tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24036668302522782582024-03-14T01:28:56.697-07:00Michele's Made UpsMichele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-13941635552270159982019-12-31T12:33:00.000-08:002019-12-31T12:33:31.933-08:00December and year endDecember 31, 2019<br />
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Happy almost New Year!!<br />
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The year has gone by so fast and work was insanely busy. My energies have been spent on holiday baking and decorating, when I wasn't working overtime at work. As a result, I have been exhausted and finally feel like I'm human again. Just in time for the new year to start.<br />
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I only had two starts this month, but I did finish a few things I started earlier.<br />
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This will be a sweet 16 card for my niece. I asked her what her favorite color was and she said white so I used a bunch of pastels. First, I will give her a white card that I stamp "Happy Birthday" in white ink and use a white gel pen to sign. Then I will give her the one I finish using the below. Yes, I'm a prankster.<br />
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Thank I finished the below. The first three were UFO's from 2016 and I had worked on earlier in the year. I had finished the stitching, but needed to add the beads and buttons. The last one is also a UFO from 2016 and I "started" it (and finished) it in December. <br />
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And here's the four. There are two more to make, which I will finish in 2020, and then turn them into a banner.<br />
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-53592381074861040842019-12-31T11:53:00.000-08:002019-12-31T11:53:06.038-08:00November wrap upOK, I realize it's the last day of December, but I'm playing catch-up. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas.<br />
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November starts and finishes.<br />
Plastic canvas coasters by Craftways. I still have to make the case, but I cut my canvas incorrectly and need to get more.<br />
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The last two letters of the Ursula Michael Tic Tac Toe Halloween<br />
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And all the letters! I bought this pattern several years ago and finally stitched it! I will get it framed in 2020 in time to hang for Halloween!<br />
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-20609194380241633812019-11-12T14:25:00.000-08:002019-11-12T14:25:04.608-08:00October Wrap Up11/12/2019<br />
October flew by in a stitching flurry and November is already a third over! I kept to my goal of only stitching Halloween themed projects and started and finished several.<br />
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Three witches hats from the 2019 Just Cross Stitch Halloween Magazine. I was disappointed with this year's issue and these are about the only patterns I wanted to stitch from it.<br />
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I resumed stitching the Ursula Michael Halloween Tic Tac Toe. I had purchased this pattern a couple of years ago and finally started it earlier this year. I had hoped to finish it by Halloween, but didn't quite manage. Below are the letters I finished this month<br />
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I did finished assembly of the Christmas cards for <a href="https://www.worldofcharitystitching.org/" target="_blank">WOCS</a>. I need to post them to their website and get them in the mail, but here they are. A few are pieces I've stitched in previous years, but most are from this year.<br />
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Happy Stitching and Thanksgiving!<br />
<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-29421372138987711962019-10-08T22:37:00.001-07:002019-10-08T22:37:03.950-07:00September Wrap Up10/08/2019<br />
Hello and welcome to October. The first snow of the season is due Thursday and I wish I could be home stitching. Sadly, I'll be at work dealing with crazy people who think that two inches of snow means shop like they are going to be snowbound for a month. The joys of retail!!<br />
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Enough whining, it's time for some stitchy news. I started three projects this month and finished two of them. I plan on using these two trees and the one I finished last month on one card.<br />
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I'm trying to stitch Halloween themed projects only this month and have three new starts so far. I also want to assemble the cards for the Christmas pieces I have stitched this year. I have close to 50, so I may not get them all done this month. Wish me luck.<br />
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I almost forgot, year to date progress<br />
106 finishes out of 133 starts.<br />
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Happy Stitching,<br />
MicheleMichele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-71242988837520954692019-09-05T13:04:00.001-07:002019-09-05T13:04:47.884-07:00CardsI forgot to post some pictures of projects I have made into cards.<br />
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-55522973001833250742019-09-05T12:53:00.000-07:002019-09-05T12:53:11.865-07:00August Smalls SAL09/05/2019<br />
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Wow, August flew by and my youngest son is back in school. It was a strange summer as neither boy was home; one due to to graduating college and now living on his own and the other stayed at school over the summer. <br />
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Thanks to Mary at <a href="http://www.marysthread.com/?p=2283" target="_blank">Mary's Threads</a> for sponsoring the SAL. I had two starts that I finished this month<br />
