2021 wrap up

So let's see what did I do in 2021. It was not a very productive year, but still I finished more than I thought. Instead stitching I read a lot (good!) and played a game called Planet Zoo (not that good). However, I was pushing to clean up the unfinished cross stitch basket, and I have managed to put the finishing touches to the Nativity Sampler, and gave away one with an acryl floss, what I will never finish.

So my list is the following:

Cross stitch:

Finishes & partings:

Heirloom Nativity Sampler by The Victoria Sampler  - finally finished the little hardanger missing, started in 2014 November. I did not managed to take it to the framer, but I will in 2022. The real colors are in between the 2 photos.

 

Heirloom Nativity Sampler - The Victoria Sampler

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct Smokey Pearl Zweigart

Fonal / Floss : selyem, a mintaív szerint / silk as in the kit

Riolis 1079 Autumn forest - small part done, started in 2018 summer. 

I realised I will never finish it, so I gave it away

Around the World in Stitches by Papillon Creations- 

I did manage to mount it on a cardboard and finally bought a box to be mounted on, but did not finish it fully. I have started it in 2018 and finished in 2020.

 

 

Around the World in 80 Stitches - Papillon Creations

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct white dmc

Fonal / Floss : Anchor

WIP

I worked on the following WIPs:

Pomarium by Chatelaine, fully done, only the beading is missing! I started in 2016 December

 

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Kingfisher by Anchor - started in 2020 July as a holiday travelling piece

 

Anchor: Kingfisher

Fonal/Floss: Anchor from the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart white 16 ct Aida from the kit

Sans Soucis by Long Dog Samplers - started in 2020 September

 

Long Dog Samplers: Sans Soucis

Fonal / Floss: Caron (#63,#153) Gloriana (#67) Edmar Rayon (#206)

Anyag/Fabric: Tea dyed Zweigart white 32 ct line

Autumn Watergarden by Chatelaine, 1st quarter - started in 2019 August

 

Chatelaine: Autumn Watergarden

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

QUILTING 

A finish: A polka dot quilt for my niece:

I was working on a WIP:

Round the Year by betukbandi- 8 out of  16 done

I also made pillows for the covers I made from them. It is a 2 sided pillow, 2 of them is already done.

 

I had 2 projects other from 2020, but I did not touched them at all.

Winter Maize by Ngaire Brooks: piecing done, applique in line

String - a few pieces done, I started it as a leader/ender project

SEWING & OTHER

I created a baby book

I finished 3 T shirts what I really like

I dibbled some in bag making:

A therapy-bed carrying bag for my sister-in-law bag (she is a physiotherapist who visits patients)

A sturdy bag I gave to my mother

and a some bags for my kitchen 

  

and some more masks since Covid is still on....

A long waited FINISH!

This week during my homecation I went through many things to be cleaned and fixed, and I decided I will tackle my list of wip/ufos as well. 

I offered the Autumn cottage for adoption, because I do not like the floss included. It is a wool acrylic blend and maybe I am turning to a silk snob, but I realised I really do not like to touch the acrylic. It was quickly taken, and one is off the list.

The second one was a long time piece:it took me quite a while, but finally I have finished my Nativity Sampler from Victoria Sampler. The hardanger part was sitting in my wip (ufo?) basket almost 4 years. It was my holiday tracel piece, and it has a loooong history. First I started in 2011 but on a wrong fabric, so I stopped at the top angels and framed it separately. I restarted in 2014 July, and worked on during the holiday until 2017, when the kloster blocks were ready. And then I was afraid to move further, because my hardanger ventures were long-long time ago. Then the pandemic hit, and no travels were done. Then ... no real excuses, but stalling. After braving myself it was a quick finish, only took 2 afternoons. My hardarnger far from perfect, but not that bad, and I only cut 3 wrong lines :)

Holiday brings in Christmas

We went for a short holiday, and I took my Official Holiday Piece with me: Victoria Sampler here I go! I finished the tableau with baby Jesus and the parents last time in July, and now I managed to put a lacy line and a shepherd with a sheep in. Not much but better than nothing with 2 little ones next to lake Balaton.

Heirloom Nativity Sampler - The Victoria Sampler

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct Smokey Pearl Zweigart

Fonal / Floss : selyem, a mintaív szerint / silk as in the kit

Back to Winter

Heirloom Nativity Sampler - The Victoria Sampler

Anyag / Fabric : 32 ct Smokey Pearl Zweigart

Fonal / Floss : selyem, a mintaív szerint / silk as in the kit

I have promised some summer sunshine, but before that, I want to show a little snowy landscape. Between Knotgardens I went back to an old WIP, a Heirloom Nativity Sampler started last July during our summer holiday. I will take it as a travelling piece with me for this year holiday, but in the meantime I did some stitching and almost the same amount of frogging: I left 2 rows out of the tree, so all the animals and the shed was picked and restitched when I realised something is amiss.

