In Process Projects

Also known as UFO (unfinished obsessions).
I have all these crazy unfinished things rattling around in different parts of the house and am trying to bring them all together in one or two places and get them organized and see what I want to stitch in this life and what I want to launch. Here is the current list and I better be living until I'm 300.

Quaker Garden/Blackbird Designs (SB conversion) ALMOST DONE
Bonjour/Mariska (32ct white Belfast)
Noah's Ark Sampler/The City Stitcher (Birth Sampler for Tanner)
Autumn Sewing Roll/Needles Content Kit
Random Thoughts/Drawn Thread
My Son/Indigo Rose
Linen & Lace/Drawn Thread
Ring of Stitches/Earth Threads Kit
Charm Garden/Just Nan
Claddagh Little Charmers/Charland Designs Kit
Mermaid & The Sea/EFTH
Celtic Christmas/Lavendar & Lace
Plimouth Plantation Sweete Bag/Examplarery Kit
Happy Happy Day/SB (free kit from 2004 SB birthday party)
2001 Scissor Keeper/SB
2007 Scissor keeper/SB
Le Quaker á 6 Mains/Free Design
Witches Pocket/R&R (kit from 2006 SB retreat)
2006 SB Retreat Welcome Kit Necklace
Come Tarry/SB (2004 SB class kit)
Sampler Necessaire & Scissor Keeper/DT
Too Tiny Too/DT (2 of them)
Generosity/DT
Desiderata Sampler/Indigo Rose
Quaker Huswif/Sampler Cove
Letter “A”/M Designs
Cinderella/Mirabilia
Hannah Bingham Sampler/Repro from SANQ #1
Noel NeedleRoll/M Designs Kit
French Lesson/BOAF
With The Beatles/Sotu Inc
Dreamers High/Lavender Wings
Shepherd’s Purse/SB Kit
Jingle/SB Kit
Little Witch/SB Kit
Thankful Sheep/SB Kit
We Will Go A Haunting/SB Kit
The Promise/SB Kit
Goblin’s Will Get You/SB Kit
Baby Bug Ball/SB Kit
Dartmoor Sampler/SB Kit
American Sampler/SB Kut
America/SB Kit
Busy Bee/SB Kit
Santa’s Little Goodie Bag/Mosey & Me JCS Orn Issue
Nautical Round Robin that needs finished
Silver Bells/Treasures from the Heart (Rockome Class Kit)
Welcome Spot Sampler/DT
Halloween Fairy/Mirabilia Kit
A Cookie for Santa/JCS Orn Issue
The Night Before Christmas/BOAF JCS Orn Issue
Pearls & Rosebuds/DT Free Fob
Mehitabel the Menopausal Mermaid/The Examplarery Kit
Milkpaint Sampler Threadfold/Mary Garry’s Sewing Cabin with Silks
Happy Haunting/2006 SB Retreat Kit
Circle of Hope/Brightneedle ESSY
Feelin’ Groovy/Ladybug Lane ESSY
Rays of Hope/Milady’s Needle ESSY
Cure Tree/M Designs ESSY
Lend a Hand/Charlotte Dudney ESSY
In the Pink/Midsummer Night Designs ESSY
Miniature Samplers IV/Homespun Elegance (to make into a box)
With the Same MO: Victim #2/Amy Mitten Kit
With the Same MO: Victim #3/Amy Mitten Kit
Secrets of a Queen/Amy Mitten (2004 SB retreat class Kit)
Friends are Angels on Earth/Hearts Content Kit
Preamble Sampler/Feeling Stitchy
Elizabethan Necessaire/Charland (2004 SB retreat class Kit)
Jessie Burnet Sampler/Aspen Ridge Threadworks
The Ann Carter Sampler/Scarlet Letter Kit
Roses & Ruffs/CatsPaw Designs Kit (2004 Rockome class)
Gazebo Garden/Libby Covington Kit (gift from designer)
Summer Jubilee/Blackbird Designs (32ct Tombstone)
A Thread Fold/Mary Garry’s Sewing Cabin Kit (with silks)
My Heart is True/Gail Bussi Kit (with silks)
Adam & Eve/The Marking Sampler Kit (with silks)
Americana Sampling/LHN Kit
Les Lys/Cousines et Compagnie Kit
Women of the Mayflower/Sarah Ullman
Stitching Chair Necessaire/Hillside Sampling Kit
Atalie/Le Coeur Atalie Kit
Scared Stitches 2006/SB Retreat class kit
A Secret Garden Needlework Necessary/Forget-Me-Nots in Stitches
Happy Hearts Sampler/BOAF
Feb Heart Fob/Needle’s Content Kit
Spring Garden/BOAF
Mermaid 2002/Sarah Ullman Free Design
Rhine Castle/old JCS
Celtic Cross/Elizabeth Designs Kit (charm & fibers)
And They Sinned/Examplar Dames
Scattering Seeds/Barrick
The Announcement/EFTH Kit
Pumpkin Urn/EEF Blacksheep Kit
Wooly Hare/EEF Blacksheep Kit
The Mermaid/The Essamplaire Kit
With All My Heart/Blue Ribbon Designs Kit
Silk Berries/Schoolroom Samplings Kit
February Heart Fob/Needle’s Content Kit
Kaffekendel/Eva Rosenstand Kit
Celtic Cross/Elizabeth Designs
Halloween Costume/BOAF free design
Be A Witch/SB
Christmas Elves/BOAF
Valentine Holiday/BOAF
A New Beginning/Abbey Lane
Mary Todd Lincoln/Posy Collection
Abraham Lincoln/Posy Collection
Lincoln Bookmark/Posy Collection