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And I also finished most of my "Christmas in July" starts<br />
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I'm making great progress on stitched projects for cards and may only need another 10 or so.<br />
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Year to date progress is 97 finishes out of 130 starts.<br />
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Happy Stitching,<br />
MicheleMichele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-23149727264454377392019-08-02T17:48:00.003-07:002019-08-02T17:48:51.410-07:00July Smalls SAL08/02/2019<br />
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Happy August. It's amazing that it's August already. Thanks to <a href="http://www.marysthread.com/?p=2201" target="_blank">Mary</a> for sponsoring the Smalls SAL. I had a crazy start to last month and by the time I got online, the June link had closed so I'm happy to make the July link.<br />
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I did a start a day this month for Christmas in July and managed to finish a few of them.<br />
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Currently, I have enough finished pieces to make 30 Christmas cards with another 15 or so started.<br />
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I also got Joe's kitchen framed. I stopped at Michael's, where I've always had gotten my pieces framed. They usually do a fantastic job. Not this time. After spending a hour with the young man in the frame shop, I finally took my piece and left. It was painfully obvious he didn't know what he was doing and there was no way I was leaving my work in his hands. I went to Hobby Lobby and had a wonderful experience. They did a great job and will get all of my future framing experience.<br />
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Year to date I am at 76 finishes out of 126 starts and will spend most of the next few months finishing the rest of my Christmas cards.</div>
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-37178986353686509892019-07-07T17:54:00.001-07:002019-07-07T17:54:13.352-07:00June Wrap Up and Year to Date Progress07/07/2019<br />
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The first week of July has flown by. I worked extra hours last week and seemed to spend all of my free time sleeping. <br />
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I did finish several projects this month, including the large project I have been working on for my oldest son. He will be moving into his first post-graduation apartment soon and this will be a house warming gift. It is 11 x 14 and I will frame and matt is in black and red.<br />
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Once I finished this, I was able to make progress on finishing some of my other starts this year.</div>
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It felt great to finish so many projects!!</div>
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I've also challenged myself to a "start a day" for "Christmas in July". I'm behind on my Christmas cards and this will help me catch up. I've already finished three of my starts!</div>
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Year to date I've finished 64 of 95 starts.</div>
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-8675778704712384752019-07-07T17:41:00.002-07:002019-07-07T17:41:47.115-07:00June Smalls SAL07/07/2019<br />
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Happy Late July 4th! And late Smalls check in. Thanks to <a href="http://www.marysthread.com/?p=2122" target="_blank">Mary with Mary's Threads</a> for sponsoring this SAL.<br />
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I have one new start for June, a unicorn<br />
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I will make another post for my June wrap up and year to date progress.<br />
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Happy stitching,<br />
MicheleMichele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-75086155828942890472019-06-02T10:37:00.001-07:002019-06-02T10:37:33.201-07:00May Wrap Up and year to date progress06/02/2019<br />
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With only three finishes in May, I feel that my finishes are falling behind. I have 53 finishes out of 93 starts.<br />
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However...I have been devoting most of my stitching time to a large project and I am happy to say I finished it yesterday. Since it was technically a June finish, I'm not going to post a picture yet, but the completed piece is 11 x 14.<br />
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I did finish the cards for several stitched pieces<br />
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I will always cross stitch, but it does take a lot of time and sometimes I want to make a quicker card. And I'm also combining the paper craft techniques with cross stitching. <br />
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MicheleMichele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-20279365770791931922019-06-02T10:25:00.005-07:002019-06-02T10:25:48.506-07:00May Smalls Update06/02/2019<br />
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Happy June! The sun is shining in Colorado and I think the snow is finally done. I say I think, because we have had some late snow storms and I'm done with it. In fact, it snowed during my oldest son's college graduation ceremony, which of course, was outside!!<br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.marysthread.com/?p=2015" target="_blank">Mary of Mary's Threads</a> for sponsoring the Smalls SAL. As mentioned before, the commute to my new store has drastically reduced my free time, but I did manage two new starts this month and three finishes. The starts and finishes are a birthday card for a friend and and the words for a baby card.<br />
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The other finish was a Christmas design. I find myself falling behind on Christmas finishes and need to get stitching on these. <br />
