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I started IHSW a little early and managed to finish Angelic Melody!! It's been a long haul since I started her for the Crazy January Challenge last year, but she is finally finished!  Yes, she still needs a little more ironing and then I'll add the strings to her mandolin, but I still feel as though she's finished. A little TLC and she'll be perfect.  I also managed to finish another piece, Lady Kell's 2012 Band Sampler. I stitched it on 14 count navy aida with WDW Bethlehem and Meadow. It was a nice break after the fussiness of finishing the Angelic...

It's that time again! Time to hermit and stitch! I hope the finish Angelic Melody before this weekend, but if not, then I'll definitely be working on that. With luck I'll go back to another Xmas project, or perhaps the HAED freebie SAL QS Siberian Forest.  Good luck fellow hermiters! Tiffstitch...

My wonderful DH was going to be near my new favourite LNS and was able to pick up some of the threads for my Xmas tree. Unfortunately they didn't have anything for my 2012 Sampler, and only 2 each of Ivy and Autumn Leaves by WDW. He was able to order WDW Bethlehem, but the clerk told him the horrifying news that this store would not be stocking WDW anymore!! NO!!! I finally found this place after searching the WDW website for a nearby place that carried their threads, and now they're not stocking them anymore.. argh! I've emailed the owners...

I spent an excellent weekend with my DH and my dogs and I did manage to get a lot of stitching done. There's still a ton to do by Saturday, so we'll see. I think it's impossible, but there may be a chance.  ...

This weekend I will finally join the Internation Hermit and Stitch Weekend. One of my few weekends off work and I need the time to try and finish my mother-in-law's Christmas gift, Angelic Melody. I've been following the IHSW all year, but I've never had the opportunity to participate until now. It's definitely needed since I still have over half of the stitching left to do on this project, not to mention all the backstitch. I think there are a few places I can skip the backstitch would should save me some time, but there is still a lot to get...