March and April creations

I finished a few more pieces in this time period. 

I finished an needlework piece for a wooden box top to hold buttons. The box was unfinished, so I painted it with acrylic paint in a coordinating colour and then added the stitched panel to the top after lacing it to a thin but stiff piece of cardboard. It took me a while to find the right edging to finish it off, but I was going through my stash and found this purple mini bobble edging that was a dark purple, so sewed it on using a blanket stitch. This piece is by Noteworthy Needle and is called Button Box.

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It also took me a while to find the right item to place in the center of the small circle on this canvaswork piece. The designer was unable to supply the original crystal she used as it went out of production, so I ordered a few different cabochons trying to find the right fit. And one order took two months to arrive, so that really slowed me down. This piece is designed by Lorene Salt and called Sedona Soleil. I'm taking it and dropping it off to be framed in early May.

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I continued by Exploring Texture and Pattern course with 2.2, drawing with back stitch using a picture of my house for the subject. I did it really quickly, so the lines aren't all nice and straight, but it was fun and my husband liked it. 

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I did the stitching from beginning to end for this fun cross stitch piece. I loved the fabric which is called Boleyn from Primitive Hare. The pattern The Raven is also from them.

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October through December

I'm getting more into crafting.
First, back to Exploring Pattern and Texture.
Here is my work for 1.4, the final part of the session focused on running stitch

This is my piece for 2.1. This is backstitch, exploring shapes within smaller areas

For Stitch Club,
I completed the first piece in a challenge on containers. The object my container holds is a piece of driftwood that looks like a whale. I made the eyelet to line up with the whale's eye.

I also joined an art group online, and participated in a challenge the third week in October (starting October 19th)
Day 1 (I have since further embellished this with stitching)

Day 2

Day 3:

Day 4: (the start of a needle felting picture)

I started experimenting with some other drawing too.

On October 17th, I did a beginner's rug hooking course. 

I soft launched an Etsy shop in September, but in November got my logo and did a hard launch. First up were sewing patterns from my mother-in-law, which she no longer wanted. An amazing number of them are uncut.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/CanadianBookwormShop

Then I started working on some craft items that I will add once I get some inventory created.

I also finished a few Christmas gifts. 

This one is for my sister-in-law, who is from Quebec. It is a Jeanette Douglas design that I bought from Traditional Stitches near Calgary. I bought the bell pull software from Stitcher's Muse in Nanaimo.

I also finished this piece in October. It is one that I inherited from a friend no longer with us. She'd done the inner square and the wording around it, and started on the perennial border. I redid one small section and completed it. The pattern is The Perennial Border by Drawn Thread.

I completed a couple of Christmas ornaments

This one is a Mill Hill design. It is from their Woodland Santa series and is Holly and Ivy Santa. It was gifted to one of my nieces. 

This is another Mill Hill design. It is from the Appalachian Santa series and is called Blue Ridge Santa. I like the raccoon!

I finished another rope basket. This one has a wood base to it.