Year in Review

Pretend there's a photo of the two Shepherd's Bush stockings I finished here. And there would be, but I seem to have deleted the photos before I uploaded them to the computer. D'oh. I had a hard Christmas season, people.

My goals for 2009 were

1. Make sure that I am always happy stitching on a project. That means if deadlines are stressing me out, I will change the goal. No more panicking! I think I did well with this.
   
2. Finish-finish more projects for myself...I'm going to shoot for 12 pieces from the finishing pile finished by myself for myself. I started out gangbusters on this, but fizzled. Actually, when I counted (see below) I did better than I realized.
   
3. Mermaid SAL with Michelle. This is for my mom's 65th birthday, and if she's lucky it will be done in April. If it's not, it'll be a helluva Christmas gift. Or a helluva 66th birthday present...Michelle, where did we go wrong?
   
4. Flea Market Souvenir SAL with Linda and Rosa. (Someday I am going to Iceland. Really.) Hey, I finished! (link below)
   
5. Put at least one Saturday a month into the French marquoir. I didn't touch this all year! Horrors.
   
6. Make a dent in the WIP pile. (I know I say this every year.) I finished four from this list: Anna's Bird, Anna's Stocking, Brett's Stocking, and Monthly Mania November.
   

Also...

1. Make tiny little changes to make myself healthier: take all my meds as directed; eat more whole grain; drink more water; exercise 30 minutes every day. On that last one, Geggie's going to keep me honest. When Geggie disappeared, Stella appeared. I've walked at least three days a week (more like seven) since she came into our lives. I've done pretty well with this.
2. Find a new job. No comment.
   

Pieces I stitched:

1. Blackbird Designs, Flea Market Souvenir
2. Shepherd's Bush, Brett's Stocking*
3. Heart in Hand, Monthly Mania, November
4. Good Huswife, Anna's Bird*
5. Shepherd's Bush, Anna's Stocking*
6. Ink Circles, freebie June 2007*
7. Ink Circles, freebie 2007*
8. And again*
   
9. EE&F, rose fob*
10. Kathy Moenkhaus, Playful Patchwork*
11. Fair and Square, this from Christiane Dahlbeck's Fadenspiel
12. JBW, I love to Shop at the Silver Needle*
13. Primitive Needlework, Halloween freebie*
14. Patriotic Needlebook (from camp)
15. Sheepish Designs, Peace freebie*
16. Lizzie*Kate, Cinderella*
17. Blackbird Souvenir de France
18. Monsterbubbles, Don't
19. Workbasket, Mermaids Singing*
20. Mill Hill, martini*
21. Hinzeit, Sisters* (I really need to get a shot of the framed piece.)
22. Shepherd's Bush, 2009 scissor fob
23. little mojo, Harry Potter boxes*
24. "Eat Me" apron

Mayhaps not as many as usual, but notice that 70% were finish-finished.

Pieces I finish-finished:

1. EE&F Plum Pudding
2. Trilogy, Happy Bunny Bunny Day
   
3. EE&F, pea scissors fob
4. Mary Garry, freebie needlecase
5. Heart in Hand, Woodland Noel
6. Snowman ornament
7. Trilogy, Spring is in the Air
8. EE&F, Vous et Nul Autre
9. Chessie and Me, Be Thee Mine

This list includes three framed pieces, but I did them myself, so I am counting them (I had originally specified "alternative" finishes). I was only three short of my goal. Not bad...

Maybe 2009 was a better year than I thought!


* These items were stitched and finished.