First finish of 2014

Watergarden is finished!  Just put the last bead in and ran the lint roller off to remove the extra specialty fibers and here it is!

Watergarden drive by

Last night I finished all the stitching on Watergarden.  I got started with the beading and am making good progress.  I'm hoping tomorrow night I can show a beautiful finish!

I'm slacking again...

I've thought about getting online on Sundays and giving you all an update.  I wish I could say I'm too busy stitching my little heart out to get it done, but that's not it.  I think it's because work is stressing me out, I just don't have the inclination.  

Last time, Watergarden was out.  I finished another 1/8th of the border.

Then it was time for a SAL with some lovely ladies from a BB I frequent.  We're all stitching a Face from HAED.

Last time Ginny was out, 

I made it all the way across the page this month.  I wanted to get to the fold of the page, but I didn't quite make it.  Here she is now

Watergarden started calling me again so I pulled it out to finish the border and start beading.  I'm hoping to get the border finished in the next couple of nights so I can start beading.  I'm hoping to have a finish this weekend.  

See you then!

January update

Yesterday, I finished up all the strawberries in the border and decided it was time to put Miss Dorothy down for a bit.  I'm planning on picking her back up later this month and working on her until she's finished.  But I need a little break.

Then, I debated about Rose Garden or Watergarden.  I decided that Watergarden hadn't been out for a while so it was time to give it some attention.  This is where I am tonight.

Now, back to the Super Bowl and Watergarden.

Dorothy's back!

Last week, after my post, I did finish another page of Coat of Arms.  Here's page 6

Then, I thought about continuing on with page 7 but someone was whispering to me.  Yesterday, I finally got through the big green and gold flower that had held me up last time I had her out.  Don't know what it was about that flower, but the leaves and flowers since then have been much easier.  Here's where Dorothy is right now and I'm hoping to get the next big flower in this row done today and move down a bit more and make sure my border matches.

I'll let you know how that goes.

Been gone for a bit...

Sorry about that.  It wasn't intentional.  I just didn't feel like blogging about my WIPs.

I guess we should start at the beginning.  So here we go!

I did have a New Year's Start with a bulletin board I'm a member of.  Everybody picked a Face and will be stitching it this year during the second weekend.  I picked Faces of Fairy 79 by JBG.  Definitely not my usual stitchy subject matter, but she's kinda cool.

Here was my start on January 1

January 7

and here she is after about a week's work during the SAL on January 17. 

I also had Rose Garden Mandala out for a few days

January 14th

When I put FoF 79 away, I pulled out an older WIP, Coat of Arms by Stickideen von der Wiehenburg and finished page 5

This one is stitched in BeLeaved by Hand Dyed Fibers on a piece of grab bag 36ct fabric.  I'm almost done with page 6 so I'll try to post a picture of that and whatever progress I make on this or something else this weekend.

Later!

Looking forward to 2014

Since 2013, was not the best year for me or for my family, I'm looking forward to what 2014 brings.  Hopefully, with the job interview #3 for the same company, it comes with a hefty raise!  Anyway, you're not here for that.  You're here for the stitching.  Am I right?

When I was putting the post for my review of 2013 together, I started thinking about what 2014 would bring too.  Since the 2013 post was so long, I decided that starting a new post for the new year was in order.  

So, here are my current WIPS:

started 10/1/09

Watergarden

started 1/1/09

Dorothy Walpole

started 1/1/13

Earth Song

started 3/2009

Loara Standish

started 1/1/13

HAED's Nightshade

started 10/31/13

Chatelaine's Rose Garden Mandala

started 11/24/13

Here Comes Santa Tree Skirt

started 2007

Coat of Arms

started 3/12/12

The Master (Tilton Crafts)

started 5/5/13

I plan to make progress on all of the above plus samplers such as Ann Bower, M. Woods and others.  I would like to start a couple of Chatelaines such as the Polar Mandala, The Hawaiian Mandala and the Art Nouveau Sampler.  I also plan to have a new years start later today and sometime this year start and make some good progress on Her Private Garden from HAED.

Wish me luck!

Seriously, I'm going to need it.