WIPocalypse 2012 - Check-In

It's a full moon and time to make a WIPocalypse 2012 report. As I mentioned in my last post I am concentrating on finishing my TW Peacock Tapestry.

This past month I managed to add a few more stitches to the left, bottom and right border.

Thanks for coming by.   Take care and happy stitching!!!!

Crazy January Challenge 2012 - Day Thirty-One - Last Day, Theme-a-licious, Oldest UFO update and January Reading LIst

Reports! Reports! Reports!

Report # 1
Today was the last day of the (Modified Ultimate) Crazy January Challenge 2012.  For today's start I made another change  and pulled out another Mill Hill kit. This one has a Halloween theme - Starlight Ghost. Here is my progress:

Report #2
Today is also the day to update on my January Theme-a-licious stitching.  Without really trying I managed to stitch on quite a number of flowers this month.   All the Hearts of Canada charts had Provincial flowers on them and a couple of my other starts and WIPs  contained flowers.  In the collage below are some of the Provincial flowers I stitched along with Sew Gigi (iStitch  Designs) and part of a piece I stitched for an exchange (the full piece and name of the chart will be announce once my partner has received it).  The section I am currently working on in the Castles in the Air is called Formal Garden.

Next month's theme is Fangirl February

Send a Valentine to your favorite designer...or at least work on his or her designs for the month!

I will be devoting my stitching during the month of February to Little House Needlework designs with a little bit of Teresa Wentzler thrown in (I want to continue making some progress on my oldest UFO - Peacock Tapestry).  I have 2 LHN WIPs - Home Of A Needleworker and Home of A Needleworker, Too plus I have another chart - Snowflakes - and a number of her ornament charts that I want to stitch.

Report #3
I managed a little bit of stitching on my oldest UFO - TW Peacock Tapestry.  I have the left hand border almost done.

 
Well it is getting late and I need to get some sleep.  Take care and happy stitching!!!!!!!!


PS.  Below is a list of books I finished reading (or listened to) this past month.

January Reading list
1. Track of the Cat - Nevada Barr (ebook)
2. Apple Turnover Murder - Joanna Fluke (ebook)
3. As the Pig Turns - M. C. Beaton (audiobook)
4. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came - M. C. Beaton (audiobook)
5. The Nesting Dolls - Gail Bowen
6. Murder with Peacocks - Donna Andrews (ebook)
7. A Red Herring without Mustard - Alan Bradley (audiobook)
8. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener - M.C. Beaton (audiobook)
9. Blueberry Muffin Murder - Joanna Fluke (ebook)
10. April Fool Dead - Carolyn Hart (audiobook)

Crazy January Challenge Day 2012 Twenty-three to Twenty-eight ++++++

It has been a busy week and I haven't had a chance to update my CJC 2012 challenge. So here it is all at once.

Day Twenty-three:

I pulled out another start form CJC 2012 - Nutcracker Christmas from X's and Oh's.

This is how far I got in 2011.

and this is what I manage on Monday.

Day Twenty-Four:

On Tuesday I put a few more stitches into Lanarte's Seaside Sweethearts (another CJC 2011 start).

I managed to stitch on this a couple of times last year so I am a little further on this on than some of my other starts.

This is how it looked as of Janaury 8, 2011

and this is where I am now.

Day Twenty-five:

Wednesday's start was a WIP from last year - LHN's Home of A Needleworker. This was the first LHN chart I ever purchased and it started me on my love of LHN designs. The owner of the ONS I purchased it from provided a conversion of the DMC threads to GAST and WDW and that it what I am using except for DMC 729 since it is only used for one stitch.

Day Twenty-Six:

On Thursday it was another 2011 WIP - Blackbird Designs (Loose Feathers #16) - Garland Fair.

Day Twenty-Seven:

Friday was devoted to working on my oldest WIP - Teresa Wentzler's Peacock Tapestry. I am still working on the left hand border.

Above is how the border looked on  December 31st and below is how it looks now.

Day Twenty-Eight:

Today was reserved for Papillon Creations' - Castles In the Air Mystery SAL.  I scanned it this morning before I started stitching.

I only managed to stitch a little bit of it today.

I stitching it using silk floss from Hand Dyed Fibers.


You can go here to see completed pictures of it.  This can be stitched with cross stitch only or with specialty stitches (as you may of noticed I am doing the specialty stitches) and with either a fantasy or flower theme (I haven't decided which I will be doing yet.)

I had another finish this week - Hearts of Canada - Prince Edward Island.

Design: Hearts of Canada - Prince Edward Island 

Designer: Thea Dueck (The Victoria Sampler)

Fabric: 25ct Antique White Lugana

Thread: DMC, Kreinik #4 Braid 

And I also managed to finish Santa, Please Bring Me......into an ornament.

I really love how this one turned out.  I will be keeping this one for my own tree.

