Kitten Stitching: FFO 2020

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Sunday, 15 March 2020

FFO Post for March

[So sorry, rather late post but I have been away for the weekend - more on that next post] ....

This is a great SAL, designed to motivate us all to do something with that box of Finished pieces instead of just storing them under the bed or in my case, in a drawer! The idea is to link up on Rachel's blog on or after the 10th of each month (10 Hour Stitcher - 10th of the month)..... and I actually managed to Fully Finish a whopping nine pieces this month - I am pretty chuffed with myself. This SAL is a huge motivator for me!

#1.

First up is an older stitchy finish, which I finished stitching in November 2016 but according to the post, took three and a half years to stitch! (Obviously I am very easily distracted - lol!).

Proverbi 4 by Paola Gattiblu

28ct Flax Linen

My selection of speciality floss

(The two blues are WDW Blue Jean and GAST Cornflower)

I actually finished this way back in January 2016! This, too, only took four years to actually FFO it!

I embellished it with a blue bow and some buttons from my stash.

This has a companion piece, Proverbi 3, which I FFOed last month.

#3
PS Santa 2015, finished as a small wall hanging with two pegs:

"C"hristmas "D"ay

#4. "Be Joyful" by Tempting Tangles Designs, which I did finish stitching this year.

I also FFOed this sweet design "With you I am home" which I have absolutely no recollection (and I can't find anything on my blog) of when I stitched it. I added the little heart buttons from my button collection and the hot pink check fabric is also from my stash.

I am displaying it on this cute chalkboard which I bought from TK Maxx for only $6 (AUD).

#6 is another Prairie Schooler design - isn't he a cute snowman?

#7 is Winter Wonderland by CCN, which I finished stitching earlier this year - I finished it as a large wall/balustrade hanging. I found this perfect pale blue and snowflake fabric in my stash for the border.

... and this lovely silver, gold and white fabric for the backing.

... and #8 is that I fully finished "Christmas Bullfinch", another design that I finished stitching earlier this year. Again, I found the perfect fabric in my stash!

... and finally, #9 is "Mon Amour" stitched it on a scrap of unknown green linen which I had in my stash and chose my own pinks and greens and added white beads instead of white crosses. The fabric in the border is what I used to back it with, too.

Please go see what everyone else Fully Finished this month.

Thanks for visiting and please don't forget to leave a comment as I do love a good chat,

hugs,

Saturday, 29 February 2020

February 2020 WIPocalypse Check In

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings

Each month we have to share the projects we want to complete before the End Of The World. Measi always gives us a topic to discuss, too. For February the topic is:

What do you listen to while stitching?

Whilst I know that lots of people like to listen to podcasts my favourite thing to do is to listen to a book on Audible. I am currently listening to a series of Irish crime novels by Patricia Gibney and, I am so enjoying that gorgeous Irish accent.

.... and just to explain what I am up to with how my WIPocalypse is going to work (please feel free to scroll down if you have read this before):

"As I wrote last post:

"This year is going to be my second attempt at taking part in WIPocalypse, the first time was in 2017. When I only managed three posts! Hopefully, this year I will be more organised and motivated and keep myself on track.

As Jo, from Serendipitous Stitching, is my absolutely stitching hero, I am going to follow her lead and stitch on "20 for [20]20" this year. However, with a bit of a twist, as I am not going to list all twenty on this initial post mainly because we have had all of the family home for Christmas/New Year plus some overseas visitors plus I broke my nose three days before Christmas (having some nose surgery tomorrow to fix it all up - feeling a bit nervous about it, I must admit) so I have not had the time I needed before the 5th Jan to go through all of my stash (and as you can see this post is late!)."

However, as I have been doing a bit of rearranging in my Girl's Nest, I found my very large pile of finished Stitched pieces which have not been FFOed! Some of the them have been languishing for years. So, I am setting myself the goal of FFOing "20 in'20" this year, too! Now, a couple of them are going to require professional framing but that will still count as that will still take time and $$$$."

So, here is my NEWLY UPDATED Stitching list:

Key: Blue = Projects stitched on this month
Purples = Projects Newly added to the list
Pink = Finished Projects

1. Snowflake Serenade by CCN (Finished in February 2020)

2. Saltbox Farm by Linda Meyers (WIP)

3. Twelve Christmas ornaments from JCS Ornie Mag 2011 to 2019 for the Christmas Ornie SAL

- January is finished
- Stitched on February

4. [Another] Twelve Christmas ornaments from JCS Ornie Mag 2019 for JCS Ornie Mag 2019 FB SAL
- January and February are finished

5. Quakers in England Mystery SAL by Tempting Tangles Designs

6. Peas & Qs by The Cricket Collection (WIP)

7. Ebony and Ivory by Tempting Tangles Designs (WIP)

8. Mary Wigham by (WIP)

9. Jour D'Hiver by Lilli Violette (WIP)

10. A Seasonal Sampling by Linda Meyers (WIP)

11. Granny's Daily Temperature SAL by Carolyn Manning

12. Hallowe'en Ornie SAL - at least six of the 12 themes

13. Prairie Schoolers Yearly Santa SAL with my friend, Marie (of walking around Princes Park every Sunday fame) - we aim to stitch as many of the yearly Santas as we can this year but this will be an ongoing SAL so no pressure!

1. 2005 Santa finished (February 2020)
2. 2015 Santa started

14. The Ice Skaters, design from a Better Homes and Garden mag, 1992

15. Linen and Threads 2020 Mystery SAL

16. The Three Musketeers Stitching Bookclub SAL by Sapphire Mountain Designs

17. Jane Marshall 1857 by Hands Across the Seas Samplers (a fundraiser for the Australian Bushfire

18. Quaker Village by Rosewood Manor (newly added to the list)

19. The Faerie Queen Sampler by The Scarlet Letter

20. ?

... here are the photos of what I managed to stitch on this month:

1. Snowflake Serenade by CCN

3. Christmas Ornie SAL - Theme Three

"Friends are Christmas Treasures" by Historic Handworkes (JCS Christmas Ornie Mag 2016).

4. JCS Ornie Mag 2019 FB SAL - Christmas Bullfinch by Punochka.

5. Quakers in England Mystery SAL by Tempting Tangles Designs

Starting with the flag of England.

9. Jour D'Hiver by Lilli Violette (WIP)

13. Prairie Schooler Yearly Santa SAL

A finish of 2005 Santa ...

... and a start on 2015...

16. The Three Musketeers Stitching Bookclub SAL by Sapphire Mountain Designs

18. Quaker Village by Rosewood Manor (newly added to the list)

19. The Faerie Queen Sampler by The Scarlet Letter

So, altogether I managed to stitch on eleven WIPocalypse projects, making excellent progress on some of them. I am a very happy Stitcher this month!

Now, to all my UNFINISHED Finished Stitching. Last month I managed to FFO one stitched piece, but this month I managed three! So, now I have FFOed 4/20 for WIPocalypse.

#2 is "Falling" by Plum Street Samplers which is a recent stitching finish.

Proverbi 3 by Paola Gattiblu

28ct Flax Linen

My selection of speciality floss

(The two blues are WDW Blue Jean and GAST Cornflower)

I actually finished this way back in January 2016! Only took four years to actually FFO it!

A freebie from Anne Les Petites Croix: Bonne Annee (Happy New Year) which I changed to Mon Amour (My love).

So, I would have to say that I am very happy with my WIPocalypse progress so far for 2020. Hopefully, I can maintain it - often I have lost my way by the end of January but I have managed to make great inroads over two months now - yay!