Saturday, November 7, 2009

Christmas Stitching Galore

The Christmas spirit hit me about 10 minutes after Halloween ended. And I know that here in the U.S., Thanksgiving is the next holiday, and I am in Thanksgiving mode as well (hence the new blog layout), but the two holidays seem to kind of blend together for me. (I think this is because my Christmas crazy MIL treats Thanksgiving as a prelude to Christmas...but I digress).

I love holiday stitching. So I promptly pulled out all of my Christmas WIPs, kitted Christmas projects, and Christmas charts and began organizing them in a Christmas tote. I also filled almost every project bag I own with Christmas stitching.


And then the craziness began.... and my stitching ADD kicked in....

I finished stitching Eloquent Christmas but still need to add beads (this one may go to my sister-in-law who has been eyeing it the minute I put needle to thread, but I will have to stitch another one for me because I absolutely love this design)....

I started Ewe and Eye and Friends' Yule.... (yes it looks like a bunch of crazy geometric shapes gone wild or a funky cow with mange, but it will eventually turn into a cute reindeer, I promise)

I started Lizzie Kate's ABC Christmas....

I started Prairie Schooler's Christmas Eve...

I started Shepherd's Bush's Glad Tidings...

And I put a few stitches in Paradise Lost (you didn't think it was going to be all Christmas, did you? LOL!)

And the sad thing is, I am wildly eyeing Miss Crescent's Crown's All in a Sleigh and Shakepeare's Peddler's Jenny Bean Christmas, wanting to grab them and start them as well. Not to mention Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow which is begging to put in an appearance but I don't have all the NPIs I need yet. (And then there is Vonna's ornament SAL that I need to get working on...)

Sick, I tell ya...

And yes, I do plan to finish some of them. Some of them are going to be really quick stitches (I think).

I have a feeling we will be decking the halls and trimming the tree a lot earlier this year. I usually wait until the weekend after Thanksgiving day, but the last couple of years we have been so busy with family functions (which I love... not complaining a bit!), that I have ended up decorating the first week of December, which is just not enough time for me to enjoy it all. So this year, I am going to get a jump start and make the season and joy last as long as possible.

In other news, hubby's varsity team won their first round of playoffs last night and will advance to the next round on Friday. Go Hawks! And Jake's little league flag football team won their playoff game this afternoon and will play in the Little League Super Bowl tomorrow afternoon. Go Vikings! All kinds of football fun going on around here. :)

And I want to say a big Thank You to everyone who left a comment on my last post. I had 19 wonderful comments (the most ever!) and I loved each and every one of them and have read them several times. You all sure know how to make a girl feel good. :)

Hope you are having a happy, stitchy, fun day in your neck of the woods (that's southern for "where you live" LOL!). I am thinking I may make a cup of hot chocolate and turn on the Christmas carols for my afternoon of stitching. :)



18 comments:

  1. I love Eloquent Christmas! That one is sitting on my wish list at 123stitch. I can't wait to do it. You really do have stitching ADD...my condolences. :) I've never had that many WIPs! Too fun!

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  2. Happy stitching day to you!!! You have lots and lots to work on...I am dying to see the finish of the cow with mange...cause that's what I'm seeing...can't picture the reindeer! LOL
    I'm about to have a huge happy dance, so I'm back to stitching..I was just taking a quick break to skip thru blogworld.

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  3. Wow you have some wonderful WIPs there, Kellie! Most impressive is all the work you've completed on them. Looks great!

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  4. Wow! You have a lot of Christmas stitching going on I love it all!! I see you are a Twilight fan as well! Hope you are having a great stitching weekend! Meredith

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  5. Talk about holiday spirit, you've got it! Pretty starts that will be lovely finishes, I know! Enjoy every moment - start decorating now if you like. Stitch on...

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  6. Great post! You have me all excited to do some Christmas stitching!!! What a great idea to keep all of your Christmas projects together and then work on holiday projects....really keeps one in the proper spirit I bet! It also gives me license to get a few more going too!

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  7. You are inspiring me to go hunting through my stash for my Christmas projects!

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  8. Wow, so many pretty new starts, but I bet you'll get all of them done....before Christmas even. I hope when you get your giveaway gift, you don't already have it!!! I love holiday stitching, just need to figure out what to start next since I just finished Christmas Eve by PS. Hope you had a lovely day of stitching!!!! Looking forward to watching your progress on all your WIP's.

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  9. All your new wip look great!!! I have such a problem with those mesh bags, instead of re-using them I just buy more, lol.

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  10. Great work on PL! And your Christmas WIPs--and organization--are fabulous! YGG!! I need to keep coming back to your blog and looking to help kick start my holiday stitching. I have most of my ornaments completed but would love to do more, maybe even get a jump on next year's obligation stitching. Of course, then i won't be able to find where I put anything, like this year (still missing SIL's ornament...). LOL Anyway, yeay on the WIPs... YGG.

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  11. Ooh, so many pretties to see! I like hot chocolate, but I think I prefer apple cider! :D I like your PS start!

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  12. Wow what a lot of wonderful new starts! you've got a good head start to Christmas goodies!

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  13. What a neat idea about putting seasonal stuff into easy-to-grab totes. I may have to copy your idea. Besides, we do have stitching ADD in common so no harm done, right?

    I LOVE your Eloquent Christmas. It's gorgeous.

    Hey, is that another new start calling to me? *hee hee*

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  14. Looks like you have plenty to keep you busy! Happy Stitching!

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  15. OK, ma'am! You have been very busy! I love all of the projects...and can't wait to see more of them!

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  16. Christmas stitching, my favourite. Love all your wip's, good luck with them.

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  17. You sure kick off a holiday season in style! Love it!

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  18. Wow ... so organized and busy! I can't wait to see how all of these projects progress. Go, baby, go!

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