Most of the rest of the finishes for 2009 ~waiting for framing~

Lizzie*Kate Snippet

Housework Never Killed Anyone

stitched on 32 ct country mocha Belfast

leftover GAST colors from Housework Makes You Ugly

I plan to stitch a few more on this theme and hang them all together.  As you may have guessed, I'd much rather spend my time stitching than cleaning.  :)

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Shepherd's Bush

Be Calm

stitched 2 or 3 over 4 on 40 ct vintage light exemplar

Crescent Colours as charted

Someday I'll get around to adding the embellishments (which I have) to this...

This was stitched for my son who has a great deal of trouble with self control.  He has had a horrible temper almost since birth.  I'm hoping that a gentle reminder will help.  We'll see. 

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Carriage House Samplings

Withering Tulips

stitched 1 over 2 on 36 ct white Edinburgh linen

NPI silks as charted

I love this one, but it has bittersweet memories for me.  I started stitching it while we were on vacation in New York last summer.  It was my favorite vacation so far.  I didn't get very much stitching done during our trip because we were on the go so much, and by the time we got back to the hotel I mostly wanted to sleep.  When we got back to L.A., my dad was hospitalized.  During visits, I would stitch on it while he napped.  He would drift off to sleep often, sometimes in the middle of a conversation.  Progress was gradually made on the stitching as Dad steadily declined.  I finished the stitching on the morning he peacefully passed away

~~ I miss you, Dad. ~~

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Blackbird Designs

Happy Birthday

stitched 1 over 2 on 40 ct vintage light exemplar

Silk N Colors, my own conversion

I modified the houses by omitting the patchwork/checks and hearts.  I felt they were too busy with the patchwork.  I didn't even realize there were hearts charted until after I had stitched the bodies of the houses when I was referring back to the chart for the colors of the windows and doors.  I couldn't see them on the model because they're lost in the busy-ness.

I stitched this for my daughter's 21st birthday.  She received it in December, sans frame.  Something else to get around to someday, right?

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Little House Needleworks

Acorn Hill

on 32 ct country mocha

Belle Soie as charted

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Little House Needleworks

Snowflakes

stitched on 32 ct natural somethingorother (can't find the chart, my notes, or the tag from the fabric)

Crescent Colours as charted

I just noticed that 2/3 of these have birds in them, like the ones I showed a few posts ago.  I hadn't realized how much I was drawn to birds in designs.

So that about wraps up the 2009 finishes.  There are assorted fobs and floss tags that I haven't shown, but they're pretty insignificant.  There's also an item that I stitched for an RAK that I'm plugging away at getting made up into a finished item.  I'll show that one when it finally makes it into the hands of its recipient.

Next time I'll show you the finish that had me happy dancing last Saturday....  Stay tuned!

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