Thanks friends for your suggestions!

Thank you so much for your suggestions to add some stitches!! I did as you said, and it did cover up much of the bleeding. There is still some showing, but I didn't think I could add any more stitches. I would never have thought to do this without your help, so you all win the best buddies award!! See, it does look some better!!

Happy & Sorta Sad Dance

The really good news is that I have finished Santa Clothes!! And I did it in the month I had a goal to do it in - whooo hoooo!! Now for the sorta sad news... When I finished stitching this late last night, I was really tired, but I couldn't wait to press it and sew the buttons on. So, in my half asleep way, I went to press the piece. I didn't even think about the fact that the iron was set on steam. Well, you guessed it - one of the over dyed flosses ran. I am not sure you will be able to see it because I took this picture this morning and there wasn't much light. The part the ran the worst was Santa's bag, and there is a button that covers some of the run, but not all of it. So, I am just going to think about it as it is a laundry piece after all, and maybe Santa's bag would run after all its abuse. You buying it? Nope not me either, but I am still going to hang it up during Christmas season.


I am going to pull some thread and fabric tonight and stitch something new which should not take long. I will show you what it is when I am finished.


I was really thrilled at all of the wonderful comments I got on my last blog even after it was so loooonnnng! Thank you all so much! So, until next time have a happy, healthy, stitchy time!

As promised, a stitchy update

Well, I promised you that I would list my WIP's which mostly should be called UFO's. Some could be called antiques by the less generous, but I prefer to call them the Undone. Before I show you the pictures of the Undone, I wanted to show you something more positive. This is a picture of the first chart in the Lizzie*Kate Christmas Spirit series. I did already change some colors. The chart called for the outer border to be white, and the inner border to be Emerald (WDW), but I changed it to outer border - Garnet(WDW) and the inner border Holly(WDW). So, this is the first of my January goals accomplished - Whoooo Hoooooo.



Next, and I apologize for the wrinkles, is Raise the Roof's Santa Clothes. which I started just after I finished Raise the Roof's Witchy Washy. It is signed 2006, so I will have to go with that year as a starting date for Santa Clothes. It is still my goal to have this one finished this month. Since it is only the 9th, I can still have hope.

This is the next Undone that I really want to get done this year. That sounds like I am giving it a lot of time, but it is a cover all and is huge in my way of thinking. I believe that I am a little more than halfway finished with the piece. This is a Dimensions Kit called Peaceable Kingdom. I started this for my Grandson when he was just a couple of months old. That was in the middle of 1999. I am sure he would still love it, as he really appreciates my annual ornament, but I don't know how much longer that will last. Better get it done soon. (Please forgive these wrinkles, just pulled it out of Q snaps, and didn't try to press it first.)

I have three more Undones, but this next one is the only one that I think I could possibly hope to finish this year. This is a Design Works kit that I fell in love with the sentiment of and wanted it to hang in the entrance way to my new home. That was in 2001, and now we are looking to downsize in the next couple of years. Would like this to hang in this house for a little while anyhow. It doesn't worry me too much though, because the sentiment will travel with us. The title of the kit is Welcome Friends. I also really like the colors in this kit, and they are ones that will go with our things wherever we live.

There are only two more CROSS STITCH Undone's in my collection, and we won't discuss the Needlepoint Undone's since my goals were Cross stitch goals. At least that is the way I am rationalizing it. This next one I can consider a slim possibility of ever finishing, but I am not sure at all when... This is also my oldest Undone, and I am just guessing at a starting date of somewhere in the early 1990's - let's just say for the record 1992. It is a Janlyn Kit called Yuletide Bell Pull. I really like the way the designs pop out from the black fabric, but I really don't like stitching on black fabric. I have learned some techniques to make that easier, and I hope that will make the difference. Time will tell.


Lastly, this Undone is probably more accurately termed a Pipe dream. It is a huge piece that I would dearly love to do for my favorite niece. This young lady and her wonderful husband have been unable to have children of their own, so they have adopted five children and have fostered many more. Their average child count on any given month ranges from 6 to 10, and they are the best parents to them all. Wonderful people. So anyhow, this is Precious Moments Noah's Ark. and it will be something like 36 inches wide and 24 inches tall upon completion. Now you see why I have so little hope for it. But it will remain a goal until I can no longer stitch or I finish it, whichever comes first.

I also started doing the TUSAL http://itsdaffycat.blogspot.com/ with Daffycat . Here is the first picture, taken on Saturday, January 8th, 2011.

If anyone has stuck with me through this huge post - boy do you have a lot of patience!! And, I really appreciate your efforts. Just to sumarize, I DO want to finish both Santa Clothes and Peaceable Kingdom this year while stitching the L*K Christmas Spirit series and hopefully at least one ornament a month. I will probably also start Raise the Roof's Sam's Socks, Shorts and Such as well as some random other smaller projects. So, I think that I shouldn't worry about running out of stitching projects this year at least - LOL.


I really have appreciated you all for stopping by and reading my posts, and I particularly appreciate the wonderful comments you have left. It really is a terrific "warm fuzzy" to see people have taken time to write.


So, until next week, may you be happy, healthy and spend much time stitching.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

I want to wish everyone here in Blogland a very Happy and healthy New Year! As I don't believe in resolutions, I am going to make a list of goals I wish to attain this coming year. Mostly in the area of taking back control of at least parts of my life from the totally out of control 2010.

As I write this, it has been weeks since I have taken time to blog - either write my blog or read youralls blogs. That is something that I have missed, and have a goal to change. I would like to spend sometime at least four times a week reading and commenting on your blogs, and hopefully write on mine at least once a week. I would also like to spend some time learning how to do a better job with my blog - tweaking it to look the way a I want it to will be quite a learning experience. Wish me luck.

Stitching this past year has been sporadic at best. Some of the time not stitching was due to my cancer, but now that I am cancer free, that no longer applies. I know that I want to start some fairly large projects and finish some of my WIP's as well as stitch at least one ornament a month. I haven't written down my specific list, but intend to do that today. I haven't stitched in a couple of weeks due to the holiday, but want to start back at a casual pace this week. I am going to try and post stitching goals for each month, and update my progress weekly. I am hoping this will be more motivation. So, towards that goal, my January stitching goals are:

1) Start Christmas Spirit banner. Stitch the L*K chart Holly as a start.

2) Finish Santa Clothes by Raise the Roof.

3) Stitch one of my JBW Christmas Tree ornaments.

I have some pictures taken of my last finishes of 2010, and I will try to post them sometime later this weekend.

For now, thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a happy and healthy new year.