Happy New Year!
After a slow start on Alpine Garden, I've picked up speed and am now about a third of the way down the sampler.
Alpine Garden by The Drawn Thread
stitched
using the recommended materials
using the recommended materials
On the Scottish Sampler I have got the vine portion of the border all stitched, there was much relief when the border joined up! I still need to finish the honeysuckle flowers to complete the border.
Scottish Sampler 1757 charted by Erica Uten
from the Goodheart Sampler Book by Needleprint
stitched using the fabric & silks provided at Ackworth 2008
For most of December I've been pondering what if any goals I wanted to set for 2013. In my list of current projects 10 of the 13 projects are from classes I've taken over the years from 2005(!) onwards, most of them are barely started so this year I am going to focus on one of them a month and work on this class wips at the weekends so I should start to see significant progress on some of them. I've already started doing this on Scottish Sampler last month.
During the week I'm going to work on some of the huge number of small to medium sized projects that I have kitted up in my stash as I would quite like to see some more finishes than I managed last year.
I am planning on participating in this years 'Theme-a-licious' where the theme fits what I'm stitching rather than the other way round.
The Theme for January is Jardin January
'The holidays were a little stressful...let's relax in a nice garden. Work on any piece with flowers or gardens.'January's theme fits both of the wips I'm going to work on this month. I shall continue to work on Alpine Garden during the work and I've decided to pull Glastonbury Garden out of the wips pile for weekends.
Finally today marks my blogs eighth birthday. I would like to thank you all for continuing to read and comment and wish you all a very happy new year.
Comments
Wishing you a very Happy New Year!
bisous de FRANCE
Great progress on the DT piece and the sampler. I am always so in awe of people that can stitch the entire border first. I am not controlled enough to do that.
I am looking forward to seeing your year of class projects.
Good luck with your class WIPs.
Congratulations on your blog birthday! 8 years is quite an accomplishment!
Happy New Year!
Good luck finishing all of your class pieces. I'm going to work on some class pieces as well.
Have a wonderful new year and congrats on 8 years!
I'm always amazed by all the stitching you get accomplished with two little ones. I bet there was lots of excitement in your home this year.
Love that your border matched up - that is always a good thing.
bisous
I stitched Alpine Garden years ago and it's always been one of my favourites.
Margaret