Recent Finishes, or lack thereof

Unfortunately, I cannot show my most recent finish, as it will be sent overseas soon, along with others, as Christmas presents.

I've been struggling with lack of sleep recently, and then being so tired during the day that I tend to fall asleep at bad or inconvenient times, and end up getting very little accomplished during the day.

It makes for less than stellar stitching sessions!

I promise to post stuff soonish, when I can get things done that I can show off :-)

FREEBIE - Colourful Christmas Tree

Having trawled through my Works In Progress box, I came across this rather pretty tree, half stitched. So I thought it time to finish it, and just in time for the Christmas season!

Design - Colourful Christmas Tree

Designer - Judi Utter (for Cyberstitchers)

(http://www.cyberstitchers.com/free_patterns/pattern/colorful_christmas_tree)

Fabric - 16 ct white aida (possibly)

Threads - as listed in chart

Freebie Finish

I treated myself to almost all of the DMC threads I was missing from my collection today. I'm still missing about 10 (not including the 16 new ones being released in October, and some metallics and all of the new varigated colours). But at least now, I have very little excuse for not finishing projects, if I have nearly all of the DMC range of colours!

Anyway.....

FREEBIE - The Prairie Schooler - Jun 2013

Design - Jun 2013 freebie (Halloween design)

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

http://www.prairieschooler.com/free.htm

(this changes a few times a year, but currently it's the Halloween design)

Fabric - 14 ct ecru

Threads - 3371, 921

FREEBIE - The Prairie Schooler

I have a work in progress (WIP) to show. This is what happens when you have a chart with two colours in it, and you only have one of the colours!

When I can next get to my local craft shop, I will get the other colour and finish this freebie from The Prairie Schooler:

Design - Jun 2013 freebie (Halloween design)

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

http://www.prairieschooler.com/free.htm

(this changes a few times a year, but currently it's the Halloween design)

Fabric - 14 ct ecru (not that you can tell)

Threads - 3371, 921 (currently missing from my stash)

You know when.....

You know when you find that even after two cups of coffee first thing in the morning, you still aren't making sense to yourself or anyone else around you, and it takes every last brain cell just to form a very basic sentence with the words in the correct order?

I'm having one of those days.

I'm struggling to find the willpower to sit and stitch, as well. Right now it seems that a project that will take me about an hour to stitch, is one hour too long!

I'm currently working on a couple of things from The Prairie Schooler. One is the current freebie - a halloween project (it has two colours, of which I only have one. Did I say 'grrrrrrrrrr'?). The other is a non-freebie from a fairly early book. I'm stitching something from this book as a Christmas present to go to my boyfriend, so I cannot post even an "I'm in the middle of it - here's how it looks so far" picture.

I'm also looking at my filet crochet patterns for inspiration again.

But for now, I will include some finishes from many years ago (or should that read 'from the annals of history'?):

FREEBIE - EMS - Christmas Card:

Design - Happy Christmas

Designer - EMS

(you now have to register to access freebies:

http://www.cross-stitch-board.com/)

Fabric - 14 ct white aida

Threads - as suggested in chart

NON-FREEBIE - Kokopeli:

Design - Kokopeli

Designer - Dimensions

(Native American Motifs)

Fabric - 14 ct white aida

Threads - as listed

Freebie Finish

Every month, San-Man Originals sends out a newsletter to those who have signed up for it, in which is contained a freebie. The following is this month's freebie -

Design - Happy Halloween (2013)

Designer - San-Man Originals

(freebie in September 2013 newsletter)

Fabric - 14 ct white aida

Threads - Orange, black, green

Other Finishes (re) found

Some more things I found in my folders, while sorting out hard drives this past week:

NON-FREEBIE - Yikes! (Bent Creek):

Design - Yikes!

Designer - Bent Creek

Material - 14 ct Rustico Aida

Threads - as listed (DMC)

(complete with hand-painted black frame!)

NON-FREEBIE - Lighthouse (Dimensions)

Design - "Lighthouse"

Designer - Dimensions

Material - 14 ct white Aida

Threads - as listed

This is actually part of a larger chart, though I do not remember the proper name of the original ("Peaceful Retreat", perhaps?). I always liked the lighthouse best though!

FREEBIE - 

I have no memory of where this came from, who designed the original, whether it started life out as a filet crochet pattern, or what. I do know it is stitched in purple thread, possibly on white aida, though it could easily be on palest pink too. I'm not even sure what has happened to this little piece, as it is not in my 'finished' box!

UNSURES - 

Not sure where these two come from, though I do know that there are a couple more in the set. It also looks as though I might still have backstitch to go on the little snowman. Both are stitched on an interesting shade of red 14ct aida.

NON-FREEBIE - Betsy (front view) - 

Design - Betsy (front view)

Designer - Big Color Charts (I think!)

Fabric - 14 ct white aida

Threads - as listed

I loved Betsy from the moment I laid eyes on her, and just HAD to stitch her. The booklet she comes from has a front, side and rear view of Betsy, plus a few other charts in it, including a wonderful cow-related version of a rather famous painting - American Gothic. This chart, however, is called 'Americow Gothic'. Somewhere I have started stitching it too!

More to come at a later date.