Stitching Update & Stitch Maynia Plans

So, my life is more than busy caring for a 9 month old and 3.5 year old, but I discovered FlossTube videos and heard about Stitch Maynia and well, there's nothing like hearing about everyone else's wonderful stitching plans to make your stitchy bug go into overdrive.

So, I created a plan for my Stitch Maynia...there's absolutely no guarantees that I'll get to everything but as a minimum, I'll work on my WIPs and new start for Star Wars Day.  Anything else I get to is icing on the cake, especially knowing my husband will be away for a week so it'll just be the girls and I at home.  All the patterns, fabric & floss comes from my stash.  I don't have a huge fabric stash but I'm fortunate to have at least one skein of each DMC color.  I threw all of this together today so I've pulled the fabric and cut it to size.  I still need to zigzag stitch the edges and probably won't pull floss colors until the day I start each piece.

First, my WIPs:

1. Red Velvet Cake - Glendon Place:  I've done 1 week's worth of stitching on this so far.  Here's a pic of the pattern and where I'm at so far.  I stole the idea to use a brown fabric from someone else on the GP Facebook group.
                             
 

2. Camelot Sampler - Teresa Wentzler:  This is one I had to restart because I completely screwed up the over 1 parts...I don't know how I thought I could do 2 over 1 on 28 ct.  I haven't touched this piece for over a year but I love it and it needs some attention.  I just don't have motivation to re-stitch parts that I've already done.  Here's a pic of the pattern and where I'm at:

                                   

3. A Victorian Christmas Eve - Sandy Littlejohn / Deb Lester:  I've been working on this one on & off since Aug 2013 (more off than on) and I'm currently on page 3 of 6.  I'm not taking this one off the Q-snap for a whole picture so you just have to imagine it...or go back to my previous blog posts in 2014 to see the first 2 pages.  Here's a picture of the pattern and my progress on page 3:

4.  Postcards of the World SAL - Cloudsfactory:  Just love this SAL and I'm THIS CLOSE to finishing Moscow (April pattern).  I will finish it tonight before the May postcard is released.  So no pic yet but I'll add one later.

NEW STARTS:

5.  Boba Fett - WeeLittleStitches on Etsy.  She's the creator of the original pixel people.  Several years ago I stitched Darth Vader into a bookmark.  No picture of this pattern but here's a link.  And she's in the process of creating new patterns for The Force Awakens characters

                                                      Weelittlestitches' Star Wars Enemies

6. Dragon Card - Durene Jones from Ultimate Cross Stitch Fantasy book.  This will be for a family member.

7. Fall Wreath - Angela Pullen from Just Cross Stitch Oct 2014 (not the Halloween issue).  I have adored this piece since I first saw it so it's time to start stitching it!  Fall is my favorite season...love the colors.

8.  Snow White - Little House Needleworks: A cute, simple little pattern I had on hand in thoughts of making ornaments as thank-you gifts for teachers.

9. Witches - Oberlin Samplers:  I got this pattern for free from someone de-stashing.  I've stitched one other piece from Oberlin and it's the first time I used a handwritten chart.  The chart has all handwritten symbols and backstitching lines.  I'll be using some extra Picture This Plus fabric in Eek! color that I had left from another piece.

10. Fall Squared - Lizzie Kate:  Another simple ornament piece to keep for myself or give as a thank you gift.

11. Chicks - Lizzie Kate:  This one comes with a soft purple fabric to stitch on so I'll have to change at least one color of floss. This will probably be made into a flat ornament or flatfold display.

12. Skating Penguins - Fast Christmas Cards book (JoAnn's Fabric).  This will be for an xmas card for a friend who loves penguins.

 

 









13. Cruisin' - Glendon Place:  I've had this one all kitted up with fabric and beads for a couple months.  I love her Halloween designs.

14. Ginger Friends - Mill Hill Buttons & Beads kit

15. Little House Christmas Kit - freebie that came in CrossStitcher issue 297.  I plan on making the house on the right.

Whew, it's been awhile!

It's been a long time since I updated this but that's what happens when you are pregnant and then have a baby AND a toddler to take care of.  So there was quite awhile when I didn't stitch at all but here's what I've been working on for the past month and a half.

First thing I did once I started stitching again was finish Cliffside Beacon for my friend.  This is a Dimensions Petite Gold kit.

 Next I finished Mrs. Claus' Merry Outfits by Shannon Wasilieff (Shannon Christine Designs).  I'll make this into a flat-fold display later.

Then I started Red Velvet Cake by Glendon Place.  Here's my Week 1 progress pic.

 Next I started the Postcards of the World stitch-a-long by Cloudsfactory.  I chose a hand-dyed light blue fabric.  Venice was Jan, London was March...missing the picture of Paris for Feb.

Christmas stitching

I've been working on some Christmas stitching.  First, I finished the free Gingerbread Houses SAL by Shannon Wasilieff.  I got Shannon's permission to change the last house in the bottom right corner so it wouldn't look like the first house, so I combined it with a bigger gingerbread house chart from her Etsy store.

Then I stitched these 2 Lizzie*Kate pieces and made them into ornaments for family.

Next I stitched these 3 cute Margaret Sherry mice from a recent WOCS issue and sent them out as Xmas cards.

And now I'm working on another Shannon Wasilieff design called Mrs. Claus' Merry Dresses. I'll wait to add the beads and french knots until all 3 dresses and border is done.

Mid-November update

I finished the Triple Jack piece into another flatfold display that looked great for Halloween.

And today I finished Nuthatch, a Mill Hill beaded kit.  It was my first time working on perforated paper and I'm happy with how it turned out.  I've ordered the corresponding red frame and will give this as an xmas gift.

October stitching

I finished the owl candle band piece into my first flatfold display, using autumn leaves fabric & ribbon and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out:

Then I stitched up this Trick or Treats bag for my daughter using waste canvas.  The pattern is from the Nov 2014 issue of WOCS.  Shannon was kind enough to design additional T's for me to pick from so I wouldn't have 2 similar letters.  Just love how it turned out, even though my daughter may be too young to trick or treat this year.

And I finished the third house in the Gingerbread House SAL by Shannon Wasilieff.  The Treats bag pattern is her design too.

A couple more finishes

I finished Frank's Family Portrait in August and my local needlework shop did a fabulous job framing it!

And I just finished the Owl Candle Band from the Oct 2014 issue of Just Cross Stitch.  I left off one owl on either side to fit my fabric and I used 14 ct aida instead of the called for perforated paper so that I can make a wall hanging or something with it.

The bad news is that I have to start TW's Camelot Sampler over from scratch.  I don't know why it didn't click in my brain that 2 over 1 on 28 ct wasn't going to work.  And it's impossible to frog it too.  So just easier to start over.  I've got a new piece of fabric prepped so it's ready to start but some other Halloween stitching probably comes first.

I've also been working on a free Gingerbread House SAL by Shannon Wasilieff.  Here's my progress with the frame & 2 houses:

Silent Night

It took me awhile but I finished Silent Night by Cottage Country Needleworks.  I think it turned out pretty well, even though one of the snowflakes has a mistake.

Edited: Yeah, I couldn't let that snowflake alone so I fixed it after taking the pic & posting it.