TUSAL #8 and two more finishes!

I finished another one of my Ultimate Crazy January Challenge starts!  I used the Random Number Generator to choose which of my WIPs to stitch and it came up with this one!  Does anyone remember the Barrel of Monkeys toy?

Monkey Read, Monkey Do - finished!

"Monkey Read, Monkey Do"
Funk & Weber Designs
Started 1/21/2012, Finished 8/11/2012

I finished another monthly square in The Prairie Schooler Spring & Fall booklet.  I will start June next, from the Summer & Winter booklet.  I guess I'll wait until they're all done before I finally decide what to do with them.  I wanted to get a square frame and change the design every month, or make 12 flat ornaments or pillow-type ornaments.  I used Aida fabric with a printed border that I had cut into fourths, so that is why there is a blank corner without the background print.

Spring & Fall (May) finished!

Spring & Fall (May)
Book No. 90
Designed by Pamela Byrd Smith
The Prairie Schooler
Started 7/14/2012, Finished 8/13/2012

BBQ Queen has her chef's hat now!  I will start on the smiling sun next week.

BBQ Queen update #17

I decided to take a pic of my ORT jar in the front yard in the grass, just for something different!  Don't forget to check in on Daffycat's blog for your TUSAL blog post, too!

TUSAL #8

Two Prairie Schooler SAL updates!

Spring & Fall (May) update #2

I watched the Olympics all day on Saturday and stitched the bird's legs and all the grass and flowers underneath him.  There will be more flowers on top, and the word MAY on the bottom, and then this will be done!  Linda and Rosemary and I are stitching all the monthly designs from The Prairie Schooler.  My daughter said I should skip ahead to September instead of stitching June, July, and August, so at least I'll have a chance to display a finish during the correct month!  You can see what they will all look like on my UCJC page, #26.

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 3)

I also watched the Olympics all day on Sunday and started Santa's 3 French hens.  There will be 4 rows of 3 across to fit all 12 designs on one piece.  I will be so happy to display this for Christmas 2013!  Linda and Kaye and I are having a Sunday SAL.  You can see what they will all look like on my UCJC page, #31.

WIPocalypse update #8 and LOTS of finishes!

I've had six finishes since the last WIPocalypse update!  I finished Cackle, Trick or Treat, Spring & Fall (April), Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 2), a Butterfly ornament, and a long lost UFO from 1998!  Welcome Cottage was all stitched except for the word, "Welcome," which I finished and framed today.  The kit came with the printed mat.

Welcome Cottage (newly discovered long lost UFO)

Welcome Cottage - finished and framed!

"Welcome Cottage"
Designed by Michael A. LeClair
JCA, Inc.
Started 7/31/1998, Finished 8/1/2012

Cackle - finished!

Trick or Treat - finished!

Spring & Fall (April) finished!

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 2) finished!

"Santa's 12 Days of Christmas" (Day 2)

Book No. 125

Designed by Pamela Byrd Smith

The Prairie Schooler

Started 3/24/2012, Finished 7/28/2012

Santa #2 and this ornament are both counted towards my X-Stitching Christmas Challenge for July on Lady Kell of Kincavel's blog.

Butterfly ornament - finished!

"Butterfly"
Designs for the Needle
Janlynn
Started 2/22/2012, Finished 7/31/2012

I also added backstitching to Dog House Sampler, which I finished last year but I was never happy with it since the dog bone and fence blended into the fabric.  Now it's framed in a perfect blue and brown frame that I bought at a thrift store.

Dog House Sampler - finished (without backstitching)

Dog House Sampler - finished and framed!

BBQ Queen and the flamingo have legs now.

BBQ Queen update #15

Two more jack o'lanterns are backstitched on Halloween House.

Halloween House update #18

I started "May" in the Spring & Fall booklet from The Prairie Schooler.

Spring & Fall (May) update #1

I also started the Passione Ricamo Fairy Mystery SAL and the Lizzie*Kate Very Scary Mystery Sampler.

