VOTE!

I had this framed last month but decided to wait to show it until today. Don't forget to exercise your constitutional right. Go vote!

Boring Stitching

I am trying to get some of the background done before my next guild meeting. It is great to do while watching the debate....

Background and Lists

I decided that I need to work on this a little every day. It is slow and hard to see since I painted the canvas.
It was interesting that some people don't like lists and some do. I like lists. It keeps me on task and helps me to feel like I am making progress. I don't worry that I don't finish everything on my list. I just keep moving it forward until I have to do it or it no longer is important to me. As for my stitching list, it SOMETIMES keeps me from starting a new project....

Bullet Journal Stitching List(Long with photos)

My dd  introduced me to Bullet Journals and I thought it might actually work for me. I do keep lists and journals and I needed a way to keep a calendar and my lists together. If you want to find out more, try http://bulletjournal.com/ . It was where I looked.

Here is my list: 

 I like having a spot to mark when I have completed a task which is why there is a little box to the left of each project. (Why I put one in front of Reptiles is beyond me as that won't be done anytime soon!) These are just projects that I currently have started and want to see completed.
Joseph just needs some white beads and then he goes to the finishing pile.

 Blue SOTM(Flowers of Italy) needs two squares redone and the background stitch put in. The background is a pain and takes a bit of time. Good thing to do while watching tv.

 ANG is a totally new project that I can't show you. It is for the Chapter Project Book, maybe....ANG Chapter Project Books

The next two are Drawn Thread Sampler (DTS). If I would just do the smaller one, I would be close to finished. But nooooooo! I needed to do the large one too. And I can no longer meet with my stitching friend to work on my piece. Hopefully we can regroup and find a time to meet. This is too pretty to live in my basement.

 This is my felted bag. DD started it ages ago and did make it into a bag. I am redoing it.

 This is Reptiles. I have almost finished a page of it. I find it quite addicting once I start working on it. Do you think I can finish it in three years for my son's college graduation?

Several of these projects have hard due dates. The most pressing is the ANG project as it MUST be done by November 1. Blue SOTM should be worked on before the second week in October and I am supposed to have the felted bag finished by October 6. Drawn Thread is to stitched by March 2017(lots of time) and I want to get Joseph ready to hang for Christmas.
Sorry for such a long post, but this stuff has been rattling in my brain and I needed to get it out!  Do you all make lists and prioritize your stitching? Or are you one of those stitchers who only works on one project at a time?

A Year Long Project

This is the project that I am teaching my local EGA. It is an old ANG Stitch of the Month from 2011 by Ro Pace.  I used some ribbon floss and Flair that I found in my stash for the waffle stitch.  Lots of angel wings left to do around the outside....

Stitch from Stash September

Month: September
Spent:$35-threads for 2016 project
Earned:$12
Carryover:$71
Balance:$71+$12+$25-$35=$73

I was so excited that this only took a month to do from start to finish.  It will look great hanging on the 4th of July!  I gave myself $12 because of the size and all the specialty stitches.  It is needlepoint, but those little angel wings took forever!

Almost Done

I think I am half way through the background on this. It is easy except you have to be careful not to carry on the back of the canvas. 

Two Works in Progress

I can't believe it is already mid-September.  Where did the month go?  I have been busy gardening, canning and other summer activities.  Hopefully winter will hold off a bit longer although I have enjoyed the fall weather we have had recently.

I am leading my local EGA's year long project for 2016.  We are stitching ANG"s Stitch of the Month 2011 by Ro Pace. (I love her designs!) I stitched it once on congress cloth using some of my favorite colors.

I never finished that one. 
But then I decided I needed to stitch it on 18 count canvas and to use colors that I normally don't stitch with.  Here is what I came up with:

I need to redo a few squares, but I like it.  Something to hang for the Fourth of July.  Hopefully I will get them both done before the end of the year.