I have not pulled out all the SB kits I have or the little assorted Shepherd's Bush retreat projects that we were given in 2004 and 2006 that I need to finish or all the Rockome class pieces. That will be for another day.

2011 Champaign County Fair Winners

Life and Liberty/Shepherd's Bush

At Home with Jane Austen/The Sampler Girl

Bounding Bunny/Heart in Hand

Lincoln Scissor Weight/Twisted Threads

Patriotic Bouquet/Blackbird Designs

Unfinished strawberries

SERIOUSLY...I could not even manage to change the thread color? These are Quaker Medallion Strawberry Pinkeep by Blackbird Designs from the Just Cross stitch magazine Christmas Ornament issue from 2006. Now to get the courage to finish them into strawberries.

Thy Hornbook by Hillside Sampler

This was not a walk in the park, but I can honestly say that I'm so glad I bought this piece and finally dug it back out and completed it. It is a real treasure and the best part....my oldest daughter was pretty impressed with it. It doesn't get better than that!!!!! :)

BZZZZZZZ

Finally got this piece I've had finished for ages made into a pincushion. (Bent Creek, with a spin on it as I made mine a bumble).

1804 Ornament

Kathy Barrick designed this nifty ornament called A York Christmas Ornament since she moved into a house that was built in 1804. I've long been attracted to this ornament and had started it a while ago and never got back to it. Picking it up again was a breeze and the finishing was a joy. 1804 was one incredible year. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4th.... Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins their history journey up the Missouri River....the first recorded meteorite fall is Possil Scotland....Alexander Hamilton was shot during a duel with Aaron Burr (he died the next day)....Jefferson defeats Pinckney in the US presidential election.....Spain declares war with Britian.....world population reaches 1 billion.....John Deere was born (think tractors)....a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the US....and haiti gains independence from France.

Blackbird Quaker

I've been working at this one far too long and while I have some rip rip to do, I will get it done eventually because I just love it. I think I may have found the perfect thread for it today.

Stockings

Shaine's Stocking















Emily's Stocking















Eventually this will be Skyler's Stocking.














And this will be Tanner's Stocking.







I've been working on Christmas Stockings for my daughters family for far too many years, and then she goes and adds another member of the family this year. I have Bryce's stocking completed, but not made into a stocking yet. Today I got Tanner's stocking done and all it needs are the charms. I'm starting on Skyler's next. I have Emily's stocking all but finished and my son-in-law Shaine's started.

Baby G's Pink blanket

Since we cannot manage any girls around here I have to go in search of some. My daughters friend from school had a sweet baby girl on the same day that my daughter had her son Skyler.

I had given away the blanket I initially made for Baby G, and here is the replacement I made. It's much lacier and girlie and I think it's perfect as she's going to be girlie girl for now (brain squeezers and all).

Another year, another few fair wins

Another year at the Champaign County Fair.
My HOPE piece by Cindy Valentine won a first place and I could not be happier. I didn't follow the directions on this one to a "T", but I'm really happy with it and I guess the judge was to.









In another category I won a blue for Lizzie*Kate's "Life's a Stitch". I've wanted to do this one for ages and finally got it done this year. But who knew it was blue ribbon quality.









Susan's Needle Nook was first class stitching for me. A class piece where I missed the class, I found this one an easy fun piece that worked up quickly, even with the over one stitching. I'll take the red ribbon thanks.










Any my piece I finally finished from years ago, Pocketfull of Posies scored me another 2nd place win. All in all a good year and I hope to become a more serious stitcher and get some things done to put in the show again next year.