Fast & Furious Stitching!

Hello again, my stitching followers!!

After my last post, I caught the stitching bug again and set to work on the Hermit.  I got some great stitching time in on Sunday and Monday this week, so much so, that I wanted to post an update.

March 8, 2013 will mark the 1 year anniversary since I started work on the Hermit.  I am hoping that I will finish this current page by that date, which will mean that it took me 1 year to complete 6 pages of chart!!  At that rate, the project will be done in .... 4 years!  (Ha! I'm crazy!)

I am very excited as well because I finally found a box to hold all my cross-stitching stuff.  Right now everything is in plastic bags, so it will be nice to have a home for everything.  I can't wait to get it all organized tonight!!

And, without further ado --- an update on the Hermit.

Bad Stitchy!

Wow.  My bad. Haven't posted in almost a month.

I blame Netflix.

Seriously.  I haven't been stitching much since the New Year.  Aside from Netflix, there was alot going on with me in January.  Things are finally settling down a bit.  I am hoping to get back to more stitching soon.

As for Netflix - hubby and I have been addicted to the new series, "House of Cards".  Great television.  I love Kevin Spacey.  We finished all 13 episodes in about a week.  Then we started a Star Trek marathon.  We've been watching the movies every night this past week.  So good!  William Shatner is great.

But, I have to admit, I miss stitching.  I miss the Hermit.  We are visiting my in-laws this weekend and I brought the Hermit.  I am really hoping I can get some stitching done today.  It's hard to believe but it's almost been a year since I started working on the Hermit.  I have the date written down, it's sometime in early March 2012 that I placed the first stitch.  Crazy!!

I had better get off the computer if I want to stitch this weekend.

Here is a photo of the Hermit's progress so far.

Thanks for sticking with me!

Hermit - February 16, 2013

2012 - A Stitching Review

Good day loyal followers!!  Once again, I have to apologize for my tardiness in posting.  With the holidays and the January hangover that followed, I just haven't had a chance to post. Oh, and the season 6 of Dexter is now available on Netflix, so everything stitching related has kind of taken a backseat.

Looking back to 2012 - I have to say that it was probably the best year I had for cross stitch finishes.  Four!!  (Doesn't sound like a lot, but when you consider the time that goes in to each project, I think it's pretty impressive!)

The first finish was "Dogs have Masters, Cats have Slaves", second was my son's birth record "Baby Express Birth Record",  third was my friend's birth record for their son "Farm Friends, and finally, "The Golden Girls".

 

Wow, seeing them all together like that!  So awesome, if I do say so myself!  ;)

Can't help but wonder what 2013 will bring.  Coming soon, a Hermit update.  Thanks for continuing to follow my stitching journey.

Goodybe, 2012!

It's been several weeks since I have posted.  I do apologize to my followers.  December is such a busy month - holiday parties, family get-togethers, not to mention work!  It's been a month plagued with illness. At any given time one or all of us has been sick.  Finally the cold weather has come, so I am hoping this is the end of the sickness.

Cross-stitching has thus taken a backseat to the busyness of the month.  I have missed it tremendously.  I promise to post an update on the Hermit in the coming weeks. 

Thank you all for following along my stitching journey.  I look forward to many more posts and stitches in 2013.

Awarded!

I am flattered to have been awarded the Liebster by a fellow cross-stitcher, Monique.  My sincerest thank you!

 
Liebster is a German word meaning dearest, favorite or beloved. Liebster Awards are given by bloggers to other bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers, to spread the word and help newer bloggers gain wider recognition. 

1. Choose 5 bloggers with fewer than 200 followers to award the Liebster to.

2. Show thanks to the blogger who awarded the Liebster to you by linking back to their blog. 

3.  Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving awards to, with links to their sites, and comment on their blog to let them know that you have given them the award.

I have enjoyed so many sites, it's hard to choose only 5, but here goes:

1. My World of Stitching
2. Fuzz and Sunshine
3. Stick to my needle
4. Mii Stitch
5. My Wee Stitchy Blog

Another page in the books!

I'm happy to be finally posting an update on another completed page of the Hermit.

The stitching in the bottom-most right of the design is what I finished last night.  Frankly, it was rather a boring page to stitch... mostly purples and plum colors.  Not very challenging at all, yet it was a quick finish as it only took about 6 weeks. 

And now for the decision on which page to do next!  Do I finish the bottom left corner?  Do I work on the upper right and discover what the wall looks like?  Decisions, decisions!  #firstworldproblems ;)

Fastest completion to date!

Yes ... you read that right.  I have finished Golden Girls.  Took about 2 days in total, and despite a brutal week of migraines, I still did it.  (Probably why the migraines didn't go away -- oops!).

It was such a fun little project to do.  I'm very excited to get it framed.  I've heard from other friends that there are a few other designs like this one. 

Stars Wars: 

The gang from Firefly:

And ... O-M-G.... X-Files!

God help me.

Anyway... I better not do any more searching.  Here is Golden Girls.