IHSW Recap

I had a wonderful weekend of stitching. So relaxing and just what I needed. I don't have before pictures but here are the projects I worked on:

I had a few stitches left to put in my March Cottage. So here is the finish on that ~

I'm really enjoying these cottages. I'm a little bummed that I am behind on them, but I will get caught up.

Next  I put the final stitches in my Lizzie*Kate Winter Alphabet. I worked on this a lot when my dad was in the hospital. It was an easy project to bring along. Each letter was like it's own little project. I really enjoyed it.

After that, I went back to work on my Lizzie*Kate 6 Fat Men. I'm really loving this and I'm so close to being done. I hope I can finish it this week. Here is my progress on that ~

So, there you have it ~ my Christmas in April. I need to finish this up so I can move on to some Spring designs.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by......

Kris

IHSW Recap

What a fabulous weekend. I love when I have nothing else going on and I can just do what I want. Such as stitching! So, here is what I worked on:

My February Cottage - Finished!



Monthly Cottage - February
Country Cottage Needleworks
32 Count Lambswool Linen & called for Threads


After that I moved on to Elizabeth Hancock. Ahh, Elizabeth and I have had a rough go of it. In my last post I talked about my issued with the WDW Straw Linen. The piece that I got was so dark that for a little bit I actually thought I had the wrong color. I stitched on that piece a little while longer, but it was really bugging me. I just didn't think the beautiful colors were showing up well enough, so I headed up to my stash to see what else I had that was big enough. I ended up starting over on 35 Count R & R Sheep Straw Linen. I'm MUCH happier now. All this putzing around though cost me most of Sunday so I didn't get as far as I would have liked, but I'm liking the way it looks. Here is picture of my progress on that:

The Elizabeth Hancock Sampler ~ Little House Needleworks
35 Count R & R Sheep Straw Linen
Called for Belle Soie threads

So, that's all folks! I have my very first IHSW under my belt!  It was back to work today. Ugh - tough to do after such a nice weekend! I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. Stitch on....

IHSW!

So, I'm going to be a hermit this weekend. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. This is my first time joining in on it and honestly, I don't plan to leave the house all weekend! It's been freezing cold here in the MN for a lot of this week. All the more reason to hibernate.

I'm sure you're wondering what I'm going to be working on. Or maybe you aren't! Well, I'm going to tell you anyway.

My February Cottage - here is where it stands last night. {I apologize for the craptastic picture, I didn't feel like getting my camera out}

I think I will work on this first and hopefully finish it. I believe that the March chart is on its way to me next week so I'd like to get this finished. I have a frame that I can pop them in and out of so I want to get that set up too.

Then I joined Vonna's SAL for Elizabeth Hancock. I have a small start on this, however, I'm struggling with the fabric color. I am using the called for WDW Straw linen, however, I'm using 35 count rather than 30. But I keep wondering if it is too dark? I would hate for the beautiful Belle Soie threads to not show up well. Hmmm. Anyone have any thoughts? I've barely started so it wouldn't be horrible to start over on a different fabric. Here it is - again - not a great picture.

Then, last but not least, is my fun Lizzie*Kate 6 Fat Men. This is such a fun stitch and right up my snowmen addiction alley! Here is my progress so far on this:

And now Blogger is making me center everything I type. I find this to be annoying. Sigh. Oh well,

I'm off to hunker down with my February cottage. I hope everyone has wonderful weekends.

Happy Stitching!