A Stitch in Time.

I woke up today and decided it was the perfect day for working on some of my older cross stitch pieces. Here is the one I decided to work on. It's from Lizzie Kate. I love to stitch and I think large cross stitch pieces are stunning...but I have a really hard time finishing them because I find them daunting and overtime I get frustrated with them. So maybe I have a touch of A.D.D. I recently discovered Lizzie Kate snippets! She has a series that is these little blocks that can be done in an afternoon if you are an avid cross stitcher. However, if your like me and you don't have a whole lot of time for this wonderful hobby a block will probably take you a month to complete. I started this piece last year before Halloween. My goal was to finish it for the New Year and have it hanging up. It's a snippet for each month of the year. I also found on Lizzie Kate's website a free pattern to make a border around them all so you can make a larger piece that ties all the small ones together. I figured with just over 3 months I should be able to finish this. Hmmm well here we are in March and I can say I haven't finished. I did finish stitching March today! So I guess I am on schedual if you say it's on block per month.
This poor cross stitch. I have managed to store items ontop of it stretching out the fabric and warping my stitching. I also spilled rootbeer on it. Lets see if it makes it to its final month before too much more happens to it. There are so many cute and quick designs on Lizzie Kate if anyone is interested take a look at www.Lizziekate.com They are great designs if you are looking to learn the craft because she keeps it simple no half stitches or daisy stitches or french knots. She also gives with each pattern the thread colors for DMC (for those who want to keep it affordable) and she gives the colors for Shaker and Weeks (for those who are fiber snobs like me). Ok thats enough time spent blogging...its back to stitching!