February is my birthday month I couldn’t resist buying this Lori Mitchell figurines several years ago
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Sunday, 5 February 2023
February
Sunday, 22 January 2023
lunar New Year
As part of my goal of Renew my word for this year I decided to pick up my Somthing’s Fishy BOM designed by my friend Uschi Geiner of Woolies on the Coast. I’ve not stitched on it for awhile and it still needs a bottom sandy bottom border to be added. As always I put some of my own twists and changed placements of her design. I modified the seahorse from her design.
Monday, 2 January 2023
Word of the Year
I decided to look back on past years to see which words or phases I chose for my word. I was surprised to see I started this first in 2012 and the word was Enjoy. The next year I chose Creativity. 2014 I chose a phrase Sew Finish It Up. Followed by A New Leaf, Explore New Directions, Stay Focused. Mindful, Surprise, Inspire, Inspire Creativity and Harmony was for last year.
What shall I choose this year? Another phrase or a single word?
I decided on RENEW. The condo building I living in is having a major renewal of it. The roof, decks, windows are all being replaced. It’s time to renew other things in my life also. I’ve renewed my ,I’ve if reading books and have probably read 5 or 6 in the past month. I hope to renew my love of travel later in the year.
I started New Year’s Day with a new cross stitch design. Here is a peek at my first few hours of stitching.
I’ll let you know it’s a BlackBird Designs piece which should be a quick one to stitch.
Saturday, 31 December 2022
2022 at an end.
I has promised to try and post more in 2022 but when my Mom passed away in January I just couldn’t try.
She would have been 97 in May 2022.
Here she is on her 90th birthday.
I worked on a lot of cross stitch during this year. This is one of a trio by Bonnie Sullivan.