July Smalls SAL

08/02/2019

Happy August.  It's amazing that it's August already.  Thanks to Mary 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.

I did a start a day this month for Christmas in July and managed to finish a few of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Currently, I have enough finished pieces to make 30 Christmas cards with another 15 or so started.

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.

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.

Happy Stitching, 

Michele

June Wrap Up and Year to Date Progress

07/07/2019

The first week of  July has flown by.  I worked extra hours last week and seemed to spend all of my free time sleeping. 

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.

Once I finished this, I was able to make progress on finishing some of my other starts this year.

 

 

 

 

 

It felt great to finish so many projects!!

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!

Year to date I've finished 64 of 95 starts.

Happy Stitching,

Michele

June Smalls SAL

07/07/2019

Happy Late July 4th!  And late Smalls check in. Thanks to Mary with Mary's Threads for sponsoring this SAL.

I have one new start for June, a unicorn

I will make another post for my June wrap up and year to date progress.

Happy stitching,
Michele

May Wrap Up and year to date progress

06/02/2019

With only three finishes in May, I feel that my finishes are falling behind.  I have 53 finishes out of 93 starts.

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.

I did finish the cards for several stitched pieces

 

 

 

And I'm starting to make cards that are paper only.

 

 

 

 

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. 

Stay tuned as I explore more of my creative side.

Michele

May Smalls Update

06/02/2019

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!!

Thanks to Mary of Mary's Threads 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.

 

The other finish was a Christmas design.  I find myself falling behind on Christmas finishes and need to get stitching on these. 

 Thankfully I finished the large project I was working on yesterday, which will give me more time to focus on Christmas.

Here's the words for the baby card, combined with a prior finish to make the completed baby card.

Happy Stitching,

Michele

Aprils Smalls SAL

05/03/2018

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.

First, thanks to Mary's Threads for sponsoring the Smalls Sal!!  I did start and completely finish one small this month, a simple Christmas design

And I managed to finish a few other smalls from March.   

 

 

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.

Happy Stitching,

Michele