First Mate Santa - Finished!

Oy! The cutting out is headache-inducing! But the sparklies are worth it.

First Mate Santa
Mill Hill

Ice Skates - Finished!

All done! Two pieces attached, all beaded. I think it looks so pretty in the sunlight!

Ice Skates
Mill Hill

Ice Skates - Progress

Beads and treasure (star) attached. Just a couple steps left: laces and tie loops (bead strings), attach skates to each other, glue magnet to back.

Ice Skates
Mill Hill

Ice Skates - Progress

Stitching is done. Beading has begun.

Ice Skates
Mill Hill

Ice Skates - Progress

What can I say? Another Downton Abbey night.

Ice Skates
Mill Hill

Day 31 of 31

I did it! 31 projects started in January; one every day!

The sprint to begin is complete, now starts the marathon to finish all this stuff by the end of the year!

Ice Skates
Mill Hill

Day 29 of 31

Lots of stitches today, as promised. You can even tell what it looks like!

First Mate Santa
Mill Hill

Day 23 of 31

Another Downton Abbey night!

Boatswain Santa
Mill Hill

Day 15 of 31

Captain Santa
Mill Hill

More 2011 finishes

I got the left side snowman finished and all the snow beads added to complete Bent Creek's Photobooth Snowmen.



One of the local shops advertised a Mill Hill Bead kit night to help stitchers get over bead-fear. I have had this kit since last year and decided to give it a shot. It stitched up surprisingly fast considering the quantity of beads on this little thing! There's no beading on the legs, but it seems like every other stitch on the top half is beaded.



Here's a closeup.