Passione Ricamo Fairy Mystery SAL (Part #1)

Lizzie*Kate Very Scary (Part #1)

What a busy stitching month I've had!  You can see current pics of all of my WIPs on my WIPocalypse page.  Don't forget to check in on Measi's blog with a link to your WIPocalypse update, too!

Happy Stitching, everyone!

Santa, May, and BBQ Queen updates!

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day #2) update #6

That was a lot of mindless red stitching on Santa's coat, but I finally got it done! The only thing left is the bird cage, and then I can start on Day #3!

Spring & Fall (May) update #1

I love stitching birds, so I just couldn't put this one down!  He will be surrounded by leaves and flowers and the word "May" will be stitched on the bottom.  Rosemary has been encouraging me to catch up by telling me that May, June, July, and August all have birds in the designs!

BBQ Queen update #15

BBQ Queen and the flamingo both have legs now.  I think I'll do some backstitching before I add her big white chef's hat.

Two more finishes and TUSAL #7

I finally finished Trick or Treat, which was a SAL I started with Linda last year, but she finished hers way back in December!  I'm looking forward to getting this framed with several colorful mats.

Trick or Treat - finished!

"Trick or Treat"
Designed by Ursula Michael
Imaginating
Started 9/2/2011, Finished 7/21/2012

Spring & Fall (April) - finished!

"Spring & Fall" (April)
Book No. 90
Designed by Pamela Byrd Smith
The Prairie Schooler
Started 3/24/2012, Finished 7/19/2012

Spring & Fall (May)

I started the next month in the series, which will be a Robin Red Breast with blue and yellow flowers.  Linda, Rosemary, and I are stitching all 12 designs in the Spring & Fall and Summer & Winter booklets by The Prairie Schooler.  You can see what all the completed designs will look like on my UCJC page, #26.

This month, my ORT jar is posing with my Angels baseball bobbleheads!  Check in on Daffycat's blog for your TUSAL blog post, too!

TUSAL #7

Two Prairie Schooler SAL updates!

Spring & Fall - April update #6

The big gray bunny is halfway there! I hope to finish him on Saturday and stitch "April" on the bottom and this will be added to my Finishes 2012 page!  Then I can start on "May" in my Saturday SAL with Linda and Rosemary.

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day #2) update #5

It looks like I have lots of red stitching to go on Santa's coat!  I love how there is a pear included in every design.  This is my Sunday SAL with Linda and Kaye.

I finally got my charts and supplies for the Passione Ricamo Fairy Mystery SAL and Lizzie*Kate Very Scary Mystery Sampler.  I plan to start these pretty soon!

Passione Ricamo Fairy Mystery SAL supplies

Lizzie*Kate Very Scary Mystery Sampler supplies

WIPocalypse update #7 and lots of SAL updates!

Trick or Treat update #14

I haven't touched this one in 3 months, so I finally made some progress on the purple hat.  After the hat is finished, I need to add the word "OR" and a few more spiderwebs and it will be done!  So it looks like this one will make it off my WIPocalypse page and onto the Finishes 2012 page pretty soon!  Be sure to check in on Measi's blog to post your WIPocalypse update, too.


I've had two finishes since the last WIPocalypse update.  French Country~Lark was stitched for a quilt for World of Charity Stitching.

French Country~Lark finished!

I made a small Harley-Davidson logo into a magnet for my dad (shown on his black refrigerator).

Harley-Davidson logo (small) finished!

On my Monday SAL with Linda of Cackle, I have started to stitch the letters in variegated dark violet floss.  It will say, "Cackle and the world cackles with you.  Shriek and you shriek alone."  I'm using hand-dyed lavender Aida from Stitchnmomma.

Cackle update #4

On my Wednesday SAL with Linda of Diane Arthurs' designs (she has Lady Liberty and I have BBQ Queen), I have almost finished stitching the apron.  It's a lot of white on white so the progress pic doesn't look very different from last time.

