Monday, January 9, 2012

Catching up and my first WIPocalypse 2012 update

Well, I will get the WIPocalypse out of the way first since that will be a quickie.  I started and finished In the Sweet over the weekend--my first WIP success (hopefully not the last, but..).  Here is the before and after.

I am re-starting Secret Pumpkin Patch next.   I have no "before" pics of that one (I am blogging at work again--I am a bad person) but that should also be a quick finish.

Now for the catch-up.  Some time ago (in November of 2011) a Yahoo group to which I belonged announced a fall stitching competition.  No one was supposed to post pictures online prior to the voting on the pieces since voting was to be anonymous.  After several weeks this process finally got off the ground and--my entry was not there.  All that patience expended for nothing, lol.  So here it is--my own semi-original design (with motifs supplied by Jennie Lynn (hope I am spelling her name correctly)  from the Samplermakers group for her Autumn Stitching Challenge.

And here are the promised exchange pictures.  The first I received from Tatyana from the last Blackbird Designs exchange round.
This is the stitched piece from my partner Colleen from the Stitched with Love Winter Wonderland exchange.  Colleen sent tons of other goodies as well (most of which have already been put to use).  Oddly enough, this was the very same pattern that I stitched for my partner in this exchange.   Unfortunately, the pictures of what I sent for both exchanges are on my home computer--the dangers of blogging at work!   I will try to remember them for my next update.  Thank you again Tatyana and Colleen--sorry it has taken me so long to post pictures!

Any finally, some recent stitching that I have not gotten around to showing off.   I won a fantastic de-stash giveaway not too long ago from Danielle of Peace Love and Stitching--many charts that I been eyeing, and some even kitted up!
Danielle had gotten a start on this cute little Shepherd's Bush pincushion so it was a quick finish for me.  Sorry for the blurry picture, this is a teeny thing and I have a difficult time taking pictures of teeny!

 This guy was also part of the giveaway. I wanted this little LHN sheepie from the first moment I saw him.  I am thinking of doing a simple finish  like this as a pincushion without the borders and snow at the bottom.

I've got a few more finishes but I should probably at least pretend to be working for a while.  Until next time...

24 comments:

Southpaw Stitcher said...

Your finish and your "semi-original design" are gorgeous. Lucky you winning Danielle's giveaway.

Margaret said...

Wow, so many beautiful pieces! Love your finish and your design! Beautiful colors!

Pumpkin said...

You have been once busy woman over the holidays! You have some fantastic finishes there :o)

Lovely pieces from your exchange partners!

Mel said...

So much great stuff!
And hey, blogging at work... isn't that what it's for. LOL. :)

Nancy said...

Love your finish of Sweet by and By! Your own design is too cute! You have been a busy stitcher, everything is lovely!

Chris said...

So many beautiful finishes!
I love them all :)

gracie said...

very nice stitching

Catherine said...

Wow! Just look at all those pretty projects! I really love your piece for the challenge!! Great job!

barbara said...

What lovely projects!!

Karen said...

What cute finishes! Love the La D Da...got this one going too. Now I can't wait to get it finished!

happy stitching...

robindefender said...

Hooray for the first finish! And what a shame about your piece not showing up for the judging. I really like it!

Deborah said...

Beautiful pieces, all of them.

Ziggyeor said...

Great pieces!

Mouse said...

oooo well done on the stitching front ... I didn't know there was a voting for the sampler maker piece as I did one too and popped my piece on the group and my blog ??? who won ????? and just love the warm winter woolens :) love mouse xxxx

Gabi said...

Congrats on your finish. Love all your pieces.

Tatkis said...

A lot of beautiful stitchings and exchanges!
I'm glad you like my BBD finish :)

Hugs,
Tatyana

Alesia Matson said...

These are all beautiful -- well done!

Mindi said...

Beautiful stitching and finishes, love the Autumn Challenge piece you did. I started on mine, and then sort of tucked it away and haven't worked on it since.

Katrina said...

Sweet finishes, everything is so pretty!!!!

Siobhán said...

Such beautiful finishes and stitching!! Everything is gorgeous. The Autumn Challenge piece that you did is so nice!

Kristina said...

Love "In The Sweet" - who is the designer?

Colleen said...

Lovely stitching & congrats on the finishes. Your Autumn Challenge stitch is lovely, beautiful stitching. I have got to get the Warm Winter Woolens, he's the cutest sheepie!

Mary said...

All of your stitching is so pretty!

Michelle said...

Warm Winter Woolens is so cute! You do beautiful work.