Weekly Update - 1/7/2021

All of my stitching this week has been on 2020 Christmasitis starts.  The first project I've been working on is 12 Days of Christmas from Ursula Michael.  It's stitched on white 14-count Aida with the called for DMC. 

As of 12/31/2020

As of 1/7/2021

Unfortunately, there's a mistake in the left border and since I started the interior of the square from the border, it all has to come out along with part of the border. Although the plan was to put this up after one week,  after some consideration, I decided to continue working on this for another week .

The next project I worked on is the December Owl from Leslie Teare's 2019 Facebook SAL.  It's stitched on 14-count Fiddler's Lite with DMC floss.  The reds have been changed to 498, 321 and 666 from 347, 349 and 351, but the rest is the called for floss.

As of 12/31/2020

As if 1/7/2021

Finally, I worked on and finished the Hodgepodge Stocking with the Christmas lights. 

Started; 12/31/2020

Finished: 1/7/2020

Total Stitching Time: 9 hours 32 minutes

 It's stitched on brown perforated paper with some of the called for DMC.  I did not stitch it as charted and the easiest way to show what I changed is to show you what the original should have looked like.

My plans for the coming week include continuing to work on 12 Days of Christmas for the coming week, continuing to work on December Owl until finished and working on Blackwork Candle, another 2020 Christmasitis start..

December Recap - Lots of Pictures

December was a decent month for stitching.  I continued making daily Christmas related starts for the 2020 Christmasitis SAL on Facebook and even finished six.

The finishes are:

 

 

 And here are the starts for December:

 

Statistics:

Days Stitched This Month (at least 1/2 hour) = 31

Days Stitched This Year (at least 1/2 hour) = 327

Total Hours Stitched This Month = 51 hours and 29 minutes

Number of Projects Worked on This Month = 34
Number of Unique Projects Worked on This Year = 134

Number of Projects Started This Month = 31

Number of Projects Started This Year = 132
Number of Projects Finished This Month = 6

Number of Projects Finished This Year = 56

2021 WIPacolypse Introduction

The WIPacolypse SAL was started to help you finish all your WIPs before the end of the world.  Check out Measi's Blog to get more information and/or see other stitchers' posts.  For this post, we're supposed to introduce ourselves and share our goals for the year.

My name is Cathy and I'm married to David.  We are both retired and live about a mile from the Happiest Place on Earth (otherwise known as Disneyland in Anaheim, CA). We have a daughter (Janice), a son-in-law (Devin) and the best 12 year old granddaughter ever (Kyleigh). We also have a cat named Taz who keeps us entertained.  Since I have out-of-state family that follow my blog, you'll definitely hear more about them in future posts.

My primary hobby is cross stitching, but I also enjoy reading, mostly mysteries and Christian fiction.  I've done some knitting, but it's limited to cast on, knit, purl and bind off.  We also enjoy traveling in our motorhome, but haven't done much recently.  I've been cross stitching for about 60 years and do a lot of stitching for charity groups.

My goals for this year are:

1) Stitch Blackwork USA from Peppermint Purple.

2) Stitch 12 Days of Christmas by Ursula Michael

3) Stitch Yoda by Dimensions

4) Finish the Furry Tales that weren't stitched in 2020 (September, October November and December) - I started December as part of the Christmasitis SAL on Facebook.

 5) Finish the December Owl from the 2019 Owl SAL by Leslie Teare on Facebook

 6) Locate and finish Peppermint Purple's 2020 SAL.

As of 11/5/2020

7) Finish as many of the Mill Hill Mania starts as I can.  I've currently finished 13 so I have another 17 to go.

8) Finish as many Christmasitis starts as I can.  I've currently finished 12 of the 61.

9) Finish Brooke's Advent Animals.  I have 18, 19, 20, 23, 24 and 25 left to stitch.

As of 2/19/2019

10) FFO at least one item each month for the Fully Finished Gallery SAL.

11) Add the personalization at the bottom and frame the Ronald McDonald House Sampler for the CHOC Hospital Family Room.       

I know this is probably more than enough to keep me busy, but I'd also like to stitch some Furry Tales designs showing boy mice, some of Durene Jones cupcakes, some of the ornaments in the JCS 2020 Christmas Ornament issue and the Waxing Moon monthlies.  And of course, I'm sure I'll find many more things I want to stitch as the year goes on.

                                                            

Happy Dance - Gingerbread Bell

 

 

Started: 12/2/2020

Finished: 12/31/2020

Total Stitching Time: 2 hours 25 minutes

 Gingerbread Bell was designed by Jenny Barton and I found it in an old issue of Cross Stitch Crazy.

It's stitched on brown perforated paper with the called for DMC.  The only change I made was to stitch the bottom inner border with brown instead of white.  

It was my 32nd start for the Christmasitis SAL and will be going to a Ronald McDonald House next Christmas.

Up Next: Hodgepodge Stocking