A Quick Finish

I got a quick finish done last night. Started it on Sunday, and finished it while watching It Happened One Night with Hubby last night. This one is a Christmas present.



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First Finish

Well I did it! My first finish of 2009. Of course Hubby has watched me stitch like crazy for the last three days, but I picked one with only one color and not too complicated. Here is the front.



And here is the back.

Looking for a new Floss

I am continuing to work on the Friendship pattern. It was a freebie given out at the last cross-stitch retreat I attended in 2006. Since then I have moved to a tropical island and there are no needle shops. So this free pattern was changed by the ladies who work at the shop. They provided the freebie fully kitted, with enough thread for them to stitch the pattern. Of course I am not as experienced a stitcher as the ladies at the shop and of course, I need more! So I desperately searched my stash and found a couple of colors that were close....After a quick call to the shop (2 time zones away), I found out that it was a Sampler Thread called Blue Spruce. I have it and have started finishing the pattern. We'll see if anyone can pick out the switch when I get the finish picture posted.

My Only January Start

Well, since I was gone to the mainland for most of January, and we are busy with school and all of the kids activities, I didn't start anything. I recently joined the i-love-cross-stitch yahoo group, and was inspired to get started. So on the last day of the month I decided to start a quick-n-easy pattern that I would be able to finish quickly. Looking for not-quite instant gratification here! This is how far I got in January.