Christmas coming

Victoria Sampler: Heirloom Nativity Sampler

2014 July

We went for holidays in the summer and I took some wintery with me. Heirlooms series of Victoria Sampler.

IHSW: Angyalok a vonaton / Angels on the train

Végetért az év utolsó IHSW hétvégéje, és annak ellenére, hogy a vonatomat akartam folytatni, a karácsonyi angyalkák mégis belopakodtak a kezembe. Ez a kis kép a Victoria Sampler Heirloom Nativity Samplerének teteje, amit véletlenül rossz anyagon kezdtem el (mármint a csomagban összekeverték a rendelésem, és más színű anyagot kaptam, mint kértem, és ez nem volt az igazi). Hogy ne vesszen kárba, befejeztem a zárómintát és egy mini karácsonyi ajándék lett belőle édesanyámnak, aki már hónapok óta el-elejti hogy milyen jól mutatnának nála is az angyalkák. A legnagyobb különlegesség, hogy én kereteztem, az első ilyen próbálkozásom!

End of the last IHSW weekend of the year. Althought I was planning to continue my train, little Christmas Cherubs were slipping into my hands. The picture is the top of Victoria Sampler's Heirloom Nativity Sampler, what  had started a few months back on a wrong fabric (meaning the my order was mixed up and I got a different one from the shop, and I did not like the result). To save the day I finished the top patterns and I made a little gift for my Mum, who is making me little remarks about how nice it would be to have some cherubs under the tree...And this is the first time that I did the framing myself!

Heirloom Nativity Sampler - The Victoria Sampler

Anyag / Fabric : 28 ct unknown Zweigart

Fonal / Floss : selyem, a mintaív szerint / silk as in the kit
Keret/ frame: saját /own

Azért egy picit a vonatom is haladt, ha nem is sokat, a sütik feletti házikó az eredmény.

Well, my train was moving on a little, if not much, the house over the cookies is the result.

Train of Dreams (HAED)

Fonal/Floss: DMC

Anyag/Fabric: 18 white aida

Karácsonyi hangulat / Feeling like Christmas

Rájöttem, hogy mégsem kezdem el a Chatelaine mintákat, mert nincs 32ct lenanyagom (Belfast), csak pamut, és az nem olyan szép. Szóval kicsit pihen még a dolog, és inkább a karácsonyi képet vettem elő, és egy kicsit haladtam vele. A fotót nézve viszont rájöttem, hogy a Victoria Sampler honlapon sokkal szürkébb anyagon van a minta, sokkal jobban látszik a hóesés és az angyalok szárnya is. Úgyhogy írtam az 123stitchnek, hogy most mi legyen, szerintem elcserélték az anyagot. Nagyon rámjár a rúd... Mondjuk így sem csúnya, de azért a másikon szebb, csak először azt hittem a nyomtatás miatt lett szürkébb a háttér, hát nem.

I decided not to start the Chatelaine designs because I do not have 32 ct linen (Belfast) only cotton, and that is not the same. So I need some more time, and I took out my Nativity and made a small progress. However, during stitching  have realised that most probably mixed my materials at 123stitch, because on the Victoria Sampler homepage the background is much darker, you should see the white much more. I quickly wrote to 123stitch and I am waiting for their answer what can we do in such case. I am really on the bad side of the stitching god...I think it is not ugly with this fabbie, but the original is much nicer....

 

Heirloom Nativity Sampler - The Victoria Sampler

Anyag / Fabric : 28 ct Smokey Pearl(???) Zweigart

Fonal / Floss : selyem, a mintaív szerint / silk as in the kit

Heirloom Nativity Sampler

A héten elkezdtem Victoria Sampler Heirloom Nativity Samplerét. Átmentem Hamupipőkébe, ugyanis a fonalak és gyöngyök szétválogatásával indítottam. És ez nem vicc, a 5féle gyöngy egy tasakban érkezett... Utána kicsit összeszabdaltam a mintaívet, hogy egy oldalon legyen a leírás, a színkód és a minta maga, mert így sokkal egyszerűbb utána haladni, mintha 3 külön oldalról kéne minden infót összeszednem. Végül pedig hajrá, belekezdtem. Egyenlőre csak kicsit haladtam, mert a sok előkészület elvette az időt, de sok kicsit sokra megy! Képek később...

I have started Victoria Sampler's Heirloom Nativity Sampler. I became a little Cinderella, because the first step was the sorting of floss and beads. And it is not a joke, the 5 different type of beads arrived in one sack. After I cut the photocopy of my pattern sheet to smaller pieces and glued to one page the pattern, the colour code and the working instructions corresponding to each other. On the long run it makes much easier for me to do the stitching. And finally I have starte the actual work. I have manage to finish only a tiny piece, because the preparatory time was quite long, but it worth the effort. Photos coming later on...