Spring Finished and IHSW

 Spring from the Seasonal Wordplay book by Leisure Arts.

Fabric 28ct Antique White Jobelan

Used Suggested DMC threads

Started for CJC Jan 5, 2015. Took 7 Days to Finish.

I was finally able to get it finished up today. Just couldn't steal more time the past two days or it would have been done sooner. I really enjoyed this piece. Now I have 2 seasons done and 2 to go. Plus this is another finish off my CJC list. So 4 out of 15 are complete.

Starting tomorrow is IHSW (International Hermit Stitch Weekend). So get out those pieces and stitch stitch stitch. I'm going to work on the endless blue of Selkie for the weekend. What are you going to work on?

Spring WordPlay

Over the weekend I decided to bring out the Spring WordPlay design. I have the 4 seasons on my Turtle Trot list. I have Winter complete. I had only worked on Spring the one time during the Crazy January Challenge where I started 15 new pieces the first 15 days of January.











Here is where I was after the first day...

Now here I am after 3 days on the project...

These go so fast even though I make mistakes a lot. I seem to make a lot of weird counting mistakes since it's not just the standard X.

Linking up to Stitchery Link Party at Super Mom blog. Stop on over to see other beautiful blogs that linked up.

Jeremiah update: His follow up Friday was fantastic. The doc said the wound looks great and is healing perfect. Maybe 3 to 4 more weeks until it's fully closed. He made another appointment for a month away but said if there isn't a reason to come in....don't. So we were really happy with that news. He also went last week to get his eyes checked. So after the doc appointment we went to get him new glasses.

Day 5 of CJC and WIPocalypse

Today Jeremiah picked Spring Wordplay from the Seasonal Wordplay booklet. I had to laugh cause we are under a winter weather advisory and right now it's 10 degrees with a windchill of -1. Here I was stitching Spring haha. Here is where I got today...

The fabric is white evenweave. It's hard to get a good photo of. Today hubby was back to work so I figured I should stop being lazy haha. I got some laundry done. Got some stuff put away. We went through the pantry and both refrigerators and got all the out of date stuff thrown out. The guinea pigs expected to have a clean home so I did their house cleaning too haha. It was nice to get some stuff done finally. There's always more to do isn't there? But just like stitching progress is progress.

Today is also the first WIPocalypse of the year. She gave us a topic for the check in...Introduce yourself, your projects, and any goals you have for the year! Sounds good. So I'm a 35 year old stay at home mother. I have a wonderful son that is 16 now named Jeremiah. He is my life. He has cerebral palsy which affects his legs. He can't walk without assistance and only for short distances. He was in public school but do to endless reasons it wasn't working so in the 3rd grade I pulled him out and started home schooling him. We are so thankful we made that decision. There is never a second I doubt it was the right thing to do. I'm also lucky enough to be happily married to my soul mate Fred. We bought a house with my mother and I'm very thankful to be so close to her. We love traveling and go as often as we can. Well if you haven't noticed by my blog I LOVE cross stitching. I've been doing it since high school but steady since after my son was born. It was something I could do while watching over his life. I did model stitching for awhile but it became too much of a job so I stopped. I have a tab that shows what's in my work basket. I'm a work on what screams loudest kind of person. I love Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED)! For my WIPocalypse check in's I like to say what I've been working on but since the beginning of the year I've been starting new projects for the Crazy January Challenge (CJC) in honor of Debbie. I'm doing 15 new starts. There is a tab above for those projects also with my progress if I've started the project. Thanks for stopping by if you are from the WIPocalypse check in link party. I hope everyone has a great year full of stitching.