Stitch Maynia .... Year of Starts Update

Stitched the rest of one of the year of starts and my new start for this month I also completed. 

This came from Just Cross Stitch magazine April 2014 issue.  I used Dmc floss for the materials and a piece of material from my stash.  I am pulling this year from stash and a lot of it is lots off of ebay, some I know the brand of material and some just the thread count.

 

Here's my second finish on the year of starts..... this is from Just Cross Stitch magazine issue May/June 2004.  The original said 1773 at the top and  said beverage of the Colonists but I'm making this for a gift and put in the couples year they were married and their family name to tie into their home better.  I did modify the pattern in two additional places on the right hand side near the Olde the pattern did not call for the small berry leaf but this is a mirror image pattern and I felt it needed it.  Also on the side of the sign again one side had the stitch out to the side but the other didn't so I put it in to match up.  This is a really fast stitch and can easily be completed in a few evenings worth of work.

SALs..... my first finish of the year.... and a wonky schedule

Hi everyone,

So.... it's been busy, busy around here.  We have had two work schedules change and I'm not sure if I'm on first shift or second and I am not the one leaving the house every day :o)  I used to be able to get up at 5am and get stuff going and get the house up and running around 6am.  Now I've got one getting up at 4:30 am while another gets home at 2:30 am .... one needs it to be still in the morning but to be with them mid-morning till they leave..... the other needs me up to get them off and running super early in the morning and then have everything quiet later in the early evening so they can go to bed.  Yeah.... it's killing me.... I can't do a normal workroom schedule, I can't clean when I normally do, and I can't jump in and get work done early in the mornings because of the noise.... I'm awake super early, about the time I get to sleeping good one comes in..... I don't know if I can take this wonky schedule.  But I am getting a bit of uninterrupted time in the evenings when I have to have everything quiet to do some stitching. 

I'm a member of the facebook group called Stitch Maynia and have joined a few Sals.  I have a finish from one of those to show off and once I get it fully finished into a pillow I'll show that as well.  This was from the Jan/Feb issue of Just Cross Stitch magazine 2003 and is called Love is in the Air .

 

 

 I stitched this on Charles Craft Ivory Linen 27 count.  I converted the Gentle Arts Sampler Threads that the pattern called for and used DMC instead.  This is roughly 5 x 7 stitched area... actually a little less than that.  I worked 2 over 2 and this took somewhere between 4 to 5 hours of stitching time.  I am really pleased with it and love the color conversion.