Wipocolypse March 2014

This month I have worked on Rosetta, sampler Gameboard, Santa's Village, Jingles, Autumn Leaves, and Halloween town

Here are some progress pics :)




















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IHSW - Post February 2014 + Wings - WU February 22'14

IHSW - Post 2014

Well another IHSW has come to an end

First up let's talk about the theme "something with wings"

Normally I would have loved this as it would mean I would pull out Fortunate Traveller.  Since I was going to have a busy week, this wouldn't work.  I waisted more time thinking about what to stitch then actually stitching!

For Sunday I used creative license and worked on the Sampler Gameboard.  I'm sure some of these fancy houses have "wings"

Here is where I got to - I finished one house

Next I pulled out Santa's Village.  I didn't think I could get it into the theme until I noticed the button on the second one - Poinsettia Place was a bird.  Even though I'm not stitching it, it works for me :)

I managed to get to here by Friday night

Now for the IHSW tie in...

Friday night I worked on the village as I said above.  This was 100 hermit-ting, unless you count the cats bugging me

On Saturday, I stitched most of the day, but was with a friend, Beatrice.  So I guess you could call that hermit-ting with a friend ;)

Here is my progress as of Saturday afternoon - not a lot of progress, but not bad.

Saturday night I didn't feel like stitching (crazy I know!) so no more to post.

Next week is Hardest project week.... I find deciding what makes a project "hard" is the hard part!! Lol

August/September 2013 goals + big update

First my recap from August
1) stitch an ornament DONE

2) decide on ornament for November maybe, but not 100% sure yet

3) focus piece NOPE

So I guess August wasn't so much of a success, even though I did do some stitching.... More on that later

Goals for September
1) Stitch an ornament

2) Start ornament for November retreat

3) try and steal a few hours a week to stitch... Yep it's course time again. I'm doing my first level 4 and there is lots of reading. I just hope to keep up with reading and reward myself with productive stitching

Now on to what I have actually done
I didn't keep great track of what I worked on during August so I have decided to give an update on all my WIPS.

Aury TM's Snowy Christmas



Teresa Wentzler's, Fortunate Traveller



Cross Stitch Collectibles, Autumn Leaves



Ink Circles, Rosetta



The Drawn Thread, Sampler Game-board



Told in a Garden, Celtic Banner



Ink Circles, Bramble and the Rose



Viotas XStitch, Tuscany Farmhouse



Stoney Creek, Fish City



Heaven and Earth Designs, Magic Evening


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Post holiday update

The past 2 weeks I was on holidays. I didn't get a lot of stitching in, but I'm happy with the amount

Other then an ornament I can't show you yet, I worked on my autumn leaves, the sampler game board, and fortunate traveller

Autumn leaves - onto page 2



Game board - a few more houses done



Fortunate traveller - lots of border done on this over the weekend


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IHSW - Post May 2013

This past weekend was another International Hermit and Stitch Weekend. It was also a long weekend in Canada :)
I didn't get much hermiting or stitching in. I decided to take a trip down to New York State. I haven't been on US soil since I was a kid and after finally getting my passport last summer I figured I might as well use it!
I went to Syracuse on Friday and stopped in at A Stitchers Garden. I didn't have a ton of time to look around (damn husband) but did get a few bent creek patterns and a pretty pair of scissors.




I did take my stitching with me, but not much was done. I also stitched on the holiday but again not much done. Here is my sampler Gameboard after this rotation




Hope you all have a great hermit weekend.
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March'13 WIPocolypse and Ornament SAL

Today is WIPocolypse day!

I think I did pretty good since last month.

First off I had a massive HAPPY DANCE!

Smaug before

HAPPY DANCE!!!
SMAUG IS DONE!!!

After Blair's dragon was done I began to give some love to some other WIP's.  Here are the other WIP's I worked on since the last report

Gigi's Belle Lettre's "B"

The Drawn Thread Gameboard

My Heaven and Earth - restarted for the 3rd or 4th time.
Think I finally am okay with the fabric!

Lizzie Kate's ABC Christmas

Now for the Ornament SAL update.  I did get an ornament done as well this month!
I went back to working on the Days of Christmas from Dragon Dreams.

Day 3 - 3 French Hens

Theme-a-licious January 2013

Today is the last day of the month which means it is time for a Theme-a-licous checkin

 

The theme for January was:

Jardin January
The holidays were a little stressful...let's relax in a nice garden. Work on any piece with flowers or gardens.

Well I worked on Maple leaf, Sampler gameboard, and Smaug.

The maple leaf could quality since leaves are in gardens

The Gameboard does have some flowers... but haven't really done much of those yet

Smaug really doesn't have flowers

The ornament theme was:
January
tree or wreath

Here is one area I did follow the theme
I finished day one of the dragon dreams dronglets of 2012 which is "Partridge in a pear tree" or is it "dragon in a pear tree" lol

WIPocalypse report for January 2013

It looks like another full moon, which means it is time for another WIPocalypse post.
If you don't know what it is all about, please check it out!
This year Measi has also added themes to add to the fun.  The theme for this month is:

Theme: Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year!

Well my name is Bonnie I am live in a small town east of Toronto, ON.  I have been stitching for quite a few years, but my passion have grown 10 fold since meeting a great group of ladies almost 5 years ago who are great enablers.  I also have been enabled by a great group on Facebook called the Superstar Serial Starters and Divine Disciplined Divas (SSS/DDD)

My WIP's at the beginning of the year are (and in no particular order):

• Magnificent Wizard , also known as Blairs Stupid dragon, and also now known as Smaug.


• Lizzie Kate's Christmas ABC


• Ink Circles Rosetta


• Ink Circles Bramble and Rose


• Fish City


• Mirabilia's Sabrina


• Heaven & Earth's Magic Evening

As of today, I have only worked on Smaug and the Lizzie Kate

Christmas ABC @ January 26'13

Smaug @ January 26'13

 This year I planned to do 2 new starts on January 1st.  I started the AAN Maple leaf with my stitching friends, and the Sampler Gameboard as a SAL with the SSS/DDD Board on Facebook.
The gameboard was started in the afternoon, but haven't managed to work on it much since then.

Sampler Gameboard @ January 6'13

I stayed up until midnight on new years to start the maple leaf.  It was a fun stitch and managed to finish it on January 14th.

AAN - Maple leaf
January 1-14 2013

My goals for the year at the moment are:

• Finish Smaug - hopefully by the end of spring if not sooner


• Start Belle's Letters (B) by GigiR on February 1st with the SSS/DDD Facebook group


• Start Fortunate Traveller with Dani, Christin, and Beatrice on May 1st.


• Stitch an ornament a month


• Re-start my HAED (for the 3rd time) and try to get a page done.


• Try to reduce the other WIP's I have going.

I do have a few other little finishes to share, but will wait until the Ornament SAL post at the end of the month :)

Day 6

Since New Year's Day I have been working on the maple leaf and the Gameboard. Tomorrow Smaug will make his re-appearance since the plan is still to get him done sooner then later :)

Here are my progress pics as of tonight







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New starts

So 2 of my goals are on there way. I managed to start the Maple Leaf and the Gameboard on January 1st.

Here is my progress on the 2 starts








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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?