A stitching year in review: 2012

Long time no see but I'm still here, stitching in my little corner of the world.  You may wonder what I stitched this year so here it is: 

My first finish was Cheery Christmas Stotcking, an Ursula Michaels design ( you may recognize her colorful style). It was a kit by Janlynn but I changed the fabric for a lugana.

Then I stitched a Lanarte ( with my huge Lanarte stash I better stitch one or two every year  ) It's a Marjolien Bastin design ( she's still my favorite painter ) I didn't stitch all the background though. I was not very satisfied with my finish but it's a lovely design.

I stitched that cute Vera the mouse ( another Marjolein Bastin design ) on a beautiful Tutti Fruitti fabric by the old Silkweaver. The result is truly beautiful. 

I also stitched that cute mother and daughter Beatrix Potter designed by my favorite designer : Veronique Enginger. I stitched it for charity.   

This year I totally fell in love with the latest release of the 2012 Lanarte collection.  I had to stitch it. You know how it goes : you can't fight love !!!  I really enjoyed stitching and to my surprise, the greens didn't bother me !!! ( Am I getting old ?  )

My last finish of the year was garden friend by Sue Hill ( kit by Heritage Stitchcraft) I changed the fabric to one in my stash : iris garden opalescent lugana ( old Silkweaver). I love those little birdie ( it's the second one I stitched ) but I hate the way Heritage Stitchcraft chart their designs ...  

And here it a collage of my finished of the year: 

I wish you all my stitching a happy New year ( we're still in january after all !!!    ) 

Summer vacations

I'm trying to get used to the new blogger. Surprisingly, it didin't warm me that they change a little bit !!! LOL 

I haven't been here for a while as you may have noticed it or not.   I wanted to, I swear. I thought I could become the daily blogger that I used to but I lost my mojo and still can't find it ... ANyway, I'm still a stitcher and still stitch almost daily. I still take my daily picture but am too lazy I guess, to upload the pictures daily. I lack discipline and have lots of ups and downs that keep me from being the one I usd to be ... 

I did finish my autum harvest but I'm not as happy as I would have wanted to with the finish ... 

Then I chose to stitch my little Vera the mouse on a Tutti Fruitti from the old Silkweaver . I just love my Vera and the fabric was perfect for it . The kit is OOP and I was lucky to find it a long time ago. 

Now I'm stitching my summer bouquet from Marjolein Bastin. I really love it. The colors are beautiful and it's a pleasure to stitch. 

Will you believe that at the begining of the month, Emma turned 12 years old? Seems like yesterday when she was that cute little baby and now she's a pre teen. 

Like every year, she went to pony camp for a week. 

She loves to ride so much. Steb is growing also and he turned 7 years old on march. He's still our little cutie and he has started to learn how to play the piano. He's learning very quickly which came as a surprise for us and he's in advance already. 

Pierre is fine: he's a teenager .... What else do I need to add? LOL  

I hope you are all fine and stitch stitching. 

Hugs  

Progress

Here is an update on my autumn harvest : As you can see there is a little difference between the previous post and today's pic. I'm having so much fun stitching it: colors are great and from far, it does look like a real painting. BUT I am avoiding the dark colors like the ones from the basket in the middle.

At one point, I even avoided stitching what look like a watermelon and my stitching looked like that:

Yes , someone was avoiding the dull colors again !!!

Do designers hate us?

Well, not us personally but our bank account for sure !!! So I was nicely and quietly checking the internet ( as I often do) , browsing some cross stitch sites ( just to have a look !!!! ) , ended up on the new releases page ( a girl has to stay current on the newest releases, right? ) and saw THAT:

The new Dimensions Christmas collection !!!! And here I was in love ... again !!! I just love those birdies . They are so perfect ! So here they are on my wish list. I'm weak , I'm very weak ... Oh well, I am just a stitcher ... Sigh .........

But wait! ( yes, it would be too easy if there will be be only one ! ) They also got another cute one ( because one is not enough of course !!! ) You know I have a secret crush on Santa ( and no, I haven't started therapy yet ... ) and this gold petite kit will join my stash one day !!!

You may also like that stocking ( I, I stitched their gold petite with the same design and I really enjoy it)

And what about this sleigh? Yes, I it too !!! I'm telling you : designers want us to go bankrupt !!! If you want to see them all, got to ABC stitch and let me know if you can resist !!!

Should I brag more about my autumn harvest? You're going to be very tired soon because it's such a pleasure to stitch that one: the colors are amazing, I'm having so much fun stitching reds, oranges, or yellows . Chuy even told me: you must really enjoy that one a lot because you are so quiet at night !!!