January Smalls SAL - Start 26 DSDUCJFC - CAL - SFS

Hi Blogger Friends.  It's the last Wednesday of the month and time for the first Smalls SAL of the year.   This is being hosted by Heather of Stitching Lotus.  We pick a small project to stitch on and post a finished picture on the last Wednesday of the month.  I finished this one last night.  Maybe one of these months I'll get one done sooner.  lol

Christmas Blessings with Charm - Lizzie Kate

14ct Polar Ice

Started 1-25-15

Finished 1-27-15

Day 26 - Pretty Little Tokyo - Satsuma Street   (I only have 4 more of these to start.  I'm going to be having serious withdrawal issues.  I know I can work on any one of them, but its just not the same thing.)

Part 2 of Sophie's Universe crochet along

Stitch from Stash.   I so went waaaaaaaaaaaay over budget this month.  I'm really going to try better next month.  I did have 27 starts.

Thanks for looking.   Linda

Starts 24 - 25 DSDUCJFC and CAL's

Hi Blogger Friends.  I would like to thank each and everyone of you for the lovely comments that you are leaving on my posts.  Someday I will reply.  Here are my crochet along updates:

Mini Rings of Change being hosted by Kate.

This is my 2nd out of 3 crochet along's that I joined.  It is called Sophie's Universe and is a Facebook group.

Day 24 - Frozen - Pixel People

Day 25 - Christmas Blessings with Charm - Lizzie Kate

This is a picture of Bazinga! from my last post.


Thanks for looking.    Linda

Starts 20 - 23 DSDUCJFC

Hi Blogger Friends.  GUESS WHAT??  I WON!  I actually won the 2014 Smalls SAL being hosted by Heather from Stitching Lotus.  I'm still in shock.  Look at all the gorgeous things she sent me.  Beautiful fabric - one can never have enough DMC floss and these are their newest colors - cute scissors and amazing Swarovski Crystals including the heart.  Thank you so much Heather.  It was well worth stitching a small each month and I am so looking forward to more smalls this year.

Day 20 - Yearly Santa 1994 - Prairie Schooler

Day 21 - Pretty Little Sydney - Satsuma Street  (I just read on Facebook that she is working on Chicago now)

Day 22 - Bazinga! - Clouds Factory - (This is the word that Sheldon uses on The Big Bang Theory when he thinks he's fooled someone.)

Day 23 - Funky Cats - Linda Bird - Cross-Stitch and Needlework Nov. '14 - I don't normally like these kind of designs but this one just yelled out at me.

Thanks for looking.    Linda 

Starts 16 - 19 DSDUCJFC - CAL - TUSAL

Hi Blogger Friends.  Thank you for all the wonderful comments on my last posts.  I really do appreciate them.  Several of you mentioned 365 starts in your comments.  No way!!  My plan after the 59 starts - when I finish 1 - I will start 5.  I'm partially blind in my right eye and some days my left eye doesn't see real good.  I don't know how many more years I will be able to stitch.  So, if I never finish any of them I can at least say I got to work on all the ones that I wanted to.  First up:

Week 4 - Mini Rings of Change Crochet along - This is being hosted by Kate of Stitches, Scraps and Sparkles in the Sun.  This is so much fun.   I sure didn't want to stop.  I can see so many more afghans being made in this color combination.

Day 16 - Disney Princesses - Wee Little Stitches

Day 17 - Istanbul - Tiny Modernist  (Just noticed she has 8 more of these that I don't have.)

Day 18 - Pretty Little Amsterdam - Satsuma Street  (Just finished cutting the fabric for all 10 of them so I can start for the challenge.)

Day 19 - By Golly Be Jolly - Santa 2000 - Lizzie Kate

It's time for our first Totally Useless Stitch along post of the year.  This is where we save our floss or yarn ends and post a picture of them on the New Moon.  That floss jar looks really sad for having 19 starts in it.  (I do use my floss down to nubbins)

Thanks for looking.   Linda

Starts 13,14 and 15 - DSDUCJFC

Hi Blogger Friends.  Again and AGAIN I'm being bad at replying to comments and I am sorry.  I'm going to catch up with them I swear.  Please forgive me and don't desert me.  I have over 200 blogs in my sidebar and I read them everyday and comment.  I'm still getting lots of Mail Delivery Status Failure.  My comment posts on your blog but not to your email.  Does anyone know how to fix it?
My new starts:

Day 13 - I'm Right - Waxing Moon Designs

Day 14 - Halloween Rules - Lizzie Kate

Day 15 - Pretty Little San Francisco - Satsuma Street  (Debbie was going to stitch Italy and Paris)

Thanks for looking.   Linda

Oh thought I'd mention that I didn't like the number 297 so it is now up to 318.

