A New Start

Hey Blog Buddies,

First, I'd like to welcome all my new followers from the Grow Your Blog party--glad you're here.  That was so much fun!  There were so many new blogs to check out that I am still making my way through them.
 
Regarding the title of this post:  oh no, not another new start?  Yes, it's true.  It's not enough that I have ten active WIPs in my rotation this year (several of them BAPs) but I have started a new Stitch-a-Long.  It's the Nordic Needle Canvaswork Club, and Laura J. Perin has designed one of her long panels for it...

 

How cute is this?

I debated long and hard about this one,

because I really didn't want any more new projects.

But I liked it so much that I ordered it

at the end of December. 

Each month I'll receive

a chart and instructions to do

a piece of the panel.

This is the January piece--all finished!

All the multi-colored stars were done in 

Watercolours "Passion." 

It didn't take me long to do at all.

I don't have the February piece yet,

but from a glance at the photo of the model,

it looks like it will feature 

a lot of the gold metallic ribbon.

I've also been working diligently on my

regular rotation--believe it or not,

but I'm going to save those photos

for the Turtle Trot check-in

coming next week.

I do have an ornament to show you,

that I couldn't before

because it was a gift.

 This is one of the Lizzie*Kate Jingles patterns.

It was such a modest little design

that I felt it should be tarted up

with some fabric and rick rack.

Finally, I finished stitching

LHN's Home of a Needleworker

some time last summer

and I purchased a really nice frame for it

shortly thereafter,

but it took me until last week

to actually get myself in gear

and frame it.

Now it's hanging on my wall

instead of languishing in a bag

on my desk.

Finally, I have a snow picture for you.

It's of our backyard.

 Is it pretty?  Uh... no.

 When we get several inches of snow,

I have to go out and shovel paths in the yard.

Because we have a dog.

And I don't have snowshoes.

And you just can't leave all that "stuff"

laying there between the layers of snow

until the April or May (the way things are going) melt-off!

Well, you could, but eewwww!

There's more snow predicted for tonight,

so you'll know what I'll be doing tomorrow.

And even more snow is predicted for

this coming weekend, along with very cold temps.

90 percent of what I had planned in January

was cancelled--along with everyone else's events in this area.

And February is shaping up to be

more of same.

Enough already!!

(rant over--I've been very cranky lately)

On the bright side,

guess my WIPs will continue to get

lots and lots of love.

That's it from here.

Thanks for visiting!