Look...

... a small finish... I am starting to build a collection of these little blue stitcheries... This one was nice and quick to do...

A finish...

...a start...

...last but not least - an oldie but goodie...

G I finally found her - tucked away she was - three hours of searching and lots of mutterings, some swearing - I finally unearthed her... She is my 'project in waiting' while I consider what I want to do next... And believe me I found lots to consider...

In my unearthing I found the little pre-printed 'home' so I thought until I settle on my next big project I will stitch this... It will match up with my blue cat and the welcome stitchery I did last year... I have this idea of creating a feature of all of these little stitcheries...

My red work lady had me a little intimidated as I am certainly not a lover of satin stitch nor am I very good at it and the last bits of this particular piece had quite a bit of it to do... After procrastinating for quite a few months I finally took the bull by the horns and settled down to finish it... I am reasonably happy with the way it turned out so it has joined my other red lady in the box until I decide what I am going to do with it...

I am in a strange place re my stitching - I am not sure what to think why I feel like I do but these last few months I haven't had the enthusiasm I have had previously... One reason I think is that I feel a little overwhelmed as I realise that over the last couple of years especially I have collected quite a bit - realistically I know that probably 60% of it won't be stitched or even make it out of its packets... I am a little aghast at the dollar value I have just sitting in the cupboard - but in saying that I am more than a little reluctant to sell or give any of it away... Not sure what the answer is I am sure it will come to me if I don't stress about it too much...

Until then

Sharon xx

I fell off The Wagon too *A !!!!

... well, I just couldn't resist this one... Yeah, I know what I said - no more stash buying - blah, blah, blah - now how boring is that... If I start this immediately then it becomes a WIP doesn't it... This is a Lanarta design called appropriately enough "Baboushka" There are two more in the series a larger one and a small one - this is the medium size. I will be definitely buying the other two to match so I am not even going to start making justifications to why... I am really looking forward to bringing this little lady 'to life' so to speak... If I get myself together, tonight could be the night for crossing the first cross...

* A from Feather Stitching was commenting how she had fallen off the wagon re her stitching stash - I just wanted her to know she had company :)