Finally Fully Finishing Fun for May

Hosted by Rachel the Ten Hour Stitcher

This new SAL is designed to motivate us all to do something with that box of Finished pieces instead of just storing them under the bed.  We will all be linking up on Rachel's blog on or after the 10th of each month (10 Hour Stitcher - 10th of the month).

This is a rather old piece which was previously finished in my patented "chuck it in a bag for 20 years" method.  I decided it was time it got scrapbooked as I would never want to use it as an actual bookmark!

This was a kit from Textile Heritage Collection called Fairytale Bookmark stitched in 2000 when my initials were JMM. 

Stitched on the 14 count aida band provided using the non-DMC thread also provided.

Now it is finally fully finished mounted on a fairytale scene from Monet

In the same bag was the Jane Greenoff design Woodland Walk which I posted about here - The People Chose Speciality Stitches.  I decided not to add anything to it on the grounds that if I was going to do that I would have done it at some point in the last 20 years.  So a simple frame and it's an FFO.

The third piece was not quite finished back in 1998 when it went to live in the bag.  There were approximately 20 orange stitches to complete.  Then I whip stitched around the edge with a bead per stitch and added a ribbon hanger.  Done!

This is a better photo of the colours of the ornie, it's a very dark red not bright red.

According to the packet, this was a cover gift from Needlework magazine in October 1998.  Happy 21st Birthday!  What is funny is that the description says "a traditional pin cushion for you to stitch in an evening".  Or two evenings separated by 21 years....

Finally, let's see some newer projects.  For Maynia this year I am stitching on the same projects I started last May.  I started one Just Nan small per day so this year I am stitching one strand on each project on their relevant day.  Here are the projects for Days 6 to 10:

I got a lot done on Day 10 because I went on a train journey so I stitched all the border on this one and on the third one in the series which I did not start last year.  The second one is for Day 11 of the SAL.