Week 10: Waiting for Spring

I'm so ready for Spring. The weather has been a tease the last few weeks, we had temps in the 80s for a few days only to drop back down to the 30'splum s each morning. I'm ready for the dreary gloom of Winter to go away.

To lift my spirits, I worked on a freebie from Plum Street Designs. And wonder of wonders I have finish. I left off the words at the bottom to make it a general seasonal piece. Hare's Easter is stitched on a piece fabric from the stash pile. I changed out most of the called for colors, starting with the color of the hares. The called for color was too close to the fabric and didn't stand out enough. Then I brightened up the colors for the clothes as well

Hares' Easter

Plum Street Samplers

 The other stitching that I managed last week was on The Needlework Shop. I've added the upper portion of the shop and the awning.

                                     

The Needlework Shop

Little House Needleworks

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Week 8: The Beginnings of a Building

My Needlework Shop has some snow on the roof and the beginnings of a building. Reading and knitting took up most to my spare time. I'v working on a scarf that I started in January. While I'm anxious to welcome Spring, I really would like to finish this scarf and so I've been spending a lot of time with it. Time to get it off the needles and concentrate on something lighter

Meanwhile here is my progress so far on the Needlework Shop.

Hometown Holiday

Little House Needleworks

Needlework Shop

My only finish was an altered Altoid Tin for a friend. 

Motifs from:

Summer House

Little House Needleworks

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Gwen

Week 7: Hometown Holiday Bldg 2

The only stitching I have to show from the past week is The Needlework Shop. 

I managed to get the roof done and little else. 

The Needlework Shop

Hometown Holidays

Little House Needleworks

I need to get busy if I'm going to get any kind of a finish this month.

Only 8 days left. EEK!!

Week 4: A Few Finishes

I've 2 almost finished and 2 fully finished to share.  There are a few stitches needed on the swan. I plan to substitute beads on this piece, as I've done on a couple others in this series. I need to change my stitching location to the table so that  I'm not spending a lot of time retrieving beads from the carpet. 

Hands On Design

!2 Days

Swans

The shrubs are in and the tree in the window has some leaves. It's hard to tell (picture is a bit washed out) but there is some snow on the left side of the shop as well. The flakes are scattered and I hate skipping all over, so it took a few days to get started on the snow.  Hope to finish up this week. Ready to move on the next one in the series. 

Littlehouse Needleworks 

Hometown Holidays

Sweet Shop

From one of my favorite poems, The Raven, Nevermore by Lizzie Kate. Not sure how I will finish this one.

Lizzie Kate

Nevermore

Anchor 403

My Fully Finished Objects:

Country Cottage Needlework

Merry Merry! 

Christmas Cookies

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Gwen

Week 3 Is A Wrap

My stitching over the weekend was focused on the Sweet Shop. My next sit down with this piece and I should be able to finish the snow.

Little House Needleworks

Hometown Holiday

Sweet Shop

My other stitching was on Swan. Not finished but my swan now has a head and the top swag is almost done.

Hands On Design

12 Days

Swan

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Gwen

Week 2, 2018 Un-Snapped

I removed Sweet Shop from the Q-Snaps in order to stitch the tree. There's about a 1-1.5 inches on the left side. Whether an ornament or a cube, this still gives me options for finishing.  In addition to the tree I stitched the wreath and started the door. One more session on this piece and I should be able to finish the stitching and move on to the next one in the series.

Little House Needleworks

Hometown Holiday Series, Sweet Shop

Swans is also getting close to a finish. It would be nice to have that one stitched up this week as well.

Hands On Designs

12 Days. Swans

As part of my Project Organization 2018, I spent a good portion of last week sorting through floss. My extra floss had out grown its boxes and it was hard to determine what colors I had. They are now sorted and bagged, just need to update inventory list, and then my tackle charts and kits. This is going to be a sloooooooooooooooow process! 😉🤞

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Gwen