Monday, January 26, 2015

Stitch From Stash plus other stuff.....


Stitch From Stash 2015-A

It's time to report in for Stitch From Stash, the cross stitch group that helps us STOP spending money and use what we have. We have a $25 budget to work with every month.  I really don't have a lot of stash.  I have a lot of free patterns that I keep on the computer, and some I've bought.  I do have some fabric but I usually only buy what I need for a project and try to use the leftovers.  It's not easy though...just recently Joann's had a 20% off for seniors for everything including sale items.  Fortunately, that's a good thing this time as I have been saving up!  I bought, drum roll please.....39 skeins of embroidery floss and a roll of Aida.  39?  Yep, because I have 2 big projects coming up.

I've also had a finish.....
 It's my first finish for this year. It's a birth sampler for my grandson's room.
That gives me $4 credit. Nice.

So here's my report for January:
  25.00 budget
    4.00 credit
  29.00
- 17.00 spent
+12.00 to the good!

Next month, since you all know what's going on, I'll put my report at the top and you can skip down ;-)

Here are a couple of things I'm working on...
This is from Brooke Nolan's Spring Pantry...
Also working on Firefly by Kell Smurthwaite...

It's been a bit difficult as the fabric is dark brown Aida (Browncoats unite!) so I have to wait for some nice days to work on it - it's the sunshine that helps. ;-)

In other news...I've joined a small group at my church.  They're working on the book "He Chose The Nails" by Max Lucado.  They're already in chapters 3 and 4 but catch-up shouldn't be too hard.  I'm looking forward to this.

So that's it for this month - and nothing politically incorrect this month...but the year is new.


8 comments:

  1. Congrats on your finish, its just perfect for a little boy! Good progress too on your SFS. Hugs, Christina

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  2. OHH! Well done on your budget!!
    Congrats on your finish!
    Love your Firefly piece! I gave problems working with dark fabrics, too.

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  3. I LOVE how the Birth Sampler turned out! Love the Pantry too...I think I may need to put that on my to-do-one-day list.

    Good job on SFS for January!

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  4. Such an adorable finish!! Great job on SFS this month. I look forward to the new starts. :-)

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  5. Very nice stitch! Love the finish! It is adorable! Your SFS is wonderful!

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  6. Congrats on your finish! You stayed under budget!! That is great!

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  7. Your stitching looks great You needed the floss so you actually purchased necessities! I look forward to watching your progress! A lot of ladies say if you use a whit towel behind dark fabric its much easier to see the holes.

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  8. For working dark fabric, put a white pillow case on your lap. Way back when, I also put a small lamp with no shade on the floor so the light shines up through the holes. At a yard sale, I picked up a portable slide table that I put on my lap for $1.

    Congrats on your finishes!

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