Well, who knew?  It pays to be organised, a novel thought but there you are!  Having spent most of December planning what I would stitch in the Crazy Month or January if you aren't a Crazy stitcher, it was with a slight smirk that I picked up the first of the crazies and settled down to some stitching late in the afternoon of New Year's Day.  Why late in the afternoon, you ask?  A hangover, perhaps?  No, a lovely visit from family and a dog that prevented me picking up a needle. Having waved goodbye to them I made an unseemly dash for the sewing room and held my hand delicately over THE box..... this one, that one?  Decisions, decisions....... Sweet World, small but charming, seemed the appropriate one.   Only a little of the border was stitched but it is early days.......

Day 1

Midsummer Night Dreams
Sweet World
Published in Gift of Stitching
August 2006

On Day 2, the sun was shining for a change, so that meant a Walk - in the Peak District as the WT wanted to take photographs and being the dutiful wife that I am, off we went, lots of wind, sun and MUD but a good time was had. This was what I picked up when we got back -

Day 2

La D Da
123 Tree

Well into my stride now, a Plum Street Samplers' one was chosen next.  I am trying to be frugal and use my stash so soon realised the thread just didn't show up , no good, tried another one, nope, so temporarily abandoned the whole thing until I could look at in in sunlight - ha! maybe in July?

Day 3



Plum Street Samplers
Favorite Font Sampler

So Day 3's offering was BOAF's Pray for Peace, another small but very pretty one.

Day 4

Birds of a Feather
Pray for Peace

And that brings us to Day 4, are you still with me?  Another chart from TGOSM.  All was going well, did a bit of the top border then moved down to the words, finished the first word and DRAT!  I had begun the T in the wrong place!  Was not about to frog the lettering since it is in a plummy red so the border has to go........

Day 5

At Home with Jane Austen
The Sampler Girl
published in TGOSM in March 2007

I have decided that each post in 2012 needs to have at least one absolute finished piece in it so here you are, an ornament from Midsummer Night Designs sent to Karan for an exchange.  Don't click on it as you will see the left hand angel is minus a halo!  Sorry, Karan, I owe you, lol!  I loved stitching this one, the colours were completely unChristmassy but so vibrant, I will definitely be stitching more of these!

Midsummer Night Dreams

JCS Ornament Issue - year unknown

Angel Magic

(not what Deborah called it, hope she doesn't mind)

Four down, and only 27 to go, wish me luck!  Hope all my fellow crazies are enjoying themselves with the Challenge.  See you in a few days with another update, can you bear to wait that long?