A Stitch of This...A Stitch of That

Yes, March is moving along quite nicely - already the 20th! And, I'm sad to say I'm a bit sore from shoveling 7 inches of snow out of the driveway just yesterday. But, I have faith, spring begins today and the snow is going to be finished for the year. At least one can hope. And, as March continues "March-ing" by my stitching progress continues as well. I'm happy to say I did manage to recover from my early month slump and have made some progress on my projects for the month. No finishes yet, but I know I'm getting very close on several items. I think I'll build the suspense and not post the progress pictures on the nearly finished items just yet. Also, I've been on a bit of a stash building craze. Just insane I know because I already have more projects sitting in the not-started pile than I could ever possibly finish, but I see some of the new patterns coming out and just have to have them. I also made a trip to my local needlework shop jus...

It seems like ages since I've posted.  My stitch progress has truly been awful lately.  Just so many things going on.  My daughter skated in her first competition last weekend and came in 1st! YAY!  I just love watching her have fun with the sport.  And my dear sons have been busy as well - St. Patrick's Day parade marching, chorus concerts, camping trips.  It's never dull in our house. So, all this is to say, I do have an excuse (albeit not a great one) for my lack of progress.  I did manage to get started on a couple of projects this month at least. LHN Fresh Watermelon. I love the colors on this and can't wait to get it up in the kitchen for summer.  Hopefully I'll be finished by the end of the month and I can take some time to frame it appropriately. Lizzie Kate March Flip-It This one is so quick I know this can get done.  And, I have a couple of charts kitted up and ready to go in honor of St. Patrick's Day this weekend. ...

Month...motivation...March.  I'm disappointed at my lack of progress in February.  The last couple of weeks ended up filled by the other things going on in my life.  Work seems to have picked up the pace a bit so that's a bit more demanding and to top it off this week we're fighting some colds in the house as well.  Of course, I could console myself with the fact that February was a few days shorter than January so that's why I didn't quite wrap up as many projects as I thought I would, but realistically I don't see them being finished this weekend either. So, I'm opting for Plan B.  A fresh start for a brand new month.  And a positive outlook on the projects that I did manage to finish last month.  I already shared the earlier 4 but I do have one to add to the pile of completed works.                                              Eva...

I've got my first 4 finishes this month to share with you!  I made a real effort this weekend to just wrap up those small projects I was working on this month.  So far so good. First up, Mill Hill Ice Skates. I just love the bead laces on this - such a nice touch to the skates. Next, also from Mill Hill, the Love Stitching ornament. This one was a lot of fun.  It was nice to have the extra stitches on top of the base of cross stitch rather than a million beads for a change.  There are still a few in there - red and gold - but considerably fewer than some of the other Mill Hill kits.  The charm is just adorable too.  I did decide to use the beads for a hanger at the top as the finish instructions suggested.  I'm a bit worried about that string breaking and having 100 little beads rolling around, but I guess this one just needs a little extra care when out. Next up, Lizzie Kate's Be Kind to Animals. I only have a few of these Green F...

I just love long weekends, especially when they lead right into school vacation week.   I must admit since I didn't grow up in New England, when I learned about the week off in February and then another week in April, I thought that was excessive.  However, I think now I'm coming around to appreciate at least the February break.  Even though it still feels like the holiday break just ended, this week is such a nice break from running around to swimming, girl scouts, skating, boy scouts, etc.  We never manage to get away on a real vacation, but just not having some place to be every single night is great.  I even managed to make some good progress on my February project over the weekend since I didn't need to worry about cooking, cleaning and prepping for another week of insane chaos. Let's see, there must be quite a bit to report seeing as how I haven't posted for over a week! Yikes! My poor blog must be feeling quite neglected.  I promise to make it up t...

I think I'm pretty close to on time this month for the TUSAL photo post.  It's not a great picture - the lighting was terrible during the stormy weekend, but at least I managed to get a photo! Not much progress from last month - some dark threads in there - the remnants of the Ballet Silhouette during the second half of January and my starts on Frederick the Literate.  On many of my new projects I've been using the thread right down to the end so those bits are only accumulating slowly.  We'll see what March has to show since I've got several projects going right now that are very light threads. As for my snowy weekend progress, well, I thought I would have more to show for the time inside.  Unfortunately, my target project - Mirabilia's Easter Fairy - was visited by the frogs this weekend.  So, what would have been a great update on progress has significantly less to show.  Sigh.... I've been reading some other folks comments on stitching by color ver...

I hope all my stitchy friends in New England are able to stay home and watch the snow pile up for the next two days.  I know I've got my current projects all lined up and ready to stitch.  I'm hoping to make some good progress this weekend thanks to the 2+ feet of snow they say we'll be getting.  Sadly this week has been a bit of a disappointment on the progress front.  I've been a bit distracted by some issues at work and the need to do a bit of straightening up around the house plus a little bit of reading.  Do any of you use Goodreads?  Is anyone else doing the 2013 reading challenge?  Last year I found myself reading a lot to escape from the stress of work so I set myself a challenge of 150 books this year.  So far, I think I'm doing pretty well despite less time in hotels, planes and airports where I tend to get quite a bit of reading done. I'll post a bit more later as the storm progresses - maybe a few non-stitchy pictures to mix things u...