March Stitch From Stash

Well, I am still buying things.. But I seem to be keeping up with credits from finishes.
My carry over from the last two months is $109.76.
This month I stitched
1. Brooke's Books Birthday cake freebie       $8
2.St Patricks day cat                                         $2
3. March ornament SAL                                    $4
4.Ellen Maurer March flowers ornament        $8
5. Spirit of Knitting basket                               $2
6. 1 page complete SAL Fleurs                        $8
7. Brooke's Books Santa ornament                 $8

                                                          earned     $40
                                           budget allowed   +$25
                                                                         =$65

                                                  carry over    +$109.76
                                                 total budget = $174.76


Spent
1. Book                                                            $4.86
2. Just Nan Blue Bird Tweet                         $11.70
3. DMC Variations threads                            $7.14
4. Fabric                                                          $24.10
5 Kreinik Blending filament(10)                   $15.40
                                                           spent    $63.20

budget $174.76
spent -  $63.20
next   = +$111.56
carry
over 
I don't know if this is doing me any good as I am still spending money.  But I do get to see how much I am stitching verses what I am spending. Which is beneficiary. So far, I'm staying ahead of my own game.
Happy stitching!
Deb
                                                                      

March Smalls update. Lots done!

Time for the March Smalls update and I have been busy.
Have finished a few smalls in following through with my monthly theme.
March from the palkolap.blogspot monthly SAL

tiny  St. Patricks Day Cat from the happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.com

 March birthday cake. A Brooke's Books yahoo group freebie gifted to our group. Almost out of the smalls category at 88 stitches high.

 Monthly March Daffodils freebie from Ellen Maurer-Stroh
http://www.maurer-stroh.com/EMS2010_information.html

Have been stitching my Lesley Teare flower blocks E and F. Not quite finished yet. So will have them in next months update.
Now! To get a start on Aprils ornaments!
Thx for stopping in!
Deb

Hermit weekend.How I love Kreinik, let me count the ways!

It is time for the Hermit Stitchers weekend update! WOW, where did the weekend go. Poof and it's gone.
I have turned into a Kreinik fiend! Have been using the 032 pearl blending filament with my DMC floss/thread and back stitching with Kreinik #4 braid. AWESOME!!
I had limited time to stitch this past weekend. Still got a bit done. Here is Spirit of the Ornament SAL
before

 After

 I have been struggling with this design. Not my usual taste, but starting to grow on me due to the colors. I am way behind and will work on the suggested blocks each week. Did get the verse straightened out as I was one stitch high on one of the bottom lines.

 I received the letters E,F,G and H for the Lesley Teare SAL. Finally had a chance to start stitching them yesterday. The flowers on the E and F are the same color. Decided to do them both at the same time. Also using Kreinik Blending filament in these.

Michelle has been knitting more creations!

 AMAZING! Michelle knits these with knitting needles that a like hat pins.

I hope spring is in your sights and the snow is not lingering in your neck of the woods.
Thanks for stopping by and happy stitching!
Deb

March Turtle Trot!

Hi everyone. Hope you are well!
I have my March Turtle Trot update and have some progress to show.
1. Ursula Michael Snowmen SAL
before

After, one square, of nine, done. Not too pleased with this one. I used DMC light effects for back stitching and the fabric started bunching up. It will be finished as a pillow. I hope that the bunching will not be an issue as a frame would be.

2. Joan Elliot, Spirit of the Orient SAL
before

 After. I frogged the lettering, on the second line, last night and forgot to take a pic. It was one stitch high and corrected that.

3. 3 Little House Needleworks Hot Cocoa
before

 Finished!

4. Serenity Harbor was not stitched this month. I did get the next instalment and will play catchup for next month.

 5. Fleurs du Ciel, Angie Designer SAL
Before

 After

 6. Holiday Bear, Ursula Michael, Cross Stitcher Magazine dec 1995
Before

 After

 7. Joan Elliott, Faces SAL
No stitches this month

 8. Brooke's Books Spirit of Knitting with colors changed, on plastic canvas, 14 count.
Before

 After, finished!!! I had the wings done. Looked at the pattern and realized they were supposed to be stitched on the silver paper, which I would have used white. I decided to use Glisten Gloss Estaz Opalescent white, on the edges of the wings, to cover the brown color of the plastic canvas.

 9. Magaret Sherry Halloween Friends from the 2012 calendar. From either World of Cross Stitching or Cross Stitch Crazy. Can't remember which.
Before

 After

 10. Ciro Marchetti, HAED 2013 SAL, Mystic Garden

No stitches this past month.

