Barely 1 day short of a year!!

It's been almost year since I blogged! I seem to remember posting one of the last times that I was going to be a better blogger. So much for that, huh? Well, I'm going to try again. This post will mainly focus on stitching. I'll try to update on family stuff within a few days. I'll try really hard...I promise! Today I learned about IHSW-International Hermit & Stitch Weekend. Apparently this happens every 3rd weekend of the month. Well, I need anything that will motivate me to stitch. I seem to do everything but lately. You can find out about IHSW by clicking on the link here or the button I added to the right. Now I plan to get some stitching done this weekend just because I have an excuse. :) Another thing that is helping me stitch is joining Stitcher's UFO Challenge. I have completed I think 2 UFOs. But now that I think about it I don't think I posted the second one on there. Better take care of that this weekend. I have so many UFOs it's beyond crazy! These are the UFOs I've finished and one in the works. The coffee pics are for my daughter Amy. I stitched the first one in 2005 and just now finished the set of 4! Insane, I know. And I have no excuse for it except I am a serial starter. Hence the reason for joining the UFO Challenge.

The L*K months I started as a Stitch-a-long with my friend Angie. I tried several times to pick it up to work on but it always made me sad. I lost my friend to breast cancer in December 2007. I finally decided that Angie would want me to finish it so I picked it up and didn't put it down until it was finished on Jan 13.

My Monopoly piece is one I enjoy working on but it becomes boring very quick. So it may take a while but it will get done. This is as of January 16.

Here are some other finishes I have had over the last several months. They weren't UFOs though. :) October 2011-Some ornaments I made for my Halloween Tree

December 23, 2011-A freebie from Kooler Design Studio

Finished Jan, framed Feb 2011-Live the Life you Love from Hinzeit. This one was cool because you can also stitch it Love the Life you Live. It also has 2 color versions.

Feb 12- A LOVE freebie stitched with cheap varigated floss I have for scrpapbooking. :)

April 6-ornament from the 2003 Just Cross Stitch ornament issue

April 29- Air Force from Hinzeit. I stitched this twice. Once for us and once for some friends in Cincinnati. Jerry and Mike were in the air force together almost 30 years ago and we're still friends. This is the one I made for them. I have the mat & frame for ours but haven't even gotten the charms sewn on yet! Need to get to that!

Aug 26-This was a Round Robin that I was a fill in for. It belongs to Katie. She sent it to me to stitch a square for someone that couldn't or didn't do their part. Not sure of the exact reason. I took way too long doing this one too and Katie was very patient! I stitched the Dalmation baby. The other picture is the completed RR. Isn't it adorable?

Oct 14-Vintage Halloween Owl by Hinzeit. Weird...I didn't realize until now how many Hineit designs I stitched this year! Lol I also have the Vintage Halloween Cat and Vintage Halloween Jack. They remind me of Halloween decorations my mom had when I was a kid. Especially the Cat and Jack. Hopefully those two will get stitched before Halloween 2012.

Oct -Always Be Yourself. I don't remember right now where this design is from. I'm pretty sure it's a freebie. I stitched it as an Angel Project square. Hopefully the recipient likes it.

March-This is a Flip Flop freebie design. I think it's from Janlynn. I stitched it for my daughter who is a flip flop nut. A friend saw it and asked if I could stitch it for her too because she is also crazy about flip flops. So I'm in the process of stitching it again and will finish them into something both at the same time.

So, that's where I am in the stitching area. I have probably done a few small things in between but if so, I don't remember. I got the papers in the mail to enter things in the county fair. I haven't entered anything in several years so I am really hoping to get back to that this summer. Hopefully I will have a non-stitchy update within a week at the most. Now I think I'm going to do some stitching for IHSW. Thanks for sharing part of my world. Comments are always appreciated. :) {{{hugs}}}