A Few Framed Finishes

I can't believe it has been so long since my last blog entry.  I took a class this fall and that has cut down on my free time.  I guess I spent my free time stitching instead of blogging.

Over the summer I took several finishes to Stitcher's Station for framing and they did a fantastic job, as usual.  I took the framed pieces traveling with me over Thanksgiving weekend and my Dad took some really great pictures of them for me.  Thanks Dad!

This is Bountiful Acorns, a Sweetheart Tree needleroll design.  I love how it looks framed!

This is a French freebie (Quaker a 6 Mains, I think)  from the dim and distant past that took me approximately 1 million years to finish.  It was tough to find a frame that looked right.  Maybe it is the chocolate color of the fabric?  It is difficult to tell from the photo, but the frame has a bit of a sheen, almost a mother-of-pearl look.  Love it!

I turned this BOAF Happy Hearts design into a family sampler, and the frame is perfect for it.

At long last, My Home Town by CHS is framed.  I can't believe how the dark frame enhances the stitching.  I am really happy with how this turned out!

Other than the framing, stitching is going along pretty much as planned.  I will never get all of my Crazy January Challenge projects finished this year, but I knew from the beginning that for me it was more about getting things started rather than getting things finished. 

I just took a peak at my last blog post to see where I left off.  I am still stitching on the Samsarah stockings while I work.  I finished the reindeer and I am currently on stocking #3, the cups of cocoa.   I decided to stitch the border on Comfort and Joy by Blue Ribbon Designs, and it looks really good.  (The chart is up for grabs, if anyone is interested.) 

I made a muddle of the finishing for the Windows of Faith, Hope and Peace ornament but since we were exchanging ornament kits and not the ornaments themselves, I was saved from complete humiliation.  Mostly.  I finished Birdy Birdy by Sheepish Designs, and it is at Stitcher's Station for framing.

I have also started several other projects along the way, including a JBW for a friend with a new grandbaby and Aury's Reindeer X-mess.

That's about it!  I am hoping with my class almost over I can sneak in one more (or maybe two!) blog posts before the end of the year.  I would love to get some pictures of the finishes I mentioned above. 

Any rumors out there about what the crazy challenges will be this year?  I may need to participate in a WIP finishing challenge this time around.  I have way too many large projects in my stitching basket.