June 2018 plans update

Here is a recap of what my plans for June were, and how they went:


1) ORNAMENT A MONTH - DONE

• This month I decided to do a freebie from Barbara Anna Designs

Let it snow
Called for DMC, mystery 32ct fabric

2) YEAR IN CHALK

• Started June 9, finished on June 11

3) SAL - Long Dog Samplers Mystery - Sneek

• Here is where I was at the beginning of the month

• I finished part 4 of Sneek on June 16th

4) BLACKWORK - Free SAL from Peppermint Purple - DONE +

• I finished the last part on June 1st

Blackwork Tangram - Peppermint Purple
(Free SAL from lakeside Needlecraft)
32ct white lugana
Recommended DMC

• And then I added a border on June 6th

5) FOCUS WIP

• I decided to continue on with Tapestry for this month.  I did make some progress
  

6) NEW START - DONE +

• Finished on June 3rd

  

  Wedding Row from Bent Creek
  32ct white lugana
  Threadworx and DMC

• I also started the SAL from Fuzzy Fox Designs called Prickly but cute

7) INK CIRCLES MONDAY - Completed 1/4 Mondays

• June 4th - NOPE - worked on my ornament instead
• June 11th - NOPE - finished up Year in Chalk for July
• June 18th - NOPE - Worked on Sneek
• June 25th - YES - I actually worked on Tapestry

Week 22 - A couple of finishes

Monday and Tuesday I worked on Ink Circles' Tapestry.
Here is where it eventually ended up for the month.  It is now back into the WIP pile, but will be at least partial focus WIP in June

Wednesday I decided it was time to bit the bullet and finally decide on colours for my aunt's wedding sampler.  I knew the pattern and work colours, but that was all.
I worked on this for the rest of the week, except for Friday night, and managed to get it finished!
I just have to iron and take it in for framing.

Bent Creek's Wedding Row
32ct white lugana, Threadworx and DMC

Friday I felt like working on something other than wedding row, so I started and finished the 6th part to the Blackwork Tangram. 

Blackwork Tangram - Peppermint Purple
32ct white lugana, recommended DMC

I really enjoyed this, and will be doing the Dutch tiles.  I also picked up a couple of patterns from her Etsy page.  I can see me starting the tea cups in the near future.
Hope you all had a great week!

June 2018 Plans

Can you believe it is already June??

Here are my plans for the month:

1) ORNAMENT A MONTH

• I'm not ready for my next series, so it will be a random ornament this month

2) YEAR IN CHALK

• July is kitted and ready to go

3) SAL - Long Dog Samplers Mystery - Sneek

• Start and finish Part 4 (maybe 5 as well)

4) BLACKWORK - Free SAL from Peppermint Purple

• The 6th and final part will be released on June 1st.

5) FOCUS WIP

• I am going to keep giving Tapestry some attention
• I also want to get caught up on the Long Dog Sal, so I might split focus between Tapestry and it.

6) NEW START

• On May 31st I had a new start.  I would like to finish this the fist week of June as it is a gift for an upcoming wedding.

7) INK CIRCLES MONDAY

• Every Monday give an ink circles pattern at least a little love.
• Use the hashtags #InkCirclesMonday in Instagram
• For more information, see April 2018 plans post

Catch up

I knew I haven't blogged in a while, but since the beginning of May! Crazy

Work and my Uni course are keeping busy for sure.

Here is a picture summary of what I've been stitching

I started Begin Row from Bent creek around the 8th of May...



And I finished Begin Row around May 29th


I really enjoyed this one!

I finally got around to stitching one of the Just Nan critters



I found an almost finished ornament and finished it



I've also worked on my Seba Cubes, cirque des Coeur, and Santa's Village










I also have one new start. On July 1st I started Reflections of Canada (Ink Circles)


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2 starts and a finish - WU Jan 4th

January 1st saw a new start. Our local stitching group decided on stitching row from Bent Creek

I had no plans on New Year's Day this year and managed to get a nice chunk done






I had to work on Thursday, but continued with it when I got home. No crazy starts for this girl... At least not this year!