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Thankfully I finished the large project I was working on yesterday, which will give me more time to focus on Christmas.<br />
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Here's the words for the baby card, combined with a prior finish to make the completed baby card.<br />
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Boy am I late in posting. I was recently transferred to a new store and now have a longer commute and my spare time seems to have vanished. I'm also working on a large project and am spending much of my stitching time working on it.<br />
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First, thanks to <a href="http://www.marysthread.com/?p=1964" target="_blank">Mary's Threads</a> for sponsoring the Smalls Sal!! I did start and completely finish one small this month, a simple Christmas design<br />
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And I managed to finish a few other smalls from March. </div>
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My oldest son graduate college on the 9th and I made cards for he and his roommates. I have the cards completely finished and will post pictures later as time is short today.</div>
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-16358307687839350782019-04-04T09:35:00.001-07:002019-04-04T09:35:24.668-07:00March Smalls SAL04/04/2019<br />
Hello fellow stitchers. I'm a little late on my post as I just finished working 9 days in a row. I was so tired the last few days that I just didn't have the energy to log on.<br />
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And I didn't finish many projects this month as I have been busy working on a larger project. My oldest son graduates college next month and will be moving into his own apartment. I've been busy working on a large housewarming gift for him.<br />
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On to this months finishes. The two Halloween pieces will be put on blocks and used as decorations.<br />
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These two are intended for cards as I know two different people with pancreatic cancer. <br />
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I also finished one piece I started in February. This will be a card.<br />
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Again, not many finishes this month, but I am making progress on Joe's project. It's a four page pattern and I have about 1 1/3 pages done.<br />
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MicheleMichele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-14036368821205312202019-03-05T09:34:00.000-08:002019-03-05T09:34:39.656-08:00February Wrap Up03/05/2019<br />
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Hello Friends,<br />
March came in like a lion for us in Colorado with very cold temperatures and snow. We spent some of that time celebrating family birthdays and just hanging out inside.<br />
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I did have a few more finishes for February, all from the Stoney Creek Winter 2017.<br />
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I used the recommended floss and banded ornaments and love the way these turned out. I finished the last piece in the series a couple of days ago and will post a picture of that in my March Smalls update. However, here's a picture of the set.<br />
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Year to date progress through February<br />
36 finishes out of 59 starts.<br />
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Time for my Smalls update. Thanks to <a href="http://www.marysthread.com/?p=1788" target="_blank">Mary at Mary's Threads</a> for sponsoring this.<br />
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The below three pieces are the only small pieces I started and finished in February.<br />
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These pieces were started in January and finished in February<br />
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This last piece was started and finished in February, but is not what I consider a small. It's 77 stitches wide by 110 stitches high and will be a baby gift for someone once their baby is born.<br />
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I did manage a few more finishes, all intended for cards.</div>
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Happy Birthday is an original design and is meant for a 5 x 7 card, If anyone wants it, let me know and I'll send it. I will be stitching more of them throughout the year in various colors.<br />
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Year to date progress<br />
23 finishes out of 31 starts<br />
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Two of the starts are progress on WIP/ UFOs from 2016. I'm doing WIP Wednesdays, so my starts on Wednesdays are progress on a UFO from a previous year. Otherwise it's a brand new start a day through March.<br />
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Happy New Year Stitchy Friends!<br />
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A special thanks to <a href="http://www.marysthread.com/?p=1497" target="_blank">Mary of Mary's Threads</a>, who took over this small SAL from <a href="https://stitchinglotus.ca/" target="_blank">Heather at Stitching Lotus</a>. Heather ran this for years and needed a break from technology so Mary graciously stepped up.<br />
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2019 is off to a great stitching start! I am once again participating in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/412256828965302/" target="_blank">Debbie's Ultimate Crazy Cross Stitch Challenge on Facebook</a>, with a start a day for the first three months of the year. I was originally going to do a brand new start every day and not include UFO's, but recently decided to add WIP Wednesday to this.<br />
