Happy New Year!

Just a very quick post from me to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope you've had a lovely Christmas and have a wonderful 2009.

Also a quick (and appropriate?) finish to share - Miss New Year's Fairy!

Miss New Year's Fairy (LE Kit by Mirabilia).
Fabric: Silkweaver Reflections Precious Metals linen.

A little close-up to show how heavily beaded she was (I hadn't realised until I started stitching!)


This was a very quick stitch and is much more pretty in person than the photos show (as I think is the case with most Mirabilia designs).

I was looking over my finishes for 2008 and was surprised at how many projects I've managed to complete (23), as there have been a few periods where I haven't stitched much. What I'm even happier about is that I'm not carrying any projects over from 2008 - everything I started in '08 I finished in '08. That's not to say that I don't have projects started from before 2008 of course. Four of those I should be able to finish with no problems fairly quickly if I put my mind to it.

There's also of course Village of Hawk Run Hollow that I'm 50% of the way through. It seems I'm destined to complete this by stitching three squares a year! Seems like very little, but I guess if it works for me, and I'm not in any rush to finish it, then what the heck. I usually stitch the three squares in quick succession and then get a bit fed up and don't touch it again for 6-9 months... BUT when I do get it back out I'm really enthusiastic about working on it again. Yeah, didn't say that I wasn't weird...

Stitching NY Fairy also made me wonder why I don't work on Mirabilia's more often than I do. I haven't really stitched many over the past couple of years... and I really love to. I think I'll have to pick one out to work on in 2009.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy New Year!!