End of year

I want to pull out of all the reading challenges because I don't want to be in them anymore but I can't figure out how to delete myself off the links.

I also have a very late TT post update.

I had so many piece changes this year and because I still can't find most of my pieces. I had to finished this year. Pokemon and the Marigold Fairy Card. I can't find the Marigold Fairy Card though as I stuck it somewhere 'safe' and lost it. But here is Pokemon!

Here is it from the beginning of the year:

And here it is now! 

I haven't ironed it or framed it though because I do not actually own an iron :/ I am so happy I've finished this and it was so fun :D

I am looking forward to next year. I am not going to sign up for anything unless the Turtle Trot is going to run again. I got carried away with signing up for book challenges and I can't take the pressure. I think I should just relax again this year and stick to my own book challenge which is a 50 book challenge I run with my friends on Facebook. 

I hope everyone had a great year and Happy New Year!

Update on Christmas Village Ornaments

I haven't stitched as much as I would have liked to today as took the opportunity to go into town and buy The World of Cross Stitching issue 234 while my local book shop is still stocking it and then my sister gave me an early Christmas present (Quidditch Through the Ages but J.K.Rowling) which I HAD to read XD

I have made some progress though ^_^ (Sorry for the bad quality)

I should have probably waited for another day of progress before posting but I have an exam tomorrow and another the next so I'm not sure if I'd be able to post for a few days. 

Thank you for all your lovely comments ^_^ They really make me happy XD

Another New Start!

I know I shouldn't start something new because of the amount of WIPs I have but I couldn't resist XD

I have been working on my TT pieces, I have finished another Pokemon, I have finished another 2 of the card set of 10, and I've also worked on Indian Dresses and the Fairy card. No pictures of them yet, you'll have to wait until the 10th of December ;)

Anyway, here is the beginning of the first of six Christmas Village Ornaments by Dimensions, I started it last night and this is as far as I've gotten.

Until next time :D (Which may even be tomorrow depending on my progress XD)

I STITCHED!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I did! :D
After I got home from my English exam I decided to take a break from studying and pulled out the freebie from The World of Cross Stitching Issue 233. I made it for my parents for Christmas ^_^

So here it is :D

November Turtle Trot

This is a disappointing post. I have stitched on NOTHING for an entire month. There is a good reason for this though so it's not just me being lazy :P
I have been studying for my exams, this is my first year of proper exams ^_^ Unfortunately yesterday was my first exam (math) and I somehow managed to get sick on the day of my exam meaning I couldn't concentrate and had to leave early without finishing it. I am still sick and I had science today I think I did okay with that. I have until next Monday until my next exam though so hopefully I can get in some stitching ^_^

Hope everyone else had a better cross stitching month than I did XD

October Turtle Trot

Not very much progress this month, I have stitched on 5 of the 10, one of those 5 is a replacement for the clown thing.

So progress photos

1. Shells Duo- only filled in a few gaps here and there.

Before

After

2. Flower Fan- No progress

3. The Ballet (replacement for clown thing)- A few stitches added. 

Before

After

4. Cat Series/Cat with Fish Bowl- No progress

5. Pokemon- No progress

6. Indian Dresses- No progress

7. Try to the be the person your dog thinks you are- Completed the "dog thinks you are" part. 

Before

After

8. Card set + Flower fairy- I have now finished 3 out of 10 of the cards and almost finished the 4th, also made progress on the flower fairy but didn't get a picture of that.

Before (Finished number one)

Before (Started number two)

After (Finished number two and got photobombed)

After (Started and finished number 3)

After (Started number 4, somehow it's sideways sorry)

9. Mill Hill Garden Shed- Some progress, I lost motivation on this because I ran out of grey floss.

Before

After

10. Giant Landscape- No progress, I'm going to replace with something else, probably something from my first TT list XD 

Thanks for reading ;)

A few finished

Hey :)
I finished a few small things since my last update and decided to make a post :)

 

This cat is from a kit that some nice ladies in the NZ Cross Stitcher group sent me. The pattern was difficult to follow, it was a hand drawn one and the person who made it must of been bored of drawing out the symbol for the black and I had to fill it in according to the picture. Then there were random symbols that weren't in the key. I think I did okay fixing it though. 

 

This is for my nana for Christmas, it came with a little porcelain box and I just have to finish finish it now ^_^

 

I'm not actually sure if I have shown you this before. I finished it before the last update, I think, and I thought I updated but I checked the last couple of posts and it wasn't there, so here. The thing around it came with it, it is a free kit from The World of Cross Stitching. I'm not sure whether I want to keep the cardboard thing or not (It isn't attached) 

This is also a free kit from a The World of Cross Stitching magazine, it is also not attached. I am definitely going to keep the card that came with it because it's so cute XD

My Mum bought this from a local store. It is one of the few New Zealand cross stitch kits that I know of. I like this book mark a lot though because it's from New Zealand. 

Anyway, I'm going to try to post Turtle Trot on time this month ^_^