2013 Review

Hello all,

Welcome to my new followers and thank you all for following my blog this year.

On a personal note before I go into my stitching review, the accident that my Sister, Nephew and Mum were in brought home to me how much I love them all and although my Mum is still recovering at home, we were very lucky it wasn't a lot worse.  So 2013 has been one of reflection and celebration, my Nephew was born on Boxing Day last year, christened in October and my Sister, his mother got married in June.  My other Sister has bought a house and has found love so everything just seems to be slotting into place.

So enough of all the emotional stuff, here is my stitching review.

In total, I've stitched (so far) this year 323 hours!

So I start with my New Starts.

First Up is Lakeside Village:

I love this design and it's sure to feature again next year!

Next is QS Heather (HAED SAL):

As it happens, I did actually finish this one too!  I love how she turned out.  This year HAED aren't doing a SAL which is fine by me as although I've loved doing them over the past 3 years, it will free me up to focus on my other designs in particular the other HAEDs that I have started which I will mention in my targets post.

My next new start was Greek Steps:

I started it when on holiday in Cyprus, I've not made much progress, but as it's such a small design I'm sure I'll get a lot more progress in 2014.

Another one that I started and finished in 2013 was Holly and Hearts which I've just posted about.

My final new start I can't actually show you a picture as it's a secret project as it's a present for someone.  I can't even give you a clue because I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!

So that's 5 new starts in 2013, I certainly didn't predict that!  And only 2 finishes so my current WIP list is up to 9.  That's not including Think Pink which I want to re-start this year sometime.

So onto current WIPs with progress:

County Durham:

I've made a fair bit of progress this year, but hope to finish it next year as I'm about half way through at the moment.

Samantha:

I've been stitching this one since 2006 so one of my old timers! I hope to make a great deal of process and possibly finish it this in 2014.

And that concludes my review of 2013.  I hope to do even more stitching this year, although my card orders don't look like stopping any time soon!

My Preview and Goals of 2014 will follow shortly after this post.

Happy Stitching!

At last a finish!

I've not done much stitching since my last post due to making all of mine and a lot of other people's Christmas cards!

However since Christmas Day I've been stitching non stop and have finally finished Holly and Hearts for the Lizzie Kate Christmas SAL:

I'm going to draft my final blog of the year next which will be a review of all my starts, progress and finishes - so watch this space!

In the meantime... 

Happy Stitching!

I'm a star again!

I'm officially Blogger of the Month in the World of Cross Stitching magazine!

So if you're new to looking at my blog - welcome!  I hope you join as a follower as  if I get to 100 followers I will be doing a big giveaway!

So here's an update of my latest project Lizzie Kate Mystery Christmas SAL. 

I've actually done a bit more than this so I'll post another pic tomorrow, I've been so busy making cards I've not had as much time to work on it as I wanted.

Happy Stitching! 

A Finish and a new start!

Hello all, it's been a while since I last blogged, partly because of my Mum's accident.  However i am please to report that she has recovered so far really quickly and was released from hospital on Friday and she called me that evening!  It was the first time I had heard her speak since before the accident because she was either sedated or had a tracheotomy in so couldn't speak then. So really good news!

Anyway back to the stitching which really helped me over these past 4 weeks, I finished Heather last week and here she is:

I really like how she turned out even though that last page had an awful lot of confetti in it!

So onto the new start - the Lizzie Kate Christmas Mystery Sampler!  Here are the materials that came with it:

Unfortunately I've not had much time to work on the 32 count linen because I've been working on a course for work, but it's finished now so can spend the whole afternoon on it!

I'll post some update pics as soon as I can.

Happy Stitching!

Update & Sad News

My rotation continued with County Durham:

And then onto Lakeside Village which I'm loving stitching as there's so many bright colours in it and when I get bored of the greens I can move onto the blues etc;

Now onto my news, my sister, nephew and Mum were in a car crash last week and although my sister and nephew are fine, my Mum's been in a coma since it happened. She is now breathing for herself and should regain consciousness over the next couple of days. 

I'm keeping busy with my stitching and looking forward to the 4th and final page of Heather, my first finish of the year! 

So take care all and happy stitching. 

Xxx

Rotation update

I've been having fun with my rotation but it seems to be drawing me to my non HAEDs which isn't such a bad thing!

Up first was Lakeside Village for 25 hours:

I've made so much progress and looking forward to going back to it. 

Secondly was Greek Steps for 10 hours the design I took on holiday, I'm pleased to say I made it to the far end to inject some colour into it!

I'm going to get Hubby to draw out another design later today - I hope it's a HAED this time but on the other hand it's progress right??!!!!

Hope you all have a lovely stitchy day!

Page 3 finish!

Well it's been a while but I've finally finished page 3 of Heather HAED BB SAL.  So here she is:

I don't get the 4th and final page until the end of August so am filling in the time going back to my other WIPs, I'll let you know which one a bit later.  I really can't decide so I've put all the names in a food bag and going to bet hubby to select and another selection for how long I'm going to do it for everything from 5 hours to a page finish is there!

Should be fun!

However I'll have a new start in September because I've signed up for the Lizzie Kate Mystery SAL, I'm really excited about it because it's a Christmas design and I'm already getting a bit excited about the festive season! :)

http://www.cross-stitch-heaven.co.uk/ekmps/shops/bluegroove/images/now-closed-mystery-sampler-2013-22323-p.jpg

Happy Stitching!