A 13th Finish for 2021

The 13th finish for 2021.  Prairie Schooler - Christmas Tree Farm.  Using the suggested dmc, and stitching it one over one on 28 count mushroom lugana probably.  I did screw up the sign, I made it a row too short so the word 'Tree' suddenly didn't fit right at the very final stitches.  Oh well.  It;s about the size of a postcard, and it was nice to sneak in a Christmas type finish during the holiday.  

I started four Prairie Schoolers all on the same cut of fabric.  I have now finished the bird in the lower right, and the fish on the lower left.  I still have the picnic area design to do.  It still looks like that.  But it does show where the Christmas Tree Farm was in the upper left.  It's sideways, but it seems to be the only photo I have of what it looked like when I picked it up this round.  The spacing looks weird, but it allows the 3 inches of border around each design. 

Another Finish for 2021

A Finish! - Prairie Schooler - All You Can Eat.  Finish #12 for 2021.  Done with the suggested colors. Below is what it looked like as I picked it back up again.   

Band Sampler by Historical Sampler Company.  Below is what it looked like when I picked it back up again.  I am finishing the border flowers, finished the grape row, and the two border bands above the grape row.  Filling in the top row to get me all the way across.  I was kinda hoping for it to be the 13th finish, cause it's not my favorite, but it does get closer every time.  I picked it to stitch because it's NOT really my usual stitching project.  But I STILL picked it to stitch.  It was a choice.  It's not frustrating, it's just different.  One project like that is fine, several projects like that would not be fine. 

Finally a Finish again...

 

Modern Folk Embroidery - The Fruit of Plenty - 2021 Stitch a Long.  

Finished Dec 8, 2021.  Finish #11 for 2021 - I think.  8.5 wide x 13.75 long.  Used 4 skeins of dmc 3685, and 4 skeins of dmc 932.  One over one on Wichelt jobelan, antique white, 28 count.  Stitched the initials in red just because I wanted them to blend in more, and the birds above were also stitched darker.  I really enjoyed stitching this.  It was my 'election year', 'new president', 'red-white-blue', and I really like that idea of it looks like a fancy carpet pattern.

More pages completed...

MFE SAL 2021 - This is the November section completed. 

Then I finished 3 more pages of the Pelican (reversed). This is 12 of 20 pages completed.  The right hand side is completed.   

Page 9 of 20 completed

Courtney Collection - Pelican (reversed).  This is 9 of 20 pages completed, and 3 of 7 flosses used.  Well, it took 7 flosses to do the original version on this same fabric.  Not halfway yet. 
 

It's All About The Corners.

Skipping around, added the border since I was bored stitching in that corner.  That matched up perfectly on the first try.  So I started random filling in on that upper area. 

Picked back up Blackbird Designs - Our Lasting Friendship.  Filled it in.  Below is where it was when I picked it back up again.  I'm really pleased it got this much more added to it.

Slow Random Progress...

 Modern Folk Embroidery - MFE2021 SAL - Completed October section.

Courtney Collection - Pelican (reversed).  Filled in another lower row page something.

Lizzie Kate - ABC's of Christmas.  Where it was when I picked it back up, and where it was after I worked on it.  The right side half is almost filled in.

The Scarlett House - Floral Motif Sampler.  Filled in areas randomly. 

It took a Month...

Finished the September section.  Modern Folk Embroidery - MFE2021.

August section completed. 

Courtney Collection - Pelican (reversed).  Finished page 7 of 20.  Bottom left side.  

Stitching Comforts from Needle Bling Designs.  A design I bought, so I'm gonna stitch it.  It was a new start, and I got a long ways into it.  It's not a favorite.  I tried it on a different fabric, and then restarted it on white with dmc flossed. 

Blackbird Designs - Cats on Parade.  A finish.  On Gingerbread lugana PTP 28 count, one over one.  Used Anchor black.  Still need to do the stars for the top and bottom if you make it into a roll.  But it's not very big, so I'm not sure what to do with it.  Finish #10 for 2021.

That's a 4 inch ruler, and it's wider than 4 inches, but it does make you realize it's not very big.  

It was a weird month.  I had two teeth pulled.  I tried to give blood, and that failed.  I got poison ivy using my new string trimmer.  My energy is just zapped.  It was crazy hot.  I'm trying to do better.

Filling In

Midnight by Barbara Ana Designs.

Just to show scale with a normal skein of dmc, It's so small,but so much detail.  But back to the pile it goes.

Much Better Than The First Time.

 On Prudence - Plum Street Samplers.  A restart on this was clearly what I needed.  To me this almost looks square, but the stitch count is 303 wide by 263 high.  The math said it would be 10.82 x 9.39 inches.  Rough measuring of the stitching says it IS about that.  I honestly could be WAY off somewhere and not have a clue yet.  I'm ready to toss it back into the pile, and pull something different again. 

Additional -  I did put this away, and I grabbed something else.  I was looking for the previous photo I had of it, and had trouble finding it.  But while going photo by photo, there was another different photo of On Prudence with that bowl vase and more up the bottom right side border.  So now I'm not sure if I have another start of On Prudence floating around somewhere???  I'm now guessing this might be my 3rd version?  I'm clueless.  

