2024

Here are the things I've finished in 2024. 

Needlework

First finished piece was this plastic canvas winter piece. It is by Dimensions and called Snow Family Greetings. It is supposed to be finished as a doorhanger, but I decided not to do that. A friend liked it, so I gave it to them. 

I did a small kit that I received as a gift, that was just meant to be a hoop finish. I am considering using it as part of a larger multi-media work. 

I have been working on several other needlework pieces over the course of the year, but they are mostly still in progress. I did finish one at a stitching retreat that I went on in August, a simple kit that I started and finished there. The piece was prestamped on fabric, and it wasn't centered on the fabric. It was meant to be framed partially at the edge of the piece, with stitching going outside the hoop. I was a bit disappointed in how off centre it was printed, but I used the provided image as a guide and only stitched a bit beyond what was meant to show. I have some other kits by this designer, but it seems that this is a common thing with her kits, so you have to decide yourself where to stop stitching. I eventually framed it in 2025 and gave it as a gift to a close friend. 

I had a relative who got married in early 2024, and I did a couple of pieces as gifts. One is a small mouse bride and groom, pictured here, and the other is a wedding sampler that I haven't included a picture of for their privacy.