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Monday, December 31, 2012

As 2012 comes to a close...

Well in a few hours 2012 will come to an end  and 2013 will begin..

What a year it has been... we even survived Mayan Apocalypse!

Here is a summary of what I have finished during the year, and where my current WIP's are sitting at.

FINISHES
4 Season Mandalas ~ Ink Circles
Started: January 1'12
Finished: August 29, 2012

Fireweed ~ Ink Circles
Started: December 2011
Finished: April 1,2012

Cat Lessons ~ Lizzie Kate
Started: July 6'12
Finished: August 2'12


WIP'S
Smaug (Blair's Stupid Dragon) ~ Dimensions Kit
Before - December 31'11
After - December 31'12
The Bramble and the Rose ~ Ink Circles
Before - December 31'11
After - December 31'12
Fish City ~ Stoney Creek
Before - December 31'11
After - December 31'12
Magic Evening ~ Heaven and Earth
Re-started many times!
At December 31'12
Sabrina ~ Mirabilia
Before - December 31'11
After - December 31'12
OTHER
The Castle ~ Teresa Wentzler
Not happy so scrapped - will restart at a later date

Baroque ~ Ink Circles
Never started

Spring Quakers ~ Rosewood Manor
Never started

I definitely think I did a great job on the dragon!  Its actually amazing to see what I did do when you look at the pictures.
Hope you all have a great night!  This will be the last post for the year ;)

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Pre 2013 Planning

I did manage to work on the dragon last night, but forgot to take pictures.  Will do tomorrow :)

How many of you plan for the following year, stitching wise?  I normally don't do too much planing, other than a bucket list of patterns I want to do... which seems to keep GROWING!

A group of us in my stitching group like to do a January 1st start each year.  This year is was the seasonal mandalas from Ink Circles.  I finished mine in August.


This year we wanted to go with something a little smaller for a few reasons.  We decided in September to do the Maple Leaf by Alessandra Adelaide.


A few months early, Dani and Christin were talking about doing another Teresa Wentzler.  I had started the castle but thought it might be fun to join in with them.  After much discussion  they (maybe us?) decided on Fortunate Traveler.  Beatrice has also decided to join us.  I asked that we waited a bit in 2013 to start due to tax season for me.  Being the great ladies they are, we agreed on a May 1'13 start.  


Have you ever done a TW?  She sure likes her blended colours.  For one idea on how to deal with these, check out Christin's Blog today.  She has a demo on how she does a needle roll to deal with all the blended needles.  I am going to try this route for this BAP and see what I think.

Are you a facebook user?  if you are add me :)  I am on ALL THE TIME!
Anyway, I belong to a group of stitching called the Superstar Serial Starters and Devine Disaplined Divas, and their sister group the Stitchalong.  Talk about a bunch of enablers!!!  Genie is our group Mom, and she does a wonderful job of keeping the group in line and away from posts that cause fights (religion, politics etc).  Be warned, there is some non-stitching talk but normally not much.  Some days you might see a bunch of half naked men though.  Well this little group (over 1,000 members) has been on a role with creating SAL's for next year and into 2014!!!  I have thought about many, but have only decided to sign up for a few....so far

On January 1st I am also going to start the Sampler Game Board by Drawn Thread.  Kathy and Beatrice are also doing this one as well.


On March 1st I am also going to start Belle Letters by GigiR Designs (Letter B).  I have not decided who thread of fabric I am going to use yet.


There was a ton more that have interested me, but I think I am going to limit it at this for the time being!

I still am working toward getting Blair's Dragon done by Christmas, so hopefully my WIP's will still dwindle down as I add to them!

What are your plans for 2013?

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

August WIPocalypse 2.0

Two full moons this month, which means two WIPocalype posts!

Here are my before and after pics

Blair's Dragon
Before 
After
Autumn Mandala
Before
After (Finished)
Entire 4 seasons
Bramble and Rose
Before

After
Rosetta
Before

After

I also had a new start - Lizzie Kate's ABC Christmas



Note: I have also edited my WIPocalypse list as I have decided to re-start 2 projects.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Autumn finished before Autumn begins!

Autumn is my favourite time of the year.  Love the colours, love the temperature.

Haliburton ~ October 2005 (taken during honeymoon)

Autumn is still 17 days away but a certain autumn is already finished...
YES I HAD A HAPPY DANCE!!
Autumn Finished - with Leonard posing with pic




Sunday, August 26, 2012

Linen, silk, fruit, and flowers

I'm down to crunch time before my exam... 4 days to go now!
I did take a little break from studying on Saturday though
This year marks the 4th anniversary of me going to the Knowledge and Needles open house. This event is very near and dear to my heart so I was happy not to miss it!
I looked up 4th anniversary on Wikipedia and found the traditional gifts kind of amusing. For the US it is Linen or Silk. For the UK it is fruit and flowers.
I didn't buy linen or silks, but did get some evenweave and got to fondle Christins silk that she got for a birthday present. Since I have been busy, I picked up my potluck contribution from the grocery store, and it included a fruit tray. While there I also gave Ann a bouquet of sunflowers
Sorry if some of you don't find this amusing... My brain is mush these days and filled with auditing terms lol
I did take some pictures of the finished work but I haven't had time to get them off my camera... I will save that for next week. So I will leave you with pics of what I worked on, and what I was "polite" enough to purchase from the shop




Autumn as of last night... Getting closer! I'm expecting a happy dance on the weekend




All the mandalas to date
And now for the purchases :)












Well that is it for today. I am going to relax for a bit and then off to dinner with my hubby to celebrate our anniversary (which is tomorrow)

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

August WIPocalypse 1.0

It is time for the first WIPocalypse post of the month. I can't really remember what I worked on since the last post, but I think I have pictures of most of them

I did have 2 finishes!

Cat Lessons - Lizzie Kate

Summer Mandala - Ink Circles

Here are the other two projects I have worked on

Blair's Dragon

Autumn Mandala - Ink Circles

Also, here is a pic of my seasonal mandalas to date



Monday, July 30, 2012

Summer is over!

Don't worry... I am just talking about my season mandala! I finished it late Saturday night :)




I then continued on with Autumn. This is where I managed to get by Sunday night




We will see how much I get done this week, since I slaked off with my course readings during my holidays...

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Summer mandala

I did not manage to stitch as much as I wanted during my holidays, but plan to stitch as much as possible this weekend!

Here is where my summer mandala stands as of this morning. I just finished putting dinner in the crockpot, and am going to get back to it 😃





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Friday, July 6, 2012

July WIPocolypse

Work and my course have been keeping me BUSY!

Here is my current WIP's plus a new start as of tonight.  I couldn't remember exactly what I worked on since last month, but think this covers most of it.

Lizzie Kate - Cat Lessons for People

Ink Circles - 4  Seasons

4 Seasons - Summer

Ink Circle -Bramble and the Rose

Blair's Dragon 

Ink Circles - Rosetta


Tuesday, June 12, 2012

WIPocolypse ~ June

So here is my late WIPocolype update

No finishes this month, but here are the updates on my WIP's that I worked on since the last update
Ink Circles - Four Seasons Mandalas

Blair's Dragon

Ink Circles - Rosetta