Turtle Trot - February!

Happy Monday!

As today is the 10th it means it is time to check in with Turtle Trot, if you have not heard of this before you can read about it here, and if the mood takes you join in too! There are 43 sign ups so far this year!

This past month has been successful I think, even though I did not stitch on all ten projects those that I did work on noticeable progress has been made, so that's a win in my book.

First there was Mini The Black by Heaven and Earth, this is what it looked like in last months report..

Before!

And here it is now! Lots more stitches, and every single one of them is DMC 310!

After!

Secondly, was Twilight Magic, here is last months photo

Before!

And here it is today! Filled in some gaps, it made a huge difference!

After!

Lastly is Row of Cats by Bothy Threads. This was a new start so no before shot on this one, just how it looks now.

After!

So there you have it, not sure which projects I will work on this coming month, but fingers crossed it will be just a productive as January!

Until next time!

Emma xo

Sunday Round Up - plus another Crazy Jan Finish!

Good afternoon!

I hope you have all had a pleasant weekend and those to the south of the UK and Ireland are coping in the battering storm that seems to be going on the moment - here further north we have had some wind and rain but nothing too bad.

This week has been a pretty good week stitching wise, I worked on some secret stitches at the start of the work which I can't show you at the moment, sorry, but once I can I will :)

Then I continued to work on Row of Cats by Bothy Threads, and today I added the backstitch to my first cat Chester. I think he looks great!

Then, once that was complete I pulled out one of my Crazy January Challenge pieces and managed to complete that too! This is the Tropical Bookmark which came free with Cross Stitcher issue 269.

I just love the bright colours in this and it's another of the 15 done! Hooray!

In other news the slimming is still going well, I lost another 3 1/2lbs this week, so since joining Slimming World two weeks ago I have lost 10lbs! Added to the weight I lost on my own last year I am now 23lbs lighter. I'm very pleased but still a long way to yet :)

I will be back tomorrow with another post as it is Turtle Trot time, I haven't managed to work on all ten projects but the ones I have I think I have made good progress, so I am happy.

Until tomorrow!

Emma xo