Wednesday 25 November 2015

November Small SAL and WIPocalypse

The full moon (WIPocalypse) and Smalls SAL both fall on the same date this month for reporting so this will be a combined report. I'll start off with the smalls.

It's been a few years since I have stitched any ornaments for my granddaughters so I decided that I should get back to that this year.
They're getting older and are more interested in my stitching now. I decided to do 2 ornaments taken from the Prairie Schooler Evergreen leaflet.



The girls were here this past weekend for a visit so I gave them to them to take home so they could put them on their tree before Christmas rather than wait until they saw me during the Christmas holiday. They loved them and have already picked out which ornies they want me to stitch next year!

My next small finish was a new design by Lori Ripley of Homespun Prims. It's called A White Christmas and I plan on making it into a pin pillow.


In addition to stitching the above designs, I finished off two designs that I had stitched sometime during the past 2 years. I found these sweet little tins in my friend's gift shop. They actually had chalkboards in the center for writing a message but as soon as I saw them I knew they would work for a cross stitch finish.



This is Little Women Christmas by The Sampler Girl. I finished this for a birthday gift for a stitching friend. Unfortunately I don't think these designs are available any longer.

 
 This is So This Is Christmas, designed by Jenny Hoffman of Country Rustic Primitives.

When I saw how easily these finishes came together, I headed back to my friend's shop and bought the remainder of her tins. I plan on doing several more of these.

For WIPocalypse this month I have concentrated on two designs......Plum Street Samplers Autumn Fraktur and Kathy Barrick And Heaven and Nature Sing. Here are some updated progress pics.

 



And Heaven and Nature Sing is part of a SAL which I'm doing with some of the stitchers from the Facebook group Prim Stitchers Society. This piece is done in Needlepoint Silks. I chose to use up some Vikki Clayton silks that I had in my stash. It didn't take me long to figure out that I was going to run out of the dark brown silk. So what I have done is to stitch in one direction with a slightly lighter brown silk and then go back over it with the darker brown. It's working out pretty well so far and I should have just enough silk to finish this off but it will be close! I will be using red beads instead of stitches for some of the area within the wreath around the deer's neck.

That's pretty much it as far as stitching is concerned for this month. As the holiday season creeps nearer and nearer there will be less time for stitching. I will probably just work on some more small finishes until the new year.

We were treated to a rare sight this past week. Our area is on the flight path for the migration of the Snow Goose so we often see them flying over or at a distance in a farmer's field. This year though they decided to settle in a pond at a gravel pit just up the highway from us. They were there several days in a row so I managed to get some great pics.







It was a real treat to get so close to these beautiful birds as they make their way south for the winter. I look forward to seeing them on the return trip again in the spring.

Last weekend my son and granddaughters dropped by so that we could celebrate the youngest's birthday. Summer will be 9 on the 27th. I was supposed to drive to their home (a 3 hr drive) but as some of you may know I have been ill off and on since late September. A cold and sinus infection lowered my immunity and then things progressed into viral pneumonia and bronchitis. I'm slowly recovering but I'm trying to avoid crowds right now so I don't pick up anything else. So Jeff and the girls landed in Saturday night and we had a very short but sweet visit.



 







I will take this time to wish all of my friends and family in the U.S. a very Happy Thanksgiving!! We Canadians celebrated ours in October but I know I always looked forward to watching the Macy's Thanksgiving parade on T.V. I know there were several times when we played sick as kids so that we could stay home from school and watch it!  Enjoy your day my friends!!

15 comments:

  1. Hi Lynn, I love your stitching and pictures! Please take good care of yourself. Happy stitching!

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  2. I love your choices since I just ordered PS Evergreen today and want to order Heaven & Nature. Great job on your finishes! Have a wonderful Holiday.

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  3. The girls ornaments are so cute, cute trim also.
    The tins are a great idea, and your WIPS are coming together nicely.
    The Snow Geese are beautiful, thanks for sharing the pics.
    Did you see any Snowy Owls yet?
    Cute pics of the girls also. :)
    I hope you are feeling better soon, and have a great weekend.
    Marilyn

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  4. You've been busy creating such lovely things. The girls ornaments are wonderful, lucky girls.
    Great idea with the silk for the reindeer, he does look a nice colour.
    How amazing to see the geese, that's a spectacular sight.
    Sending good wishes to you, I hope you are soon free from the bugs and germs

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  5. Love your finishes!!!!!! They are just perfect fort he designs I will have to try and find some tins like that around here.

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  6. Your granddaughters ornaments are great, love the edging. Wonderful stitching and finishing on your other pieces too. It must of been some sight, all of those Snow Geese .... and noise!

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  7. Amazing pictures! I have never seen so many white snow geese at once. Thank you for sharing. Your stitching is lovely.

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  8. Happy Thanksgiving from my heart to yours, I hope you are feeling better and continue to heal, I have been where you are many many years ago. ICK>
    I love all your stitching such beautiful finish's what a beautiful SAL.
    Love the pictures of your son and granddaughters, so sweet.

    Blessings
    Catherine

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  9. Lovely ornaments and tin hangings you have created, Lynn! Your WIPs are looking super. I really like the deer in the Kathy Barrick piece. Have a restful weekend.

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  10. Lots of beautiful stitching in this post! And what a great job on the finishing too! Sweet pictures of your granddaughters. Hope you are feeling better soon!

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  11. So many beautiful finishes…eye candy! Love the PS ornaments that you stitched for your grandchildren,,,,cute!

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  12. Love your stitching, keep up the great work.

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  13. Love the ornaments for your granddaughters. Keep it up.

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  14. Lovely ornies for the grandaughters and great tins too.
    Those snow goose photos are incredible, it must have been an amazing sight to see them in real life.

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  15. Beautiful finishes. Sounds like you have a great time with your family.

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