Rosemarkie Complete!

Another project off the WIPocalypse list!

Rosemarkie by Long Dog Designs

32-ct Cream Linen

Needle Necessities MacAulvey Manor

This is a phenomenally bad picture, I must say.   I started this design years ago as a SAL after it was gifted to me.  I’m so very happy to have it done!  I still love the colors chosen :)

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More Stars

One would think that having a month long work “hiatus” would have resulted in loads of stitching and blogging, eh?

Evidently that is not the case.  LOL

I have managed another square on my Stars for the New Millennium.  May I present Cary Grant….

And the entire piece:

I have a few more days to go before starting my new job (May 1, woohoo!) and I’m hoping to put a few more x’s in on some other WIPs.  I have found a new framer after “auditioning” a few this month and now I’m itching to get more finishes on the wall!  The problem is that I went thru most of my finishes from last year in the audition process so now I’ve got to rebuild the pile :)

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Stars for a New Millennium – Eva Marie Saint

This week I added a new square to my Stars by Tony Minieri

That’s Eva Marie Saint, bottom center.  Here’s a closeup:

The result is lovely but the process to get there is long!

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Lanarte Tuscany… done!

My first official WIPocalypse finish for 2013!

Lanarte’s Tuscany (kit) – I started in 2006, not long before I left my last company.  Given I’m leaving my current company in about two weeks, it seemed a good time to get this one finished up :)

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Framed!

Picked up two newly framed pieces this week.  Both were finished in 2012:

Country Cottage Needleworks Liberty Lane:

Lizzie Kate’s Halloween Mystery:

Very glad to have these hanging on the wall!

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The Boys are Back

JABCo The Boys are Back in Town

30-ct Graphite Linen; GAST/WDW

Started 3/29/2013; Finished 4/2/2013  (23 hours)

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March Madness Results

I created my own “sweet 16″ list for March and I planned to spend two days on each or at least 5 hours, whatever worked out.

This was definitely the most ambitious plan I’d ever come up with for Heather’s annual March Madness.

I did manage to stitch every day.  I only left one piece with less than five hours added.  I also netted to the same number of WIPs I started with…  I had three new starts and three finishes (two of the new starts were completed).

Here’s what I worked on… (* new starts, # finishes)

For April we have

Amazon April

Dip your needle into the vast swath of fabric dedicated to your BIGGEST projects!

I’ve got a few options here…  Sometime this month I plan to pick up:

  • Mirabilia Spring Queen
  • Chatelaine Egyptian Garden (on 28-ct it is definitely the largest WIP!)
  • Stars for a New Millennium
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March WIPocalypse

Thanks to my March Madness, I have now touched all but one of the WIPs I put on my WIPocalypse list….

I guess that means Spring Queen needs attention in April.  Wouldn’t want her to feel left out, would we?

I didn’t finish any WIPocalypse pieces in the midst of March Madness stitching, but I did get one or two closer to that state.  Here’s a couple of examples:

Lanarte Tuscany – I started this piece in 2006 (it was lunch time stitching at my last job) and given I’m getting ready to move on to my *next* job, this seems a good one to get finished up.

This is the result of 9 hours over three days.  I’m guesstimating 15-20 hours to finish it up.

My Mill Hill Clarissa Cow is also close to finishing:

This was 10 hours added on to a small start.  Another 10-15 hours should see it done.

Hopefully both will be part of next month’s update as finishes!

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New Blog Reader

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With Google Reader going away, I’ve moved on to Bloglovin.  So far so good!

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March Madness – Another Update

Three more WIPs have been hit by this month’s madness…

#4 – Textile Heritage Fairytale Bookmark

Before & After (6 hours):

#5 – Hinzeit Dark Shadows

After (3.5 hours – busy couple of days).  I thought I had a before shot, but evidently not!  When I picked it up I had the “H” and the spider done, so not bad for the short time :)

#6 – Textile Heritage Welsh Farm (new start!)

Completed in 5.5 hours:

#7 – Primrose Needleworks LUV Letters

Before….

45 minutes in and I remember why I put it down.  There’s a border of GAST Buttermilk on the Magnolia 40-ct linen (part of it is already stitched above the “Letters”) and it’s like stitching white on white…. ugh.

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