Catching Up: February......

Stitching commenced in January and

I had a few finishes from my Crazy January starts.

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I have always loved this design and it was

just perfect as Valentine's day

quickly approached.  I did my own

colorway and just love the color combination

of chocolate and cherry on the linen.  

Yummy....

BBD "Sweetheart Sampler"

Stitched on WDW 30ct w/ Victorian Motto

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One goal this year was to stitch more ornaments

so I joined a monthly SAL.  My first

finish was this older design from

a Shepherd's Bush newsletter.

SB "Be Jolly"

stitched on 25ct evenweave with hand-dyed threads

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With Valentine's Day approaching, I

decided to stitch this sweet holiday

design from years ago.   I just loved all of the

Be Atitude series and am happy

to have finish added to my collection.

SB "Be True"

Stitched on 32ct white linen with recommended threads

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Another goal I set for myself was to

stitch the Prairie Schooler's ABC series. 

I have had the designs for several

years and decided I wasn't going

to wait any longer.

I am stitching mine all together with three

rows of nine designs.  Even though

the chart indicates the design

size to be 70 x 70, a review revealed

this was not the case for most of them.  

I was obsessed with making sure

the alignment is even.  

I have counted, counted again,

sketched it out on paper, counted again,

and then counted again

to insure I have enough spacing between

them without running out of fabric.

Since the second row would be the longest

(few were 70 stitches wide) I decided

to start with "J", which would be the

first design in that row.  

Oh my goodness....I never thought that

pumpkin would end.  It seemed like it took

forever to stitch but I got it done.

Prairie Schooler "J*K*L"

stitched on 40ct Lakeside Linen with recommended DMC

If I had it to do over again, I would

have changed the color of the pumpkin

but I can live with it now.

I not very happy with the coverage even

though this is 40ct but I will wash this

once done and hope the weave will

tighten up a bit.

Since I planned to finish a block a month,

I carried on to catch up and stitched

the next one for this month.

Prairie Schooler "J*K*L"

stitched on 40ct Lakeside Linen with recommended DMC

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And my last finish for the month was

another Crazy January start.

So glad I finally have this sweet design stitched.

CHS "Be My Love"

Stitched on PTP Legacy w/ DMC

She is now framed and ready to be added

to the George and Martha wall....

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Thanks for visiting & happy stitching.......