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2018 Finishes

1. Let It Snow by Barbara Ana Designs. Finished Wednesday, January 24, 2018

2. Victorian Thistles bookmark by Textile Heritage. Finished Wednesday, February 21, 2018


3. Keep Love by Shepherd’s Bush. Finished Saturday, February 24, 2018


4. Fleur d’Orleans by Ink Circles. Finished Wednesday, March 7, 2018


5. A Little Gray Hare by Lizzie Kate. Finished Thursday, March 15, 2018


6. March Cake by Brooke’s Books. Finished Monday, March 26, 2018


7. April Cake by Brooke’s Books. Finished Wednesday, May 2, 2018


8. May Cake by Brooke’s Books. Finished Tuesday, May 29, 2018


9. Japanese Anemones by Sheila Hudson. Finished Tuesday, June 12, 2018


10. The Lily Of The Valley by Blackbird Designs. Finished Wednesday, June 27, 2018


11. A Slice of Summer by Waxing Moon Designs. Finished Wednesday, July 11, 2018


12. Sweet Tulip by Jeannette Douglas Designs. Finished Tuesday, July 24, 2018


13. Autumn’s Bounty by Black Star Designs. Finished Monday, August 20, 2018


14. Caramel Apple by Mill Hill. Finished Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Number of Finishes By Year-

1. 2008 Finishes -10


2. 2009 Finishes- 21


3. 2010 Finishes- 49


4. 2011 Finishes- 26


5. 2012 Finishes- 35


6. 2013 Finishes- 7


7. 2014 Finishes- 19


8. 2015 Finishes- 61


9. 2016 Finishes- 50


10. 2017 Finishes- 30


11. 2018 Finishes-

Thursday, December 17, 2015

The F Word

In this case, it is finish. Yes, siree. I managed to pull off the impossible. WIP Wednesday turned into Finish Wednesday. I had to wait until today to post, as I burned a bit of oil into the night in order to get it completed. 

This also means that this is #25 of my non Bin O'Shame finishes. And this also means, sports fans, that I managed to somehow finish the stitching on 60 projects this year, between the Bin O'Shame and the fresh starts. And while I did not get around to my planned A Mon Ami Pierre, I am happy to have made this goal. It far exceeded my plans and dreams for this year. It makes me excited to see what 2016 has in store! :)

Well, at any rate, on with the show! :)


 Design:  Winter Sampler (revised)

Designer: Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks

Fabric Used: 32 count Belfast linen in Legacy  by Picture This Plus, from their Crystal line. 

Fibers Used:  Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk in Cinnamon Stick, Creme de Menthe, Icing and Shepherd's Pasture. Au Ver À Soie  Soie d'Alger in Noir and #942 GrenatGlissen Gloss Sparkle metallic in SP01

Beads Used: Mill Hill beads in #03049 Rich Red, #02014 in Black, and #00479 WhiteToho 11/0 glass seed beads in 1951-10 Silver Lined Blue,  1951-48 High Metallic Purpleand 1951-126 Rainbow Fuchsia. Toho twisted glass bugle beads in Silver. Dazzle-It Czech glass beads in crystal white. Craft jingle bells purchased at Michael's

Stitcher's Notes: Substituted Au Ver À Soie  Soie d'Alger in 942 for the Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk in Cranberry. Substituted the alphabet with motifs taken from Country Cottage Needleworks Christmas Cookies ornament and Little House Needleworks Winter Band Sampler. Santa mug free formed by me :). Deer taken from the 2010 ornament Tree Farm by Little House Needleworks. Gingerbread house taken from the freebie House of Sweets by Little House Needleworks. Christmas tree taken from chart No. 3 of the Winter Wonderland thread pack series by Country Cottage Needleworks.



As of Monday, December 14, 2015:





Finished Wednesday, December 16, 2015:







I just lost my mind with this one. It was a lot of fun plotting and planning what would go where. Most of it was on the fly and there were a couple of times where I had decided on one thing, but wound up stitching something completely different! The row of cookies and the Santa mugs is a perfect example of this. It was also nice to get DH's input on things. It was his idea to put cookies in the piece. :)

Well, I had best be off. I have to do some things in order to start my day. Thank you all for reading if you've made it this far. Hope you all are having a great week! :)

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Respectfully submitted,

C. 



3 comments:

Christina said...

Oh wow, that is adorable. Great job! Congrats on getting so many finishes in for the year.

CalamityJr said...

Love your changes. Hot cocoa or tea go so well with the gingerbread boy.

Annie said...

Another wonderful finish! I love the combination from various charts you've put together, sort of a mash up of stitching:)