Jan. Gifted Gorgeousness SAL

Hi Blogger Friends.  This is the first post for the above SAL.  It is being hosted by Jo of Serendipitous Stitching.  Briefly, we are to stitch charts/kits, fabric, etc. that were gifted to us or you can work on something that you are giving as a gift.  You can read all about it HERE.  I have to say that I am very very sorry to any of you that have given me charts, etc.  My poor old brain can't remember yesterday let alone a year ago.  I wasn't smart enough to write things down in a notebook.  So I will just say thank you to everybody now.

I do remember this one.  This was sent from Sharon as a get well gift back in Dec. 2013.

This one was a traveling pattern that I forgot I had.  I am so sorry to who ever sent it to me and will get it finished and pass it on.

Thanks for looking.   Linda

Crochet a-long

Hi Blogger Friends.  I finally started the CAL.  You can read about it HERE and see progress pics of the other crocheters.

Mini Rings of Change CAL

Week 1

Week 2

 Week 3

I will be having my 4 year Blogaversary in March and will be having a giveaway.  Would you like to win this or would you prefer a gift certificate to an ONS?

Thanks for looking.    Linda

Starts 10,11 and 12 - DSDUCJFC

Hi Blogger Friends.  Here are my next 3 starts.

Day 10 - Christmas Rules - Give Santa Cookies - Lizzie Kate

Day 11 - Biker Santa - Stoney Creek  (This is one that Debbie was going to start)

Day 12 - Gryffindor Crest - The World in Stitches -  (you can see a picture there)

Final count on the fabric I cut (I hope).  When I say my projects are kitted up - it is just the fabric.  I have a complete set of DMC on bobbins and just work out of the floss boxes.  However, for the really huge pieces, they have their own floss.

168 pieces cut in the last 3 weeks

    6 kits

123 previously kitted in the last 3 years - (I have 9 sets of 12 Lizzie Kate:  monthly stamps and blocks, Boo Club, etc.)

297  TOTAL

My brilliant idea is after the 59 starts - when I finish 1 I will start 5.  I will have at least 12 small finishes.

Thanks for looking.   Linda

Starts 7, 8 and 9 of DSDUCJFC - Turtle Trot SAL - YOTA SAL

Hi Blogger Friends.  This is a combination post.  First up are my last 3 days of starts for Debbie's challenge.

Day 7 - Los Angeles - tinymodernist

Day 8 - Pretty Little Barcelona - Satsuma Street - I love the colors in this one

Day 9 - Flip-it - Santa - Lizzie Kate

It's Turtle Trot time.  This is a SAL being hosted by Claudette of BAP Attack.  We pick 10 projects to work on throughout the year and see how many we can work on each month.  We post a before and after picture on the 10th of the month.  I actually managed to finish 4 last year.
This was the first month I was bad and didn't work on them.  However, I did do a little on the 3 new ones that I added.  I have to make up for it this month.

1.  Seasonal Cat Welcome - Diane Arthurs

2.  Pretty Little New York - Satsuma Street

3.  Disney Heroe's #16 - Alina's XStitch

4.  Winter Alphabet - Lizzie Kate

5.  Mitten Friends - Diane Arthurs

6.  Mermaid Myrna - Diane Arthurs

7.  Autumn Season - Sandra Cozzolino

8.  ABC Christmas - Lizzie Kate

9.  March Sampler - Waxing Moon

10.  6 Fat Men - Lizzie Kate - 1 finish a year is going to take another 4 years!?!?!

It's Year of the Acronym time again.  This is where we pick a project and work on it during the month and post a before and after picture on the first Saturday.  It is being hosted by Pull the Other Thread.  She let us post today because of it being the new year.  I didn't work on this one the past month either.

Cut-thru North Pole House - Bothy Threads

I want to thank each and every one of you for joining me in my Debbie challenge.  It means the world to me. I also have 201 members in my facebook group.  Because of all you wonderful enablers, I need to go cut more fabric.  lol

Thanks for looking.   Linda

Starts 5 and 6 - DSDUCJFC

Hi Blogger Friends

Day 5 - Kitty String - Lizzie Kate

Day 6 - Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock from the Big Bang Theory.  (Here is a youtube video)

This is Autumnal Abstract by Vervaco.  I watched Rachel stitching on this and just fell in love with it.  She had a giveaway for the chart and in an around about way - I WON it.  I'm so darn excited.  (picture borrowed from her blog)
 

AND, Rachel also sent me these adorable charts.  They are a little calendar of Joan Elliott designs.  They were in the WOCS magazine.  They are just adorable.  I will be doing these as a SAL with Mii.

I need to go cut 52 more pieces of fabric.

Thanks for looking.  Linda