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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

January Stitching Goals & Small Finishes

Well I survived my first day back to work... barely!  By 10:30am I had a headache, and by lunchtime it turned into a migraine.  Which means I stayed home Monday night instead of going to Taekwon-Do (which I would of preferred).  I did spend a little more time setting  up my new laptop, gosh I've got so many files/folders to clean up from my old computer!

I sat down on Sunday night and jotted down what I wanted to get done for this upcoming month (stitching wise) and what I did manage to accomplish in December.

December Goal Review
Finish Air on Art Deco Spirits -- it was close, I finished it up before noon on January 1st
Stitch one ornament - Yes, Byzantine #2
Work on The Accolade - Yes!

January Stitching Goals
Work on Art Deco Spirits
Work on The Accolade
Stitch 1 Ornament

Since I didn't have the brains to work on any of my more complicated pieces I took the time to do the finishing on the snowflake I stitched up on New Year's Day.  Its a little goal of mine this year, to actually finish things in a timely manner!

Snowflake - Cross Stitch Gold
Stitched on 28ct Opalescent Lugana
Stitched with DMC & Kreinik BF

Then I stitched up this wee snowflake from the same pattern.  It was so small instead of turning it into an ornament, I made it into a scissor fob, it was just big enough to fit a nickle inside to give it a little weight.

15 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear you had a migraine. Your stitching and finishing is gorgeous. Good luck with January's goals.

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  2. I used to leave finishing things for ages and then a year or so ago, I got into the habit of finishing as soon as possible after I'd finished the stitching (available supplies permitting). I now much prefer doing things straight away and not having a huge pile of things tucked away in a drawer.

    Your ornament and fob look great!

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  3. I hope you're feeling better. your ornament and fob are really cute!

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  4. Good luck with January's goals Dani .

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  5. The beaded edge and hanger on the snowflake are so pretty.

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  6. Good luck with your goals for the month.

    Super first finish for 2011, such a nice chart, and the cute little scissor fob is so darling.

    I loved reading your round-up of 2010, you had a wonderful year

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  7. Lovely finishes, I hope you're feeling better by now

    Erna xx

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  8. Anonymous4:51 pm

    Love the ornie and fob finishes - they look great! :D

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  9. Lovely finishes!

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  10. Great finshes, that scissor fob is adorable. Hope you're feeling much better now, happy stitching.

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  11. Anonymous4:11 pm

    Pretty fob, and I just love the scissors!

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  12. Hope you are feeling better Dani. Love the fob. It's so pretty.

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  13. The snowflake made a lovely scissor fob! Hope that migraine is gone by now.

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  14. i really think work sucks and makes us ill so therefore should be banned due to being bad, as they like to ban most things that are bad for us, i could then stitch instead of working love the fob finish

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  15. Love how you finished the ornie, and the fob is too cute.

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