At Her Leisure

There were patterns for monthly bookmarks in a magazine that I picked up at a library craft supply swap. I thought they were fun and would make a good project for when you need something highly portable.

As of December 31, I had done as much as I could do with the DMC threads that I had for January and February and had started March.



I then pulled reasonable colors out of my bundles of leftovers from previous projects and finished off January and February since they were so close to being finished.



Now I'm putting it away until I need a highly portable project again.

As expected, I did a lot of cross-stitching over the Thanksgiving break.

Here's where I ended last week:


And here's where I ended this week:


I was going to put it away until the next time we're hanging out with family, but it's close enough to done not to want to do that. I want to finish a dress and a petticoat that I have in progress, but I'll probably finish this up as soon as those are done.

I ended up starting a new cross-stitch piece on the 8th since I had to hang out waiting for my son to audition for the all-region band (he placed well in it) and then had to take my daughters to Lubbock for an event at Texas Tech. I worked on it off and on all week and here's where I left off.

I finished the embroidery on the stocking. I had intended to make it up over the weekend, but I didn't get time. I should be able to do it sometime this week.

Here's where I left off last week:


And here's where I left off this week:


Other than the outlining, there's only one color left. I'm hoping to finish the cross-stitching this week and the outlining and making up next week. It's still marching band season so we'll see how much time I get.

Here's where I left off last week:


And here's where I left off this week:


Lots of progress!

Here's where I left off last week:


On Saturday I finished the toe:


Sunday I started the top, and here's where I left off:

Here's where I left off last week:


And here's where I left off this week:


It's actually where I left off Monday night instead of Sunday because I forgot to take the picture before I started working on it Monday night.

The heel is all filled out, and I'm working my way to the toe.

The stocking I'm working on has some half-cross stitch with five strands of embroidery floss. Five strands are hard to get through the eye of a needle and hard to pull through the fabric. I'm having to filter in green threads instead of just working an ever-growing solid area like I prefer.

Starting the last cross-stitched Christmas stocking. I worked on it a lot yesterday so I guess that counts as week one.