UFOs

I've spent today going through my stitching and pulling out all my UFOs. I was astonished to find that I had 16 of them. Now I know this is more than some people have and less than others, but I just didn't realize I had this many lying around.

Lizzie Kate

And Two Shall Be One

Teresa Wentzler

Noah's Ark

Stoney Creek

The Brrr-Muda Triangle

Stoney Creek

Tapestry of Life

Stoney Creek

Dog Bone Wisdom

The Prairie Schooler

Old World Santas

Paula Vaughn

Friendship Quilts

OakHaven Designs

2008 Mystery SAL

Needlemania

A Bouquet For Cheryl

Mirabilia

Queen of the Flag

Leisure Arts The Stockings Were Hung

Opening His Pack

L&L

1991 Christmas Angel

Kustom Krafts

Heavenly Afternoon Ride

Just Nan

Queen of the Needle

Brightneedle

Spooky Halloween

Bent Creek SAL

I know there were more, but must have either thrown them away or passed them on to someone else to complete as I couldn't find them. Quess I really need to get serious about stitching and see how many of these I can complete this year.

PIF Winners

I had M draw the names for both PIFs today.

There were 11 people interested in the notions PIF but only 2 could be selected. The winners are:

Barbara - http://plasticcanvaslvr.blogspot.com/
Mayte - http://magicxstitch.blogspot.com/

I also had 9 people interested in the fat quarters PIF; again only 2 people could be selected. The winners for this PIF are:

Terry - http://my-needle-art.blogspot.com/
Melinda - http://melindasue10.blogspot.com/

Please contact me with your mailing address and I'll get something in the mail for each of you.
Don't forget that you now must post these PIFs on your site.

I want to thank everyone who played and I wish I could send something to each of you. I can only keep my fingers crossed that you participate in the PIFs posted by my winners and that you are lucky enough to be one of their winners.

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I belong to a group of online stitchers who meet every Friday night and do a stitch-a-thon from 6 PM till midnight. Here's the piece I started last night. I didn't get to join them until about 8 PM and then I was watching TV so didn't get much done.



Red Letter Ornaments

Blue Ribbon Designs

28-count Monaco Tea

1 over 1 stitching

And here is a photo of what the back looks like.




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PIF

I don't have a lot of time any more to stitch so I was beginning to feel left out cause all the PIFs were for stitched items. Then I saw this on Sherry's site and knew this was something I could do. So with her permission, I borrowed this idea from Sherry at http://bloginsherry.blogspot.com/.

Ok, where is it written that I can't start my own PIFs? LOL! That's what I thought so I will reveal both of the different type PIFs I had talked about in a post last month!

PIF #1 will be a notion and thread PIF. Instead of making something to send out for 2-5 people over the course of a year, I will send out notions and/or threads. We all use these things so why shouldn't they be acknowledged with their own PIF! I will send out a package to 2 people sometime within the next 365 days.

The rules will be as follows.

1. Send no less than 5 items per person.

2. Items can be DMC, other threads, stitching needles, straight pins, buttons, scissors, ribbons, ect, just use your imagination. You can send a combination of items such as 3 threads, 1 pack of straight pins and 1 pack of stitching needles or just 5 threads.

3. All I ask is that items be in new condition and not used.

If you are interested, leave a comment on this post until January 18 and I will draw 2 names that evening then post the winning names on my January 19th blog. Please be sure to leave your email address or a link to your blog so I can get in touch with you if you are a winner!

If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for at least 2 people.

PIF #2 will be a Fat Quarter PIF. Everyone loves a FQ! Quilters and stitchers use them all the time! Sometime within the next 365 days, I will send out 2 FQs to 2 people.

If you are interested, leave a comment on this post until January 18 and I will draw 2 names that evening then post the winning names on my January 19th blog. Please be sure to leave your email address or a link to your blog so that I can get in touch with you if you are a winner!

If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for 2 people.

Please state which PIF you are interested in.

First Finish for 2009

Here's my first finish for this year. It's for the monthly ornament SAL in one of my groups. I still need to put 2 beads on his stomach but I don't have any black beads on hand so have to wait on that but I couldn't wait to show you the picture.



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Dyed Some Fabric Today

I am taking part in a monthly ornament stitching and wanted some colored fabric to stitch my snowmen on. I couldn't find exactly what I had in mind so decided to dye my own. This is what it looked like when I started.


And this is what it looks like now.

I think it came out pretty darn good.

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Monopoly SAL

A quick post before leaving for work. Here's a few pictures of what I've been working on lately. I started this piece on November 22, 2008 and this is the photo after my stitching on Dec 26.



This is where I was before I started stitching that night.




And here's a close up of the Community Chest block.



Please let me know what you think.

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