Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Two more ornaments done



I've got two finishes for the month of September so far. They're both ornaments, one for me, one for Vickie in the RR. I liked all the ones she sent, but having a sweet tooth, I picked the candy store. The tree is for me. I'm really liking having all these small finishes, especially now that I'm busy with school again. What do you think?

Friday, August 27, 2010

A rough week, but two finishes


Well, it's the start of a new semester, and that means added stress to my life. Work has been so hectic with new students, faculty issues, and class scheduling nightmares. All I can say is thank goodness it's Friday! I'm taking two classes again, and of course it looks like they're going to keep me plenty busy. My advisor thinks I can be done by next December. Man that would be nice, but we'll see.

I have two finishes to share. One is called Christmas Helper, and it's for one of my ornament Round Robin partners. The other is for the ornament SAL. I think I may make it into a card instead of an ornament because it just looks like it was made for a card. I finished the second one earlier in the month, but held on to it so I could show two at one time. :-)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Two finishes



I've got two finishes for this week. One is my July ornament for the ILCS Ornament SAL. I'm not real thrilled with the French knots, but I think they came out better with regular thread than they would have with the metallic thread as called for in the pattern. The other is Mill Hill's Root Beer Float. This kit was part of my Summer Exchange gift from Berly. It's my first Mill Hill kit. I think it came out pretty good, although it was the first time I've done both stitching and beads in the same project. That took some getting used to, but after a while it went pretty fast. :-)

Friday, June 18, 2010

2 Finishes!!!



I'm happy to say I have two finishes to show! I finished my June ornament of the ILCS Ornament Stitch-a-Long. I almost got it finished in one day on a plane, but ended up with a few stitches to finish once I got back. After almost two years I'm finally finished with the tiger drinking at a stream. It seems like way too long a time to finish such a small project, but I'm happy it's finally done.

Friday, May 14, 2010

May ornament


Finally, after almost two months, I have a small finish. Life has been incredibly complicated in the last several weeks with major events and trying to finish up this semester. It's been a stressful time. So I deliberately picked a small design for this month's ornament so that I could finish it really quickly and feel better. I think I like the way it turned out.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

First March finish


It's been a couple of weeks, since I posted last, but I'm happy to say I have a finish for March. Betty, one of my ILCS friends, is putting together quilts for her granddaughters. I am very glad to say that I finished my block for her yesterday. I'm even happy with the way most of the french knots came out, even though they're not my specialty. Hopefully I'll have one more small finish for the month, but for now, here's the block.

Friday, February 19, 2010

A finish, and a soon-to-be finish




I got my Jan-Feb SAL project done this week. It's from the December San Man newsletter. I thought he was really cute.


I also got a lot done on my February ornament this week. It's 78% done. It was originally going to be done in January, but that didn't happen. :-)