Late Thursday night I put the last bead in the scissors. Friday night I did my name :)































Friday night I also started CCN's Santas's Village. I don't have a pic of progress but wasn't enough to really show

Saturday, hubby had a dart tournament so I thought it was the perfect day to visit Beatrice! I arrived around 10am and left just after 9pm. We had a nice quiet day of watching an old TV show and stitching. I continued to work on my village






Not sure what this week will bring. Christmas decorations need to come down on Monday (little Christmas as it's called in my family) and my course starts up again after a break. The theme for this week is "something with wings"....but part of me wants to continue with the village lol

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January 2014 Goals

Am I the only one who still can't believe it's January?

It appears I haven't done any goals since October, so no re-cap.... just new stuff

JANUARY 2014

1) Start Stitching Row by Bent Creek

2) Start Santa's Village by Country Cottage Needleworks

3) Make a final decision as to series of ornaments to do each month.  At the moment Jingles by Lizzie Kate is on the top of the list.


That's it for now!

2014 plans + WOOT

Can you believe it is November 30th?  I seriously can't!
Only one more month left in 2013.  For many of my friends this hasn't been the best year, so in same ways I will be glad it is over.

At this moment, I have two stitching related plans for 2014.
My local group is planning on starting Bent Creek's Stitching Row on January 1st.

I have the pattern, but haven't decided what to stitch it on, or with.  I really should pick from something in my stash.  Hopefully after the tax exam I can spend a few minutes or hours going through fabric and colours looking for something that will jump out.  I have been getting Steph's Fabric of the month, and would love to see if one of them would work!  This one will go in my stash room when I eventually get it done and finished finished.

Next on the list is Country Cottage Needleworks, Santa's Village.

This was a series that came out this year.  I have my fabric (Ice Princesss by Under the Sea) and all my thread pulled (called for thread).  It is actually all kitted and ready to go... just waiting until January (or hopefully LOL) to start.

Something else I have been thinking about is ornaments.  I really enjoyed doing an ornament a month this year.  Sometimes it is nice to do a small in between all the BAP's we do.  I haven't 100% decided yet, but am leaning towards Lizzie Kate's Jingles (which have 12 designs) or maybe even the Lizzie Kate yearly Santa's.  These will also qualify for the Small Sal that Silver Lotus is hosting.

Now onto the WOOT!
With this post, I have successfully completed another NaBloPoMo!  I was a little worried part way during  the month that I wouldn't be able to do it, or at least with few filler posts.  I think I did very well considering my schedule.  It re-affirmed that I do enjoy blogging.  My plan in the future is to keep doing my SAL posts and also my weekly updates.  We will see what happens :)

Regarding the giveaway.. you still have a few hours to comment on the post.  I will announce the first winner (yes there might be more then one) either tomorrow or Monday night.

Weddings

On one of my trips to A Stitchers Garden I picked up a copy of Bent Creek's Wedding row. This is what the original pattern looks like if it is new to you




I knew of 2 weddings coming up and thought this would be perfect.

First up was an old co-worker of Blair's. I have hung around the couple a few times including lunches. One outing I remember in particular was going to see a hockey game with them. You see the groom is a BIG Boston Bruin fan! I thought that the yellow and black would make an excellent version of wedding row. With a bit of help from my LNS I picked out a nice over dyed yellow and went with basic dmc for the black. I was so pleased with how it turned out!!



I got it framed simply with just a nice black frame (can't find pic). The bride and groom loved it! It also went with their wedding theme, especially the party after! Just look at the wedding cake!!



The second wedding I attended this year was for my co-worker. Unfortunately the grooms father passed away suddenly early in the year. I think in honor of him, who was an avid hunter, and just who they are, they did a hunting/camo theme. Nothing over the top, and it worked really well
The guys had camo vests, the girls wore a lovely brown and had orange flowers. The grooms cake was camouflage inside and tasted amazing!
My colour choice for this couple was of course an inspiration from camo. I loved the way it turned out as well!



This time I had in framed in what looked like aged wood. I have to go through the pics on my neglected DSLR and get a few better pics of this one... Maybe later this month

Have you done wedding row? Did you follow the pattern or add your own twist??

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July Happy Dance

Yesterday was a productive day!

I managed to not have 1 but 2 happy dances!!

First up is my Lizzie Kate ABC Christmas



Next up is another version of wedding row but I can't show you the whole piece yet... Sorry :(
Here is a teaser!



Hope all my Canadian readers had a great Canada Day Weekend!

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