Theme-A-Licious Mid Month Report

It's time for the Theme-a-licious mid month report! This month's theme is:

March Madness

Work on something different every day...it's madness...of the funnest possible kind.

Now, I haven't been able to stitch every day this month, but every day I have stitched, I've worked on something different! To give you an idea of just how many pieces I truly have, take a look at this WIP picture I took for one of my facebook groups:

All my WIPs!

 Wow! And the amazing thing is, there are people in the group that have WAY more than I do...and to think, I used to be a one project at a time stitcher! Those days are long gone, for sure...

So far this month I have worked on the following pieces:

Mediterranean Flavors

Italian Vista

Tuscan Greeting

Flames of Desire

Angel of Compassion

Christmas Countdown

American Flag Quilt Sampler

Beauty and the Beast Falling in Love

Celtic Christmas Ornament #4

and tonight, I worked on My Witch's Brew, which started at this point:

and now looks like this:

As of 3/15/13

That's a lot of pieces so far this month, and we're only halfway through! Several of these pieces will likely be touched one more time before the month is over, as I alternate my WIPocalypse pieces with my CJC pieces. Since there are fewer for WIPocalypse, those pieces come up faster in my rotation, but I will continue to work on different pieces every day!

Until next time!
~Katy

End of Rotation Week and Theme-a-licious

Sorry I've been a bad blogger the last few days - seasonal allergies are in full swing and I've been dealing with those most evenings, so even though I've been doing some stitching, I haven't felt up to posting before bed, so I have some catching up to do!

First, yesterday was the end of my rotation week on Mediterranean Flavors! Here was my progress from Thursday night:

As of 2/28/13

I didn't stitch at all on Friday after Girl Scouts because I was too tired, but I did work on this piece yesterday to round out the week!

Mediterranean Flavors - End of Rotation Week

As a reminder, this is there the piece was when I started working on it this week:

Start of Rotation Week

I'd say I made good progress, wouldn't you?

Thursday was also the due date for the Theme-a-licious report for February, so I'm a few days late. February's theme was:

Figural February

Who are the people in your neighborhood...your WIP neighborhood, that is? Give your people-populated projects some face time this month.

And as we saw during my mid-month report, I am definitely bending the rules to this one this month! Since my mid report, I've worked on Mediterranean Flavors, which will all be consumed by people, as well as European Bistro, which will be inhabited by people, and I bought a piece with people in it, so that counts, right?

March's theme I will be able to do much more appropriately, I think!

March Madness

Work on something different every day...it's madness...of the funnest possible kind.

This is a perfect day to start this rotation - I loved working on a different piece the first 15 days of January when I started the CJC, and with all of those pieces on my sidebar in my WIP pile, I have plenty to do! So let's see how this month goes!

Until next time!
~Katy

Theme-A-Licious and IHSW

It's Theme-A-Licious mid month check in time again! This month's theme is:

Figural February

Who are the people in your neighborhood...your WIP neighborhood, that is? Give your people-populated projects some face time this month.

 Now, I have to admit...I have pieces that have actual people in them, but they're not up in my rotation yet...so I'm fudging on this theme a bit because the pieces I have worked on this month actually are related to people, even if they're not visibly populated on the WIP...

That includes My Witch's Brew - all about a witch, who is a person after all:

 

And I've also been working on my wedding sampler, which is all about me and my husband, so what more people populated project can you get? (Yes, I know it's a stretch)...

I made some great progress last night:

As of 2/14/13

 And made even more progress tonight:

As of 2/15/13

What a difference the daylight, or lack thereof, in a picture can do!

Today is also the start of International Hermit and Stitch Weekend! Tomorrow will be my last day on Wedding Sampler for this rotation week, and then I'll be working on European Bistro! I hope to get a lot of good time spent on both pieces this weekend!

Until next time!
~Katy

Theme-A-Licious: Jardin January

 No new stitching tonight. My son was a very wriggly and fighting boy this morning when I dropped him off at daycare - to the point where I was physically carrying him against his will into the room which caused me to wrench my shoulder a bit, so stitching tonight wasn't very comfortable. Ah, the joys of the terrible two's...

But today is the last day of January (can you believe it?) and so here is this month's Theme-A-Licious Report! This month is Jardin January!

Jardin January

The holidays were a little stressful...let's relax in a nice garden. Work on any piece with flowers or gardens.

I made my mid-month report here. Since then, I've added progress to two pieces that fit in this theme. First is Beauty and the Beast Falling in Love, which I hadn't reported on mid-month:

As of 1/20/13

And the other piece is one I have reported on already and is my current rotation piece, Butterfly Rose Cross. Now granted, I haven't gotten to any of the flower portion of this picture yet, but I will eventually!

As of 1/30/13

Next month is Figural February:

Figural February

Who are the people in your neighborhood...your WIP neighborhood, that is? Give your people-populated projects some face time this month.

People-populated projects...hmmm...I really don't have a lot of those coming up in my rotation anytime soon...though nearly all of my projects I will likely touch in February can all be related to people...this may be a month I stretch the theme a bit because I don't particularly wish to get out of my rotation, but we'll see what happens!

Oh, before I forget, I did get some wonderful stitchy stash in the mail today from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie:

Fabric Heaven!

Hi, my name is Katy, and I'm a hand dyed fabric addict...aren't they gorgeous?!?

Until next time!
~Katy

Theme-A-Licious - Jardin January Mid-Month Check In

 

This year I decided to take part in the Theme-A-Licious SAL, and today is the mid month check in for January! Because of how my rotation schedule works, I am planning on using this SAL to review pieces I work on each month and figure out what I've done to fit in the monthly theme. This month's theme is Jardin January:

Jardin January

The holidays were a little stressful...let's relax in a nice garden. Work on any piece with flowers or gardens.

So far this month, I've worked on the following pieces with flowers/gardens in the piece (even if I haven't gotten to that part of the piece yet!):

Butterfly Rose Cross by Heaven and Earth Designs (flowers are part of the piece, just haven't gotten to them!)

Wedding Sampler by Carolyn Manning

Tuscan Greeting by Dimensions (another where I haven't gotten to the tranquil garden part yet, but it fits!)

Winter Flowers Ornament by Turquoise Graphics and Designs

  

Fall Fairy by Dimensions Gold Collection

Garden of Joy Ornament by Turquoise Graphics and Designs

 

Sweet Pea Fairy by Joan Elliott

Butterfly Fairy by Joan Elliott (perhaps no flowers or gardens in the piece, per se, but where else would you find a Butterfly Fairy?)

Wow! I didn't realize how many from the Crazy January Challenge would fit this theme! Based on my rotation schedule, I should have one more addition to this list plus an update on one already on this list by the time we have our final check in on January 31st! How did you do on the theme this month?

Come back later tonight for the update to my final new start for the Crazy January Challenge! Just need to put the kids in bed so I can start stitching!

Until next time!
~Katy