Still Moving Through The A's

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving that was filled with love and laughter! My day was spent mostly in the kitchen first cooking and then cleaning up. Blah.  All that preparation and the meal lasts for maybe 20 minutes and then you're left with a mess! But it's all worth it just to have the family together in one place around the same table.

It was so great to read your comments and find that I'm not the only one with a serious amount of WIP's.  I feel soooo much better!!

I am still moving through my A's.  Next up are these.

ART DECO FASHIONISTA
By: Lesley Teare
From the June 2010 issue of Cross Stitch Gold

AUGUST PERIDOT FAIRY
By Nora Corbett

I didn't realize I had so many charts that started with the letter A, there are still a few more to go!


I'm off work today and I had hoped to get a bunch of stitching in but I'm expecting an early morning visit from my cousin and when we get together we can talk for hours so I'm not sure how much stitching will be done today. 


Hope you all have a great Friday filled with stitching!

Happy Turkey Day!!

Wishing all that celebrate a very Happy Thanksgiving!  May your day be filled with love, laughter, and lots of yummy food!  :-)

The Letter A

Continuing with my alphabetical rotation, I worked on these two yesterday.

AFRAID OF THE DARK
Blue Ribbon Designs
By: Belinda Karls Nace

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
By:  Diane Arthurs 

So far I like working my WIP's in alphabetical order. It's nice not thinking about what I want to stitch next.

Linda asked how many WIP's I have.  I don't think I've ever actually said the number out loud but here goes. I have 80 WIP's, give or take one or two.  I know it's a lot but when I see something I want to stitch I have to start it RIGHT NOW.  It's a problem.  But I do finish things, in fact I have finished 17 things so far this year.  I don't think that's too bad.

How many WIP's do you have?

WIP's A to Z

As someone with A LOT of WIP's, sometimes it's hard to choose what to stitch on and a lot of my WIP's end up not being touched for months.  I've tried using a rotation, but with so many it's too hard.  I've tried putting the chart names on pieces of paper and pulling one out at random, but I always seem to grab the same chart several times in a row; which should be really hard to do considering the number of little pieces of paper in the bag, go figure.

Anyways, I was out of ideas and then I thought why not stitch them alphabetically? I already have them in their own separate baggies and stored alphabetically (I'm anal when it comes to organization) so I won't have to think about what to stitch! And this way you will get to see ALL of my WIP's.  And here are the first two.  I worked on this one a little this morning.

A HO HO HO OF SANTA'S
By:  Gail Bussi 

 And I just pulled this one out to work on next

ADIA, THE GARDEN FAIRY
By:  Nora Corbett

 

 

How do you decide what you're going to stitch on?

Here I Am!

I know, know, it's been over a month since I posted.  Sorry, life just has a way of getting in the way of some things.  I have been really busy at work and just too tired to get on the computer much when I get home.  Things have started to calm down now so I should be able to get back to regular blogging! I have so many blogs to catch up on too!

I do have a finish to share.

APRIL SAMPLER
By:  Waxing Moon

Have a great Monday everyone and Happy Stitching!

A Finish & A New Chart

Here is my finish...

BEWITCHINGLY WITCHIE
By:  Bobbie G. Designs

 And my new chart...

AUGUST PERIDOT FAIRY
By: Nora Corbett

I can't resist a Nora Corbett chart!

Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Stitching!

It's October Already?

I think I've gotten October off to a good start with two more finish, finishes.

APPLE TIME
By:  Diane Graebner

Back of Apple Time

A GOOD NIGHT SANTA
By Lizzie Kate

Back of A Good Night Santa

And I'm this close to another finish which I should have done in the next couple of days.

I did start my new HAED, Believe, but I didn't get very far with it since I started it over three times!  I'm stitching this one on 18 count Aida instead of 16 and I'm not use to 18 count at all.  I was using 2 strands of DMC and it just felt bulky.  So after about 400 stitches I ripped it out and started stitching with just one strand.  After about 300 stitches I realized that I didn't like the coverage so I ripped it out again and started over again with two strands.  I really irritate myself sometimes.

That's about it for now, I should be back in a couple of days with another finish.  In the meantime, Happy Stitching!