The majority of my stitching time for January was weekend stitching or the odd hour or two grabbed before I leave the house at 7.30am - thankfully the pieces I picked to start off the year are nice and easy for early morning stitching! Considering these pieces of fabric were all blank at the start of the month, I don't think I've done too badly, though I am missing working on more challenging pieces, so I may tweak my "rotation" a bit when these WIPs turn into finishes.
Anyway, without further ado, here is my progress for January!
Firstly QS Lady Bug, such a fast stitch this one and I'm sure I'll have a finish in February! All the surrounding foliage you see in the picture below was a Sunday afternoon's worth of stitching whilst streaming The X-Files - hurrah for tent stitch!
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| This is how far an entire skein on Anchor 403 will get you! |
Next up is Flowers of the Field by Eileen Bennett, I got up to part 2 (of 3) this month, again a great design to pick up when time is short as you can stitch a band or two and see the progress immediately.
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| Over 1 lettering on 32ct and tweeded French knots! |
Berthe Massiet didn't quite make it to her second turn in the "rotation", but I still managed to chip away at her and complete 1 (of 6) pages:
Lastly Cinderella, which I very much expect will take me the longest to finish as I think to make any sort of progress she needs to be a weekend stitch:
I've just downloaded Mabel's February RIC SAL chart, so although I won't get to it until later in the week, at least I can think about colours and it will make a nice change from cross stitch.
I'm thinking that once these four are finished, I will reduce the amount of WIPs I have on the go to a weekday piece and a weekend piece - with the weekend piece providing me with a bit more of a challenge. I've got my eye on some new hardanger designs and a Ukrainian whitework piece so I may well treat myself to some new patterns
to start once these four are completed.
Happy Stitching!
Wow I'm seeing fantastic stitches
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That's a good amount of progress considering you have had less stitching time. Love the Ladybird and Cinderella fabrics. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching & progress :)
ReplyDeletethose tweeted French knots! how sweet!
ReplyDeleteBM's colours are just perfection - and I must say you got A LOT done no matter how little time you had. I hope we can both get more stitching hours this month, but as far as I am concerned it all depends on when I'll finish the book I'm reading ;)
I really like the fabrics you've picked. I think I've bought one hand dyed fabric ever lol. I can't wait to see what new whitework pieces you'll be starting. I love whitework :D
ReplyDeleteThe ladybug is looking great and I love Flowers of the Fields.
ReplyDeleteI also know the Cinderella design will be lovely when she is finished!
I love your ladybug - it's so effective on that gorgeous fabric!
ReplyDeleteGreat goals at the end of your post. I really like the idea of a weekday and weekend project and may have to "borrow" it!
Wow great progress on everything! I love Cinderella and the lady bug :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching! Can't wait to see your progress :D
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you're not getting as much stitchy time as you used to. I hope whatever else it is you are doing is worth the sacrifice! Your stitching is gorgeous and inspirational as always. Were you streaming the new series of the X Files or old ones? I can't wait to see the new series.
ReplyDeleteLovely progress on all 4! Such fun fabrics and threads on each.
ReplyDeleteYour rotation seems to work fine - you have some nice progress on these pieces. And they look so so good. Makes me want to go straight to my stitching couch, pull out a WIP and stitch on it. :)
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