WIPocalypse January check-in

Here's my first check-in for the WIPocalpse! Now, before you go any further...forgive the photos. There was a pretty-darn-important football game on Saturday, and then there's a some kind of big durn deal football game going on tonight and between pre-game preps, game watching, and then the pretty near impossible 48-hour turnaround there's just not much time for things like ironing!

I've worked on a couple of pieces since we started W2012. First up: Blue Sparkle Angel, a counted canvas piece from Gay Ann Rogers. This is my Saturday stitch. Sadly, this Saturday I finished one row of the border and then discovered that I don't have one of the threads that I need, so I had to put it away until I can go to the LNS and pick some up..

Here are the before-and-after photos:

"Sew Peaceful" from iStitch turned out to be my first finish for the year. Here are the before and after photos :

And then there is 12 Days of Christmas from Little House Needleworks. Here's where I was when I left off at the end of 2011: (or my before photo!)

And here's where I am today: (or the after photo!)

There was also some other WIPocalypse stitching going on. First up: Sense and Sensibility from The Sampler Girl. Before:

And after:


This is my current "frugal project" so I'm pulling all of the materials from my stash. Quite a challenge, I'll tell you!

And then there was my New Year's Day start: Wear It Out from Waxing Moon. No before shot, because there wasn't a before!


As you can tell, I was a bit undecided about the color I wanted to use. I've decided to go with the darker color.

And then--I just couldn't resist starting to stitch the cute Downton Abbey freebie from The Sampler Girl's blog. I worked on this while watching the first episode of Season 2 last night. I'll get back to it next week when the second episode airs.

Here's the start:


See you next month!