January Finishes...February Goals...

My stitching finishes for January:

Be Jolly/Be Blox - Lizzie Kate
Thanksgiving Sampler - Heart In Hand

Books read during January:

Thai Die - Monica Ferris
Plum Spooky - Janet Evanovich
Murder of a Small-Town Honey - Denise Swanson
Murder of a Sweet Old Lady - Denise Swanson
Murder of a Sleeping Beauty - Denise Swanson


My goals for February:

Stitch Little Women Series: Baking - Little House Needleworks
Stitch Be Merry/Be Blox - Lizzie Kate
Anything from my stitching stash
Continue reading the Scumble River mystery series by Denise Swanson

As my lists show, January was much more a reading month than it was stitching month. We've been getting such cold, snowy days that it makes me want to curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and a good cozy mystery.

Pictures of my finishes will be posted later this week, when I have a little more time than I do today.

Winter Wonderland...

That's what it has felt like for the past week. We're experiencing single digit temperatures and below zero wind chills this week. The perfect weather to curl up on the couch with a cup of hot tea and a book. I've been reading more this week than stitching. I finished Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich this evening. It was, in my opinion, the best of the between the number books. Now, to just wait for number fifteen to be released this summer.

I'm working on an older Heart In Hand kit. I don't have that much left to stitch, but I'm not sure if I'll work on it tomorrow or start a new book. Decisions, decisions...

New Year...New Goals

We had a wonderful holiday season. As much as I love the Christmas decorations, it's always nice to have a clean house at the beginning of the year.

With the new year, comes new goals. My goals are pretty simple this year. I want to stitch more from my stash, and try to keep the new purchases to a minimum. I'm sure this will only last until market in February, but at least I have a couple gift certificates to my LNS to use when the new things arrive.

As far as stitching project totals go, my goal is 30 projects this year including 12 Christmas ornaments. I also have some reading goals this year too. I have a huge pile of books just waiting to be read. My goal is to read 24 books during 2009. That's only 2 books a month, which should be doable. As far as knitting goals go, I'm going to keep it small this year. I'd love to have 3 new pair of socks to wear by the time fall rolls around. As much as I enjoy knitting socks, I really love to cross stitch. My craft room is packed with stitching projects, many of which are already kitted up and ready to go. 2009 is the year to start making a dent in them.

I also plan on getting back to posting on the Let's Stitch Blog on Friday nights. Even if I only have a few hours to stitching, instead of the six that it runs for, it will help with my yearly goals.

Until next time...hopefully with the first 2009 finish to show!

Friday Night WIP

I'm working on Little House Needleworks' The Sampler Lady. I love working on this one! Here's a progress photo.



I'd love to finish this one over the weekend, but I'm not sure if I'll have as much stitching time as I'd like.

November Goals

Somehow, I missed the beginning of November. The first week has just flown by.

My goals for November:

Finish The Sampler Lady (Little House Needleworks)
3 Christmas ornaments
Anything else that screams my name from my stitching room

I've been working on re-organizing my stitching room, but I'm not getting very far. I keep finding projects that I want to stitch "next", so it slows the organizing process.

Big Stitching Week

I've had my best stitching week since June. In less than a week, I finished 3 projects. Yeah, me! I finished Heart In Hand's Thanksgiving, Lizzie Kate's Fall Squared and Little House Needleworks' Strawberry House. I still need to take pictures of them, but that's on the agenda for later this week.

Yesterday, I started Little House Needleworks' The Sampler Lady. I only had a couple of hours of stitching time last night, but was pleased with what I accomplished. I stitched the alphabet, the flowers and leaves that are on her skirt. I started filling in the skirt this morning. I love how this piece is turning out. I'm picturing this finished as a flat-fold, so it can sit on a shelf in my stitching room.

I don't have much on my schedule for the rest of the week, so I'm hoping for a lot of progress on it. It's suppose to cool off and be rainy, so it's perfect stitching weather!!!

October Goals

My goals for October:

Finish Heart In Hand's Thanksgiving
Finish Little House Needleworks' Strawberry House
Continue working on LHN SAL - Little House Neighborhood
Stitch 2 Christmas ornaments

The month of September totally got away from me, and I didn't finish a single project. I have so many things that I want to stitch "next", that I really need to make some goals and stick with them.

So, hopefully, I'll have a finish to post in a few days. I don't have much left on Thanksgiving or Strawberry House, and I'd love to finish at least one of them by next weekend.