I am very happy to have my Spirit of Knitting done. One UFO down and many to go. Will choose two more projects, at least one UFO, to enter into the Turtle Trot SAL. The link for this SAL is on my side bar if you are interested in joining. Choose 10 projects, to try to make progress on, for the month. You don't have to stitch on each one every check in.
Thanks for looking in and happy stitching!
Deb

MARCH YOTA UPDATE!

Hi all, time for my YOTA update. A little late. Only in semi retirement. Had to help DH with repairs on a 84000 pound water drilling rig. Massive vehicle for sure. Limited my stitching this weekend.
I made a little progress on Silver Tea Moon
before

After

my second piece is Fun Guys Snowball Stocking
For some reason I was in the mood for stitching confetti!
Before

After, not a whole lot done. Filled in confetti on the striped arm to the right.

I have a new project! Joan Elliott's Rose Goddess
Have a great piece of hand dyed fabric. Just the right color for her. Unfortunately it is 9 inches x 13 inches and not quite big enough. I decided to use the fabric anyway and stitch over one thread.
 Meet Rose
Stitched on 28 count Polstitches Serenade fabric. over one thread with one strand DMC.

 I did some fabric tests with the #4 Kreinik. Too thick/bulky for stitching over one thread on 28 count evenweave. I also tested two strands of Kreinik blending filament and that settled on the fabric well. So that's what I ran with. When I got to Rose's face, I stopped, and put her in rotation with other projects. This is, hopefully, what she will look like when finished!

Happy March everyone!

Deb

FEBRUARY SFS update.

Time for my february SFS update. I stitched a lot and spent a lot. So here goes

flat ornaments stitched this month total 9 x 4$= $36.00

1 page Fleurs SAL 110x80.                              = $12.00

Mini heart sachet.                                             =$2.00

Lizzie Kate Santa's 2000                       2x$8.   =$16.00

                                                    Total earned  =$66.00

                                                     Plus budget. +$25.00

Total earned in february.                                 = $91.00

Total earned from January SFS.                      + $83.13

Total earned for both months                           =$174.13

Spent in February

Magazine             $6.99

Ursula SAL.        $6.00

Book.                   $3.69

Anne cloth.          $15.00

 Polstitches g bag  $21.00

Anne cloth.           $8.99

Owl pattern.          $3.00

Total spent.        =$64.67

Earned   $174.13

Spent.   -$64.67

             = a + $109.76 to carry over for March

In spite of spending this month, I don't think I did too badly.

February Smalls update!

I hope everyone had a nice Valentines day. My DH spoiled me rotten and will explain that after my smalls.
Time for the February smalls update and I have been a busy stitcher. Completed more than a dozen this month.
I stitched and finished
3 Little House Needleworks Hot Cocoa flat ornaments.

A tiny heart sewn into a sachet. This was a blog freebie. The blog, which is on my side bar, has many biscornu and smalls freebies for download. I plan to use this motif for a biscornu.

The first snowman block, on a pillow, Ursula Michael SAL. Using #8 perle cottons and light effects.

All four letters of the first instalment of the Lesley Tear ABC Blocks SAL. Stitching each block on an Anne Cloth afghan.

 Using #032 pearl Kreinik blending filament with DMC floss. And Kreinik #4 braid for the back stitching.

Another SAL is being hosted by palkolap.blogspot
A monthly. Each pattern is released, to a stitcher, on the first of each month. The current month has to be stitched, picture emailed, before the next month is emailed to you.
January and february completed into flat ornaments

 I wanted flat ornaments, rather than a sampler.

Also finished two more Lizzie Kate Santa 2000

Now for the Valentines Day DH surprised me with.
I asked him not to buy me 4 boxes of candy like he did last year. DH says it is not Valentines without candy. So I relented and asked for one box and a plant.  What did he do....

 Bought a TWO pound box. Then said "well you told me you only wanted one box!"

Another thing he did was to claim to update my Ipad. In January I was oohhing and aahhing over a sale that Keepsake Needlearts was having. Telling him how they were selling two 60$ Lanarte kit for $16.99. That night DH asked me if I had updated my Ipad lately. Told him yes, but I still have problems with it (getting old like the rest of us), he still thought maybe all the updates were not done. About two weeks later, just in time for Valentines, DH brings in a box for me. This was what was in the box.

 From Keepsake Needlearts. Everything I had looked at he ordered.

 I finally ordered a Polstitches hand dyed fabric grab bag. Each piece is 9x13 inches. This is the selection of fabric. I am thoroughly pleased with the colors. There are even two opalescent.

Now to find projects worthy of such pretty fabrics.
I hope everyone is managing to stay warm in this deep freeze weather.
Happy stitching!
Deb