Well, that is it for this week.  Tomorrow I am pulling out another WIP (VS - Christmas Treasures Collection) - a wedding gift for my niece and I  also hope to finish the piece I am stitching for an exchange - I just need to add the beading.

Take care and happy stitching!!!!

WIPocalypse 2012 - First Check-In

Right now I am going to concentrate finishing up the Peacock Tapestry by Teresa Wentzler for this challenge. It is my oldest UFO and I am determined to finish it this year. I stopped stitching on it about a year ago. This is how far I was.

I started working on it again on December 31st and right now I am working on the left hand border. Most of the green stitches in this photo is what I have recently added.

I am off to bed now. Good night and happy stitching!!!!

The Oldest UFO

Back in November I decided to join Evalina`s (this and that) The Oldest UFO Sal. I will try anything to help me complete my oldest UFO - Teresa Wentzler`s Peacock Tapestry. I love this piece but all the colour changes and backstitching has proven quite daunting. Plus the fact that I am easily distracted.

This is how it looked after the last time I stitched on it. (Over a year ago!)

I decided to work on the left hand border this evening and this is how it looked before I started stitching.

This is the progress I made this evening.

Until next time. Take care and happy stitching

Holidays are over................................

and I am back in the city and back at work!!!!:( I had a great time - the weather was good and I managed to get a lot of reading, knitting and stitching. Last night I scanned in some pictures so here they are.

While on holiday I found time to work on the Peacock Tapestry. I haven`t touched this project for a few weeks. I didn`t get much done but I did add a few stitches to the tree trunks on the left.


I finally finished Part 1 (of 8) of the Kustom Krafts Naptime Dragon SAL and got a bit started on the 2nd part. It is very slow going with this one but what do I do the first day I get back from holidays. I sign up to do another KK SAL. This time I will be stitching the Unicorn. Judging from the thread list I was sent the other day I think this one uses about every shade of blue in the DMC palette.



The following is a needlebook I stitched a few months ago for an exchange. I used the letter S from the Garden Alphabet by Ellen Mauer Stroh. It is freebie available on her forum.



I did manage to finish 1 SAL while on holidays. It is Cherish Each Day by Helga Mandl.



The remaining pictures are of all the dishcloths I finished knitting up in the past 2 months.

Mother`s Day Rose Cloth © 2007 RaAnn Clegg

Sea Waves © 2008 Andi Worthy

Happy Father`s Day Cloth © 2008 Leah Porter

Peacock in Color © 2007 Janet Nogle

Felicity, the Flamingo

Ribbons N Lace Washcloth © 2008 Janet Nogle

Starfish Cloth © 2009 Elaine Fitzpatrick

Well that is it for now. I am almost finished the Twas the Night Before Christmas and I will post a pic once it is all done. There is another Dishcloth KAL starting Sunday plus the Unicorn SAL starts Sunday also.

Happy Stitching (Knitting)!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Sunday Update Time Again

I had good week stitching wise. I made significant progress on both the TW Peacock Tapestry and the 2008 CWC Hummingbird. As I posted yesterday I also finished 2 Christmas Ornaments and 1 dishcloth.

The Hummingbird is close to being finished:


I finished all Eyelet Diamonds in the border and started filling in the bottom border on the Peacock Tapestry.




I joined the Stitching Exchange Blog the earlier this week and yesterday received the name of my partner for the "Ready for Spring" Exchange. I spent part of yesterday deciding on what I am going to stitch and getting the fabric and threads together. I am planning to start stitching on it later today.

Happy Stitching!!!!!

(Edited January 31st to correct link for Stitching Exchange blog.)

Sunday Update

Time for another update. I am going to try to post updates every Sunday.

I am working on the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" as part of the Christmas Design SAL. I will only be stitching on it the first week of each month. I figured out that if I stitch one stanza of the poem and one motif per month I will have it completed well before Christmas this year. I should even have enough time to have it framed. I completed the cherry motif last Sunday afternoon and now the project is on hold until the next week of February.

I have continued to work on the Diamond eyelets on the Peacock Tapestry and have them almost done.


I am really enjoying working on the CWC 2008 Hummingbird. I should have it finished in no time.


My ornaments are coming along great and I should be able to post pictures of them finished by the end of the month (at least 2 of them if not all 3).

I start on my 2nd Dishcloth (Monthly Dishcloth KAL) for the month yesterday. If all goes well I should be able to post a picture of it next Sunday.

Happy Stitching.

Weekly Update

Now that the holidays are over and things are slowly getting back to normal (I love my Nutcrackers but it sure is a process getting them all pack away until next Christmas.), I am going to try to get back to posting a weekly update on my stitching. Yesterday was a great stitching day.

I am back to stitching on the "Twas The Night Before Christmas". I finished up one stanza of the poem and started on another motif.

The following is my progress on the 2008 CWC Hummingbird. You can see a bit of him starting to develop on the left side.

I am determined this year to finish the Peacock Tapestry. I worked on adding the Diamond eyelets to the border this past week.


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