So here we are 16 Days into the month and I have made great progress in 3 of my wips. Got a start on  French Filigree from Heaven and Earth Designs.

French Filigree:  I have changed the second colour from the  pink in the pattern to a light purple, that goes with my bedroom colours. This is stitching up quickly.

First photo is starting point and second is the progress made so far this month. completed 2 pages out of 30.

I have also been working on another heaven and earth design "Dusty Rose" have achieved lots on this also, just about completed the top row.

First photo is starting point and second is where I got to.

I also managed to get a wip finished. My first Granddaughter is due towards the end of this month and I have stitched this for her. It is Rosebud lullaby by Nora Corbett from the little stitches series, by Mirabilia.

I feel that I have accomplished a lot over the last couple of weeks. Looking forward to more stitching for the rest of the month.

By for now

Nerissa

Over the last couple of months I have been going thru my started cross stitch projects. I sorted them all out and put them into their own project bags. Ended up filling to large  cane baskets. Then along came soulful stitching group on face book, who have come up with the year of wips challenge. You have from 1st October 2016 until 31 December 2017 to complete your chosen wips, or at least make great progress on them. Of cause I had to join, You get a postcard pal, and send each other one card monthly, with encouragement to continue working on your wips.

Here is the list of the projects that I have chosen:

1:       Dusty Rose - Heaven and Earth Design

2:       Sampler of my Grandmother - Jardin Prive

3:       Victorian Dolls House - Joan Elliot

4:       Advent Calender

5:      Rose Arbour - Mirabilia

6:       Florentina - Mirabilia

7:     Santa's Sleigh - Mirabilia

8:      New Owl - Heaven and earth designs

9:      Mailhat d'Auvergne

10:       

Rosebud Lullaby- mirabilia

11:       Gwen - mirabilia

12:        Lady Alexandra - mirabilia

13:        French Filigree heaven and earth design

14:       Country cottage - Santa's Village

15:       circus of the Hearts - inkcircles

16:       Storykeep Flower Bride - heaven and earth deigns

17:       The Scarlet Letters - Blackbird designs

18:       Christmas Garden - Blackbird Designs

19:       Winter Beauty Princess

20:       Victorian Christmas Eve - nora corbett

21:      Holiday Greeting

22:      Storm Trooper Sugar Skull - the last one of the set of 3

23:      12 Days of Christmas - Plum street samplers

24:      christmas ornaments x 8 to cover each grandchild and great grandchild.

If you have made it all the way thru this, you can see I have set myself a lot of goals/ challenges for the coming 15 months. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit,

See you soon

Nerissa

Starting this blogging adventure

5 October 2016
Welcome to my blog, I have been cross stitching for over 30 years and have decided it is time to share my passion for this craft. I learnt to cross stitch at school when I was 10 and have loved it ever since. I like to stitch on a variety of projects at the same time.

I am currently working on "Dusty Rose" artwork by Enamorte , design from Heaven and Earth Designs Inc. this is a retired pattern.

 Image of what she will look like once complete. I started her on January 1 2015

 My progress as of Wednesday 28th September 2016. I have set myself a goal of achieving the top two rows finished by the end of the year. She is being stitched on 18 count aida using 2 threads over 1.

Its raining today, a few jobs to do this morning then  I plan to stitch on her some more this afternoon.