2 Finishes to Report

In this midst of the hustle and bustle of the Christmas rush I've been stealing time to stitch. I have two finishes to report.

Finish # 29 Snow Kisses by VeeandCo Cross Stitch

Fabric is 28ct Navy Evenweave Threads DMC

Started for DUCJC Jan 11th, 2016

Took 6 Days

This was one of my 2016 DUCJC starts and I really wanted to finish it up. So happy to mark it off my list. Pretty sure this makes 14 of the 31 starts now. Not as good as I wanted of course but I'll take it. As always I've added many projects throughout the year so that doesn't help. Like this next project...

I was ordering some things  forced to purchase some new stash. I had bought a 2016 PALs Exclusive pattern and wanted was forced into buying the threads for it. Haha. Anyway enough excuses I also spotted a piece that I wanted to do for my mom sometime. It's hard to stitch a surprise for my mom since we own a house together. Yesterday she happened to leave the house and be gone for several hours so I hurried and started the new piece. I was able to finish it last night quickly after she had went to bed. So I will be able to give it to her for Christmas now. I'm so glad! Anyway here is the finished piece...

Finish # 30 Grandma Stitch Wit Kit by Dimensions

Used kit materials. My first embroidery piece.

Finished with included hoop.

Took 1 Day. Finished December 14th, 2016 

I didn't notice until I received it that it was embroidery instead of cross stitch. It was really easy but I have to admit I didn't enjoy it as much as cross stitching. So I'll have to watch more careful next time I'm forced to go shopping haha. 

Now I have two finishes. In my mind that's always a good reason to start a new piece. Plus I did receive those beautiful new specialty threads so it only makes sense I make sure they work and go into the fabric correctly haha. Yes I have a long list of things I have to work on and plus my I should be working on Grandpa's piece. Let me show you the beautiful new pattern I want to start though...

This is a 2016 PALs Exclusive from Silver Creek Samplers called Taking it e-Sea but I think I heard she is going to release it next year sometime for everyone else. It uses beautiful Gentle Art and Weeks Dye threads. So hopefully now you understand why I must start it. Tomorrow Fred (hubby) has the day off work so Mom and me are going shopping. Saturday I'll be busy most the day wrapping presents so I'm making today a lazy day. I deserve it. We are in for some interesting weather this weekend. Right now we have 7 inches of snow on the ground and below zero temps. We are supposed to get rain/snow/ice from tomorrow afternoon till Saturday night. Who knows what will happen. Hope everyone has a great weekend! See ya Monday.

Monday Update?

I guess I missed a Monday Update post didn't I? LOL We went out Christmas shopping the whole day yesterday so I missed updating. We went out last Friday shopping too and had wishful thinking of how much we would get done. Yeah right haha. We ended up just walking a lap of the mall and being stuck in traffic instead. Yesterday we did get a lot done finally. So anyway here is my Monday Tuesday update.

Last week we had a just all around crappy week. It didn't seem like we got anything done at all. We wanted to decorate for Christmas but the dust bunnies attacked and we realized it was time for a deep clean. So the decorations are still waiting impatiently to be put out. We did get our Christmas tree Saturday at a local tree farm. Here it is all decorated...

I also didn't get to pick up my stitching last week. Which I'm sure didn't help my stress level. So Sunday I unplugged from the world and forced myself to pick up my stitching again. I pulled out a DUCJC 2016 start that I hadn't worked on since...

 

This is called Snow Kisses from VeeandCo Designs. The picture right above this shows my Jan 11th progress. Here is where I got after the 2nd day of progress...

I think I'll keep this one out for a bit. It's really cold and we even had our first accumulating snow Sunday (only 2 inches) so a snowman seems like the right pick for right now. Here's hoping for a stress free week for everyone reading this.

DUCJC Day 11

Today's pick is a Christmas gift from my Dad and Step Mom from 2014. Finally got around to starting it. Here is what it will look like...

This piece is called Snow Kisses by VeeandCo Cross Stitch. Here is where I got today...

I'm stitching it on 28ct Navy evenweave. Love how it makes the white pop.

Thank you for all the lovely comments. I've been having a lot of fun with my new starts. It seems everyone else is too. I'm really enjoying following along with a few others that have joined in the new starts. I'll be back tomorrow night with another one. Wonder what it will be?