Februray progress & March Goals

For Feb I said

UFO RR Done
Finish the Bear Afghan Done
Get an ornament done I did 3
Get a SOLAK square done Done although it was the one I started in Jan
Finish as many other things as poss I had 7 finishes in total

For March I'd like to

UFO RR

Get an ornament done

Get a SOLAK square done

Make good progress on a WIP

I had a fairly good month with 84 hours 46 minutes of stitching time, 4 new starts and 7 finishes of those 4 were the new starts and 2 were really old UFO's

I did fall down when it came to finishing off some of my beading PHD's but I decided to concentrate on finishing stitching off for the olympics on the Wagon and I will get some of them done this month

Another UFO finished

I posted about this little guy here but didn't stick to the plan and he got put aside once more until this afternoon.

He's probably my third oldest PHD and I worked out one reason he kept getting left was the short lengths of floss (he's a kit) so I stuck with them to finish him off but used my own to do the green pine needles. I've got no idea what I'll do with him now other than put him in the drawer so he doesn't get lonely :)

If anyone wants the chart and leftover floss let me know and I'll gladly pass them on

Erica James

My WI President orgnised an evening with Erica James and she was kind enough to pose for a pic with me (please don't fall off your seat with shock, it's a very rare event in itself!) Feel free to admire the lariat I have on, it's my latest beading finish and isn't yet 24 hours old.

Not much I can say about the evening really other than she was very entertaining and it was very interesting to find out how she goes about writing her novels and I'm now the owner of 4 signed copies of them inc. her new one.

I noticed when I came to write this post that yesterday's was #500!!!!! I had noticed a little while ago that it was approching and I had planned on doing a giveaway to celebrate but it snuck up on me so I've got nothing prepared for one so bear with me for a few days while I scratch my head and figure one out

Silly Snowquakes

By the end of November I want to have at least a dozen of these finished so that I can give them out at the WI committee Christmas lunch so I made a start while Caleb was here.

The one in the centre is on a Sparklies fabric but I've got no clue which one as it wasn't labeled and will grace my tree this year. The other two are on a scrap of linen from stash that was the perfect size to fit two and I used Caron Wildflower Sky Blue Pink.

It's a freebie from Erynne and the chart is here

Snow pics

I wasn't planning on doing a post today but certain family members (aka Mel) have complained about the lack of one for a few days so........

We woke up to a covering of snow this morning and as this was Caleb's last day we took him outside for a little while

Any more complaints should be done in writing and presented along side a cuppa :)

Happy Dance

The afghan is finished, woohooo.

This was my second oldest UFO at around 15/16 years old so I'm really happy to be able to cross it off the list.

I need to get the sewing machine out and do a line around the edge before I fray it but I'll do that next week when Caleb has gone home but I'm still calling it a finish.

I've now made a start on an ornament for this month and it's a easy stitch so hopefully in a day or two I'll have another finish to share.

TUSAL

I've added a fair few orts to my jar since last month and it's getting more colourful now.

There's orts from the Teddy Afghan (fingers crossed I'll finish it tomorrow), Mary Busby, UFO RR, Dwarf Rabbit square, Not a Creature, Kaleidoscope and off course Legends. Oh and there's 3 clolours of nymo as well from beading projects.

If you fancy joining in with the SAL the sign up page is here

And before I go Happy Valentine's Day if you celebrate it and Happy Chinese New Year if you celebrate it

UFO RR

I've spent this week working on the current UFO RR, Laural's Madonna of the Garden

As she arrived

As she leaves me


And the area I worked on in a little more detail

Updates

Have you ever had one of those projects that you love but for whatever reason it doesn't like you at all?

Well mine is Legends, it really doesn't like me. I picked it up on Monday and was stitching away on his title when I discovered a mistake and had to frog again. Every week I've picked him up after the first couple of weeks I've ended up frogging so next week I'm giving him a rest (also because Caleb will be here and stitching time will be in short supply) in the hopes that a week off will help.

On the other end of the rainbow I picked up the afghan yesterday and finished the square I was working on. In fact I'm enjoying it so much that once I've finished my time on the current UFO RR I'm planning on going back to it and hopefully finishing it. Now that the mostly white square is done there isn't really that much left to do so fingers crossed this weekend I can cross it off the PHD list.

My postman is the best

This morning he brought me this beauty from Blyn

Sew Blue freebie from iStitch Charts stitched in GAST Holly Berry on RR Reproductions 36ct Straw.

And so it didn't get lonely on the trip over Blyn included all these goodies as well (my other pinkeeps will be jealous they only have plastic stands to sit on, lol) and it all came wrapped up in the really pretty Valentine/spring fabric in the background

It's now sat front and centre of the little display area I have getting dirty looks off it's neighbours