Wordless Wednesday # 23

 

Wordless Wednesday #22

 

Red, White and Blue Binge

As was documented on my last wordless Wednesday I went down the rabbit hole.  I pulled out my stash of patterns and perused and oh’d and ah’d and lost a couple of hours  while contemplating all the potential.   I first pulled out all the patterns I wanted to complete.  Thanks to a friend, Linda W., I used her tip to take that stack and divide it into A, B and C preference piles.  This allowed me to narrow down my project list to a manageable amount.   I chose UFOs, smaller projects, larger projects and came up with what I felt was a manageable final selection.   (I laugh at myself)  Since I finished the year with a flurry of Christmas ornaments, I think when I need a quick finish fix, I will dive into the cross stitch magazines Christmas editions for an ornament or two.  I plan to do a lot of stitching from stash this year but I  know something will come along that I will have-to-have or start. (Again, I laugh at myself as I already have a list for shopping  online at Salty Yarns' Super Bowl Sale.)  As for my selections, each has been kitted, bagged, labeled and is it in my stitching basket that is kept by my stitching chair.   

On New Years Day I started A Flag of Stars by Bent Creek.   It is finished and I have ordered a 6x6 Mill Hill frame to mount it.   It will join my other patriotic pieces in my upstairs bath.

This is how far I was when I picked this up again.

I pulled out Land That I Love by Theresa Kogut.   It is almost  a new start.  I only worked on it only one weekend when my friends and I started it as a SAL in October.   I try to put in an hour each morning and then again each afternoon.   I am using the called for colors except for the fabric.  I chose 36 count Aspen instead of the called for Tin Roof.   Ok, here’s to progress on another patriotic stitch.

Not a ton of progress

New to me are these magnets.   I like them a lot better than the oversized clothes pin type I was using.   Amazon!

My changes so far to the pattern, are using a smyrna cross in the center of the white flower.

I am also using a smyrna cross for the letters in the alphabet.   The pattern calls for the letters USA to be stitched in a different red.   I instead I am stitching my initials in the different shade of red.  

I started HOD Year of Celebration.   I didn’t get far.   My ’plan’....(and again, I laugh at myself)....is to stitch on smaller pieces  during the weekend and save the bigger projects during the week.  

Here too, I am using the smyrna cross in the center of the snowflakes.  Pulling from stash I selected  WDW icicle for the snow.

As for Wordless Wednesday, I hate to say some weeks it is hard to come up with something that I think can be posted without words but still be relatable.  Instead of being carefree, some weeks it is work. I decided I am only going to post a Wordless Wednesday when the spirit moves me.....since we are again in semi lock down due to Covid, there is only so much of my house and projects that I can find to excite me so to speak.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Stay safe, stay healthy, wear your mask and keep on stitching. 

Wordless Wednesday #21

 

New Year/New Start

Happy New Year one and all and here's hoping it is a better year for the entire world!  Without burrowing into the woes of 2020,  let's look forward to a better year.

So what's my New Year's start......not what I had planned.    I got lazy and started the Flag of Stars  from Bent Creek because it was all kitted up.   It is a fast and easy stitch and I didn't have to dig through my stash to pull floss for HOD's January in the Year of Celebration.  ....which I will do next....

Stitching on 18 count (yippee, no cheaters) using perle cotton.

As for ringing in the New Year, we've never been ones to go out so it was just a normal night.  I drank my adult beverage, stitched and watched my S-in-L's live feed from his living room as he sang some songs and played the guitar.   Thank the heavens above for the ability to be with family virtually!

Last January, our Programs Chair gave us an EGA challenge to list our goals for the year 2020.   I not only listed stitching goals, but sewing goals, household goals, gardening goals.   I did a little walk down memory lane and reviewed what I wrote and was pleased that I accomplished so much more than what I  had even listed.     Note to self - update the list through the year to include all the "add-ins".   So before the effects of the adult beverage(s) took over, I attempted a realistic list of goals for  2021.   I like thinking of goals rather than resolutions.

I also dumped my orts for the year.   Back in September I thought it time to empty the jar but I did as advised and kept stuffing them down in there.   I used to toss them around the woods for birds to pick up for their nests but birds have never seemed interested.   Stasi at Bee-Mused and Bee-Stitching said she did or she heard of saving them for inside pin cushions. 

 I have zip locked them away and will add them to the other things I am saving for one day when I might need them. Guess I will need to remove all the DMC wrappers before using these.

And so we start again......an empty jar with a hint of things to come, a fresh start, a bright outlook, and goals to look forward to.  Wishing you and yours nothing but good things in 2021.

We are forecasted to hit the low 50's today.  It is time to head outside and take the holiday lights down.  It will be good to get outside and move a bit more than from the couch to the refrigerator and back!

Thanks for stopping by, stay safe, stay healthy and keep on stitching.