March summary a bit late!

Hi all

Meant to post at the end of March and time got away from me! After my big dragon finish, I decided it was time to work on some of my January starts. I even got one finished!!

Here's my finished one:

Homespun Elegance - Ho Ho Tired

stitched as charted with GAST

fabric: 28ct English Rose jobelan

stitching completed March 27, 2009

And here's some progress pics:

Just Nan Joyous Ark

progress as at March 30, 2009

Passione Riccamo - Winter freebie

progress as at March 30, 2009

Little House Needleworks - Reading

Progress as at March 30, 2009

The Sweetheart Tree - By The Sea Sampler

progress as at March 30, 2009

I also finished an ornament in March, almost forgot it!! Here's a pic:

JBW Designs - Christmas Sleigh

stitched as charted on 28ct jobelan - colour unknown

stitching completed March 18, 2009

design from 1999 Just Cross Stitch ornament issue.

Thanks for looking everyone and thanks for the compliments on my dragons, they are now at the framers!

hugs

Amanda

It's finished!

Hi all

Woo hoo!! I finished my dragon's at 11:59pm on March 15, 2009!! Here's a pic still in the Q-snaps:

And some close-ups of the Dragon faces, castle & knight:

This will be a wedding present for some good friends of ours who get married in August, once it's framed of course! Now it's time for this month's ornament and then on to my other wip's!

I also received an exchange parcel a while ago, here's a pic of all the wonderful goodies that Marilynne sent me!

In the parcel was: Tim Horton's coffee, Second Cup coffee, some purple coasters with a pack of matching cards, a purple notepad, a small frame, Ink Circles - Sea Stars chart + all the DMC for it! Thanks loads Marilynne for a wonderful parcel!

Thanks everyone for all your wonderful comments and for taking the time to look at my blog!

Happy Stitching all

Amanda

Dragon Heart wip update

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Here's another update pic on my Black Swan Dragon Heart piece. This is my progress as of last night. The end is almost in sight now!

Happy Stitching all

Amanda

finally an update!

Hi all

Well it's been too long again! Work has gotten in the way of the fun things lately!! I have been stitching although not as much as normal, just too tired! It's time for an update though so here goes!

This month I have stuck to the plan and stitched the first 2 weeks on my oldest wip, Black Swan's Dragon Heart. Here's my progress before this month:

Here's how it looks now, this is my progress as at February 14. Sorry it's not a great pic, I had to put it on the scanner as the camera batteries were flat!
Next up I decided I had better do this month's ornament. My youngest dd picked this one from the 1998 JCS ornament issue. It's Prairie Schooler Two by Two: Deer.

Stitched as charted on 28ct unknown jobelan with DMC. Stitching completed 16 Feb 2009.

Next up I have been working on my January 1st. SAL piece, Victoria Sampler - Jingle Bells Tree Farm. I've finished Section 2 now and here's a pic of my progress as at last night, 20 Feb 2009.

Thanks for looking everyone, hopefully the next update won't be so far away!

Happy Stitching!

Amanda

January summary! (Pic heavy)

Hi all

Well "guilt free January" is over now so I thought you might like to see what I got up to! I managed to start 13 new projects and finished 2!!

Here's my progress pics on all the new starts, in order:

Jeanette Douglas Designs - Winter Stitches

Fabric - 36 ct sand Edinburgh linen

Threads - recommended (thread pack)

The Trilogy - Family

Fabric - 28 ct jobelan (not sure of colour)

Threads - recommended WDW & DMC

The Drawn Thread - Acorn Sampler

Fabric - 32ct Cream Belfast linen

Threads - recommended NPI silks

Little House Needleworks - Reading

Fabric - 28ct Antique White jobelan

Threads - recommended Crescent Colours

scan is not so good on this one, it's really brighter than this.

The Sweetheart Tree - By The Sea Sampler

Fabric - from kit - 32ct Confederate Grey belfast linen

Threads - from kit - DMC & WDW

Shepherds Bush - Spooky Spots Sampler

Fabric - from kit - 32ct Autumn Blush hand-dyed linen

Threads - from kit - AVAS, Gloriana & Silk n Colors silks

Just Nan - Joyous Ark

Fabric - 32ct opalescent natural Belfast

Threads - recommended DMC & Kreinik

Elizabeth's Designs - Four Seasons Stitching club - Summer

Fabric - 28ct antique ivory cashel linen

Threads - recommended DMC & Needle Necessities

Homespun Elegance - Ho Ho Tired

Fabric - 28 English Rose jobelan

Threads - recommended Gentle Arts Sampler threads

Passione Riccamo - Winter ornament (freebie)

Fabric - 32ct hand-dyed Powder Blue Reflections Belfast linen (Silkweavers)

Threads - recommended DMC

Here's my completed ornament for this month too. The finishing on this is not great, I would not reccomend doing a star like this again unless it was bigger! It's only for me though so am not too bothered!

Homespun Elegance - Starry Santa

from 1997 JCS Ornament Issue

fabric & threads changed!

I also put some time into one of my existing wip's. I managed the name at the top and the first set of clothes down the bottom!

Bucilla - Paper Doll Teddy progress as at 31 January 2009

Well I think this ismy longest post yet so you are probably all bored and falling asleep by now!! Anyway, February is "Finish It" month. Not sure that too much of that will be happening but we will see! My long term goal for this year is to finish up all my wip's including these new ones!! First up is my oldest project, Black Swan's - Dragon Heart which is at about the 50% mark!

I won't be starting any more new projects for a while now and will have to survive with just a new start on an ornament a month!

Happy Stitching all

hugs

Amanda

A finish and a wip pic update!

Hi all

Well I finished one of those little projects I started. Here's a pic of Just Nan Bee Hive Violets.

Just Nan - Bee Hive Violets

28ct Antique Ivory cashel

stitching completed January 15, 2009

I forgot one of my new starts in my previous post too, I also started By The Sea Sampler - The Sweetheart Tree!

Here's an update pic of my VS Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm. This is my progress as of this afternoon. The entire first band is now finished apart from the star on the top of the tree (which I leave till later). The next part should go quicker.

Victoria Sampler - Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm

progress as at 19 January 2009

Till next time,

Happy Stitching
Amanda

I'm back!

Hi all

I'm back from my trip to my parents house. Was nice to get away but good to be home too! my girls & I had a great visit with my parents and had a lovely couple of days catching up with a stitching buddy too!

I no sooner got home then it was off to the tennis in Sydney for the first day of the Medibank International! Boy was it hot there and despite lashings of sunscreen I still managed to get burnt arms! Here's a pic of Serena Williams in her first match! She was playing Sam Stosur who almost beat her, it was a very exciting match!

On the stitching front, I've been taking advantage of "guilt free January" and have started loads of new projects!! Here's a list of what I've started so far:

Dec 29 - Jeanette Douglas Designs - Winter Stitches

Jan 1 - Victoria Sampler - Jingle Bells Christmas Tree Farm

Jan 5 - The Trilogy - Family

Jan 7 - The Drawn Thread - The Acorn Sampler

Jan 12 - Little House Needleworks - Reading

Jan 13 - Shepherds Bush - Spooky Spots

Jan 13 - Just Nan - Bee Hive Violets

Here's a pic of my progress on VS Jingle Bells Tree Farm:

Well that's all for me for now, I'm off to dig some more in the stash and see what other projects I can come up with to start this month!! My goals for the rest of the year will be to finish all of these new starts as well as my pre-existing wip's!!

Happy Stitching all!

Amanda