Where does the time go?

Obviously it's been a while. What can I say? I haven't been stitching. Or at least, I didn't think I had been stitching until I found two little ornies that were almost finished. So this morning, I finished them. All of 15 minutes work. LOL. But at least it gives me 2 finishes for 2013.

Frosty in the Firs

From the 2011 JCS Ornie edition

Fabric: could be anything

Started: my notes say 16 November but is that 2011 or 2012?? 

Finished: 23 November 2013

Merry by Lizzie*Kate

From the Tiny Tidings XVII leaflet

Started: sometime in September 2013

Finished: 23 November 2013

Would you believe it....a finish!

Yes, I've been stitching and have actually completely finished the Six Fat Men. A miracle I hear you say. :) It's rather lucky because I just ordered the matching lady version!  I'm really into Lizzie Kate right at the moment. I was looking at SB the other day & nothing floated my boat which is rather a shame I think.

Almost there

Another section of 6 Fat Men bites the dust! This one took me a while...the mojo isn't quite back as I thought. I think the last one shouldn't take as long so hopefully this will be completely finished by the end of June.

Here's how the whole thing looks right now.

Another section of the 6 Fat Men

It's taken me ages to finish this off. I haven't stitched in a couple of weeks and all I needed to do was the snow above the snowman so it's not like it was rocket science! However, it's done now and I can start the next one. Only 2 more to go!

Here's Let It Snow.

And here's how the whole thing looks. Hopefully the creases from the Qsnaps will come out.

6 Fat Men part 3

I finished another section of the 6 Fat Men. I've discovered books on CD so have been listening to them on my iPod while stitching. Wonderful! I can highly recommend this when there's nothing decent on TV. But don't listen to it in bed with the lights off or you'll end up asleep and have to find where you're up to the next day. Trust me on this! LOL.

I'm really enjoying stitching this one and hopefully it wil be the one that brings me back to full stitching power. Once this is finished, I'll fish out Earth Gatherers & give it a whirl. Can't wait.

2011 Wrap up

Well, 2011 is now drawing to a close and I can post my traditional end of year wrap up. This year I struggled out of my stitching slump and while I'm still not back to my stitching best, I managed to get 11 finishes this year. Most of these - no - ALL of these are small finishes but that's what it took to drag me out of the slump. However, I am currently working on something bigger as you all probably know, Lizzie*Kate's 6 Fat Men and I am LOVING it! Look for another WIP pic soon.

My goals for 2011 were to get back into stitching & have more than 8 finishes so I've managed to accomplish both of those. For 2012 I'd like to finish Earth Gatherers and do some more of my mantelpiece. I think I can manage both of those.

So...onto my now traditional collage.

Next installment of the 6 Fat Men

I was going to post this update earlier but wanted to finish this section. Wow..there's a lot of white! I think I've almost used a whole skein (I'm using DMC white rather than the WDW). I also had a little mistake on this one but you can't notice it & it doesn't affect anything luckily. There's one pink cross too many in the top & bottom of the frame. Oh well.

6 Fat Men!

I had to start this one cos I'm so in love with it! I decided to stitch them all on one piece of linen. I'm using 32ct R&R Autumn Leaves (or is it Antique Cotton? I can't remember) which I had in my stash. It just fits on a fat quarter so that's handy. :) I'm also using my Q snaps which is a bit of a change for me but it slows me down somewhat. Sometimes I take it off to go back to my 'in hand' stitching.

This is what I've done so far (in about a week or so).