This month brings another finish! I was able to find another LNS, and I really need a separate post to gush about how exciting that is, but the important point is they had both WDW Ivy and Autumn Leaves to allow me to finish this piece. 

as you can tell I haven't ironed it yet, but I did thumbtack it to the wall and it makes me happy to look at it completed. I was really feeling bogged down by the number of WIPs I had going, so having another completion feels really, really good. A friend mentioned since it's on gold dust aida a few gold charms might really add some bling, so I'm considering that idea. It's fairly large, around 8x10, and I'm trying to decide how to finish it. At first I was considering attempting a flat-fold, but it will be so large I think it would be cumbersome to display. Now I'm thinking of a hanging with a bell pull style hanger on the top and maybe some dark green fabric for backing. I'm trying to step outside of the traditional framing "box" and try some new ways of finishing my projects. Any thoughts or other ideas are very welcome! 

As I wrote about in my last post, here's my new start on a project for my Grandma. 

It calls for a few specialty stitches and some Kreinik #4 and DMC Satin. I picked up the DMC Satin B5200 at AC Moore since they don't yet stock it at my new favourite LNS. There is a nice Kreinik stand there and I had a quick look through when I was there last week. The colours I needed didn't jump out at me, but I could only remember the name (Marshmallow) of one of them and couldn't remember either of the numbers. I'll bring the magazine with me one of these days. Likely that will wait until I finish the cross stitches in the center element. They seem to be all regular DMC and I think I should have most of the colours. 

I haven't progressed any more on my HAED since my last post, but here's the update again!

It's a little farther on than last month's Xmas update. I'd like to continue on with this one, but I'm determined to make significant progress on Angelic Melody this month. If I don't soon, it will become part of this challenge since it won't be done 'til next Christmas! I think I'm going to add it on anyway since that's likely the only way I'll get done 12 projects. 

So goals for next month would be to finish Angelic Melody up to the last banner and perhaps start my 12 Days of Xmas table runner for my parents. I just got the fabric back from the seamstress and I think it will work perfectly. It's 18 count Anne Cloth and the design calls for 28 count monaco 2 over 2, so the stitching will be slightly smaller, but only slightly. The panels worked out so I should be able to fit everything in a single panel and there's a central motif that will go in the middle of the panels. I'm pretty excited to start it. With luck I'll have some pictures for you next month.