Stitching Post

Happy Groundhog Day. Bring on spring!!! I am more than ready now. 

Here is the stitching for last month.

 My first share is one I stitched for the most part in 2020. I put it aside but pulled it out in January and put the final stitches in and fully finished it very simply. The Irish blessing has always been a favorite although it is only a partial piece of the blessing. 

Here is the link for the freebie pattern.

I also did another St. Patrick's Day stitch. This one was found on Etsy. I had every intention of finishing it in the egg shape, until I went into work on it and out came a circle pillow with a ruffle. I loved the finish on the pattern, but I love my little round pillow too.

As you can see the little egg finish is adorable. I changed a ton of the colors on this. The actual color called for on the shamrocks was not a bright green but more of a gold. I stitched one and then said no to that...

For Christmas, I found a basket that I thought might work for some small stitches. I sent the link to Jeff for my Christmas present. I am on the fence on whether I love it or not. I love the basket and could certainly find many uses for it, but we will see if I like it for small stitches. I currently have it in the sewing room because I am in a simple mood sparked by after Christmas clean. I actually think I will leave it in there. That is my room and full of all things Sandy, so I think it will be fun for me. 

I did realize I don't have enough stitches for every season but that is ok. Gives me some room to stitch. Currently it is filled with a couple of Valentine's and the St. Patrick's Day Lucky Duck above. I need to play around with it a bit more.

I have been stitching on my two large projects in January. One of them has gone to time out though. I had planned to do a page a month of the larger projects, but Let Freedom Ring is going to be in timeout until March. 

You would think those little green vine things would not be so hard, but they are just crazy. They cross over pages and are just enough different that I have had to rip out multiple times. I finally taped the pages together but decided I needed a break before going back to it. I have to redo parts of both and just can't deal with it.

Next up is my progress on the heron. I am actually much further along than this, but this was my last picture, so I will share some more progress later.

I am planning to take my flowers that I finished last year to be framed this month.

I also stitched a Prairie Schooler Santa in January, I haven't fully finished it yet because I want to do one more similar and then decide on a finish for them. I have an idea in mind.

This one was supposed to hold a basket of apples, but since I have a lemon tree in my front yard and they are usually harvested around Christmas, Santa got a basket of lemons. I want to do the yellow gold one next and then formulate my plan for them.

For someone who did NOT stitch everyday in January, it looks like I did a lot. 

That is a wrap for January stitching.

I probably have one more little post in me for this week to finish up some January goings on.