Friday Night Sew-In

I know that a lot of you won't understand this, but I'm generally not much of a "joiner" and for me to take part in something is quite a big decision.  This week I've decided to take the leap and join the Friday Night Sew-In (FNSI) hosted by Heidi.

By all accounts it's a laid back virtual stitching club that takes place on the 3rd Friday of each month.  If you want to know any more information click on the the picture below or on the sidebar of my blog.


My plan for this evening is to continue on with Lizzie*Kate's Dog Lessons for People.  I'm way behond on my SAL so figured a week dedicated to it might help me catch up, even if it does mean not stitching on my baby sampler.  This is where I left off last time:

I'll post an update tomorrow, but I am a slow stitcher so don't expect massive changes :)

IHSW - February

I know it's a day late but this is my IHSW post!

Before:

After:

I didn't really get as much done as I wanted, but as I haven't stitched her since September last year so any progress is good.

I haven't had a chance to check out everyone's progress as yet but I hope you all had a good weekend.

To all those who visit my blog, Happy Valentine's Day!  It's not just about being loved by a "significant other" it's being loved by anyone at all, including family, children, pets and friends (including virtual ones).

Just as a little reminder, it's International Hermit and Stitch Weekend this coming weekend, I hope you are all able to join in at some point.  If you don't know about this, click on the little picture on the sidebar -> and it'll take you to Joysze blog and all the information you'll need.

January WIPocalypse

Welcome to the first WIPocalypse post of 2013!  Just to introduce myself, I'm Angie and I love stitching a variety of things!  There's additional info on my "About Me" if you want to know more about me.  Let's get onto the stitching.....

This year I'm not setting any particular goals as such, just a rough plan as to what I want to work on and lets see how much I can get done.  I'll list them with pictures (I like lots of pictures :P) and current progress if there is any:

1. QS Mystic Garden - HAED 2013 SAL - I plan to complete this before the end of the year.

Mystic Garden

January

2. QS Clara - Started this last year and I'm stitching the outline first so that I can colour it in.

September 2012

3. The 3 Fates - Jasmine Becket-Griffith (HAED) - I haven't started this as yet, but I do plan to start it very soon.

4. A Rose For My Love - Zindy Nielsen (HAED) - Started last year but I haven't stitched very much of it, can't wait to get stuck in properly.

August 2012

5. Celtic Fairy - Joan Elliott - Started last year and would love to make more progress on it.  She got pushed to one side due to other stitching commitments but hopefully she'll get some love this year.

June 2012

6. Lickle Ted birth sampler - Started for the birth of my cousin's baby, who arrived just before Christmas.  Although I haven't set a firm completion date for this, I would very much like to have it done for his 1st birthday.

7. Dog Lessons For People - Lizzie*Kate - Stitching for 4 hours per week as a SAL with some friends of mine.  The general plan is to stitch this on Sunday afternoons so I'm hoping that this grows steadily.

This list may well change over the year, but this the general plan.  I've decided not to use a rotation and just go with the flow and see what happens.  I'm trying not to have (m)any new starts but they do have a habit of ambushing you so who knows :P

Happy New Year!

I know we are almost halfway through January but....HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'm running a little behind with everything at present, for some reason it always takes me a lot longer to get in gear after Christmas and get back to my normal routine.  It doesn't help that OH keeps working from home and disrupting my routine too!

Well.....I said this year I would be forgoing all the SAL's and just doing my own thing without any pressure and just enjoying myself.....and I've already gone back on that.  I knew that I was joining in the HAED 2013 SAL and I've already blogged about that, but nothing else but a couple of friends of mine are doing a Lizzie*Kate SAL using the cat/dog lessons for people charts.  I was very kindly given this chart by a friend and have wanted to stitch it for a long while so I've decided to join too.

I've got some lovely 32ct Raw Floba (bit like linen) to stitch it on and I ordered the speciality threads.  I'm really excited!  It's only a 4 hours commitment each week so it shouldn't have an impact on what else I choose to stitch.

I have a very small update on my HAED SAL piece to share:

It's stitched on 18ct Pewter Aida and should turn out at just under 8"x8" when finished, which I thought was a nice size for framing.  It's very confetti heavy, but that should mean lots of great detail too.

I'll try and get through everyone's blogs, but I might not get chance to leave comments as there are a lot to catch up with, I will try though!



 

I did it!

YAY.....I managed to get my Blue Moon SK completed before the end of the year!  Finally put the last stitches in yesterday, she has been washed and pressed.

 

Thank you to everyone who has supported me whilst I was stitching this as the first page gave me a lot of trouble and I very nearly gave up.

She was part of the Heaven and Earth Designs SAL for 2012 and is stitched on 25ct Magic Guide fabric 1 thread over 1.

Merry Christmas!

Just want to take this opportunity to wish all my friends a very Merry Christmas!  Hope you have a lovely day with lots of love ones nearby.  For those of you on your own this Christmas, enjoy the day and know that you are never truly alone as you have your virtual friends close at hand!

Surprise!

I know....2 posts in 2 days, that is so not like me, but I have to share the lovely surprise that I woke to today.

My lovely friend Alicia sent me 2 HAED charts as RAK's (Random Acts of Kindness), along with lovely messages.  It was a complete surprise and I could not believe her generosity.

These are what she sent:

Mia - Myka Jelina

Connected ZN - Zindy Nielsen

Thank you so much, your friendship means a lot!

For those that haven't checked out her blog, The Crafty Princess, please go visit!

Can I do it?

Well, I managed to finish Page 2 of my HAED SAL Blue Moon WIP and I'm thrilled, I'm starting to believe that it may be possible to have it done by the end of the year!

Not too much left to do, but I've found myself becoming very distracted by Christmas preparations, such as sending cards, buying/wrapping/posting Christmas presents, replying to e-mails and putting up the house decorations.  Hopefully I've got most things out of the way now so I can try and actually spend some quality time and make some headway into that final page.

My threads arrived today for the HAED 2013 SAL piece, I've chosen to do Mystic Garden:

I love Tigers and I was thinking of doing the full sized version of this, so when I saw the crop I was really happy as it was perfect for me!  I've decided to stitch it on some 18ct Pewter (ok...yes...it's grey but Pewter sounds nicer) Aida which I happen to have in my stash.  I was even happier once I realised that I only needed to order 9 skeins of thread as I had the rest already! It was a tough choice though as all the charts this year were lovely.

Hope you are all set for Christmas...not long to go now!

I've been a little bad at blogging, sorry for that!  I was still having issues getting back into stitching so I decided that removing all the self imposed rules of rotations might help....it did!

I've stitched a Christmas card for a friend's little boy, I'll not post it just in case she pops by and sees it.

I've neglected the HAED Bulletin Board SAL piece, Blue Moon Story Keep (SK) by Linda Ravenscroft.  I decided to pick that up and I was determined to get through that first page of confetti hell.

August

 

October

 

 

 

November

I was so pleased with myself, I got through that first page and I've made quite a lot of progress with it now.  I think I'm around 1/2 way through.  I'm unlikely to have it done by the end of the year, but I think if I keep at it I might finish the second page.

Typically, a 50% sale at HAED, I tried so hard to resist as Christmas is just around the corner, but I failed at the last moment!

Ice Palace - Marchetti

Mini Eldar's Secret - Spangler

Lily Fenech - Fenech