February's WIPocalypse

Wow, the last month really flew by, didn't it? The full moon has shown its face again and it's time for February's WIPocalypse. So far, I think I'm not doing too badly. I've managed to finish off three of my WIP, I've completed two ornaments and finished two of the items on my list. My previous post showed pics of the Quaker Valentine finish. I've also started the companion piece to this one, Be Mine. Once again, I'm using the same fabric and floss as the previous finish. It should be finished by the end of the day. I say should because I'm getting very tempted to start something new.

My other finish is BBD Eveline Cunningham which I've renamed Dennis Kearn. Eveline was stitched in memory of the designer's grandmother. I decided to stitch mine in memory of my father because this is a winter sampler and he was born in December as Eveline was. My Dad was a very special man who was taken from us far too early. I know I will smile every time I look at this in fond remembrance.

When I first started stitching the design I hadn't made up my mind how I would personalize it so I stitched it using the charted colours. Once I decided on the memorial to my Dad, I just didn't think the pink flowers would work. As much as I loved the colour, I found some replacement floss in shades of blue to restitch the flowers and stitch in the name. The blue colour isn't as striking but it actually will fit in with our decor better.

A Blackbird Design Bonus chart
stitched in memory of my father
using 32 ct Silkweaver Purely Primitive
using GAST, WDW and CC floss

I want to thank all of you for your sweet comments on our dear Clarisse. What I neglected to mention is that my hubby is really not a cat lover at heart. He would never admit it but he's rather smitten with her too. However he still likes to tease me and offers to send her home with anyone who comes to visit.
No, she is not going anywhere!


I have also passed on your kind comments to my friend Pam regarding her stitched piece. She sent me an email yesterday to say that she was wrong on the designer. It is not a French design but an Italian one, by Renato Parolin. Is anyone out there familiar with this designer at all? The is the first time I hear that name. 
I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I look forward to checking in and seeing all the amazing progress out there. You never disappoint!

A Valentine Finish

The Stitcherhood Valentine Quaker
32ct Enchanting Lair One-of-a-Kind
using Belle Soie Sister Scarlett

I got a little sidetracked this week when I spotted this wonderful design on The Stitcherhood website. I knew that I had the perfect fabric for this in my stash. I purchased this wonderful piece of fabric from Laura at Enchanting Lair.
Laura is responsible for organizing our local stitching retreat and although I haven't been for a few years I was lucky enough to reap some of the benefits when some of Laura's fabric made an appearance at our Tuesday stitching group.  This particular one belongs to her One-of-a-Kind fabrics and I absolutely love the mottling in this piece. I still have a fair bit left for some other stitches. Then I was searching for a floss in my stash when I came across this Belle Soie. I knew that it would match the fabric I had in mind for the finishing.I will be finishing this into a small pillow but I would like to stitch the companion piece Be Mine first.
Here are a few more pics of the finish.

I haven't been stitching on anything else other than this the past few days. I did, however, manage to chart out my Dad's name and date of birth for the Eveline Cunningham design. I'll be putting that one back on the frame today for some one on one before I get back to my Valentine Quaker.


Monday evening I met with my friend Trish to see a movie and before the evening ended I left her with several patterns to browse through. I told her I would stitch her something as a thank you for letting me use her sewing machine this past year on all my pillow finishes. She returned them to me on Wednesday and has given me several to pick from. That way it will still be somewhat of a surprise in that she won't know which design I'm stitching but I know it will be something she really likes. Now I have to sort through my stash and see what supplies I have available.


Thank you all for your wonderful comments. I really enjoy hearing from you and  as a result of WIPocolypse I've met some lovely new stitching bloggers. I'm trying to make a point of visiting each of your blogs. My Google Reader is really piling up though as a result so I'm slowly trying to catch up.
I hope you all have a great weekend and you are able to put in a stitch or two!