End of Rotation Week, Start of a New Month

I can't believe it's already December! Where did 2012 go?!?

Today marked the end of European Bistro's rotation week. Lots of factors this week made it difficult to do as much stitching as I may have liked, but I definitely made some progress!

Here is where we were at the beginning of the week:

European Bistro - Start of Rotation Week - 11/25/12

And here we are as of tonight:

European Bistro - End of Rotation Week - 12/1/12

Back into the WIP pile it goes! Next up? Italian Vista! I'm hoping to get a lot of progress done on that piece this week while I'm on vacation, but we'll see!

Since it's the first of the month, I also want to take a chance to review my goals from last month and make new goals for this month!

November Goals
- Successfully participate and complete NaBloPoMo and make a blog post every day in the month of November - Completed! Even if not ever day's post was filled with progress, one was made every day!
- Finish and mail off May Lily of the Valley Teacup for WOCS - Completed!
- Finish and mail off the rotating pattern of Traveling Penguin - Partial Completion - I finished the pattern and I have the next person I'm sending it to picked, I just haven't gotten to the post office yet to mail it. That will happen this week for sure!
- Purchase all of the remaining thread and fabric for my Crazy January Challenge to finish kitting up my projects - Partial Completion - All threads have been purchased, all fabric has been ordered, but I'm still waiting on delivery of the last fabrics and I need to finish bobbinating my threads!


Not a bad month! Every goal was at least partially if not fully completed - sounds good to me! Now, for December...


December Goals
- Finish kitting up my projects for my Crazy January Challenge so I can start on January 1st as planned!
- Continue working on my patterns in rotation order - once I add CJC rotation weeks into the mix, this will be even more important, so I want to make sure I don't get out of the habit now
- Enjoy the holiday season! Not stitchy related, per se, but this is my favorite time of year, and I want to enjoy it!


Do you have any goals for this month?


Alright, off to bed for me!


Until next time!
~Katy

Long Day, Late Night...

Means no stitching...not tonight...but I did do 30 posts in 30 days! Yay me!
More stitching tomorrow I promise since it's the start of my time off before I start my new job!
Until next time
~Katy

European Bistro, Crazy January Challenge and HAED Sale!

Thank you for the well wishes - I'm feeling better today! Not 100%, as the crazy Texas weather goes from 35 to 85 degrees in the course of the same day and that's just an invitation to sickness, but I am feeling better. Maybe the fact that tomorrow is the last day at my current job before a week off and starting my new job helps too!

I was able to get back to European Bistro tonight. The bottom half of the windows are outlined and here come the half stitches!

As of 11/29/12

If I'm lucky, maybe I can get both of these window portions filled before the rotation week ends. We'll see!

The fact that tomorrow is November 30th means I have one month left to finish up my preparations for the Crazy January Challenge! Look at the lovely goodies I've received!

Stash!

Yay for more fabric! I still have one outstanding order for the last of the fabrics I need from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie but I should have that by the end of December. I need to finish bobbinating my thread, make working copies of the patterns I'm doing from magazines, and make sure my kits are organized and ready to go, but I'm sure I'll be ready by the time January 1st rolls around!

Also, enabling alert...if you missed the Cyber Monday 45% off sale at Heaven and Earth Designs, you're in luck! Michele is running a Winter Stash Enhancement Sale from now through midnight 12/3 for 45% off and she's said this is her last "big" sale of the year. I purchased a few charts from the Cyber Monday sale, and may add another one or two in this sale too -it's hard to resist! Here are the patterns I picked up (and just keep forgetting to post) on Cyber Monday:

Mab by Selina Fenech

Cherubina by Selina Fenech

Moonstones by Linda Ravenscroft

I think anyone who has followed my blog and has seen my past purchases shouldn't be too surprised by these. Fenech and Ravenscroft are, by far, my favorite artists on HAED and I just love their work! We'll see if any other pieces join these in my growing stash collection!

Until next time!
~Katy

No Stitching Tonight...

Sinus headaches have done me in...I couldn't concentrate enough to focus on stitching tonight...but I'm also two days shy of ending a successful month of blogging...here's hoping sleep makes me feel better and I can stitch more tomorrow!

Until next time!
~Katy

Here Comes A Window

Or at least the start of the outline of the window!

As of 11/27/12

I think I'm going to finish the outline of the bottom half of this window and work on filling in the panes for the rest of the week. We'll see how far I get, as I think the panes are primarily filled with half stitches, which definitely go a lot faster!

Until next time!
~Katy