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Friday, April 26, 2013

IHSW, Ornament Check-In, WIPocalypse, and a Win

My only stitching goal this year was to keep up with the postings for all the SALs that I joined, I was keeping up just fine until this month.  Lots of life got in the way of just about everything not work related this month. I hope April's posting schedule is not indicitive of the rest of the year.

I am also way behind on my blog reading and commenting.  Please don't give up on me, I am trying to catch up on my reading, at least, and hopefully will be caught up by the end of this weekend.  I may not comment, but I am reading!!

So first up is my International Hermit and Stitch Weekend progress.  I worked on Kayann's Kreations' Elegant Doily.  Once again I stitched lots and lots of eyelets and while it's hard to see, there was definite progress:

Before:

And after:

I finished the eyelets around the diamond on the left and the row above the cut-out heart.  I have finally finished doing the pulled work around the prematurely cut sections so the stitching is going much faster as I don't have to worry about pulling too hard and pulling out the cut ends.

Next up is my April ornament check-in.  All of my ornaments can be seen in the 2013 Ornament tab above, but here is my April finish:


It is Cardinal Winter from Little House Needleworks' 2011 Ornament Series.  The word "tweet" didn't do too much for me, so I stitched a few more snowflakes instead.  I'm not thrilled with the spacing, so will probably add a couple more. 

April's WIPocalypse can be seen in the very imaginatively named "April WIPocalypse" tab above. There is not as much to show this month, but every stitch done is a stitch closer to a finish.

And last but definitely not least, Thank You, Julie!!!!  Julie the Red Couch Stitcher had a fabric give-away and I won this beautiful piece of 40-count Witch's Brew Newcastle linen from Silkweaver's.  It arrived in today's mail and I love it.  Here's the photo from Julie's blog the one I took, as usual, is bad:


I have a couple of ideas for projects on this but will have to think long and hard before starting one as frogging on 40-count is not fun!!  Thank you again, Julie.

Spring has definitely sprung here in central Virginia.  Our cherry tree was completely covered in blooms this year, it looked like a huge cone of pink cotton candy! The dogwoods are in full bloom, the hummingbirds are back and I have mowed the lawn for the first time with all the onions in the yard it smelled like I was mowing a salad actually some of the things I was mowing did look like greens that I had in a salad recently...

I am starting my new ornament today, a freebie from Waxing Moon designs called Summer Sparrow.  No, it's not a Christmas ornament but I'm stretching "ornament" to cover everything in my box of smalls which includes lots of things.  My stitch for next week is 99 from Ink Circles.



11 comments:

Samplings from Spring Creek said...

You have had a very productive week! The hardanger piece is beautiful.

Lots of onions in my yard also--does not always smell like spring after the grass is cut

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Your hardanger does look lovely as does the LHN ornie. I love that fabric you won too, can't wait to see what you choose to stitch on it.

Deb said...

Your hardanger is startlingly beautiful!! Just outstanding!! And your Cardinal Winter is so sweet.

MarchAnn said...

Susan every thing looks great. Your Hardanger is out of this world, I love it.

llknbillburg said...

Wow! Your hardanger is gorgeous!! I am going to have to look for that one. I've been hankering for a piece lately and that might be it!! Laura

Samplers, Silks and Linens said...

your hardanger piece is looking very impressive - love the new fabric, as the name suggests i could definately imagine a witch design going on there - Amanda

Giovanna said...

Your Hardanger is stunning! Nice ornament too. I'm having a hard time keeping up with blog reading and commenting, so I sympathize :-)

Lumiruusu said...

The Hardanger piece looks just amazing-wow,You are very talented.

I have my second ever Hardanger on my WIPs ,it is just a small doily but for me it is very difficult ...

LHN Ornament is lovely and I like the way You personalized it .

Oh-You have Hummingbirds on your garden...I really like those "flying emeralds" but have never seen them.
Here up to North near the Polar Circle...

Chris said...

Wow! That hardanger piece is so gorgeous.
I like your April oramnent too. I think I would have left off the tweet too. It looks so good.
Have a great week!

Anne said...

Stunning progress on your hardanger! It's so delicate and intricate! Love the little Tweet! I finished mine awhile ago, but actually need to finish finish it!! Love that new fabby you won! Great colours!

Catherine said...

Beautiful projects ~ and very cool fabric ~ looking forward to seeing what you stitch in that!