New Year's Eve Pie

I have been doing really well keeping up with the 12 Days of Christmas SAL during my time off work.  Here is the work for the 6th Day of Christmas:

and the lovely Angel:

And here is the 7th Day:

I had a full day at work today and only managed 30 minutes stitching during my break.  I stitched a little bit of dark green on Day 7 and those little green corner stitches on each of the other days!  So I did technically stitch on every block today, even if it was just 1 stitch in the corner.

It is customary at this time of year to look back at achievements and make plans for the coming year.  I have already done my WIPocalypse Review and my Smalls Review so now it's time for an overview.  I completed 45 different projects this year, from the small to the large.  Elizabeth Shephard was probably the largest individual design I finished this year and the Stitch for Syria the smallest.

Just in case you missed any finishes, here's a full run-down:

I have prepared some pie for you all.  Firstly, here is December's pie, not many ingredients this month!

And here is the annual pie divided by designer:

You can see that Nora Corbett is way out in front with five different designs (4 letters and a cottage).  The Sugar Skulls and the monthly Stitcher's Alphabet have earned Brooke Nolan her second place and Just Nan comes third with various Hallowe'en designs plus Spring Typography.

I have tracked my spending this year, even though I wasn't Stitching From Stash.  December was another good month:

CSC Subs	£8.72
Sparklies Fabric	£22.50
Total	£31.22

My total for the entire year was just under £500 divided as follows:

Charts	£151.10
Fabric	£146.38
Magazines	£87.77
Threads	£86.31
Beads	£24.45
Storage	£4.05

But I did spend £156 on just two projects for next year!  My Discworld Map was £70 for the chart, fabric and multiple skeins of DMC.  The Chatelaine was £86 for chart, fabric and speciality threads (excluding the ones that were gifted to me for my Birthday).

Finally, after a terrible year of news and world events we got 3 pieces of good news today.  My cousin's new baby arrived today, she has been named after me (well, technically after my middle name which is a family name) and it's a new initial so I have an excuse to buy Nora Corbett's M Fairy now to match her cousin's fairies from this year!

Have a very Happy Old Year's Night 

and a very Peaceful New Year's Day