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Below are my finishes so far this month. Let me know if you want to know any of the designers.<br />
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I love this quote by Dr. Seuss. This card is meant as a birthday card for my niece, but could be used for many occasions and seems appropriate to post on the last day of the year. It was also my last start in 2018. 218 starts in 2018. I didn't plan it that way, but I enjoy the symmetry in the numbers. I tried really hard to finish all of my starts this year and spent most of December finishing pieces from prior months. Sadly, I only finished 217. I have one Halloween piece from "StichMaynia that I couldn't finish. It's stitched on 36 count beige fabric that is driving my eyes bonkers. I decided to put it away for a while and finish it later in 2019.<br />
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So my year wrap up<br />
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218 starts with 217 finishes<br />
1 finish from 2015 UFOs<br />
29 finishes from 2016 UFOs<br />
29 finishes from 2017 UFOs<br />
158 finishes from 2018 starts<br />
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It's amazing what you can accomplish when your kids are off in college and you are unemployed for 4 months! I plan to continue with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/412256828965302/" target="_blank">Crazy Facebook Challenge</a> with a start a day for Jan-March and then will focus on some larger UFOs from years past. At least that's the plan,..<br />
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2018 wraps up in Colorado with a cold and snowy day. My new job continues to go well and I survived my first Christmas season back in retail.<br />
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I wish all of you the very best in 2019,<br />
MicheleMichele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-3816246583644704522018-12-31T11:49:00.000-08:002018-12-31T11:49:08.033-08:00December Smalls SALDecempber 31, 2018<br />
Happy last day of 2018! Not as much stitching this month for me as I had to do some holiday baking and decorating, but I finished a few things.<br />
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First, thanks, as always, to <a href="https://stitchinglotus.ca/2018/12/smalls-sal-and-other-updates/" target="_blank">Heather at Stitching Lotus</a> for sponsoring the Smalls SAL. I want to give her a HUGE thanks for doing this and wish her the best in 2019!<br />
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The first four were starts from previous months that are now complete. I set a goal at the beginning of December to finish everything I had started for the year.<br />
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These four are new starts and finishes for December. A couple of last minute Christmas cards, a Christmas gift and a birthday card. I still need to assemble the card.<br />
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I'll have one more post today where I wrap up my year in stitching and let you know if I made my goal.<br />
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Have a safe New Year!.<br />
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Michele<br />
<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-43552352020928554572018-12-10T16:16:00.003-08:002018-12-10T16:16:35.994-08:00More cards12/10/2018<br />
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With a few mailing days to spare, I have finished the last of my Christmas cards.<br />
This design was stitched in 2016 and finally turned into a card. It may not be obvious from the picture, but the blue ornament can be removed and hung on a tree.<br />
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These are all 2018 finishes, although some of them are UFO's from 2016 and 2017.<br />
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The below card has me stymied as I can't figure out when I stitched it. I'm pretty sure I stitched it this year, but can't find a reference to it. Nor can I find a reference to it from 2017. It's a Leisure Arts pattern from a booklet I purchased last year, so I know it has to be from last year or this. I need to look through old posts maybe that will help. I'll figure it out, but for now, who knows.<br />
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And last but not least, a non-Christmas card!</div>
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Now to finish a couple of last minute gifts and then on to peanut butter balls!</div>
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-44214934698017874842018-12-01T14:05:00.001-08:002018-12-01T14:05:22.624-08:00Finishes, finishes, finishes!12/01/2018<br />
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I'm taking advantage of a day off to catch up on some things. I shipped my cards for <a href="https://www.worldofcharitystitching.org/" target="_blank">WOCS</a> and wanted to post some pictures of finished cards. I got a Big Shot Embossing and Die Cutting machine earlier this year and am using it to enhance my cards.<br />
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These are pieces I stitched in 2017 and made into cards this year.<br />
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These cards are pieces I stitched this year.<br />
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I will be starting to assemble my remaining 21 cards for this year and will post when done!<br />
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Happy Stitching,<br />
Michele<br />
<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-82419800794904783982018-12-01T13:56:00.000-08:002018-12-01T14:06:50.598-08:00November Smalls SAL12/01/2018<br />
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Wait, what, December 1? Where did the year go?<br />
