2009 Challenge

These are the designs I have tentatively (!) set for my 10/25/50 Challenge. I'm sure some will be finished and others set aside -- but it's not a bad start.

1. And They Sinned (Goal: Page Two)
2. Houses of Hawk Run Hollow (Goal: Two Houses)
3. Rain, Rain
4. Washday Again
5. Sampler House
6. Bethlehem / Three Kings
7. Elizabeth & The Lavender Sky
8. Matter's Choice
9. Salem Sisters II
10. Eightsome Reel
11. Strawberry Summer
12. Lady Scarlet's Journey
13. Winter Blues
14. St. Clare
15. Geranium House
16. Celtic Heart
17. Savannah Sampler
18. Pretty in Pink
19.. You are my sunshine
20. Summer Joy
21. No Hearth

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Stitching Year in Review: 2008

2008 is over and 2009 has begun. These are my finishes for 2008 -- 29 in all. Not bad...

JANUARY:
Megan Fletcher -- Lisa Cowell Designs

FEBRUARY:
Lovebird -- Midsummer Night Designs
His Heart Belongs To Me -- Carriage House Samplings
Heart -- KissyCross

MARCH:
Blackbird Sampler -- Blackbird Designs
Cherub -- Unknown

APRIL:
Adagio -- Whispered by the Wind
Quackworth Sampler -- Ink Circles
Always and Forever -- Little House Needleworks
Schoolgirl Lessons -- Little House Needleworks
Mini-Quaker -- Designer unknown
Call of the Ocean -- X-Appeal

MAY:
Reader, I Married Him -- Casey Buonaugurio
X-Stitch Heart -- Mausi
Thread Gathering -- Little House Needleworks
House #3, HoHRH -- Carriage House Samplings

JUNE:
Be Ever Thankful -- Abbey Lane Designs
Alphabet Tree -- Blue Ribbon Designs
Knot of Friendship -- Enchanting Lair
Tea Time -- La Chatelaine Designs

JULY:
Call of the Ocean, Part II -- X-Appeal

AUGUST:
Moon and Stars -- Little House Needleworks
Quaker Alphabet -- Debbie Draper Designs

SEPTEMBER:
St. Georges -- Long Dog
Sweetheart Sampler -- Blackbird Designs
Westwinds -- Carriage House Samplings

OCTOBER:
1848 Reproduction Sampler -- Barrick Samplers
Cross Stitcher in Residence -- Lizzie*Kate
August -- Lizzie*Kate

#29 -- AUGUST

August by Lizzie*Kate. On 32 ct. Peach Ice Reflections by Silkweaver using Vikki Clayton's Silks.

#28 -- Cross Stitcher in Residence

This is Lizzie*Kate's "Cross Stitcher in Residence" on 28 ct. lugana from Silkweaver with Vikki Clayton's silks.

#27 -- 1848 Reproduction Sampler

This is 1848 Reproduction Sampler from Barrick Samplers (Carriage House Samplers).

Done on 32 ct. linen with Vikki Clayton's silks.

I changed the bottom a bit. Left off two rows of "grass" and used my husband's initials and my own and 2008.

#26 -- Westwinds

Carriage House Samplings' Westwinds on 14 ct. Fiddler's Cloth using Vikki Clayton's silks.

#25 -- Sweetheart Sampler

Blackbird Designs' Sweetheart Sampler.

On 28 ct. Mocha linen using Vikki Clayton's Quince 1407,

Examplar Jam & Bread, Burnished Cranberry, and Sea Wrack 3431.