It's done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

07/26/2018

It's done.  It's finally done.  What's finally done you ask.  Well, started in 2015

And continued on  February 9, 2018.  I was determined to finish it!

Worked on throughout February, and then I had to take a break on Feb. 28, 2018

I was making great progress, but I was tired of stitching black floss on 28 ct  fabric.

OK, It's now July and I'm really focusing on finishes. "C'mon Michele," I said to myself, "You can do this!"

July 15, 2018

July 22, 2018...so close

Then, VICTORY!!  July 25, 2018

At 12" tall and 10" wide, this is by far, one of the biggest finishes I have done in a long time.  This was the first time I ever purchased the recommended fabric, which is 28ct Eek! Cashel  Linen by Picture This Plus. I also purchased the hanger and hope to finish that part this weekend.

I'm rockin' the finishes this year!

I will post my smalls either tomorrow or Saturday, but I am so proud to have this "beast" done, that I had to give it it's very own post!

Happy Thursday!

Michele

June Smalls SAL

June 30, 2018


June has flown by and while I didn't stitch as much as I would have liked, I did manage to finish a few projects.

Three Lizzie Kate projects

 






A Thanksgiving Hootie by Pinoy Stitch

Frankenstein by Sue Hillis Designs

A Christmas pattern by Leisure Arts.  Lots of cards yet to make, so I need to get cracking on my Christmas smalls.  I liked this one so much I started another, which should be finished in July.

And some Mill Hill Zodiac kits to use for birthday cards.

 

 


Year to date progress

137 finishes out of 161 starts

• 27 finishes from 2016 starts
• 24 finishes from 2017 starts
• 86 finishes from 2018 starts.

Happy July 4 a few days early,

Michele

May Wrap Up and Year to Date progress

06/03/2018

May is over and we are now in the 6th month of the year.  Hard to believe, but it is true!

I did manage to finish another project

I used different buttons that the ones the pattern called for, and may change them out to the correct ones.  I haven't made up my mind yet.

I also made some cards out of some stitched pieces

 

 

 

 

So, year to date progress is

• 127 finishes out of 151 starts
• 25 finishes from 2016
• 24 finishes from 2017
• 68 finishes from 2018

I will have some more starts, but not a "start a day" as I want to focus on finishing the stitching and making a "final finish" for some of my pieces.

Happy summer!

Michele

May Smalls SAL

05/28/2018

Happy Memorial Day!  I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend and kept in mind the true purpose of this "holiday", which is remembering our fallen soldiers. 

The new job is going well, although I face several challenges, including some severe office politics.  I'm not very savvy when it comes to playing games and the "mid-westerner" in me finds it all rather ridiculous.  I'm keeping my mouth shut and just concentrate on proving my worth.

Moving on to fun things. I was able to get quite a bit of stitching in this month, mainly because I didn't walk as much as I should have.

These are from 50 Cross Stitch Quickies Christmas by Leisure Arts and were indeed, quick to stitch

 

 

A couple of bats for a friend that is "batty" for bats.  One is a Mill Hill kit and the other is a Brooke's Books pattern that I adapted to match the Mill Hill Kit.

 
Some Lizzie Kate patterns

 

 

Father's Day card for my dad and birthday card for my hubby.

 

Santa Hootie by Pinoy Stitch

Pacifier for a friend having a boy in July

And the last of the Blackyrose patters, this one in DMC 104

I also finished some pieces I started in previous months

 

 

Not sure if I'll finish anything else this month, but I'll post an update later  in the week with my year to date summary and any other pieces I may finish.

Oh, here's the finished graduation cards

 





Happy Stitching!
Michele

April wrap up and year to date progress

Happy May Day!

I have survived my first two days of work at my new job.  Yesterday was really tough and no one really knew what to do with me.  My position is brand new to the company and they are still working on the transition. Today was much better as they gave me a project to work on and I had some very good conversations about expectations.

I did manage to finish another four pieces over the weekend,  three of which are the same pattern stitched in different shades of yellow (445, 745 and 3078).  I still have one more to stitch in DMC 104 which will be completed in May.  These will be part of a quilt made by World of Charity Stitching.

 

And I ended up with another graduation card, for my cousin's daughter.  I tried something different with the tassel (I actually made a tassel) and will continue this for future graduation cards.

My year to date wrap up is as follows

• 108 finishes out of 120 starts
• 25 of the finishes are UFOs from 2016
• 24 of the finishes are UFOs from 2017
• 59 of the finishes are starts from this year

I expect my finishes will slow down, but I am very proud of the progress I made so far, especially finishing so many UFOs!

Happy Spring!

Michele