I'm surprised about myself. I have some finishes to show, but they are not only stitched but also turned into something. Two of them were little gifts, so I was highly motivated to finish them, but the others are just for me. It's not that I like the process of finishing more than before - I still don't. But maybe the fact that I cleared a couple of shelves which are empty right now helps. I want to display my smalls on them now so I need to finish them first. That's also some kind of motivation, don't you think?
The first was a gift for a friend's birthday. She's into Jane Austen so I stitched the little freebie again that I had already stitched for myself, but I changed the colours and the fabric.
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The second little gift was for my son and DIL who spent New Year's Eve and the next couple of days in Paris.
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The next two finishes are from last year's Crazy Challenge. Both are finished as little pillows.
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The first was a gift for a friend's birthday. She's into Jane Austen so I stitched the little freebie again that I had already stitched for myself, but I changed the colours and the fabric.
Reading with Jane, a freebie by The Sampler Girl
stitched on 40ct Newcastle
The second little gift was for my son and DIL who spent New Year's Eve and the next couple of days in Paris.
Souvenir de France, a freebie by Blackbird Designs
stitched on 40ct Newcastle with a Vikkie Clayton thread
The next two finishes are from last year's Crazy Challenge. Both are finished as little pillows.
The Red House Sampler by Ewe&Eye&Friends
stitched on32ct Belfast and threads from my stash
Petits Oiseaux by Tralala
stitched on 32ct Belfast with DMC
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In February I started my personal Crazy Challenge 2013 but as I hadn't been able to stitch a lot last month, I only started three of the eight projects that I had chosen for this year.
#1 that I started had to be the spring piece among my choices. It hasn't been in my stash for too long, I think I bought it last year when I was in France. It shows all the things I'd like to see in nature as soon as possible.
Printemps by Tralala
#2 is a chart that I had ordered many years ago but it never arrived. So when I saw it lately in my ONS I just had to order it again. And this time it made it.
Laura's Embroideries by Marie Suarez
And now the progress picture. For February's IHSW I chose this project ...
... and stitched on it during the whole weekend. And I loved it. It was so much fun to stitch the skaters' costumes and coats with their colourful patterns that it was hard to put the piece down after the weekend. But I think that it will be my focus piece for the following IHSWs.
Winter Wonderland by Polly Carbonari
There's no more stitching to show right now. I could show you some more pictures of all the snow that is still covering everything but I won't. The weather forecast says that temperatures will slowly be going up next week. But it will take some more time before we see any kind of colour in nature. So I'll stick to my DMC colours :))).
Thank you all for visiting my blog and for all the lovely comments that you leave each time. I'm behind with my own blog reading because I was a bit under the weather these last weeks. But I feel much better by now and will get back to you and leave my comments on your blogs as well. I'm so looking forward to meeting you again.
Happy stitching and enjoy your day!