Finish #4 for 2022

 

Needle Bling Designs - Stitching Comforts.  Finish #4 for 2022.  On white jobelan 28 count, one over one, using suggested dmc floss.  Skipped adding initials and date.  Added a violet fancy floss for the buttons, just because ecru wasn't gonna really show.  And real buttons, are just slower for me to put on.  But I liked the saying, so I bought the pattern.  The colors suggested are not my normal pallet, but sometimes what it suggests when finished, it's not what you expect.

Ink Circles - Forests of Sumatra.  I'm still working on those final two pages.  I want this to be my next finish. 

Finish #3 for 2022

 Midsummer Night Designs - Heaven Above.  Finish #3 for 2022.  Used the suggested fancy flosses, on a white 28 count jobelan, one over one.  I messed up skipping two stitches on a flower stem in the text area.  Also I grabbed the wrong floss for some flower in the upper area, but it was something that worked anyway, so I left it.  I added a tail on a bird, just to make me happy.  I also changed some of the letters to make them consistant thoughout.  Like the letter 'n'.   

Just to show I did the text first.

This was my stash haul.  Acutally, when I put it out for the photo, I'd forgotten I'd ordered one of the patterns.  At the time, it was something I just kept putting in the cart, and I sorted my stash floss to see what I didn't have.  But I thought in the end, I didn't order it.  But I did, and the floss I was missing too.  So it's kitted up for when I need something new to start.  Like I said, I haven't ordered anything for a while.  The item I wanted was the 'Remember' booklet.  I have that multi-part project started in my stash, but I am doing it all on one piece, and I was a bit confused when the sections matched up.  I clearly needed this booklet, to help me.  I have several Salem witch things.  And I wanted to try the next Long Dog samplers, on PTP Brash, after doing a few Courtney Collection patterns on it.  Just these projects would keep me busy this whole year.  I still need a couple floss things that everybody is out of, but it will show up for me to order later.  That fabric in the middle is Vellum lugana.  It's lovely. 

Started Something...

Ink Circles - Forests of Sumatra.  Filled in a bit more, still working on the final two pages. 

Heaven Above - Midsummer Night Designs.  A new start... using white jobelan, 28 count, one over one, using the suggested fancy flosses.  It's smaller than a sheet of paper.  I started in the bottom right corner, and I like words.  I was looking for a short break from the other project, and I got pretty far.

I have been trying to work on the already started pile.  I didn't buy too much last year, but I was part of the fabric of the month club.  This month I dropped the fabric club.  I watched the market patterns, and there was one I wanted.  But nobody orders just one pattern from 123Stitch.  So in the end, I got three orders of stuff.  I'm a happy stitcher. 

Finish #2 for 2022

Ink Circles - Comparatively Small Red Ship of Life.  DMC 938 on 28 count jobelan, China Pearl, one over one.  Used 2 skeins of dmc floss.  Approximately 6 inches square.  Finish #2 for 2022.  It was a new start, and continued to be a finish.  After posting the last update, I saw that the designer is releasing another ship...  which of course I will have to stitch.  I have a small area of fabric remaining, and 5 more skeins of dmc.  They all will match.  And I'll take a photo of them all together at some point.  This photo is very accurate for colors.  I like the combination because it has a masculine feel.