It's that time again! It's been a productive month with one finish and a new start. For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a wonderful day! I got to go back home Michigan to be with my Mom, sister, brother in law and gramma. Was a wonderful 4 days. Weather permitting I will get to do it again for Christmas.
The topic for the month is: Recap your accomplishments for the year. This is going to be fun!
You see, I'm pretty much the kind of person who gets excited by an idea and then jumps full in, plays for a while, gets bored and looks for something else to do. I did that with knitting, crocheting, polymer clay and paper modeling - all over the course of my lifetime. And I really never got much done. Small things, sure, but the big stuff never got finished. Like the 4' tall paper model Optimus Prime. His foot still stares at me from the corner where it's hidden, but the thought of getting out the mat, x-acto knife and glue makes me shudder.
Cross stitch is something I have always come back to, but it wasn't till the last couple of months of chemo that I really got back in to it. With a vengeance. I pulled out "Stitching the Standard" and made a lot of progress on her. Then I remembered the hardanger work Mom used to do and I bought a set of bookmark kits and really enjoyed that. Then I found out about Papillon Creations and got some of their charts with specialty stitches. And I've been hooked ever since. It's been a good solid 2 years now and I've felt no hints of the boredom that usually pops up after about 6 months.
What all this long drawn out blather is getting to is: I actually have finishes in 2014!
Finish # 1
The Castle Garden, by Papillon Creations.
Started 9/28/2103
Finished 5/11/2014
Finish #2
Around the World in 80 Stitches, by Papillon Creations
Started around 7/4/2013
Finished 9/7/2014
Finish #3
QS Butterfly Fae, by Heaven and Earth Designs
Started 9/28/2014
Finished 12/5/2014, taken to framer 12/6/2014
When I look back at that, I'm kind of surprised. A lot surprised. I guess I finally found what I love to do.
So, on to the regular part of the post. As mentioned above, QS Butterfuly Fae is done. Last month at this time, I was here:
On Konstantinople Hamam I was here:
And am now here:
Last night, I started on K's project, Happy Bat, by AAN, and am here:
This is being stitched on 28ct Haunted Cashel, by PTP - 1x1.
So there you go! Hope you've found your hobby Nirvana, too!
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