This year my bloging was rather erratic (hope to improve on that this year), and as I sorted through my photos and stitching stash I even found finished projects I'd not shared. Tut tut! I've had a bit of a tidy up of this blog, moving the links of finished projects (which connected to webshots) to a newly created page. Amazingly I only had 3 listed finished projects where I couldn't find a photograph, one of which I'll photograph shortly; one of which I'm not sure where it is (bookmark...); the third was a gift. Oh well...It's not bad for 5 years worth of happy dances though!
Looking back I realised I accomplished much more than I thought I had. Only one enormous cross stitch, but 11 small and 6 medium projects, 2 lace projects, and (for the first time ever) I finished quilt-sized quilting projects - THREE of them! So here we go:
Cross stitch:
Unicorn ornament (TW)
Partridge in a Pear Tree ornament
Two Grey Hills (NP Designs)
Let's Get Fancy Scissor Fob (Sweetheart Tree)
Heartstruck Friends I (Midnight Stitching)
Summer Iris (Blackbird Designs)
Heartstruck Friends II (Midnight Stitching)
Quaker Pin cushions (Milady's Needle) - all six of them
Heartstruck Quakers I (Midnight Stitching)
Heartstruck Quakers II (Midnight Stitching)
E scissor fob
Lincoln Cathedral from Castle Grounds (Needlecraft Centre)
Art Nouveau Peacock (Barbara Thompson)
Christmas Mandolin (Mill Hill)
Lace Projects:
Bedfordshire Lace motif (Christine Springett)
Bedfordshire lace butterfly (Christine Springett)
Quilting projects:
Purple sampler quilt (my design)
Amish star (Oakshott)
Teacher's Pet
At the start of 2012 I had the following WIPS:
*Eeyore's problem
*Peacock firescreen
*Gaelic banner
*Fruit Bell Pull
*Lincoln Cathedral from Castle Grounds
*Green cardigan
*Crochet scarf
*Bedfordshire lace butterfly
*Milanese lace
*Amish star quilt
*Sampler quilt
*Teacher's pet quilt
So how did I do with my goals? Last year I wanted to:
1) Finish my Bedfordshire lace butterfly YES
2) Complete another lace project YES (but only a little one)
3) Finish Peacock firescreen YES. I also finished Lincoln Cathedral
4) Work on all three of my other xs WIPS YES - although I counted 4 others, not three.
5) Finish Teacher's pet quilt YES
6) Finish another quilt YES - I finished another TWO (but only just!)
7) Finish my green cardigan Almost, I'm in the process of stitching it up
8) Finish the crochet scarf Almost - all of the flowers are done, I just need to join them together
~ and, as always ~
9) Stitch lots, on what I want, and enjoy it!! Of course, but this was an easy goal!
This year I am starting with the following WIPS:
*Eeyore's problem
*Gaelic banner
*Fruit Bell Pull
*Night
*Peacock Majesty
*A New Baby (Tatty Teddy)
*Green cardigan
*Crochet scarf
*Milanese lace
*Bedfordshire rose leaves
I THINK that's it....
In 2013 I'd like to:
1) Finish A New Baby
2) Finish Gaelic Banner
3) Finish Night
4) Work on all of my other xs WIPs
5) Finish the green cardigan
6) Finish the crochet scarf
7) Finish Bedfordshire rose leaves
8) Start Wisteria lace edging
9) Make a quilt
~ and, as always ~
10) Stitch lots, on what I want, and enjoy it!!
10) Stitch lots, on what I want, and enjoy it!!
4 comments:
Well done on making so many of your goals last year and good luck with this year's. I will be watching your progress.
Happy New Year!!xx
You have done well this year! Isn't it fun to reflect back to what we have achieved? I focus too much on all the projects I have started that seem to be on a UFO unreachable island. But I am determined to get 13 done in this year as a minimum. I can still do many new start projects along with them.
You asked about the crochet tree and star I used for the garland and yes they are online. They are both tutorials on TheRoyalSisters blog. They are on her sidebar to the right.
Wishing you a new year filled with joy and creativity Jo!
Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi
Awesome job on your goals last year, good luck on your progress for this year.
Happy Stitching
Denise
You've had a great year - here's to an equally or even more successful 2013!
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