Happy New Year Everybody! Here’s wishing everyone health and happiness for the coming year.
Mystery Spot Sampler progress
Just before Christmas I pulled out my Mystery Spot Sampler again and added a few motifs. I know I said I’d work on Mary Thompson till she was completed but I just wasn’t in the mood – I’m a contrary girl. Anyway the purples in the Mystery Spot Sampler were just the ticket and I stitched away on it for a couple of days quite happily. I’m no where near caught up to the pace on this but sufficiently happy with my progress.
Countdown to Christmas
Here’s my new year start – Countdown to Christmas (Blue Ribbon Designs) a rather fun stitch so far.
Achievements for 2008 and goals for 2009.
Well, I had 30 finishes last year – mostly exchanges and small pieces.
This year, I am planning to work on:
- Beatrix Potter’s Quaker Sampler
- Mary Thompson
- Countdown to Christmas
- Mystery Spot Sampler
These will be my focus pieces though I know I will stray from the path and will end up doing all sorts of stitching. I’m looking forward to it!
This week…
- I’m returning to work (frankly, not really looking forward to that).
- We’re having air conditioning installed! Hooray, Huzzah, Hallelujah! (I think you can see I am looking forward to that).
- Probably catching up with the stitching girlfriends on the weekend.
So till next time, many happy stitches.
I’m not a big purple fan, but I do love your Mystery Sampler and I’m really enjoying watching it grow!
Nice start on the BRD piece too!
Love your Mystery Sampler and hurray for working on it!!! OH countdown to Christmas….I really should do this for my children…I really should….
Have a blessed New Year and a good start back at work on Monday (that part stinks though doesn’t it?!)
Mystery Spot and BRD both look great
I’m back to work tomorrow and not much looking forward to it either!
Happy New Year!
Your Mystery Spot is lovely~~I love the floss color, so beautiful!
Ooh, I love your mystery spot sampler-very pretty!
Congratulations on your 30 finishes for 2008! And Mystery Spot and Chrsitmas Countdown both look wonderful. I was not familiar with this Blue Ribbon design, so I went and looked it up. It looks like it should indeed be a fun stitch.
Oooh that Mystery Spot Sampler is so pretty!
Both wips are beautiful!!
Happy New Year! Both WIPs are beautiful, happy stitching
Sorry to hear about your public fall! That’s no fun…I can totally relate. Mystery Sampler looks great! Happy New Year!
Countdown to Christmas looks really cute.
Next time you visit SA I am going to hijack your car on the way!!!! Please give me a call and we can catch up for a coffee – I live 10 mins from Mt Barker in Aldgate.
I would love to stitch Beatrix Potter too this year but not sure where I have put it!!! I am planning to stitch it in red silk.
Both your pieces are very lovely. You stitched a lot last year. I hope your air-conditioner was installed in time for that hot weather we all had. Thanks for the info on the Crewl Gobelin, we hope to visit there soon.
Love both your wips esp that Mystery spot sampler. Cool colours. xx
Hi Cathy, glad to hear that you have had your aircon installed, it will probably work overtime today with 38 forecast. yuck!! And what a coincidence, but I too took a nasty fall once on our way down south on holiday, we stopped at a roadhouse and I went for a tumble infront of a coach load of grannies having a day out. Rather embarrasing to say the least! Spent my holiday with a badly bruised side and hip, and hubby threw my fancy thong/sandals in the bin as he said that they caused it. Oops! I can laugh now!
I love your mystery spot sampler. That is absolutely beautiful!