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I know I spent a portion of it stitching away, mainly on smalls. Thanks to <a href="https://stitchinglotus.ca/smalls-sal-2018/" target="_blank">Heather at Stitching Lotus</a> for sponsoring the Smalls SAL.<br />
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November was all about making sure I had enough Christmas cards stitched for both <a href="https://www.worldofcharitystitching.org/" target="_blank">WOCS</a> and personal use. I also completed the third small wall hanging for my oldest son. The first picture below is the one I finished stitching and assembled this month and the second picture is all three of the pieces. I have two more I want to make, but they will wait until 2019.<br />
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I still have 21 cards to assemble for personal use, but again the stitching is done! This year I am donating 30 cards to WOCS and 25 cards to friends and family. Not as many cards to WOCS as last year., but my stitching budget has been decreased so I had to cut back.<br />
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Year to date, I have finished 209 pieces out of 214 starts. <br />
1 from 2015<br />
29 from 2016<br />
29 from 2017<br />
150 from 2018<br />
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As we enter the crazy month of December, make sure to keep your focus on the people in your life, not things. Maybe make one less batch of cookies and spend a night playing cards or a game.<br />
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Hugs,<br />
Michele<br />
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I'm finally posting my October and year to date progress.<br />
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I managed three more finishes on Halloween. October stitching wouldn't be complete with out a black cat!<br />
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The last of the Farmhouse Christmas series from Little House Needleworks. I've enjoyed stitching this series, but will be glad to send it off to <a href="https://www.worldofcharitystitching.org/" target="_blank">World of Charity Stitching</a> so it can be made into a quilt.<br />
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And another cute reindeer by Daffy Cat. Just a few more Christmas pieces to stitch and then I need to do some major card assembly.<br />
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Year to date...for those keeping track, I may have miscounted slightly in prior months. The below numbers are accurate as of 10/31.<br />
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198 finishes out of 203 starts<br />
1 finish from a 2015 start<br />
29 finishes from 2016 starts<br />
28 finishes from 2017 starts<br />
140 finishes from 2018 starts<br />
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I'm going to attempt to finish the 5 unfinished starts from this year and then finish any new projects I start before starting another project. I may not succeed as one of my 2018 starts is driving me crazy, to the point where I may just give up on it and throw it away. And this would only be through the end of the year as I'll have a start a day again for Jan-March, 2019.<br />
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I also have about 50 Christmas pieces I need to turn into cards and time is running out to get these done.<br />
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Happy Early Thanksgiving,<br />
Michele<br />
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-76873316319726218712018-10-31T19:21:00.002-07:002018-10-31T19:21:52.133-07:00October Smalls SAL10/31/2018<br />
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Happy Halloween everyone!<br />
I'm a little late in posting my October Smalls Update. I started a new job and am adjusting to different work hours.<br />
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Lots of finishes this month. starting with some Halloween cards for my boys.<br />
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A Lizzie Kate pattern that I started as part of StitchMaynia.<br />
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Beautiful giraffes, although the legs were tricky to stitch. This will be a Christmas present for a friend that loves giraffes.</div>
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And a bunch of Christmas pieces, some of which will be used for cards.</div>
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I will post my October wrap up and I have one more piece I am going to try and finish yet tonight.</div>
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Hope you had lots of treats and no tricks.</div>
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<br />Michele Stravatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10527985842263328988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403666830252278258.post-52905173409116156052018-10-11T16:46:00.001-07:002018-10-11T16:46:22.070-07:00September Wrap UpHappy Fall, although as cold as it's been in Colorado lately it feels like winter. And yes, snow is forecast for the weekend. It's ok, temperatures are forecast to be in the 70's by the end of next week!<br />
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I had a couple more finishes for September, both of which will be used for Christmas cards. The train for my dad and the dragon for a friend.<br />
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Year to date progress<br />
182 finishes out of 191 starts.<br />
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26 finishes from 2017 UFOs<br />
29 finishes from 2016 UFOs<br />
1 finish from 2015 UFO.<br />
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This month I'm focusing on Christmas cards and presents, although I have snuck in a couple of Halloween quickies that I will put on cards for my sons.<br />
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Happy stitching!<br />
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Michele<br />
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