Two for January!

Sneaking in a second post for January. 

Does January drag on forever or is it just me? Then February speeds by. 

 

Finished the stitching on this piece last week.

House of Blues an Browns by With Thy Needle and Thread.

I'm not sure about the fabric - it was packaged with the chart by the shop where I bought it. If it was the called for fabric, it's Fine Ariosa, 22 ct, cream. 

I did not use the called for colors - I changed to DMC, some of them I tried to match to the listed GAST but some, I just picked something I liked. (I used DMC 3752, 524, 869, 829, 451, 3011 & 3768) 

I think I may make it into a pillow but I will have to go fabric shopping. We will see.

The weather here is cold and miserable. We have had rain with some sleet. We are all the way up to 31 degrees right now. I'm staying inside and going to try to get some stitching in this afternoon. I guess I slept wrong last night and I've got a sore neck so we will see how much I actually get done.

On to February!

Happy New Year!

 I hope your year is off to a great start! 

I'm in the process of putting the Christmas decor away. I always love the box of handmade ornaments. There is a mixture of ones I made myself, gifts from friends and few my grandmother made. Because I'm bad about waiting until the last minute to finish them, there were no new ornaments this year. There are some that are stitched but I didn't get them fully finished before surgery. Maybe I will get them done before next Christmas!

I thought I would share a few pictures of our day

I am finally able to stitch a bit again. I can't go too long before my wrists get tired (no matter what it is I'm doing, they get tired and I don't have my grip strength back yet) but it feels good to get a few stitches in here and there. Maybe I will actually finish something soon!

Have a great weekend!