Where has 2017 Gone?

Its was a whirl wind of surprise and creativity this year.  I have reintroduced myself to Cross-stitch and learned so much more than I ever knew from the community.  It is so wonderful to see an older tradition come back to life.

I have been traveling to watch my Son In Law graduate from Army bootcamp.  When I do travel I always think about what project I will bring with me.  We flew for almost 24 hours with long layovers so I think I got plenty done in that time.

The project I took with me is Amid Amish from Cross-stitch and Country Crafts.  The last time I actively worked on this was the End of October.  Here is what she looked like.

With lunch breaks at work I got so much done.  Where I work there was no one around for the last two weeks and Im all customer service.  Its hard to keep talking to yourself and not answering.  So this was the progress from last week.

This week I didn't get to work on this as much as I would have like to BUT I did get at least a few more chickens in.  I will continue to make this my weekly work project and hopefully will be seeing a finish in 2018.

Another project I have been working on this past two weeks, is a Heaven and Earth Design that I am so in love with, Trick or Treat by Randal Spangler.  I have been working on this one Extreme Cross Country but I'm only on the second color on a HUGE HAED.   So I broke down and worked on a single page and I was delighted to see anything happen.  I didn't get a page finish but I did see progress so that makes me sing with excitement.

Small Progress but Oh my how it felt to really see it come to life.

This is the second color complete on pages 45-52 I believe. 

This next week begins our new year.  Time to wipe the slate clean and begin a new year.  I have so many things I want to work on this year, but I have a lot happening this year also.  We are moving and going cross country (no pun intended 😂) I will be bringing my work with me but I know it will be very stressful to say the least.

The project that has kept me busy this weekend was the Class Schedule SAL that begins at 1am Eastern time.  I have purchased fabric three times for this Sal but I still screwed it up somehow.  Anyway if you ever need advice on dyed fabric (which you prob already know) is Lugana and Belfast are totally different when dying.  I've learned my lesson.  I have stitched almost the whole top, I will work on Jan frame today and then work on getting ready for the new year.  I have tons of exciting things Im going to be working on.

I do have an Instagram if you would like I do update it often when I am working on a project.  @thepatientstitcher  I will be seeing you again shortly to tell you how the year is going to unfold and what I will be working on this year.  

Happy Stitching Everyone And Happy New Year

Carey

Upcoming Plans, Goals and Challenges

I am new to all of the Facebook groups dedicated to Cross Stitchers, but I am loving all of the support the cross stitch community gives.  I have found Stitch Maynia on Facebook and of course have been enabled a lot on my own journey.  I have many projects I would like to start and Stitch Maynia will help get them started and keep me going on my WIPs.

Plans -

I plan on doing every event Stitch Maynia offers this year (including all SALs) I will make them work for me if I can be inventive enough 😉

So here it goes:

Maynia SAL's
Christmas Year Round - Santa Clause
Fifty Nifty United States - Your home state
Halloween All year Round - Pumpkin
Princess SAL - your favorite Princess
Temperature SAL - 

1-31st Start a new project - This project I've been wanting to do FOREVER.  More on this one later because for some reason she is special to me. Mirabilia Christmas In London
1-31st Tour De Designers 2018 - Glendon Place - I just purchased and received the kit for Sleepy Hollow and Im so excited to get this one started also. 
5th Full Coverage - I have plenty to work on for this one.  I want to work on my Trick or Treat HAED from Robert Spangler but it is hard to see how much work actually goes into this one since I am doing one color at a time and its SUPER CONFETTI.  It will prob be Trick or treat or Old World Map which I am also starting on the first for the New HAED year

15th Work that WIP
18th New Start - I have had this one for a while and its kitted and so ready to get worked on. Quotes to Live by from Stitchrovia OMG this is one of my most favorite pieces.
20th Color a Day Aquarius - this is an Electric Blue or Turquoise.  I think I will keep working on my Quotes to live by since he boarder is that exact blue.

HAED -
They are having the New HAED year and I choose to stitch Old World Map so watch for progress as I get that going.  I will do this one page by page EEEK.

SAL's -

Harry Potter Classroom SAL will start 1 Jan - I am still waiting for fabric so I might have to play catch up on this one but I am ready to begin.  If you would like to sign up there is still time.  
Class Schedule SAL

One other thing I am doing the year is kinda exciting.  I LOVE.. Did I say L O V E to spend money on my crafts and sometimes I get WAY to carried away with things.  This year I have joined the forces and will begin my Stitch from Stash 2018, because we all know that most of us have enough stash for at least 5 other people and we will never in an eternity stitch what we want to get done.  I know I have enough patterns to keep me busy, dmc floss for prob everyone I know.  I am a bit low on fabric and specialty floss but I will see what I can do with my monthly allowance.

I start out with $25 and I have to keep track of everything I spend.  If I finish something I get money put on my account and so on and so forth.  I'll keep you all updated on my happenings and to keep me accountable.  I am hoping with all my extra stitching I can accomplish some finishes this year.  I am very excited about this.  I will post photos once I get started and links incase you too would like to stitch anything Im stitching.

Happy Stitching all and enjoy each stitch you put in because a stitch is progress.
Carey