Turtle Trot SAL - April

Claudette of BAP Attack is hosting the Turtle Trot SAL, where we choose 10 WIPs and post before & after progress pics on the 10th of every month.  Here is my progress on three of them since last time:

Flaming June:  I finally got to stitch some orange and I'm still on page 1.

Flaming June (before)

Flaming June update #8

She will look like this (some day):

"99":  I stitched two more bottles.  Only 85 more to go!

"99" (before)

"99" update #9

Bottle #13 is Red Stripe, Desnoes & Geddes, Jamaica.

Bottle #14 is Bitburger Pils, Bitburger Brauerei, Bitburg, Germany.

We're Off to See the Wizard:  I decided I didn't like the parking method after all so I stitched up all the loose ends.  This is part of Dorothy's dress.

We're Off to See the Wizard (before)

We're Off to See the Wizard update #1

Here is what the finished picture will look like (some day).

Theme-A-Licious March Madness (week 2)

The theme for this month is March Madness, "Work on something different every day... it's madness... of the funnest possible kind."  I used the Random Number Generator to pick a number from 1-96 for a WIP from my WIPocalypse list to stitch on each day.  I'll post an update every Saturday with the choices for the prior week.

March 8 - #12, I'll Get You My Pretty:  I stitched the moon, broom, and bat and it's finished!

I'll Get You My Pretty - FINISHED!

"I'll Get You My Pretty"
Designed by Sue Hillis
Sue Hillis Designs, Inc.
32 ct Voodoo Belfast linen from Picture This Plus
Started 1/11/2012, Finished 3/10/2014

March 9 - #42, Out for a Ride:  I stitched the rest of the snowman.  He'll get his scarf and hat next!

Out for a Ride update #3

March 10 - #16, Pac-Man:  I stitched more blue outlines.

Pac-Man update #3

March 11 - #20, The 12 Days of Christmas:  I finished this square with the hen.

The 12 Days of Christmas update #2

March 12 - #93, The Wave:  I stitched more blue sky.  This one is 28 pages and will take forever!

The Wave update #1

March 13 - #7, Flaming June:  I'm so excited that I finally got to stitch some orange!  I'm still on the first page and there are 25 pages in this one.

Flaming June update #8

March 14 - #55, Black Cat Alphabet:  I started filling in the cat using one strand of black and one strand of variegated steel gray blended together.

Black Cat Alphabet update #1

This is so much fun!  Maybe I should do this all year long!  LOL!

Turtle Trot SAL - November

For the Turtle Trot SAL, we choose 13 WIPs to work on and post progress pics on the 13th of every month.  Claudette of BAP Attack is hosting this SAL.  Next year, we'll choose 14 WIPs and post progress pics on the 14th of every month.

I finished two of them, so now I'm down to only 11.  This is my progress to show on some of them this month.  You can click on the picture to see it bigger.

Stained Glass Nativity:  I finished the green grass under the wise men.  This is a needlepoint kit that I started in 1980.

Stained Glass Nativity (before)

Stained Glass Nativity update #4

Thomas Kinkade's Lamplight Bridge:  I stitched lots of French knots for the pink flowers.

Lamplight Bridge (before)

Lamplight Bridge update #7

Lamplight Bridge update #7

 The Sorcerer:  I finished the right side of his cloak and some backstitching.

The Sorcerer (before)

The Sorcerer update #9

Flaming June:  I started stitching the water.  I'm still on page 1.

Flaming June (before)

Flaming June update #6

How cool!  The actress Jessica Chastain on the cover of Vogue is posing just like this picture that I'm stitching!

Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton

Jessica Chastain as Flaming June

Majestic Eagle:  I stitched more of his wing.

Majestic Eagle (before)

Majestic Eagle update #6

September WIPocalypse update

It's time for the WIPocalypse SAL update!  You can see current pics of all of my WIPs on my WIPocalypse page.  Check in on Measi's blog with your WIPocalypse update, too!  This month the theme is Designer - Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED), Project Theme - Specialty Stitches, and Focus Colors - Brown and Green.

My Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) chart is Flaming June, painted by Sir Frederic Leighton in 1895.  The actual painting is in a museum in Puerto Rico.

 

This is how far I have gotten, only halfway through the first page, which is the sky in the top left corner:

Flaming June update #

For specialty stitches, I stitched LOTS of French Knots on Thomas Kinkade's Lamplight Bridge and there will be a lot more!

Lamplight Bridge update #7

Lamplight Bridge update #7

For the Focus Colors of Brown and Green, I stitched the bear on Picnic Area by The Prairie Schooler.

Picnic Area update #5

I stitched the skeleton on Halloween House.  I have to finish the tree, add smoke and spiderwebs all around the border.

Halloween House update #40

Turtle Trot SAL - September

For the Turtle Trot SAL, we choose 13 WIPs to work on and post progress pics on the 13th of every month.  I finished another one, so now I'm down to only 11.

Here is my progress since August.  You can click on the picture to see it bigger.

Universal Unity:  I stitched more grass and the raccoon.

Universal Unity (before)

Universal Unity update #11

The Sorcerer:  I stitched more moon and purple on his cloak.

The Sorcerer (before)

The Sorcerer update #7

Flaming June:  I stitched more sky and started some water.  Page 1 is halfway done!

Flaming June (before)

Flaming June update #5

Merry Christmas:  I stitched the letter S using DMC 115, variegated garnet.

Merry Christmas (before)

Merry Christmas update #6

Disney Princess Birth Announcement:  Cinderella has more hair and a blue ribbon.

Disney Princess Birth Announcement (before)

Disney Princess Birth Announcement update #5

Passione Ricamo Fairy Mystery SAL:  I stitched more rows of blue background.

Fairy Mystery SAL (before)

Passione Ricamo Fairy Mystery SAL update #4

Day of the Dead:  This one is finished!

Day of the Dead (before)

Day of the Dead - FINISHED!

Orange Poppies:  You can barely tell any difference, but I did 32 more stitches of orange!

Orange Poppies (before)

Orange Poppies update #4

Canyon Waterfall:  I filled in more confetti in the trees and started the clouds.

Canyon Waterfall (before)

Canyon Waterfall update #2