Sunday, January 27, 2013

January WIPocalypse

The new year has started and it's time for the first posting for the 2013 WIPocalypse. I have a separate page showing the pieces I'm going to work on this year. Quite a few carry overs from last year, but you'll see that I do not work on a lot of small things. I have a lot of BAPS. So, here is what I worked on this month. I pulled out TW's Peacock Tapestry and worked on it.
Before
After

I also have a new start. My previous post shows my beginning. Here is where I stopped yesterday.

I'm going to try to focus on this for the next few weeks. There are some new stitches in this that I haven't done before. I'm looking forward to learning these stitches. I'm using Janice Love's books for reference. If you want to do hardanger I recommend these books.

All in all a pretty productive month. I hope I can keep the momentum up.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jan


12 comments:

MarchAnn said...

Everything looks great Jan. I am not, I am not, I am not going to pull out Hardanger :-)

Glenna said...

Wow--I can't believe how much you got done on the peacock--and I'll have to see that hardanger up close... see you at stitch night (not this week, unfortunately!)

Annie said...

That is really a lot of great stitching in a month. Needles are on fire!

Rai Rai's Stitches said...

I've seen that peacock finished and framed. It's stunningly beautiful. However it fills me with dread just the thought of attempting it.

You get my heartfelt admiration for that!

EvalinaMaria said...

Beautiful projects, I'm looking forward to see progress on all of them!

Dani - tkdchick said...

Awesome progress on PT!!! So nice to see someone working on that piece.

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

HOLY MOSES...look at that! It is gorgeous Jan...keep going!

Nicola said...

I look forward to seeing your peacock, I am very taken with his design. Janice's books are well worth having on your book shelf.

Minnie said...

Beautiful progress on the peacock, your were very busy. Can't wait to see the Hardanger again.

Susan said...

Great progress on both pieces. Looking forward to watching your progress on both of them.

ricketyjo said...

Your peacock tapestry is looking wonderful!!!

xstitchlibrarian said...

WOW - the peacock is beautiful. I actually purchased and started this pattern years ago as my first ever cross-stitch project - way too ambitious for a beginner, (I don't know what I was thinking!) and since I made a few mistakes, I've never gone back to finish it. I can't wait to see the finished product.