Two In A Week

My Needle Arts finally came about three weeks ago, so I was able to finish my band sampler.  I think it came out pretty well.  It's less than ten inches long.  Now I need to see who else finished it.

Back To The Colonial

Although I received my Needle Arts just before Christmas, I was unable to work on my Colonial Band Sampler until this past week.  As you can see, I got a flower done.  There's not all that much left to do, and I will have it done by the next CyberStitchers meeting.

Friendship Roll Done

I am done with another older crazy January project.  At least, it's all stitched.  I need to make it into a needle roll and hope to get some of my finishing stuff like this done soon.  It's to the point where things are embarrassingly piling up.  Now to just find the time!

Catching Up Finishes

I have a small flurry of finishes and it's making me feel better about progress.  This is already back from MolDeco (they're fast!) and ready to be wrapped as a gift!

Entombed

I am so close to being done!  The tombstones have a grassy area below them and then two more bands.

Banding Along

I now have some more bands done, along with the text!  There's not all that much more to go.

Banded

During the second week of Krakow and the flight back I managed to get quite a bit of stitching done on this.  Four bands down and now time to do another cross stitch band.  It's much smaller and I am now more than half way done.

Banding

Amazing how sitting on an airplane enables one to stitch!  I got the hill done along with two bands and made a big dent in a third.  This is almost halfway done now.  Yay!

Part Three Done

I m done with the alphabet, which means I'm done with part three of  the Colonial Band Sampler.  Yay!  Now I wait for the fourth and final part of the sampler to get to me in my very slow snail mail.  I've changed a lot of colors, added a band, and am plowing away on it.

Alpha-Beting

The alphabet is the last bit of part three, and I'm almost done with it.  I think this is coming along pretty well.

Parting

Another couple of rows done.  It's coming along a bit, and I should be done with this part soon.

Hill Top

I am making a hill now for the cute sheep to stand on.

Sheeping Out

My sheep has his super cape and is ready to get a body and some legs!

Done For Now

So far, my band sampler is much more colorful than the original.  Andreas likes it better than the original photo, so that's good.  The first two parts are done.  I'm now waiting for the third part to show up in the mail.  This sampler has also reinforced my hatred of queen stitches.

Banding Together

I am almost done with the second part!  I prefer working these actual bands rather than the other parts at the top.  They just appeal to me more.

First Band Done

I now have the first part of my sampler done.  On to actual bands now!

Already Far Away

It's done and already gifted!  I finished the Far Away sampler week before last and it's already found its new home.  It was a fairly quick stitch and I like the way it finished up.  There were a few beads to put on it, but I thought they were just clutter, so I didn't put them on.

Verse Done

The verse is done!  Only a few more small bands.  Yay!

No Hearing Loss

I'm pretty happy with the progress I've made with this piece lately.  There are only four or five more relatively small bands to go!

Shepherd's Done

The biggest band of  this sampler is done!  It's getting pretty close to being finished, and hopefully the other bands will go faster.  Suddenly I'm feeling positive and productive today.