Update and SBQ

The lack of updates doesn't mean I haven't been stitching - just means I've been too lazy to download and post my pictures.

Here is my Christmas Chickadee - didn't manage to get the finishing done though.









Since that finish, I've been working on the March house for the country house SAL, finally finishing it up today. I'd miscounted the border and had to redo part, which took a bit longer than expected. I'm not sure if I'll catch up with January and February in March though. I'll work on A New Baby for a while then, and will try to get a picture in before I'm off to the hospital.









This week's SBQ is:
Do you use your needle, a seam ripper, or something else when you have to frog stitches? Why do you use the method that you do?

It depends on how many I have to frog. If its just a few, I'll use my needle. If there are a lot, but the back is clear, I'll use my little beaded frogging tool (see pic). If there is a lot, or there are a few colours making the frogging more tangly, I'll use my boo-boo snips (see pic) to get me started. I've never tried a seam ripper.

February SAT Part 2

As part of both the SAT and the magazine challenge on the Friends Gather board, I started stitching the Bee Pinkeep yesterday. I thought I'd be able to finish it today, but the scattered flowers are a bit slower than I expected. Still, getting there, and hope to finish this tomorrow.

Christmas SAL Part 1

I started my Valerie Pfieffer Christmas chickadee today. I'm stitching this as part of the ornie SAL on the Robin's Nest board. I didn't get a lot done, but nice to get it started. I'm hoping to have this done to put on the tree by the 15th. Other than this, not a lot of stitching going on. Have less then two weeks of class to go, so that's been taking a lot of time lately. Not sure it will all be stitching, but hope to get lots of Christmas crafts done this weekend.