Anniversaries of the Heart Finish and A Flamestitch!

As promised in my previous post, here is a brief update on some other stitching progress.

During April and the first part of May I worked on finishing up my Anniversaries of the Heart by Blackbird Designs. This has been a work in progress for a long time so I was glad to get it finished.

Anniversaries of the Heart by Blackbird Designs

Worked on 40-ct Lakeside Reindeer using Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye, and Crescent Colours

Started in April 2010 and finished in May 2013

The hardest part was deciding on the personalized blocks for the family members that I want to include on the sampler.  They include by father-in-law, grandparents, great grandparents, my mother, father, wife, son and daughter. I inserted a saying that is special to me and my family in the the alphabet block at the top of the sampler.  "As for me and my house will serve the Lord" - Joshua 24:15

And changed the bottom of the November block by adding a bird from another Blackbird chart.

And of course the last block for personalization 

I have been working on my next Scarlet Letter project for Nicola's Scarlet Letter Year - A Flamestitch.  I have made a little bit of progress. All of that fill in of black on the bottom is a little boring so I move around a lot to help keep things a little bit more interesting.  

A Flamestitch by Scarlet Letter 

Worked on 40-ct Lakeside Pear using DMC

I'll be back next week to post another update on another stitching project that I started last week (HINT: Got bored with A Flamestitch so started another Scarlet Letter sampler from the stash).

Keep on Stitchin....Robert