Belated March update

JCS ornie SAL on Facebook - needed to stitch February and March's ornies. NOPE, but I did stitch April's!  This is actually stitched on a really nice green fabric but it hasn't caught it properly in the photo.

iStitch 2015 Advent SAL - stitch band 5 and 6. YES, done!

Stitch Round 3 of Mabel Figworthy's 2016 SAL - Started but not finished as the woven laszy daisies are currently defeating me.

Weekly Random number - not great as I haven't had much stitching time with one thing and another.

One week was BRD Behind the Gate.  I stitched a bit more on the cat to finish all of it bar the right hand side column of orange and the square below it.

Goal review - February

Stitch JCS facebook group ornie - No...but I will do it in March!

Stitch 2 days of istitch 2015 Advent SAL - DONE!

I love the holly band for this month's 2 days. I wsn't sure that the red beads were red enough but I think they look perfect.

Stitch Mabel Figworthy 'Round in Circles' February design - DONE!

Random generator each Sunday

31st January - #38: Lizzie Kate Flip-It's

6th February - #37: Just Good Friends

13th - #42: Oh Christmas Tree

20th - Sunflower Fairy

Goal review - January

Stitch JCS facebook group ornie - DONE!

Stitch 2 days of istitch 2015 Advent SAL - DONE!

Stitch Mabel Figworthy 'Round in Circles' January design - DONE!

Use random generator each Sunday
17th - 47: Rosa - frogged the kloster blocks on 2 sides, then restitched and added star stitches. After that, I moved on to the trellis stitch with it being couched at every bisecting/intersecting point.  That was a lot of couching! Then...the bullion know roses! Oh my word! They are fabulous once done, I love the look!

24th - 67: Summer in Susex - not a lot of stitching time this week so very little progress. That's a shame really as in reality it is not very far off being finished.

This week's design is number 39, which are the Lizzie Kate Flip-Its.

Mabel Figworthy 2016 SAL

Here is the first round of the Mystery SAL, Round in Circles. I'm actually up to date for once!

Finishes, finishes

Happy 2016 to you all.  

I hope that it is a fabulous year.

Vixen - Nora Corbett
Fabric - Icicle (Crafty Kitten)

I managed to finish Vixen yesterday as the treasures arrived from Sewandso.  However, I managed to send one of the treasures flying across the room and can't find it.  I will order another packet when I 'need' to order something else too.

Whilst I have been waiting for the treasures, I pulled out Mabel Figworthy's Song of the Weather.  I had stitch the kloster blocks for April but that was about it. Today, I have finished off the block.  I had to learn how to do bullion knots, Portuguese ladder stitch and Greek crosses to do it.  My Portuguese ladder stitches aren't brilliant and I keep thinking about ripping them out and doing them again.  I suspect by the time I reach December, I will have done so!

Mabel Figworthy's Fancies - Song of the Weather (2013 SAL)

I really liked the Greek crosses once I understood what on earth it was I had to do with them.  I am sure that mine will improve with practice but I am happy with them for this 'learner's piece'.

I have signed up for the 2016 SAL which is called Round in Circles. I am thinking that I will do it with the same threads and then both of them could hang in the hall next to each other.  The first design was released today and is a nice easy one to start off with.

Actually...I haven't fallen off the face of the earth

Hello...it's me...do you remember who I am?  Have you missed me?

I have been busy studying, studying and even more studying.  My current OU course is SO hard.  On the plus side though, I am now half way through the assignments and then only have a project to do at the end.  I can't wait for it to finish!!  I have already signed up for the next one which will be Children's Literature and I can't wait!!!!  I have saved this one to be the last module of my degree.  Most of the set books are bought and one has been read with another in progress.

Stitching has been abandoned currently with the course being so much work.  The other night I put 12 stitches, yes just 12 stitches, into a piece and felt like happy dancing.  That shows how little stitching is going on!

I won't bore you with a photo of Cinderella with an extra 12 stitches in...although maybe I could use it as a spot the difference giveaway...hehe.  I have worked on Mabel Figworthy's Song of the Weather SAL which stitch up really easily and quickly with fantastic instructions. I have finished January and February but have ground to a halt on March as I have to try and get 24 french knots looking lovely and evenly spaced.  It just isn't happening!  I don't know how many times I have frogged the first 6 as I'm not happy with them.  I may just give up and use beads.

Mabel Figworthy's Song of the Weather SAL
January

Mabel Figworthy's Song of the Wather SAL
February

As you can probably tell, I am doing them all on one piece of fabric with the same colours throughout. The three colours are DMC blanc, DMC599, DMC597.  I love the look of these so far.

There has been progress on the Monday SAL - if you look carefully.  This is my Cut Thru Stable so far.  

Bothy Threads Cut Thru Stable
Monday SAL

I can finally post a photo of the wedding sampler I did for Helen and Kev's wedding a couple of years ago.  They finally got it when Colin went down in the Easter holidays with it safely wrapped up in about 20 m of bubblewrap.  The design is a Janlynn one and can you believe it...I haven't taken one of the design finished as far as I can see.  What a dozy doughnut!

Well I think that's quite enough news for one day.  Hopefully with it being half term this week I will find some time for stitching :)