End of the Month Report for November

Wow. We are already at the start of the last month of the year and Christmas is right around the corner. I am hoping to get my tree up sometime after my cast comes off which is December 13th. However, I have been working on Christmas ornaments to add to the menagerie of the ornaments created by the kids, myself and just favored ornaments which we have picked out over the years.

The last couple of days I have been working on a couple of projects and have quite a bit of progress has been made. I finished up the ornament which I had been working on and while I have not added beads to it, I am loving how it turned out. The ornament is from Turquoise Graphics & Designs and is called Festive Times. I am definitely going to be looking into some of her other work after the holidays. She has a gorgeous freebie design on her website, called Aegean Garden, which I am going to work on when I can get to the LNS to pick up the necessary Caron Waterlilies which is used in the design.

Festive Trees
Designer: Gunay F. Uyan
Turquoise Graphics & Designs
Fabric: 32 count White Jobelan
Threads: DMC

In addition, I worked on the Lizzie Kate UFO which I started working on in January 2009. As many stitchers can relate to, stitched pieces bring back memories of life events that were occurring to the stitcher. I started work on this piece when my Mom was in ICU after her quintuple bypass and subsequent recovery. Every time I see this piece, I remember my worries and fears for her recovery, our conversations and watching her fight to regain her strength. I have finished all the detail stitching for the month of June and will leave the mindless stitching to fill in around the lettering for later.

June Stamp-it
Designer: Lizzie Kate
Fabric: 32ct Mushroom Lugana
Threads: Weeks and Gentle Arts

I started the August stamp-it today. The reason??? Well, I would have had to move the material on the Q-Snaps and I just didn't feel like doing that today. Also the August and June pieces both had bees on them and I decided that I would sew all of them together at one time. Hopefully I can continue to make progress on this piece while I am recuperating. After all, I have another 13 days in my cast.

I finished up another knitted dishcloth and started another color which I am looking forward to see how it works up. The reason for so many dishcloths is I am hoping to put them in with gifts for extended family and friends as a little 'extra' gift. Plus I will be needing to make some more for myself since I love these for use in my kitchen. Also I need to make some for my camper so that when I can go camping again I can keep my camper shiny and bright.

Until next time, keep knittin' and stitchin', spend time with friends and family and most of all, enjoy life!