New Year, New Beginnings

Hello all it has been an interesting start to the New Year. Unfortunately it did not start very happy. Our 13 year old rescue kitty had to be put down. His kidneys started to fail and it caused an intestinal infection that caused him to be sick and dehydrate. He was such a good boy and it was so sad to have to tel him goodbye, but I could not make him suffer. Part of being a good pet owner is knowing when it is time to let a pet go and do what is best for them.

 

 So enough with the sad. On to the new, I showed you the Bless the Beasts Painted canvas I bought from my LNS the end of October I wanted to maybe pull this out during Christmas but with family and work and baking time got away from me and I did not get to move on this. So the New Year is a time for beginnings and this is going to be an adventure. I picked petite Silk Lame Braid for the sky and I am using the Pavilion stitch. The Moon I used Gold Kreniek Silk Mori and the stitch I used was a satin stitch. The stars in the sky are Mill Hill Glass Seed Beads in gold. I spent 3 days with this and got a large bit of the sky completed before I needed to rotate. I have to work on this at a table and sitting in that position is not comfortable so I will have to work this in between my other projects.  

Pictures are 1) Full size canvas 2)Work done from last year 3)Work completed this rotation. I set a yard stick across the top of the canvas to give you an idea of the size of this. 

I have a finish. I did this before I started Santa. I am so happy with the way this turned out. I found some black satin lace to finish the edges and it looks awesome on the coffee table I made it to display on,next Halloween it is going to be wonderful. 

Finally I have a few items to share. I joined a Bag of the Month Club. Even though I am a sewer I never seem to make anything for myself so I splurged and joined this. January's bags showed up last week and they are beautiful. I love them and the lady doing the bags added in a few little goodies as a bonus. Hand-dyed floss, a floss ring with decoration and a Charm with the company's name on it. The second thing is I made an order from my favorite on-line Shop. 123Stitch.com. 5 Mill Hill patterns and a super fun Mary Poppins pattern.

I hope you are all enjoying the New Year, staying save and warm, and above all getting your stitching time.