I finished stitching The Prairie Schooler's Home for Christmas before Christmas. I'm hoping to figure out a way to share a frame (change out the stitching) with it, Harvest Time, and a spring/summer PS about the same size to change out for the different seasons. We'll see how that goes.
We had a nice Christmas with 2 (out of 4) of our "children" here, talked to our son on the phone, and visited with our daughter's family via Facetime (at the same time as her in-laws in Scotland were on Facetime) to watch the grandchildren opening their gifts. Isn't technology amazing?!
We're bucking our normal New Year's Eve tradition (staying home and watching the East Coast New Year arrive before going to bed) by going with friends a NYE party at our city's Civic Center. There will be a band, dancing, good company, and refreshments. I don't know if we can stand the excitement; we've both already talked about the need to take a nap this afternoon so we can stay up late tonight.
We've already started taking down the Christmas decorations. This is earlier than I've ever done it (I usually wait until after the new year to start.) but since we're having our floors replaced next week (!) and need to do some prep for that, we thought it best to get an early start.
I'm currently stitching an oldie but goodie, Primitive Snowman by Ewe and Eye and Friends and also started a Little House Needleworks sampler repro, Melicent Turner, for a Sampler Sunday SAL on the LHN/CCN Facebook group. I'd been wanting to start "Mellie" for some time so this was the push I needed to get started. I chose to stitch her with the suggested overdyed cottons instead of springing for the silks as I was tempted. After I finish Mellie, I may restart LHN's Elizabeth Hancock in a higher count fabric....WITH silks. Woo Hoo!
I have ambitious stitching plans for 2020. I often make plans and do some of it but also change my mind as the year goes by. I'm in another SAL with some friends in which we'll each stitch one of the Carriage House Samplings Hawk Run designs. I'd been collection silks for Autumn at HRH so that will be my Jan. 1 start. There's also a SAL of Brenda Keyes' Red House sampler. It's another one I'd planned to start so, by golly, I'll start that one too. I'd planned to stitch Bent Creek stockings for our daughter and son-in-law that co-ordinate with the stockings I stitched the grandkids and then my oldest son asked if I could stitch stockings for him and his girlfriend. Add in some Christmas ornaments, seasonal projects, some model stitching, and it looks to be a busy stitching year. I'll never be bored let alone understand the meaning of that word.
Happy New Year and as always....
Happy Stitching!
