December Finishes

Only took me 6 months

Dinovember

I have a small frame that I think I will continue to use for a monthly cross stitch theme.

Made a little Boo for October.

So, in honor of Dinovember; November's theme. (I still need to iron this though.)

Freebie EFF the Dishes

Teehee. Indeed.

Grab the FREE pattern HERE

Cute Cross Stitch Fall Freebie

Get the pattern here

Halloween Quickie

I found these on Pinterest.

I had a frame to fill and it took all of 10 minutes.

Stitcher's Delight

by Steotch.

And a free one at that!

A Christmas gift for my sister.

She doesn't stitch, but has shared this pattern online at least a dozen times.

So, I know she'll love it.

Pardon the hoop marks, finished it just moments ago.

Cross Stitching for the Maladjusted

I recently found this stitcher, and I hope she is continuing this fun idea; turning kits into personalized snark.

I love snark.

Cross Stitching for Cross People

Psst. I'm borrowing this one. Found the kit on eBay.

Be Nice...Or Else

Finished the companion piece to Stitcherhood's Be Nice on Saturday.

I am on a roll!

Now to start the Christmas presents, there is actually a real chance that I may finish them on time this year.

Pumpkin Spice All the Things!

You know it's coming.

Pumpkin Spice everything.

So a quick, little funny.

I borrowed the pumpkin dude and font from Prairie Schooler's Cats, Bats, and Witches.

Be Nice Companion

WIP Wednesday, er, Thursday.

But hey, I'm glad I even have another project underway so soon.

And about halfway done at that!

The companion piece to Stitcherhood's Be Nice.

Daily Cross Stitch

I joined the free daily cross stitch site, apparently there is a free one every day.

I got this one yesterday.

Saved for later.

And when I went and grabbed the link; woohoo!

I plan to visit here every day.

Link to Daily Cross Stitch

I did find a pinata one that was a hoot.

And when looking for the pinata picture, I found another by Frosted Pumpkin;

Fun!

Finished: Stitcherhood Be Nice

Finally.

Well, the first of the two patterns.

The second half shouldn't take as long.

Hopefully.

Needle Minder

For the first time ever, I am using a needle minder.

I keep dropping needles.

And with a curious, eagle-eyed toddler running around, I can't do that.

I found this one on etsy.

WIP Wednesday

Of course, the way I stitch, this could be every day.

More progress on the Free Hugs.

And since I have to make a floss run for the sloth's face color, a start of a little project.

Be Nice.

Pattern Here.

So far;

Gift Stitching

I have collected a few requests from my children and found many that I am sure they will like.

For the eldest, who loves sloths and at one point had the Free Hugs t-shirt on her wishlist, I thought this one from Sewingseed was perfect.

Pattern Here.

So far;

Father's Day Gift to the Hubs

I Heart My Baby Daddy, Subversive Cross Stitch.

A Finish....Finally

My first completed project of 2014;

Prairie Schooler's Double, Double

And a little more on this one.

I am proud to say that I am teaching my middle child to stitch.

Works in Progress

I have 3 at the moment.

Lilli Violette

Mary Poppins, Practically Perfect.

My queue is growing quite large.

Satusuma Street

I am in love with the Pretty Little series.

Added to the queue;

Pretty Little New York

Pretty Little San Francisco

Pretty Little London

Naughty, Naughty

I like to stitch rude words in pretty fonts.

There are a few of us.

I never in a million years would have guessed it of Dame Judi Dench.

I happened across this story only this past year, but it was making the rounds a few years ago.

"She makes these like needlework embroideries on set in the tedium of filming", says MacFadyen, “but they are all: ‘You Are a Cunt’. And she gives them as presents. And it’s Dame Judi Dench. And she is doing this beautifully, intricate, ornate (work). You kind of see the work materializing as the shoot goes on. Like: ‘You Are a Fucking Shit.’Knightley never received her embroidered cushion from Dench but remarks: “I love that! She gives this fantastic air. She just sits there and she embroiders and you think: ‘Oh, that’s so nice! It’s Judi Dench. It’s so quaint; she’s embroidering a cushion,’ and you go: ‘What are you embroidering?’ And (it says): ‘Fuck!’ Apparently she’s got hundreds of them just covered in swear words or rude sayings.”

I love this. More than I can possibly say.

Finger Knitting

Munchkin is interested in learning to cross stitch, so we're working on her first project.

I know finger knitting is not a new form, but I have to admit, I have not given it much thought.

I came across this in Wondertime (sob, explained here.)

Bobbin Winder

Bobbin winding is really boring, but rather necessary.

I am currently trying to avoid carpal tunnel by doing it, so my husband bought me a bobbin winder.

I didn't even know this was a thing.

I am only just becoming organized in this area of my life, having purchased my first set of bobbins and a handy dandy organizer a mere 5 months ago. So I have been winding them by hand. And with the occasional hindrance- er, help of the Munchkin.

The hubs made a floss run for me on the way home from work, and decided to pick one up for me.

DMC makes one for about $2, but this one was the generic equivalent for I believe 97 cents.

And it works just fine.

Currently, I am doing the blues.

So much neater than my old um, system.

Dr Who Patterns

A lovely lady on a crochet site was kind enough to post these online; free for personal use.

Sometimes Life Really Does Make Other Plans

Currently working on my first project of 2014;

It's a work in progress