Restart

 

Restart on Plum Street Samplers - On Prudence.  Restarted on Dove Gray 28 count jobelan, one over one.  Originally started on 28 count Navy Bean linen, not sure if it was vintage or just Navy Bean, but the called for fabric in a count I was comfortable with, and my LNS had.  Above is after just one night of stitching and I already have more completed.  Today I picked out the stitching from the original start, and can continue with my restarted version. 

Filling In

Kinda weird to work on this one when it's not a favorite or pretty even.  But sometimes something just is easy to grab and make progress on.  My goal was to finish lines, fill in.   And I got it completed from the numbers line down to the bottom, except the date and initials.  Worked on the border, and other rows are filling in.  But it feels like it's time to switch again.  Below is where it was when I picked it back up again.

July section done

Crap photos, but a quick update.  I started this one a while back.  I love the colors, and I'm just using the dmc and 25 count lugana black, one over one.  But I had a few of the called for silks, and even though I'm not close to finished, I decided I want to stitch it a second time.  So I ordered the remaining needed silks, and another cut of the same fabric.  I'm gonna finish both eventually.  But I'd love to do this again with silks rather than any new pattern I have seen lately.  I have only added a few threads, then set it to the side when the next monthly section came out for... I will try to take a photo of the silks beside the dmc so you can compare too.

Finished the July section.  I was looking for the pattern from last year to complete it, and I can't find it.  Went thru my started stuff twice, never saw it.  But it did make me remember, I have so much started I don't need more.  I'm sure it's there, I am somehow overlooking it.

A Couple of Smaller Finishes.

Christmas Village - Prairie Schooler.  Mostly I wanted to finish that tree line top row. I had lost my stitching mojo for a while.  Just tired all the time. 
 

This was where I was about a year ago, although I have picked it up a few times, I couldn't stay with it more than a thread or two.  But I have been able to fill in more lately. 

Sampler - Little by Little Design Co.    Finish #9 for 2021

This was where it was when I picked it back up again.

Chart - Cherry Wood Design  A new start and a finish.  Finish #10 for 2021.

Remembrance - Midsummer Night Designs.  This was a new start that I worked on at some point.

Halfway Completed

 

Completed June section of MFE2021 SAL.   Completed part of the September section, and have used more than 3 skeins of dmc 921 the light blue, and almost 3 of the dmc 3685, the red.  Finished size will be 8.5 inches wide by 14 inches long, on 28 count antique white jobelan, 1 over 1.

Nothing impressive...

Newcastle Bouquet - Teresa Kogut.  Finished the border outline.  

                                         

Been almost a year since I picked it up.  It's back in the pile again.

Blackbird Designs - Cats on Parade.  Got this far before just burning out on it.

I got my second covid shot, and it just kicked my butt.  Dropped 7 pounds in 3 days.  I was worried about my kidneys shutting down.  So stitching was just out the window.  Still catching up on the sleep, but I am feeling much better.  My attitude is that if the dead virus kicked me that hard, the live virus would be really bad.  I did a restart on a project, but I only got a couple threads in, so nothing really to see yet. 

Updating progress...

MFE2021 SAL - Fruits of Plenty - May.  Completed the 5th section.  Modern Folk Embroidery.

Floral Motif Sampler - Scarlett House.  This was the a new start.  On PTP Vellum 28 count lugana, one over one.  I love this fabric for this.  Using called for fancy flosses.  This fabric color has to be a new favorite for me.  I would have purchased more, but they were already sold out.

Blackbird Designs - Cats on Parade.  This was a new start.  Using black anchor floss 403, on PTP Gingerbread lugana 28 count, one over one.  Mine will not be very big if I make it into a pincushion.  That is why I put the floss and the ruler in the photo.  The camera flash is washing this out so never go by my photos for color.

Finish # 8 for 2021

Courtney Collection - Beasties (mirrored).  My 8th finish for 2021.  Stitched on PTP Gingerbread 28 count lugana, one over one. Used 4 skeins of dmc 310.  Finished size is 6.5 x 8 inches.  Fabric colors never show correctly with my camera. 

And just for fun - Showing the original version, and the mirrored version - yep, stitched them both.  Most copy shops will copy a pattern as a mirror image and not charge more.  I know I can do it with a computer and my printer, but it's so much less stressful and quicker to pay the copy shop a few dollars.  It takes a minute cause they are usually a bit confused about which button is mirror image... But it's still way faster than me doing it at home. 

Finish #7 for 2021

Finish #7 for 2021.  The Linen and Threads 2020 SAL - Friends and Family.  PTP Gingerbread lugana 28 count, one over one, dmc 154.  Used 3 skeins of dmc with a bit leftover.  I changed one motif, added a random alphabet to fill in.

This was what it was when I picked it back up.  Mostly I just didn't like a motif, and it took me a while to find something, then kinda just made one instead. 

Courtney Collection - Beasties (mirrored) - finished two more pages.  Again, PTP Gingerbread and dmc black.  Two pages left and the frog hanging from the birds mouth. 

This is where it was when I picked it back up again.