2011 Wrap Up and 2012 Starts

2011 was a very, very good stitching year for me.

I participated in the Crazy January Challenge and finished all 15 projects!

I joined a Make & Take class at my LQS and added several mini-projects.

I also finished some large projects-

City Stitcher's Adam & Eve-

Mary Glover-

Mary Hannah Gipson-

With Thy Needle & Thread Mystery Sampler-

Blackbird Designs Mystery Sampler-

Heartstring Samplery Permit Me Not to Stray-

Jardin Prive Sampler Aux Bouquets-

Debbie Stiehler's Timeless Tomato-

Whew! Looking back makes me tired!

There was a total of 62 finished projects in 2011!  A new record for me!!  Of course, not all are "finish-finished"

And I won't even try to beat this record in 2012.  Not with a new grandbaby coming next month and living right across the driveway from me.  Rocking the new little one is more important than stitching :)

But I have started 2012 with a bang-

CJC Day #1-Goode Huswife June Morning

24 ct Congress cloth

Called for DMC threads

Pretty pathetic start but I worked all day yesterday

CJC  Day#2-Tree of Life Samplings Penny America

36 ct Lakeside Linen Maple Sugar

Combo of called for threads-WDW and DMC

You might recall that I actually stitched the gold threads early in 2011 and got distracted by something else and never found my way back to this one.  This one is "practically" new :)

Becky is hosting a 2012 BAP Challenge and I joined in just to pull this one out and get started. It has been kitted and actually on stretcher bars for a year!

Plum Street Samplers Paradise Lost

36ct Lakeside Linen Vintage Light Exemplar

Vikki Claytons HDF conversion silks

Still a very long way to go!

Thanks for sticking with me thru this very long post!  I hope all of you had a wonderful New Years Eve (we spent ours quietly at home with friends and watched the original True Grit)

I am enjoying all the new blog postings but have fallen dreadfully behind. Don't worry-I'll catch up!