BBQ Queen update #13

On my Friday SAL of Halloween House with 10 other stitchers, I have added more pumpkins in front of the fence, but they still need backstitching before they look as cute as the others!

Halloween House update #17

On my Saturday SAL of Prairie Schooler monthly designs with Linda and Rosemary, I have stitched two more flowers on April.  I want to finish this one before I start on May, June, or July.

Spring & Fall - April update #5

Have a happy stitchy summer, everyone!

Two more SAL updates!

Spring & Fall - April update #4

After missing five Saturdays on my Prairie Schooler SAL with Linda and Rosemary, I finally made some progress on the April bunnies!  We are stitching these monthly designs from the Spring & Fall, Summer & Winter booklets from The Prairie Schooler.  Rosemary has already finished March, April, May, and June!

Halloween House update #16

I finished the green bushes below the windows, which was my goal for Friday.  Next week I'll stitch the other two pumpkins on the left side, and maybe the ghost coming out of the window!

I bought these two photo storage boxes from JoAnn's to store my floss.  Instead of winding it on bobbins like most of you, I like to use little ziploc baggies with the DMC name and number written on a file folder label.  Now I need a nice big box to store my fabric.  Right now it is spread around several boxes and bags and not organized at all!

Halloween House update and Random Number Generator

Halloween House update #14

I only did some backstitching last Friday on Halloween House.  I want to stitch the rest of the jack o'lanterns next time.  Everyone is making great progress and someone is getting close to a finish!  See them all on the Halloween House SAL page.

Spring & Fall - April update #3

The brown bunny is a little bigger.  I didn't finish this April picture in April, so I think I'll start on the May piece next Saturday.

Harley-Davidson logo update #10

All the black is done on the bottom of the Harley-Davidson logo.  Now I need to finish the orange X's on top and stitch the rest of the black background.

I copied Otter's Ocean and got a Random Number Generator widget to choose which of my WIPs to give some attention to (in addition to my weekly SALs).  They are all listed on my WIPocalypse page, but the numbers will change each time I have a finish and move it from that page to the Finishes 2012 page instead.  My number range is from 1-62, since I'm planning to have another new start for World of Charity Stitching any day now.

Red Cat update #1

The first random number for yesterday was #53, Red Cat, stitched with Vikki Clayton hand-dyed silk in Aquamarine on 28 ct antique white Jobelan, 2 over 2.  This was one of my starts for the Super-Duper Ultimate Crazy February Challenge, since Linda convinced me to start a new project every day in January AND February!  I remember how fun it was to start something new every day.  I think I'll click on the Random Number Generator whenever I get the urge, so look out for different pieces being updated all the time now!

Happy Stitching, everyone!

WIPocalypse and SAL updates!

This is my WIPocalypse post for May!  Check in on Measi's blog to add yours!  I have also updated my WIPocalypse page, so check it out to see the most current pics of all my projects.

Harley-Davidson logo update #9

I have been working on the black background of the Harley-Davidson logo and I hope to finish it before the end of the month so I can get it framed before my boyfriend's birthday in June.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - finished!

I finished Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in time for my son's 28th birthday!

Mr. Mittens update #10

Mr. Mittens has the beginning of a blue striped scarf, and I added a little more backstitching.  He still needs another sleeve and glove.  This is my X-Stitching Xmas update for May.

Spring & Fall - April update #2

I stitched a little more of the brown bunny for my Prairie Schooler monthly designs SAL with Linda and Rosemary.  Rosemary has already finished the April design!

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 2) update #1

I stitched the two turtle doves for the second day of Christmas.  Linda and Kaye are also stitching these Prairie Schooler designs.  This is also my X-Stitching Xmas update for April. Lady Kell of Kincavel started a X-Stitching Christmas Challenge to finish 12 items for Christmas.  Check out my X-Stitching Christmas Challenge page to see what I have done so far!