2016, review

This shows my progress for 2016.  Some of my projects didn't get any attention and I hope to change that in 2017.  Others saw lots of progress and I even managed some finishes.  

I started 2016 with 13 WIPs.  I had 9 new starts, 5 finishes and ended 2016 with 17 WIPs.

I hope you enjoy seeing my progress as much as I do.

Sea Witch by HAED

started 1/1/16

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

goal:  page 1

Goal met!

page 1 finished 1/23/16

started 11/4/15

Glory and Honor (second time)

2x2 full x 28 ct Monaco

goal:  finish

Goal met!

1/27/16

Coat of Arms

started 3/12/12

1x1 full x 40 ct from HDF

before:

goal:  finish next row of pages

goal met!

3/27/16

Chatelaine's Medieval Octagon

started 1/27/16

finished 5/1/16

HAED's Nightshade

started 10/31/13

1x1 full x 28 ct Monaco

before:

goal:  finish 5th stitched page

goal met 5/18/16

started 7/25/15

Chatelaine's The Heritage Sampler

2x2 28 ct Monaco

goal:  finish row

goal met 7/9/16

started 5/10/15

Eclectic Bloke Designs Warrior Alice

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

before:

goal:  pages 2-3

pages 1-2

Love Thy Thread

Lonliness of Autumn

started 9/6/14

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

before:

goal:  pages 3-4

goal met 10/26/16

Lust

started  10/1/09

1x1 full x 28 ct Monaco

before:

goal:  finish pages 21-22

page 21 9/12/16

Earth Song

started 3/2009

1x1 full x 25 ct Lugana

before:

goal:  finish column - one full page, one partial

Loara Standish

started 1/1/13

1x3 50 ct Kingston

before:  

goal:  finish third and fourth bands

The Master (Tilton Crafts)

started 5/5/13

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

before:

goal:  finish pages 2-3

Goal met 10/1/16

started 4/11/15

DMC 16 Color SAL

1x1 full x 40 ct from HDF

before:

goal:  finish!

started 6/1/15

HAED's Her Private Garden

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

before:

goal:  page 2

started 10/31/15

HAED's SS Daybreak

2x1 tent 28 ct Monaco

goal:  finish page 2

10/29/16

New start! 5/30/16

Star Spangled Banner by Northern Expressions Needlework

New start!  7/31/16

Chatelaine's Hawaiian Mandala

New Start!

Tilton's Feathers in the Wind

Started 10/1/16

page 1 finished 10/17/16

New Start!

Satsuma Street Designs Halloween Cat

started 10/29/16

Finished 11/20/16

New Start!

Nora Corbet's Zenia

Started 11/20/16

finished 12/7/16

New Start!

A Stitcher's Heart by Sekas & Co.

Finished!  12/11/16

New start!

Woodland Wonder by Glendon Place

started 11/21/16

I'd hoped for a finish of this one too but that finish was elusive, even with a week off work.  Next year!

Woodland Wonder

I tried my hand at making a project bag this weekend.  I keep seeing them on etsy and everyone is ordering them in their floss tube videos.  I'm too cheap to do that.  So I picked up fabric and interfacing and tried to make my own.  The first one didn't turn out too bad but it feels huge.  I'm going to have to scale any future bags down.  But here's my first one.

I've been using a pillow case to stuff everything into for years.  This will be an interesting change.

I've been working on the deer in Woodland Wonder for the last week.  So. Much. Brown.  But he's done and I finally got started on his antlers.  Love them!

I'm hoping to finish the antlers tonight so I can move onto the trees.

A Stitcher's Heart

So this chart has been in my stash for years.  I bought it at Hobby Lobby on clearance years ago.  I don't even remember whether it was here or with my MIL in Oklahoma.  If I would have realized how fast it stitched up, I would have done it sooner.  But it is done now.

And the picture from the front of the chart

I'm pleased with how it turned out.  

After I put this one away, I pulled out Woodland Wonder by Glendon Place.  I didn't get very far, just a few stitches so no picture today.

This weekend, I bought some fabric and fusible fleece.  I'm going to attempt some project bags to keep my WIPs in instead of a pillowcase.  I'll let you know how those turn out.

Zenia is finished!

I finished her last night about 12:30am so there was no new start since 6am waits for no one.

Zenia update

I'm hoping this will be the last update on Zenia.

Here's a pic of the whole thing yesterday afternoon.

And where I left her last night.

There's a little bit of dress, a little beading and a bunch of over one skin but soon!

I've already been thinking about whether to pull out a WIP or start something new.  Over the last couple of weeks, I've been going through some of my stash and I found this.

A Stitcher's Heart by Sekas & Co.

I bought this from Hobby Lobby years ago on clearance.  It's charted for 11 count Aida with pinks.  I'm not buying 11 ct Aida so I shopped my stash and found a piece of opalescent fabric I think I bought from ebay.  I don't know what count it is but I think it is probably at least a 28 ct.  I converted the pinks to blues to match my taste and here's my floss toss

I haven't decided on bead color yet.  I need to figure out if I have enough of the blue since I like them better in the picture.

I also have Glendon Place's Woodland Wonder that is kitted and ready to go too.