I'm back folks!
Had a wonderful vacation.
Mostly restful and jam packed for sure.
It rained, we had freezing rain, snow.
More rain and snow on New Years Day.
Woke up to a dusting of snow Friday morning.
Then the temps dropped to the 20's.
Tundra loves it...me not so much.
What a crazy weather pattern.
Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays.
Let us hope 2025 will be a great one.
Work contacted me four times while I was on vacation.
Whatever will they do when I retire?
My goal is to retire in March 2026.
My first start is Eliza's French Birds 1849.
Am not a pink person really,
but I was drawn to this pattern.
My paternal great grandparents came here
from France, so this might be why I wanted
to stitch this pattern.
Stitching this on
32 ct Rose Blush Belfast linen
by Wichelt.
Day one I stitched the first bird and some leaves.
Day two I finished the second bird
with more leaves and berries.
Would like to have this finished by Valentines.
The color is so faint on this line, you cannot
really see it is a rose color.
Next up is Prairie Schooler
February Booklet # 160.
I am doing the mini chart.
The first block is almost finished.
I realized that when I took this pic,
I did not do the red backstitching at the bottom.
Using all called for DMC floss.
Am doing this on 32ct White Lugana linen.
It looks tan in this photo, but trust me it is pure white.
So white that I decided to stitch this pattern
2 strands over 2 instead of my normal 1 over 2.
Now when I do use two strands, I always
pull them apart and then put them together
again before stitching.
I learned this from a customer who came
into our antique store years ago
when I use to work our store.
Her name is Terri.
You may know her from her blog
Chocolates For Breakfast...well unfortunately
she no longer blogs, but I have heard she is
on Instagram now with the same name.
She is an awesome cross stitcher.
Started block 2 and added the backstitching
on block 1 which I forgot before.
The border reminds me of
the picot stitch in crochet.
I once did this stitch for the border
on a baby blanket I crocheted
for my nephew when he was born.
Finally my blessings sampler for the new year.
and have it finished in the month of January,
you will have good luck for the year.
I chose this very small sampler so it
would be finished this month.
This was my New Years day start.
Halfway completed already.
Me thinks it will be finished in time.
This is being stitched on a mystery linen
I had from a previous project.
Using all of the fancy floss and DMC.
In other news,
Bob and I spent New Years Eve home.
We had Cranberry/ Mango margaritas
a small lobster tail for each of us and a few
appetizers I made.
Bob went to bed at 10 and I stayed up just to watch
the ball drop and then went to bed.
We have a celebrity in our house now.
Bob entered one of Tundra's pics into a doggie calendar.
We were notified the other day that Tundra was selected.
He will be Mr. February as we call him now. LOL
Once I receive my copy,
I will post a pic of him.
I have been staying up til 10 or later lately.
Getting up between 7 and 8.
Now I have to get back up at 5 for work again. UGH
Well I have one more day before going back,
so will enjoy my last day stitching.
Hope everyone has a great week.
Happy New Year Blessings To All!
Janice
