Saturday, January 11, 2025

WIPGO - January, 2025

I have joined WIPGO for the first time this year.  If you're not familiar with WIPGO, it's a Bingo Board with 25 squares, #13 is a free square.  You fill each square with something you want to work on and the owner of the group calls two numbers each month. 

My board has 25 Mill Hill Christmas ornaments.  All are new starts and the goal for each is to fully finish as an ornament.  

The numbers for January were 11 and 20.  Number 11 is Gingerbread Lass:

And number 20 is Santa Paws.




Friday, January 10, 2025

Happy Dance - Gingerbread Lass

 


Started: 1/3/2025

Finished: 1/9/2025

Total Time: 14 hours and 4 minutes

Gingerbread Lass is a Mill Hill Beaded Holiday Kit and is stitched entirely with beads. 

It's stitched as charted with the materials provided.  I did run out of the thread, but I was able to match it to some in my stash.  It took so long to stitch because I miscounted in the very first row and after 6 rows, found the mistake and had to start over.  That was just too many beads to frog.

She's going to be made into an ornament and given to the local Ronald McDonald House this coming Christmas.

Next up: Trees Sweater





Fully Finished Gallery - January, 2025

The Fully Finished Gallery SAL was created by Rachel at Ten Hour Stitcher to encourage us to fully finish our projects instead of just storing them in a drawer or box rarely to be seen again.  Click on the link to see more details and what other stitchers have posted.  

My first two fully finished objects are Santa Paws from the Mill Hill Holiday Collection and Gingerbread Lass from the Mill Hill Beaded Holiday Collection.  I added a hanger of leftover beads and backed them with shades of green felt.

The third and fourth objects were from Cross Stitcher Magazine #377 and designed by Emma Congdon and were stitched in 2024.  Today, I added ribbon hangers and coordinating felt backings.







Friday, January 3, 2025

Happy Dance - Santa Paws

 

Started: 12/31/2024

Finished: 1/2/2025

Total Time: 6 hours and 32 minutes

Santa Paws is a kit from the Mill Hill Winter Holiday Collection.

It's stitched as charted with the provided materials.

It's going to be made into an ornament and given to the local Ronald McDonald House this coming Christmas.

Next up: Gingerbread Lass