Where Did January Go?

Wow!  Tomorrow we'll already be in February!  I don't understand how, with our going out so little during Covid, that time is flying by so quickly.

Of course, I've been stitching more.  First off is my current progress on HATS Martha Dawson.  I'm participating in a year-long SAL for Martha in a FB group.  I'm loving this border!

In the interest of finishing up some things, I finished some older wips.  Two of them needed very little stitching to complete.

Lizzie Kate Forgive Quickly Kiss Slowly

Primitive Snowman by Ewe and Eye and Friends  (I literally had just a few satin stitches to do to complete this one.  Why I put it away at that point is a distant memory.)

In Full Glory by Blackbird Designs needed only about 30 minutes to complete.  Again...why did I put it down at that point?! 

I'm also progressing on our future daughter-in-law's stocking and ordered fabric for our son's stocking.

I'm planning a couple more sampler starts in the near future.  (Hmmmm...maybe that's how those wips get there!)

HATS Jessie Watson

Lucy Beam's Though He Seemeth Sleeping

I loved both of these at first sight!

Stay healthy and....

Happy Stitching!

2020 Stitching Finishes and Some Current WIPS

 I've been enjoying seeing stitchers' finish parades and thought I'd do one of my own.   I'll group them in themes.

Valentine's Day

This was a wip from a previous year (by Pine Mountain Designs) and

a little freebie by Lizzie Kate.  

Little House Needleworks

St Patrick's Day

A freebie by Plum Street Samplers

Patriotic

Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving

Give Thanks Turkey by Theresa Kogut

Primitive Needle

Little House Needleworks Autumn Sampler

Miss Fortune by Prairie Schooler

Salem Remembered by Primitive Needle

Autumn Alphabet by The Scarlet House (I changed the pumpkin from an orange to an off white.)

Trilogy

Christmas

Bent Creek Stockings for my daughter's family beautifully FFO'd by Vonna, the Twisted Stitcher.  I'll also include the stocking I made (also FFO'd by Vonna) a previous year for my granddaughter.  These were so fun to stitch!

I often stitch a yearly ornament for us and our kids.  When I saw this one, I knew it had to be the one.  It's by BeverlyStreetShop on etsy.  There are also designs for a masked snowman and toy soldier.

I wish I could say I'd thought to do this but I saw someone else online frame a PS Santa in this Kohl's sled frame.  I stitched the 2008 Santa for this frame. 

Anytime

Strawberry House by Little House Needleworks

Birth Sampler for our Grandson (with ID info edited out)

Samplers

Ann Pegg 1877 by The Scarlett House

Jane Marshall by Hands Across The Sea

Garden Gate Sampler by Prairie Schooler

Little House Needleworks Melicent Turner

Some models I stitched that were released in 2020.

Home for the Holidays by Country Cottage Needleworks

Little House Needleworks Hometown Holidays Post Office

Little House Needleworks The Hive

WIPS

 I have quite a few but the 2 most active ones are a stocking (from The World of Cross Stitching #195) for my future daughter-in law and Martha Dawson by Hands Across the Sea.  I'm also working on a model.

2020 has been quite a year to say the least.  I'm thankful to have had my stitching to keep me busy and calm.  Here's hoping 2021 will be a better year.

Happy stitching!