2 exchanges

I did a Sock it to me santa exchange in a group i'm in.  I forgot to take a photo of what I sent.  Here is what I received though.

I am doing an exchange for a different group- an advent exchange. Here is what I have received so far.  This is days 1-14.   Missing from the picture are Piecemaker needles, which I have already opened.

Here is a picture of the best looking laundry ever!

Sierra

WIPocalypse 12

Forgive the lateness of this.  With a hubby still recovering and a 2yr old very active little boy........ well you get the idea.

Although I'm further now on Japanese Garden I am going to show the photo as of when I should have posted this.  For a current update you'll have to wait until the next update (assuming the world doesn't end right?)

I finished my goal on Crabby all year long for this challenge.. Month 1- January. I am happy with how it turned out.. though I think i am going to move that top bird to on top of the car.  I am stitching each month on separate fabby.

I also finished Joy Love Peace.  I love this as well. It is upstairs in the process of being finished. My son has already asked for it to be in his room. He loves Christmas trees.    Although I have discovered it doesn't line up I am okay with that. It adds personality right?

My final update is Japanese Garden. I am quite happy with how it is going. I finally finished that outer border this past month. WOOHOO.

Sierra

Border Finished- Japanese Garden-WOOHOO

Guess what?? I finally finished the outer border on Japanese Garden.  It took all year to finish it I think.  Although I love the look of all the Jessica stitches, they really gave me trouble.   They were hard to place properly.  I have some I need to frog out and redo but I will do that at the end of all the stitching.   I am so glad to move onto the next part.  I am LOVING this piece, both the look and the stitching it, but it does get repetitive sometimes.

So here it is.   I also included a few photos of different parts of the entire piece close up. It is so large that you can't see details when I show the entire piece.

So the particulars for anyone new to this blog or anyone interested.  Stitched on 28 ct. cashel linen on a dark blue from picture this plus.  I just can't remember what the color was called, midnight something maybe.   The NPI silks have been converted to HDF silk.  All the beading I will do at the end... Which is getting closer.

Next up the crane medallion outlines.  I need printer ink so I can only do the outlines, I need to blow up the PDF to print cranes to see them (they are over 1). So I can only work on what I have in the current printouts I have.   Medallion outlines, then onto the bridges and bamboo.

Crabby Month 1

I decided to do Raise The Roof Designs Crabby all Year individually.  My plan is to put several pieces in frames above the calendar page for each month.   January was an easy month to stitch. It didn't take much time at all. It was one of my Crazy January Challenge pieces, so it was started.  The only part I didn't like was all the white. Boring.   It only took a few days of stitching to get this done.  I love the birds on it.  I may move that top bird I'm not sure if I like it there. 

I am still looking for fabric to finish Joy Love Peace.   I hope to get to Hancock fabric this week to see what they have.   Can you believe I have No Christmas Fabric?