First finish for 2009

I now have huge bags under my eyes and bed sores after stitching my little heart out for the entire weekend, and I enjoyed every little minute of it. I watched so many movies I lost count LOL. Anyway, I managed to put the finishing stitches into a Prairie Schooler sampler I started on Christmas Day – I’d managed to stitch about half of the bottom village scene while I was away over Christmas, then stitched the rest of it over the weekend … a bit mental, but it feels like a great accomplishment. Of course now there won’t be much stitching done tonight, ‘cos I’ll have to be in bed by 8pm to catch up on sleep haha. The photos were taken at midnight last night, so not quite as rich in colour as it is in daylight.

“Good Saint Nick” by Prairie Schooler
stitched on 32ct Lambswool linen by Wichelt
with recommended DMC threads

As you can see from the bottom photo, I was going to post this part finished on Saturday, but decided to just keep on stitching … Next up is probably finishing off a Christmas ornament that just needs a few beads to be added, and my In the Dark needleroll which also just has the beading to be done before it’s finished, then it’s back into the rotation properly again.

28 thoughts on “First finish for 2009”

Wonderful finish, I love it!!!

Great job! Looks fantastic

Lovely! Congrats on the finish! 🙂

Wow, you stitched that one up fast Anne! Congratulations on a great finish!

I love it – it’s going on my wish list!

It looks great. A fantastic finish.

Beautiful Christmas finish! Amazing that you stitched the whole thing so fast.

I can’t see the piccies for some reason!

But I am sure it’s gorgeous 🙂

Just gorgeous Anne! Would you believe I just ordered this chart in the recent sales!! Great finish! Congratulations!

wholy smokes, if you say a finish in 2009, you certainly mean a FINISH! What a great sampler Anne, I love how it turned out. Those PS charts are the best IMHO. I just know I have to stitch this at some point in life.

Wow! You did all that over the weekend? Smokin’ Needles lol. It’s lovely Anne and congratulations on your first finish of the year.

Congrats on your first finish for 2009! May you have many more.

Beautiful! Great start to 2009. 🙂

Congratulations on your first finish for 2009! It looks fantastic!

That was FAST!! Congrats on a beautiful finish!! ~~HAPPY DANCE~~

A wonderful first finish for 2009.

It’s lovely Anne, congratulations

Sweet finish, Anne! 🙂

Congrats, it looks wonderful.

Fantastic fast finish Anne. I love it!

Hi Anne I just wanted to say what a great surprise it was to get your card in the post ,it really brightened my day.Love the santa sampler might hve to stitch that one myself lol.Hope the new year brings good things to you and your family.