January Stitch from Stash and Pie

Regular followers will know I produce a delicious home-made pie to illustrate my focus projects for the month.  I don't record minutes or stitches so this gives an approximate idea of how much time each WIP got.

You can see what I spent most of the month on!

Art Nouveau Head went from here:

to here:

stitched on 14 count White Aida

Obviously a lot of block fill-in which is quicker.  The bottom half is similar but that circle shape and the headpiece is going to be much more time consuming.  I am confident I can get this completed this year though.

I also keep an evening Pie, which looks very varied this month:

This year evenings are going to be dedicated to my Annie Beez Stockings and whatever else takes my fancy so expect some varied pies this year.

Finally, Stitch from Stash.  This is my eleventh year!  I skipped 2016 as it was a Big Birthday Year and I wanted to be able to splurge a little.  But apart from that it's been a huge success and really helped me see where to cut down on my spending.

As I mentioned before, I needed the red beads for the Annie Beez stocking and thought it was a good idea to get the bead pack for the Zodiac Girl at the same time.