The Peacock's Feather

And on to Something New!

No rest for the wicked as they say.  I actually started this just before I finished PS's "February".

And now that I am officially finished I can concentrate on Birds of a Feather's "Valentine Holiday".  I stitched this once before but I gave it away.  This time I am stitching it for myself.  If I work as industriously as I did this past weekend, I might even be able to finish it by Valentine's Day!

February by Prairie Schooler!

A little perserverance really pays off.  I did say the next photo you would see would be a finished sampler, and here it is!

"February" by Prairie Schooler
Stitched on 32 count Lambswool
DMC floss

I won't say when I started this--it was so long ago, but better a finish late than a UFO in a plastic bin languishing away.

The sampler actually stitched up fairly quickly, but it was all the white snow that had to be filled in that was so tedious and took so long since I was not very motivated to pick it up a often as I should have.  Still, I've finished it well in advance of February 2013--and who needs to know when I first put in those initial stitched, right?

I should really pull out another UFO from my bin, but I have already started on a new project and will share my progress here soon!

Seven More Rows!

Just seven more rows left.  Well, seven more rows and some backstitching.  I'm too embarrassed to say how long I've been working on this.  It has been all but finished except for the white filling in at the bottom, which is tedious going so I have been putting it off.  However, since I am ready to move on to new projects (and have actually already started one or two....but more about those later), I guess it's time to finish poor "February".  The next photo of this you will see, will be a completed sampler!