February 2020 Challenge week 2

Hi everyone,
It's time to share what I've been up to this week.

Embroidery.com's Love to Stitch  Challenge. Only thirty minutes a day minimum stitching time during the month of February. You can read all about it here.






February 8th (sunny and dry)

New Start

Freebie: Bad Hare Day © 2008 Mosey 'n Me
Fabric: 16 ct light blue aida
Threads: DMC & WDW
Stitch Count: 32 x 71, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, Backstitch, French Knots, and a few fractional stitches





 After Time Stitching: 1 hour 10 minutes

February 9th (Westminster Dog Show) (overnight a few more inches of snow)

continued on Freebie:

Bad Hare Day © 2008 Mosey 'n Me
Fabric: 16 ct light blue aida
Threads: DMC & WDW
Stitch Count: 32 x 71, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, Backstitch, French Knots, and a few fractional stitches

Time Stitching: 35 minutes



February 10th (snow and rain)
More on the freebie...

Bad Hare Day © 2008 Mosey 'n Me
Fabric: 16 ct light blue aida
Threads: DMC & WDW
Stitch Count: 32 x 71, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, Backstitch, French Knots, and a few fractional stitches

Time Stitching: 1 hour 10 minutes 
I just noticed that I have some stitches to frog before continuing on... the head and ears are 1 stitch off...LOL!


February 11th (flurries late evening)

Last night ended with another power outage. I didn't sleep well even though it did come back on just before midnight. Took Macey for a walk this am, and my feet slipped and I fell while trying to maneuver around a tree branch that came down earlier this winter and was iced in place.
Finger is swollen so I skipped stitching today. We are allowed 4 days off this month.

This is Pass Day #1.

February 12th (beautiful sunny day)

Picked up another WIP

Dimensions Gold Collection - Petites Kit # 8720
Christmas in the Adirondacks © 2003 Dimensions
Designed by Martha Edwards
Stitch Count: 90 x 122 varies over 1
18ct Aida
Cross Stitch, Half Cross Stitch, Backstitch, Blended
Color Chart


 







After Time Stitching: 1 hour 20 minutes

I have to remember to keep my blended threads at a shorter length as they tend to knot ...








February 13th (light snow most of the day < 3")

Back to the freebie...

Bad Hare Day © 2008 Mosey 'n Me
Fabric: 16 ct light blue aida
Threads: DMC & WDW
Stitch Count: 32 x 71, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, Backstitch, French Knots, and a few fractional stitches

I wanted to fix this before I forgot about the mistake.. so I frogged then re-stitched the 2nd bunny's head.. then continued on.

After 2 hour 5 minutes  ...Only a bit left to go.


 

February 14th (cold & dry )

Finished!

 Happy Dance.. so cute!

Bad Hare Day © 2008 Mosey 'n Me
Fabric: 16 ct light blue aida
Threads: DMC & WDW
Stitch Count: 32 x 71, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, Backstitch, French Knots, and a few fractional stitches
Time spent today: 2 hours 45 minutes






Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

February 2020 - challenge results week 1

Hi everyone,
It's time to share what I've been up to this week.

Stitching:
Finished this up at the end of January.

Winter Forest
Ornaments of the Month 2011 - No.11 © 2011 Designed by Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks
Fabric: 28 ct mystery (cocoa- I think) Linen
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 45 x 60, 2 over 2
Cross Stitch

Then I picked up this freebie Aussie Friends) found at Sassy Jacks Stitchery here
Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery evenweave by dovestitch
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch

Embroidery.com's Love to Stitch  Challenge. Only thirty minutes a day minimum stitching time during the month of February. You can read all about it here.






February 1st
 
Continued on my freebie above
Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery dovestitch evenweave
Threads:DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch


After 58 minutes stitching, here is where I ended for today.


 
February 2nd (Puppy bowl Sunday)
I thought about stitching a groundhog design... but I wasn't in the mood for more winter-spring-winter weather that we've been having so far. I decided on the next best thing. Since today is also the puppy bowl - I couldn't resist picking out a puppy themed chart.

New Start From Britty Puppies II

Diggity Dog House © Michelle M. Lash Brittercup Designs
Fabric: 32ct Waterlily Jobelan
Threads:WDW except for the aqua where I used DMC
Stitch Count: 74 x 74, 2over 2
Cross Stitch, backstitch, longstitch, french knot

 




After 2 hours and 6 minutes















February 3rd
Today I dug out a WIP that hasn't seen the light of day in a long time.

Before...
Candamar Designs Kit Thomas Kincaid Stonehearth Hutch 50995 © 1999
© 1997 Thomas Kincaid, Media Arts Group
Fabric: 14ct white aida
Threads: cotton floss, blending filament, metallic
Stitch count:139x120, 2 over 1
Cross stitch, back stitch, french knots, half cross stitch, straight stitch, smyrna






After 1 hour and 6 minutes















February 4th
Another WIP for today

Before
Snowman Needle Roll © 2001 Mary McLenon (M Designs)
Fabric: 32ct Driftwood Belfast
Threads: DMC, DMC#12
Beads: Mill Hill, Mill Hill Petite
Stitch Count: 91 x 73, 2 over 2
Cross Stitch, backstitch, Fan Stitch, Eyelet Stitch, Four Sided Stitch






After  33 minutes.. added some beads to the top band.















February 5th
Before

HAED Mini Quiet Reflection © 2015 Design by Michele Sayetta Artwork by Lisa Parker
Fabric: 25ct Zweigart Stormy Night
Threads: DMC  (89 colors)
Stitch Count: 262 x 308, 2 over 1, full cross










after:

Time spent: 1 hour 12 minutes  Added 100 stitches today now 600 stitches of the 80696 complete

There were 5 shades of blue in this block









February 6th
I probably should have used this as a skip day - I stitched the koala. Started on the ears in the 2nd color -  realized I had stitched the whole koala in the wrong color. Spent time frogging then re-did the koala in the right color this time. After 1 hour 12 minutes stitching, here is where I ended for today.

Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery dovestitch evenweave
Threads:DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch

 
About 4.5 inches of snow..then several hours of freezing rain. At least we had a base of snow - Macey doesn't like the crunch through the ice to get to the soft snow. Had to keep her on a shorter leash so she wouldn't slip and get injured. 

 February 7th

Picked this again today - hoping for a better result.
Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery dovestitch evenweave
Threads:DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch
       
1 hour and 49 minutes later with 2 power outages., it's finished.

Lots more snow today. It changed over from the freezing rain around 8:30 am.. and is still piling up - so far about another 10".  I need to look through my stash for something fun and spring/summery. Hopefully our power will remain on or at least our outages will be brief.

Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.