This is the scheduled three-weekly post for the SAL that Iβm doing with several other crafty blogs and I’ve finished Pumpkin Cottage.
This is how it looked last time.
I didn’t have too much left to do. The tree on the left needed to be finished, then pumpkins, flowers, birds and a fence on the right. Then all I needed to do was pull out the gridlines and take a photo π It needs a press but as it’s just gone into the box with lots of other projects waiting to be framed in some way, I didn’t bother with that just yet. Honestly, if I did get around to framing them all, I don’t have enough wall to hang them up. I’d have to set up a rotation π
I’ve no idea what I’m going to stitch next. I’m torn between fishing another kit out of the box or printing out one of the many digital charts that I have. I’ll have to have a rummage and see what leaps out at me.
For the stitch-a-long Iβm linking up to these lovely blogs.
Avis, Claire, Gun, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy,Β Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah,Β Mary Margaret, Renee,Β Carmela,Β Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ,Jenny,Β Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen
Do allow for people being in different time zones, so not posting all at the same time, but itβs well worth doing a bit of blog hopping to see all the lovely projects that are being worked on.
December 29, 2020 at 2:39 PM
Lovely feeling to finish a project and this is beautiful – also so smooth!
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December 30, 2020 at 12:46 PM
Thank you π
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December 29, 2020 at 7:48 AM
One Happy Dance for you!!!! Well done!
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December 30, 2020 at 10:19 AM
Thank you π
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December 28, 2020 at 1:58 PM
Congratulations on your finish! I also have many unframed pieces.
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December 30, 2020 at 10:20 AM
Thank you π
I always find that I’m impatient to get on with the next stitch so the just finished one gets neglected LOL
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December 28, 2020 at 6:41 AM
Such a sweetie! Congratulations on finishing it, although I will miss seeing it βΊοΈ. I wonder what your next choice will be….
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December 30, 2020 at 10:21 AM
Thank you π
I’ve picked the next one and am just prepping the fabric.
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December 27, 2020 at 10:54 PM
I tend to rotate out my seasonal projects so that I get to enjoy them all. I have also found that finishing some of the projects into pillows allows me to have more of them around.
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December 30, 2020 at 10:23 AM
I have thought of making pillows up, but again, I lack places to put them and I worry that the cats would play with them. Still, it’s the stitching part that I enjoy. I tend to lose interest once they’re finished π
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December 27, 2020 at 7:58 PM
Pumpkin Cottage is charming – well done on the finish! There’s a certain delicious pleasure in deciding what to stitch next. Don’t rush that process on our account. π
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December 30, 2020 at 10:24 AM
Thank you π
Oh yes, the deciding part is great fun. It took some narrowing down but I’ve settled on printing out a digital chart, which I’m really looking forward to stitching.
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December 27, 2020 at 6:43 PM
Happy Dancing time. Your project is absolutely adorable. I love everything about it. Your cloth coloring is absolutely what I should have been
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December 27, 2020 at 6:45 PM
oops wan’t finished, what I should have been using for my project. π
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December 30, 2020 at 10:26 AM
It’s tricky picking the right colour sometimes. I usually lay all the threads on different fabrics to narrow it down. Even then, I’m not sure the text shows up as well as it could on this one. Sometimes it’s a compromise π
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December 27, 2020 at 6:10 PM
Delightful! Congrats on yet another finish this year!
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December 30, 2020 at 10:27 AM
Thank you. I’ve done quite well again this year, thanks to the SAL keeping me on track π
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December 27, 2020 at 5:23 PM
Yay! Congrats on your happy dance Carole, it’s a beautiful finish for you! I am the same, I was looking through my stack of finished but not framed projects and thinking I’ll need to do something about them in 2021! I’m so glad I’m not alone! xx
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December 30, 2020 at 10:28 AM
Thank you π
My problem is that once a finished stitch goes into “The Box”, I instantly forget about it and dive into the next project LOL
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December 30, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Oh goodness I know that feeling, they are safely waiting for us to decide what they will become!! π
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December 30, 2020 at 10:37 AM
Well that sounds better than ‘forgotten and neglected’ LOL
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December 27, 2020 at 4:51 PM
It’s beautiful! Enjoy your Happy Dance. Ask you other half to fish out a kit. Depending on his choice you’ll soon know which one you really want to stitch next (or not, depending what he chooses LOL).
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December 30, 2020 at 10:29 AM
Thank you π
I could never get OH to pick a kit out. He’d see how much stash I have π
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December 27, 2020 at 3:51 PM
a lovely happy dance there Carole ^^
Fishing a kit ouf the stash will mean you can just dive in for next time, whereas choosing a chart will mean also sorting threads . . . I’m sometimes very lazy and prefer a kit ^^
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December 30, 2020 at 10:32 AM
Thank you π
I know what you mean, although I do usually change the fabric in kits as I dislike Aida. I’ve picked a digital chart this time which only takes five colours so didn’t take long to kit up. The fabric is rinsed, pressed and hanging up to dry so I just need to grid it and I can get started.
*whispers – it’s a chart that I mentioned to you recently π
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December 31, 2020 at 9:02 PM
oooohhhh (continuing in a whisper) . . . is it going to be one by a French designer for next time?
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December 31, 2020 at 9:23 PM
*whispers – Yes, but don’t tell anyone π
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December 27, 2020 at 2:19 PM
What a fun piece! I too have many finished projects that are stored in a box – I am seeing a theme here! Congratulations on your finish!
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December 30, 2020 at 12:47 PM
Thanks π
It seems there are a few of us with the same ‘box’ problem π
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December 27, 2020 at 1:46 PM
It looks gorgeous ! Congratulations on the finish. Im the same when it comes to finishing something, I have this growing drawer of finished projects where I have no idea what kind of finish I’ll do. I’ve only ever framed one piece and with an ill fitting frame to boot, leaving me unwilling to try again.
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December 30, 2020 at 10:33 AM
Thank you π
It’s so good to know that I’m not alone in not getting projects finished off π
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December 27, 2020 at 12:41 PM
First well done one a happy dance Carole. You made me laugh with the toss it in a box comment, as that is so me. I have recently been trying to get some of the older ones framed but though I have dozens of frames – rarely do i find something that will fit one lol. xx
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December 30, 2020 at 10:35 AM
Thank you π
That made me laugh too. I also have lots of frames. I made a few trips out to charity shops just to search for frames but of course none of them are just the right size for the stuff that needs framing LOL
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December 27, 2020 at 9:02 AM
Such a darling finish!
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December 27, 2020 at 11:14 AM
Thank you π
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