January Project Book Sleeve

The project I'm teaching Cyberpointers in January is this piece of needlepoint. As a space and money-saving finish, I made it into a book sleeve. I think it looks kind of neat, don't you?

Received in Exchange

At the chapter meeting Monday, I got this cute little ornament in exchange for my temari ball. It's from Angela, and Joan got my temari. I've now been asked to teach temari making....

Ornament Complete

I'm really happy this came out so well! It looks wonderful in this thread (Bush Christmas from Dinky Dyes). It even counts as a project finish for my challenge! See, I told you I'd get it one before Christmas! If you want to do it, it's at Solo Brode.

Easy as ABC

I'd wondered what those odd swirls were - turns out they were the beginning of the alphabet. you can also see how the corner's shaping up on the top right. I even made progress on correcting my mistake. Hopefully I'll get caught up in another week or so.

Four Stars

I'm up to four stars of the six at the top. They're a pain to do because of how they're made, but I've got the majority done. Made a little progress on the stars at the bottom, too. I think the problem I'm having with all the progress bit is that there are pieces like this, Poirot, and the ornament that are just taking so long - because I work on them in rotation instead of alone.

Over Halfway There

Here Solo de Noel is halfway done. As I write, I'm putting the finishing stitches on it. Yay! Another ornament before Christmas! It'll be my very last and I'm pushing over to my normal rotation again now. I really like the colors I chose; the fabric and the thread give a kind of old look to it.

Adding Tiny Sparkles

This week, I added sparkling crosses inside the van Dyke stitches. I like how it's turning out, though I feel I'm going sooo slowly. I've been feeling that about a lot of my projects lately. Maybe I'll finish one this week. I hope so. Another one done would make me feel better.