Some 2010 finishes

Just to prove that I really do finish things (at least the stitching portion of it) from time to time, here are a few pieces I finished this year. Three are cross stitch and one is a latch hook rug.

And by the whims of Blogger, we are staring with the latch hook rug. It's called White Tiger and it is big. Something close to three by four feet.




This second piece is one of three beaded kits by Mill Hill called Quilted Cats. Sapphire is his name. I don't much care for doing bead work, so take a look at the full size picture to see how much of a labor of love this is. And yes, I bought all three kits before I started any of them, so I will eventually do the other two.




This one is called Cat Collector and I believe is from Dimensions. Obviously I still need to cut it out and assemble it. There is a little paper thing that says "Cat Collector" that will go inside the frame. Unless I think of something better to say.



And the final one is another Dimensions piece with the horribly creative title of "Butterfly and Leaves" (or something very close to that). It actually came with a printed mat board and should look really nice once I get it frames. But oh how I hate to frame.



I'm sure I must have finished one or two other things this year, but I'm not the best at keeping track of things and actually taking photos when they are done. Or, for that matter, getting the photos off of the camera and onto the computer.

Here's to more great finishes in 2011!

Amigurumi fun:)

My sister gave my a couple of amigurumi books for my birthday. One is creepy and cute amigurumi, and the other ones is all animals. I immediately (i.e. that same day) picked a project and started on it. And it finally got finished a couple of weeks ago. If you know when my birthday is, that will tell you a lot. I zipped along on it until I got to the "add the eyes" part. At which point I had to find the eyes that I knew I had in my house. I did go buy more, but the store didn't really have the ones I wanted in stock, so I never did use the other ones. Not sure what I'll do with those.


In any case, here's the octopus before final assembly. I call this "Octopus bits."




And here he is "finished." I have to put that in quotes since technically I'm supposed to embroider a mouth and sew on felt cheeks. But I'm not sure I'm actually going to do that. I kind of like the minimalist look.