Final finishes of 2013
Thank you all for your Christmas wishes, we had a lovely laid back holiday this year. Christopher was old enough to really 'get' Christmas this year and everyone has stayed healthy unlike last year when we were all poorly over the holidays. We haven't done anything particularly special just hung out at home and caught up with family apart from Saturday when my Mum, Rosie and I went to see Northern Ballet's production of Cinderella. I thought the production was very good although I did miss the Tchaikovsky score (NB had commissioned a new one) when I asked Rosie what her favourite part was she answered 'All of it!'
I have two final finishes for 2013 to share with you, I have stitched ornaments for the children, as usual I haven't got the 'finishing' done yet (whoops!) Both ornaments are from the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Edition
For Rosie:
A Victorian Christmas Tree copyright Needlecrafts Unlimited Co. 2001
And Christopher:
With these two finishes that takes me to 8 stitching finishes for the year. I was most pleased to finish Juda Hayle in Miniature and to get it off my wip list this year.
Because of this I've had a long hard think about my stitching goals for 2014. I have purposely not set goals since I had the kids but now Christopher is at nursery 3 days a week and will start full time school in September, I'm starting to have much more predictable stitching time so I'm going to set a few. The other thing I am going to do this year is go back to having a rotation. Joining in with Theme-a-licious has been fun for the last few years but now I really want to finish a few of my long term class wips. I have decided to focus on finishing CA Wells Danish Whitework Portfolio (from 2005) and Forget Me Nots in Stitches Anniversary Roses (from 2010)
I am also going to join in with the SAL on The Scarlett Letter's Dorothy Walpole over on the Sampler World Group on Facebook. I have wanted to stitch Dorothy for several years so I decided that now was a good time! These three projects are going to be the core of my rotation and I will also have a couple of small/medium projects from my stash as well.
Congratulations if you've made it this far! I would like to wish you all a great New Year.
I have two final finishes for 2013 to share with you, I have stitched ornaments for the children, as usual I haven't got the 'finishing' done yet (whoops!) Both ornaments are from the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Edition
For Rosie:
A Victorian Christmas Tree copyright Needlecrafts Unlimited Co. 2001
And Christopher:
Snow Joe copyright Heart in Hand Needlearts 2000
With these two finishes that takes me to 8 stitching finishes for the year. I was most pleased to finish Juda Hayle in Miniature and to get it off my wip list this year.
Because of this I've had a long hard think about my stitching goals for 2014. I have purposely not set goals since I had the kids but now Christopher is at nursery 3 days a week and will start full time school in September, I'm starting to have much more predictable stitching time so I'm going to set a few. The other thing I am going to do this year is go back to having a rotation. Joining in with Theme-a-licious has been fun for the last few years but now I really want to finish a few of my long term class wips. I have decided to focus on finishing CA Wells Danish Whitework Portfolio (from 2005) and Forget Me Nots in Stitches Anniversary Roses (from 2010)
I am also going to join in with the SAL on The Scarlett Letter's Dorothy Walpole over on the Sampler World Group on Facebook. I have wanted to stitch Dorothy for several years so I decided that now was a good time! These three projects are going to be the core of my rotation and I will also have a couple of small/medium projects from my stash as well.
Congratulations if you've made it this far! I would like to wish you all a great New Year.
Comments
It sounds like you had a lovely Christmas. Your children are at such a fun age.
I'm always amazed as to how much stitching you get accomplished with two young on.
Enjoy your Dorothy stitch-along. She is such a pretty sampler.
Happy new year!
Thank you for all your lovely visits and kind words to my blog all the year through!
Wishing you every happiness in 2014!
I hope your and your family will have a very Happy New Year!
Beautiful ornaments.
A Happy New Year!