IHSW February 2026

 I was able to get a little bit done on a few things:

Winter Sampler -Birds of a Feather.

Poppers by Kathy Rees 

And Phoenix Band Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework:

It's IHSW!

This is the weekend to hermit and stitch.  Here are my projects for the weekend:

Phoenix Band Sampler:

Winter Sampler:

Poppers:

IHSW January 2026

 Well, it is the first International Hermit and Stitch weekend of the year. This is the idea of Jo's over on Serendipitous Stitching. There's a Facebook page too with lots of lovely eye candy.

I worked on three things.

Poppers by Kathy Rees:

I'm debating on my color choices....

SA Marsham by Sassafras Samplers:

And Christian Henry by Sassafras Samplers:

The football game made it difficult to stitch but I managed to get a bit done.

IHSW December

 I did a bit of stitching this weekend.

First, my art quilt:

Start

Finish point.

Christian Henry by Sassafras Samplers: start

Finish:

And a new start - Lizard by Mill Hill 

IHSW -August

 I did quite a bit of stitching this weekend.

Isabella Kettlewell start-

End:

Pour ta Fete:

Limonera Pear:

I finished a section.

IHSW June

 Here's my post for the weekend.

I started my oxen for my Harmony of Nature casket 

I started the third section on my pear:

Progress was made on Pour ta Fete 

And I need to decide if I want a top border on the Quaker Drum 

End of IHSW February 2025

 Well, I didn't get as much done as I had hoped, but here is my progress:

Janette Kirkland -Queenstown Sampler Designs 

And Limonera Pear:

Someone suggested I make a pear using Hardanger embroidery. I'm thinking about it.

IHSW February 2025 Start Point

 This is the third weekend of the month so we try to Hermit and Stitch.

I'm debating on whether to finish the border on Janette Kirtland and call it done or finish the whole piece:

I need to get some serious work done on Limonera Pear:

IHSW January 2025

 I didn't grab pictures of my before, but here are the pieces I stitched over the weekend:

Janette Kirkland -Queenstown Sampler Designs 

Midnight Elegance Ornament -Debbie Rowley 

Pour ta Fete by Lindsey Lane Designs.

And

Angel of Love by Lavender and Lace 

IHSW December 2024

 I managed to get some of the border done on my Bargello GCC by Gail Stafford.

And a bit more done on the Baltic Easter Basket Cover by Avlea.

IHSW November 2024

 Here are my projects for the weekend:

Casket 

Hedgehog 

Baltic Easter Basket 

IHSW October 2024

 Well, I managed to get some stitching done.

Dawn to Dusk by Textured Treasures 

Starting point:

Ending point - I finished the border and started to bead.

Casket:

Got a butterfly done!

Alice Ellen Usher:

I am trying to get a page finish:

September 2024 IHSW

 Well, I managed to finish No Time Like the Present by Modern Folk Embroidery.

Then I moved on to my Bargello GCC -

Since I finished the lesson I moved to Dawn to Dusk 

I finished two motifs so I pulled out Alice Ellen Usher (are you catching a theme?)

Wow! She is a big girl!

Then a friend reminded me I needed to get the pre-work done for Africana 

So I started it. Look at the threads!

I need to concentrate on something so I can get another finish!