The Year in Review

2017 seems to have sped by, much like previous years have.  Since the New Year is almost upon us, I thought I'd take a look back to see how I've fared regarding my stitching goals.

In January I listed my ever-ambitious list of projects that I wanted to make progress on or complete this year: 16 in total.  This turned out to be my all-or-nothing list.  Five projects never even saw the light of day:

Clockwise from upper left:

Victoria Sampler's ornament finishing booklet 

(I planned to do the heart);

With my Needle and Thread's Kindred Spirits stitching tray and accessories;

Marsha Papay-Gomola's Ruby of the Forest; 

Hillside Samplings' Pines and Needles;

and Nordic Needle's hardanger ornament

from the 2012 JCS Ornament Issue.

From the other 11 projects,

I have 10 finishes and an "almost."

Left to right, from the top:

Barbara Ana's Funky Bird;

Needle Delights Originals' Independence Day;

Kay Stanis' Copper Illumination;

Carol Collection's Joseph's Coat sock;

Permin's Two Horses;

Needle Delights Originals' Spring Logs;

Hands on Designs' Underwater Basketweave;

Blackwork Journey's Wandering Star; and

Sam Sarah's Winter Cardinal.

This obviously isn't stitching, but I did make

this 3" x 3" quilted wall hanging

inspired by an Eleanor Burns book...

And now we come to the Prairie Schooler Alphabet.

I had wanted to finish the letters G through O this year.

I almost made it; as you can see,

I have a modest start on the O

but the main owl is massive--

not to mention the tree branches and,

of course, more leaves--

and I will probably be working on this letter for

a good part of January.

And guess what!

I've decided that this design will

really benefit from a back-stitch border

around each letter,

and I'm starting with the MNO row.

That will slow me down even more,

but I am one of the few people I know

who doesn't mind back stitching.

As usual, I got sidetracked by

a number of other projects not on my original list.

Here are the (mostly small) finishes...

Clockwise from top left:

LHN's Old Glory; L-K's Easter;

L-K's A Bit of June; 

PS Double Eagle Sampler;

and BBD's In Full Glory.

BBD's Bittersweet September;

NDO's Independence Day;

Plum Street Quilts' Shadow Play;

Summer House Stitche Workes'

Fragments in Time Squirrel;

Satsuma Street's Forest; and

Victoria Sampler's Christmas Spool.

My latest finishes, not yet seen here are:

From the Prairie Schooler Spring and Fall booklet,

the November design.

I omitted the name of the month.

A cute turkey freebie from
Plum Street Samplers.
I think its name is Bok Bok,
which sounds like a chicken to me.

Needle Delights Originals'
Holiday Delights Christmas, which will go into the top
of a Sudberry box, an easy finish.

And, finally, another Needle Delights Originals design:
Ripple Rotation II.

This one is my 2018 ANG challenge piece,
which I no longer have to worry about.

And that's it!

Happy New Year to all of you who celebrate it.
I plan to come back in January with
a peek at the plan for 2018.

Thanks for visiting!