Goals for the Month of January, 2011...

Do I have goals this month? Not really... I've been fiddling with "Light at Sea" from the Dimensions Matted Accents collection... Only, it's losing the flag... I'm Canadian, so I don't think an American flag is gonna work out so well here... And I really don't feel like switching to a Canadian flag, so, I'm just gonna leave it out and fill in the area with appropriate cloud-like stitches... Then it can be multi-national!!!

Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long...

I... completely forgot to post this... Whoops! :)

Yes, I play Guitar Hero... In fact, my recent obsession of that is why my ORT jar has not changed contents in the past few weeks... Also, it was the holidays, and I had family down... Hoping for some new ORTs soon-ish!

"Flakes Unite" and "Joy Kitty"...

"Flakes Unite"

From Dimensions
Designed by Brian Jackins

Finished December 11th, 2008 approximately

"Joy Kitty"

From Dimensions

Designed by Brian Jackins
Finished December 11th, 2010

I totally didn't plan on the dates being similar...

ORT Jar...

I figured I should post a before picture of the ORT jar of doom... Look at that thing!!!! It's enormous!!!!! And look at all the ORTs! I think I've been collecting since this whole silly ORT thing started, because I sure didn't add much to the jar in the past twelve months, seeing as how I was in school from September to April, and then had a relatively stitch free summer where I worked and played back home for four months... All in all though, I think I had more finishes then I give myself credit for... There were two of "Nova Scotia Tartan Map", two free kits from Cross-Stitcher Magazine, "Cut Roses", "Tabby's Friend", something I stole from the internets to do for Jenn for Christmas last year (I know, bad stitcher!)... That's seven things I can recall during a time when I swear I didn't do much stitching...

Maybe it wasn't as much of a stitchy slump as I thought... :)

"Nova Scotia Tartan Map"...

"Nova Scotia Tartan Map"

From Foxberry Cottage Crafts

Finished December 9th, 2010

Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long!!!

I've joined up in the Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long for 2011 (Check out Sharon's blog for details: http://itsdaffycat.blogspot.com/)... I've been saving my ORT's for awhile, and have quite a large container for them to live in... I didn't sign-up for last year's, but I played along anyway... I'll have to start taking some pictures of my jar!

Goals for the Month of December, 2010...

1. Finish the "Nova Scotian Tartan Map"... It's a gift for my aunt for Christmas (she also received another cross-stitch for Christmas a couple of years ago, the "Winter Hideaway" Dimensions piece)... I feel the need to explain something about this piece... I gave my parents a finished cross-stitch of this while they were visiting me in Newfoundland... When I came home to Ontario at the beginning of September, it took me a couple of days to ask where they put it... Apparently, when they were cleaning the rental car in Newfoundland, they accidently threw it out with some bags... I've since had them purchace the chart packs for this and the "Cape Breton Tartan Map" (Dad liked them both a lot), and all the threads required to stitch them, and sometime in the near future I will stitch it for them again... Until then, this piece is for my father's sister, who took me in for a whole month back in 2008 and put up with my crazy ways... Finished December 9th, 2010...

2. Finish "Beguiling Tiger"... This has traveled with me across the country several times, but I just haven't felt like working on it, so it has languished in the 3/4's done state...

3. Finish "Joy Kitty"... I did some work on this in October, but I got distracted by the roses... Finished December 11th, 2010...


I work very near an up-scale coffee shop, which is managed by my mother actually... I tend to show up there at scarily early hours, to have breakfast and wake up properly... I have been making it a habit to take a cross-stitch with me to work on, because I'm usually there several hours before my shift starts... For instance, tonight I started work at 5pm, and I showed up at 2pm for coffee... I'm finding that this is really helping the progress of my stitching... And that there are lots of people in my community who think what I'm doing is awesome... Instant ego boost... :)