Christmas tree.)

My SIL and her family were suppose to come over at 11:00 am for brunch but we had to cancel. There was a water leak on our street and we were without running water from around 9:00 Saturday evening until about 3:00 this afternoon. Since we couldn't take a shower and the thought of 8 people in a house without a flushing toilet didn't sound like a good idea we decided to reschedule the brunch. The city set up a water supply trailer across the street from us so we at least had access to water for our morning coffee and to wash up.

My "crazy" start for today was LHN's Winter Sheep - one of the 2010 Ornament of the Months. I finished 4 last year and I hope to finish the rest this year. I absolutely love LHN's designs and I have already signed for an automatic shipment of the 2011 Ornaments. I have almost finished it. If I wasn't so tired I probably would have completed it today.


Thank you for dropping by and for all your wonderful comments.

Take care and Happy Stitching!!!

Day 8 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

It has been a busy day and tomorrow will be even busier. Here is a picture of today's start. The patterns is Seaside Sweethearts by Lanarte (Leisure Arts).


Thanks for visiting.

Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 7 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

I was too tired last night to post a pic of yesterday's start so here it is now. It is a Mill Hill kit (I love them) - Different Drummer - Nutcracker Suite Series.


I have started already on today's chart - Seaside Sweethearts - Lanarte by Leisure Arts. If all goes well, I will post a progress pic later tonight.

Thank you all for you lovely comments. I really enjoy reading them.

Have a great day and Happy Stitching.

Day 6 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

Six days down, 9 more to go. Today I stitched on the Believe Tree Ornament from M Designs. Ever since the first one "Peace" was published in the 2004 JCS Christmas Ornament Issue, I have stitched a number of these. Mainly because my neice, Meagan took quite a shine to them. I have even stitched one made with her name. I didn't to get around to stitching one for her in 2010 so I want to make sure I have one for this year. This is my progress so far:

I am using WDW Noel and stitching on a piece of Ivory 32ct linen I found in my stash that was the right size.

Thank you all for your wonderful and encouraging comments. I really appreciate them.

Day 5 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

Just a quick post to show my progress on my "Crazy" Day 5 start. The pattern is Nutcracker Christmas from X's & Oh's. A dear friend, knowing my passion for Nutcrackers, sent it to me a few years back. I managed to make a bit of a dent on the middle Nutcracker in the top row.


This stocking is going to be for me. A few years ago I stitched stockings for my 2 neices and nephew from the BH&G's Heirloom Christmas Stockings in Cross Stitch book. I was going to stitch 1 each for my DH and I from this book also but I much rather have the Nutcracker one now. I not sure what I will eventually stitch for my DH. I have couple other Nutcracker stocking charts in my stash and I might do one of them.

Nitey, Nitey and Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!

Day 4 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

Another day of the challenge is coming to an end. Today I picked "Becky Boo's Let It Snow" from A Stitcher's Hands. This chart has 4 cute snowmen on it that I intend to make into tree ornaments. I got a good start this evening on the first one.


Well, I am off to bed now. See you tomorrow.

Take care and Happy Stitching.

Day 3 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

It is time to pack it in and get ready for bed. I have been stitching most of the evening. (Took a little time out to clean up the kitchen and I did go on the stationary bike for 20 minutes.)

Today I stitched on the Monopoly board. This is a pattern I won on Ebay and have wanted to start stitching for quite some time. I have fond memories of playing this game while growing up. I think it will be fun stitching this.

Here is a pic of my progress as of 10 minutes ago.



Good night and Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 2 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

For the challenge today, I decided to stitch #132 Merry Christmas from Waxing Moon Designs. This leaflet contains 2 charts and I intend to stitch both. I found this leaflet a couple of years ago at my LNS. I just went in to browse and saw it displayed on the counter. I couldn't resist it and bought it along with the red fabric (32ct Ruby Wine Belfast Linen) displayed with it. It is done all in 1 colour (I am using DMC 5200) so it should stitch up fairly quickly. I am not using the Belfast Linen but a piece of 28ct linen that I had in my stash and is very similar in colour. The Belfast is an 18 x27 cut and I didn't want to cut it up just yet. I want to find something else to stitch on it.
Here is what I stitched today:


Take care and Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 1 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

I decided to join the Crazy January Challenge 2011. I will be starting a new project from my stash for the first fifteen days of January with the intention of finishing them this year. For more information about this challenge go here. A list of the projects I plan to stitch can be found here.

My first project is the Husband or Wife's Sampler by Linda Myers. I am stitching it for my DH in celebration of our 25th Anniversary this coming May. Below is a picture of my progress today. It is not as much as I would have liked (I spent too much time today updating my blog and checking out other blogs) but it is a start.


Since Christmas I have been working on the Unicorn SAL by Dyan Allaire (Kustom Krafts). This is my progress to date. I can't wait to see it completed. I love all the shades of blue in it.

I also started my 1st Christmas ornament for 2011 - a Mill Hill kit - Frosty Winter Greeting.

Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!