Gifted Gorgeousness - August, September and October

The fifteenth of each month is when we post items that relate to gifts, either some part of the item was received as a gift or the item is being given as a gift.  This is another brainchild of the fabulous Jo at Serendipitous Stitching   You can click the link to get more information and/or to see what others are posting.

I'm woefully behind on my blog posting at the moment.  In fact the last time I posted was August 11th.  So, I have three months of Gifted Gorgeousness to post today.

First I have several finishes to report:

1) I Love Coffee (Mill Hill) for a friend of my daughter's

2) Violin (Mill Hill) for Kyleigh for Christmas

3)  RMH Sampler (Ursula Michael) - for the Children's Hospital in Orange Family Room

4) October Owl (Leslie Teare) - for World of Charity Stitching

 5) November Owl (Leslie Teare) - also for World of Charity Stitching

6) Rainbow Dash - for Quilts for Older Children and Adults

 7) Welcome Owl (Simonetta Sabatucci) - also for Quilts for Older Children and Adults 

8) Tea Mug (Cross Stitcher #358 - Durene Jones) - for Astrid's father's 80th birthday

Finally, I have three projects that I worked on, but that are not yet completed.

1) Tinkerbell (Disney Cross Stitch) - for Kyleigh if I ever get it done

2) Holiday Panda (Mill Hill) - also for Kyleigh for Christmas (I'm doing an ornament a year and owe her several in order to catch up)

3) Sea Creatures (AnnaXStitch) - for Quilts for Older Children and Adults

Happy Dance - Rainbow Dash

 

 

 Started: 8/3/2020

Finished: 8/10/2020

Stitching Time: 8 hours 14 minutes

The chart for this My Little Pony was provided by the owner of Quilts for Older Children and Adults and is stitched on white 14-count Aida as charted with the called for DMC floss.  It's for a lap quilt to be made by the group, but I don't know its final destination.

 

 

 

Happy Dance - Crimson Cardinal

 

 

Started: 5/8/2020

Finished: 8/6/2020

Stitching Time: 12 hours 36 minutes

 

This is part of the beaded Holiday Collection and is stitched as charted with the materials in the kit.   It will be made into an ornament to hang on my tree.

 

Weekly Update - 8/6/2020

 The weeks seem to go by so fast lately, it seems as if I just did an update and it's time for another one.

The Peppermint Purple SAL is currently on week 32.  I stitched this one using DMC Variations 4245 and it took 44 minutes.

 

 

Tinkerbell is my project for stitching at least 30 minutes a day and I've been keeping up with that without and problems.

As of 7/31/2020 after an additional 58 minutes

As of 8/6/2020 after an additional 5 hours 16 minutes

Happy Dance - October Owl

Started: 7/18/2020

Finished: 8/2/2020

Stitching Time: 12 hours 49 minutes

This is the 10th owl in the 2019 series of free charts from Leslie Teare on Facebook.  The SAL is no longer free, but you can purchase the charts from her website.

It's stitched on Fiddlers Lite 14-count Aida as charted with the called for DMC.  Once all the owls are stitched, they will be sent to WOCS to be made into a quilt.

Next Up:  Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony)

July Recap

July was a pretty good month, stitching wise although I didn't stitch on all my projects every night, but I did stitch for at least an hour all but one night.  I also continued stitching for at least 30 minutes on a Mill Hill Mania Project and my main focus project; this month it was the Ronald McDonald House Sampler.  I missed two nights on  October Owl and one on Tinkerbell.  This is usually when my stitching slows way down, so I'm happy with my progress.

I had seven finishes this month.

USA Mouse - Lucie Heaton (World of Cross Stitching #269

William's Winter Stocking Cap - Carolyn Manning Designs (2018 JCS Ornament Issue)

Love Coffee - Mill Hill

Pizza Slice - Mill Hill

September Owl - Leslie Teare

Picachu

Ronald McDonald House Sampler - Ursula Michael

I kept up with the Peppermint Purple SAL:

And I have three WIPs being carried over to August:

Crimson Cardinal - Mill Hill

September Owl - Leslie Teare

Tinkerbell

August Plans
I'm going to continue to work at least 30 minutes a day on both a Mill Hill project and a larger project requiring my floor stand (Tinkerbell).  I'm also going to keep up with the Peppermint Purple SAL and my monthly Furry Tales project.  I hope to stitch another square for Q4OC, the November Owl and maybe a Christmas project.

Statistics:

Days Stitched This Month (at least 1/2 hour) = 30

Days Stitched This Year (at least 1/2 hour) = 179 (possible = 183)

Total Hours Stitched This Month = 75 hours and 37 minutes

Total Hours Stitched This Year = 428 hours and 39 minute

Number of Projects Worked on This Month = 12
Number of Unique Projects Worked on This Year = 64

Number of Projects Started This Month = 5

Number of Projects Started This Year = 63
Number of Projects Finished This Month = 7

Number of Projects Finished This Year = 36

Number of Projects Abandoned This Year = 1

July Activities/Pictures

July was a fairly quiet month.  I went to the grocery store, bank and drive up communion.  I also had a couple of medical appointments and we got takeout occasionally, but other than that, we've stayed home.

David's birthday was the 18th and Janice, Devin and Kyleigh came over with takeout from Famous Dave's, a favorite local barbecue place as a surprise for him.  Kyleigh received a perler bead kit from her mom for her birthday in March so she could make it for grandpa for his birthday.  BTW, he loved it.

Earlier in the month, Kyleigh attended a virtual Girl Scout Camp.  The theme was arts and crafts and they gave her a box with all the materials needed.  They made crafts, sang songs and did other fun activities and Kyleigh had a really fun time.  These are the crafts she made.  The item on the top left is a bandana and the one on the right is a t-shirt bag for carrying her sleeping bag.

She also made a chalk art heart on the sidewalk in front of her condo

and a vision board.  Instead of doing it on paper, Janice had her do it on the computer.  She's going to Disney World in May with her dad's family and that's the subject of the board.

Taz sometimes sits beside me while I stitch and usually sits on my scissors or something I need.  One night, he decided to move over to my lap.  (He likes to be close to people.)

Finally, Kyleigh had her Pom banquet last week and Janice sent me a picture of her receiving an award for "Best Performance" for the way she is always smiling during the performances now and goes full out.  She'd expected to win the one for "Most Improved" though.  She starts POM camp next week and there's a chance she may be the team captain this year.