2012 WIPocalypse - November Full Moon

Apologies that this is a few days late but I would have had nothing to show you if I had posted on Wednesday.

However this is my new start.  It doesn't look like much now, but it will eventually be a bouquet of flowers poking out of a lurid pink watering can.  I am hoping that it will look more attractive once it is finished and made up into a card.  It is the first of six designs from a World of Cross Stitching magazine, which I am stitching for my Marie Curie group.

Moving on to Mum's angels, I have made some progress on Serena.  There is a column of plaited stitch in DMC 3743, which required a lot of concentration to work correctly.  There is also a column of normal cross stitch and some stitches at the bottom in 3042.  The stitches at the bottom mark are the bottom edge of Serena's dress.  I am not making the progress that I would like with this, mainly because I only work on it once the week's blocks on Carnation are done, but also because it is a bit scary with all the special stitches, the Kreinik threads and the beads, so I procrastinate about it.

Today saw another two blocks finished on Train of Dreams.  The blue bell in the top right hand corner is starting to come in quite clearly now.  This one is also a slow burn.  Considering that I started it in mid August and have only done 2000 plus stitches (mainly on Sunday mornings between loads of laundry), I'm not really doing very well.

And then there is Carnation - another three blocks done and into row 4.  This is the one that really matters to me - the one with a real deadline to hit - finishing page 3 by the second anniversary in May 2013.

And then there are all the other projects that I want to do - the Joan Elliott Renaissance ladies, Lesley Teare's recent bird series, my HAED purchases and so on and so forth.  Looking forward into 2013, I also have to bear in mind that I need to sort out my niece's 5th birthday present and my piece for the Turkish Challenge.  There just aren't enough hours in the day, especially when you work full-time.

Update - Dad is still not smoking and I'm so proud of him.  Mum overheard him telling my uncle on the phone that you just smoke the last one and then don't buy any more!  Love him to bits!