February Stitching

Hi Everyone!  First up for this month is a darling kit put together by Lois at Elegant Stitch as a fundraiser for the Komen Breast Cancer walk.

The design is a "re-deaux" of the Blackbird Design's "Buttons and Blooms".  It comes as a kit complete with linen and threads and the box with the sweetest items inside ~ a tiny pair of scissors with it's own fob, an acorn pin cushion, thread wax in the shape of a heart as well as  a small board to store your threads on.  Last week I completed the stitching and then spent the weekend painting and finishing the box.  It's small enough to fit inside my stitching basket to use as a portable stitching kit.

One of my goals this year is to stitch from stash and finish some WIP's.

In that vein, I finished Be My Valentine by Shepherd's Bush, a WIP from a few years ago.   

I also finished stitching the Be Mine stocking from Blackbird Designs.  I'm not happy with the fabric I have in my stash at the moment so I'm going to wait before I finalize these two into pillows or ornaments.      

And last but not least, some progress on BBD Christmas Garden.  I'm actually working on two versions of this.  Yes ~ I'm that obcessive at times!  One is on a higher count linen because I like the look of it better but the other is on a more cream color of linen that I feel shows off the pinks and greens better.  Yes ~ a bit obcessive I know but I've decided one will have the alphabet where the other will have Chrismas Garden stitched.  Thank goodness I love muted pinks and greens!

Take care everyone!