Monday, February 13, 2023

Two finishes and a Sweetheart!

 I'll start with the sweetheart - Jo at Serendipitous Stitching is hosting a Valentine's blog hop. We all sent her a picture of finish for Valentine's, and she assigned it to someone else's blog, so now we have to hunt it down and figure out who our secret sweetheart is.  This is the valentine I received, I haven't found who it's from yet:


I'm hunting for the one I sent!  This was a design from Tiny Modernist called "Elements of Love".  I was a science teacher before I became a pastry cook, so I have a lot of science-y designs in my life:




My two finishes:

"Harvest Sampler" (just in time for Thanksgiving, haha)
Just Cross Stitch December 2020
stitched on Oatmeal Aida with threads from a kit (one of those big plastic envelopes glued to a magazine that says you can make 25 cards or something and it has a bunch of threads and ribbons and felt in it)
The colors aren't as charted because the threads weren't any brand, they just looked autumnal and I wanted to use them.


"Fruity Gift Tags" from The World of Cross Stitching, it was from 2022 but it doesn't say the month.  This was a kit that came with the magazine. I'm supposed to cut it up and make little gift tags with it, but I kind of like how they look together; once I'm done stitching I lose interest anyway so they may stay together as one fruitastic team:


I still have my dream of finishing a WIP every 11 days, and this puts me exactly on track right now - 4 finishes in 44 days,  Now I have to find something I think I can finish by the 24th!


13 comments:

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Thanks for taking part in the Secret Stitching Sweetheart Blog Hop this year.
You received a beautiful Valentine.
Lovely work on your other project too, those fruit are so cute!

jocondine said...

Fruity post with this lovely strawberries (not mine) and this fruit team. Funny because English names of fruits were our English "lesson" today with my grand children so I showed your stitching to Capucine (6 y.o) and she loved it. Joyeuse Saint Valentin ! xxx

Gwen said...

Lovely strawberry. Not mine.

DJ said...

Such a sweet Valentine! Sadly it isn't mine. Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Beth in IL said...

That strawberry is wonderful, but not mine....

Roni said...

Yum I love strawberries... not mine either though x

Bridgette said...

Happy Valentines Day!! Not my stitching, but what a beautiful berry. Congrats on your finishes, you are on a roll with your finishes.

Pittoresque said...

Both your sweetheart's stitching and the one you received are very cute! Happy Valentines.

Astrids dragon said...

That strawberry finish is so adorable! Too bad it's not mine.
Your other pieces look great too.
Happy hearts day!

Clare-Aimetu said...

Great strawberry but it's not mine Happy Valentine's Day 💕

Tiffstitch said...

Great finishes and that is an excellent finish! Happy Valentine's Day!

Anonymous said...

It is mine!! Mary’s Thread! I’m glad you liked it and I hope you had a beautiful day!

diamondc said...

Oh my science and pastry can be a fun combination, I loved science when in school, I had a great teacher.
Your hearts and flask are so cute together.
I like the Harvest design, fruity gift tags are a hoot.
The strawberry is lovely.

Catherine