Monday, 24 June 2013

June WIPocalypse

Summer's here! With its arrival has come some lazy, hazy hot days, the finish of school for many, holidays and lots of outdoor stitching in the gazebo.Up until this week the days have been quite pleasant for outdoor stitching but this week's humidity will keep me stitching indoors in air conditioned comfort, at least until the evenings.

 Here's a look at my stitching efforts over the past month. In celebration of our upcoming Canada Day, I stitched up a quick little patriotic design. This one was originally designed as a U.S. patriotic finish but I've adapted it for Canada Day. 
Tree of Life Samplings My Sweet Land

 Next up is the new start I promised at the end of last month's WIPocalypse. As you may remember, I had a lot of charts to choose from and I went with Shakespeare's Peddler Weeds Make Haste.
  
I got a good start on this one and it has progressed fairly quickly throughout the month. It's a fun stitch and perfect for the summer. I think I'm about halfway through it at this point.

I put lots of quality time into Fruit of the Spirit this month. It's coming along nicely. I'm hoping to have either this one or Weeds completed by next month's WIPocalypse post.

Lots of fun colours in this one. The picture really doesn't do it justice.

 I've also completed an ornament for my monthly SAL which will be revealed this coming Wednesday.

My summer vacation won't take place until the end of August this year. For those of you who know me well, you know that my summer is not complete without a visit to Muskoka. I hope that by the time we head there I will have another couple of new projects to stitch dockside. One piece I do hope to spend some time on will be last year's late Halloween start, A Wicked Plant, seen below.


Look for some updates on this one in the fall.

 As we reach the halfway point of this year (can you believe it!), I hope you are all well on your way to achieving your WIPocalypse goals. I know that I haven't yet started some of the pieces that are on my list but I certainly have achieved many others. I never did like following rules!
Posted by Lynn at 10:09
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20 comments:

  1. Melissa24 June 2013 at 11:49

    Good morning, Lynn! Congrats on your two finishes and I see you've made progress on your WIP. I like that Wicked Plant piece - the colours look great. The linen you are using appears to be splotchy with blue, is that right? Looks great!

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  2. Cath24 June 2013 at 15:34

    Wow , some lovely stitching there. Looking forward to seeing more progress . XXX

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  3. Vonna Pfeiffer24 June 2013 at 17:42

    Oh WOW Lynn! How darling is your stitching coming along! Fruit of the Spirit is going to be stunning!

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  4. Catherine24 June 2013 at 19:57

    Great stitches!!

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  5. Penny24 June 2013 at 21:16

    Pretty stitching! You've really made some good progress. :)

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  6. Annette-California25 June 2013 at 00:59

    Great progress on all your wips. Fruit of the Spirit is looking beautiful already:) love Annette

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  7. Gabi25 June 2013 at 03:18

    Beautiful stitching!
    Calendar shows summer arrived but what do I see? Grey clouds all over.
    Two very hot days last week and now...?
    Hope I will see the sun again soon.
    Warm greetings from Germany

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  8. Marilyn25 June 2013 at 04:32

    Great progress on all projects.
    Love Fruit of the Spirit.
    Marilyn

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  9. ricketyjo25 June 2013 at 06:15

    I like all the things you are stitching, they are lovely! :)

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  10. Chris25 June 2013 at 07:03

    Great stitching progress! The year is flying by, isn't it?

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  11. Giovanna25 June 2013 at 08:46

    Very nice going on your projects, and great start on A Wicked Plant - what a perfect choice of linen for it.

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  12. Sharon25 June 2013 at 13:24

    Lynn, you have some beautiful projects going here! Love your Canada finish. 6 months till Christmas, this year just won't slow down.

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  13. Bekca25 June 2013 at 13:47

    Gorgeous stitching Lynn. I've just finished a Halloween design myself, I love the colours in the project you're working on.
    Best wishes.

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  14. Lois25 June 2013 at 14:12

    Lovely stitching as always Lynn. I agree, this year is flying in.

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  15. SoCal Debbie25 June 2013 at 17:22

    Weeds Make Haste and Fruit of the Spirit both look so nice! The black jack o'lantern looks positively spooky on A Wicked Plant!

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  16. Carol26 June 2013 at 09:54

    I can't believe we are half-way through the year either, Lynn!! Amazing!!

    Lovely stitching--that Shakespeare's Peddler piece is so cute with all the little details :)

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  17. Andrea26 June 2013 at 13:13

    Lovely stitching. I can't believe how time goes so quickly. When you were younger time seemed to go along at a snails pace.

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  18. Mouse27 June 2013 at 02:34

    was just about to say how come I had missed this post with all the wonderful stitching in it and realized it was only done on Monday ...DOH ...lol love mouse xxxxxx

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  19. Brigitte29 June 2013 at 03:21

    Wow, that's some very beautiful stitching here. And so much progress on each of the pieces.
    Fruit of the Spirit is such a beautiful project, I have pulled my own chart out and kitted it up for a start in August.

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  20. Judy S.30 June 2013 at 23:13

    Lynn, you have some really nice pieces going here!

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