Like the hangover after a night of too much wine, I've had the guilty feeling of too many WIPs hanging over my head. I had a huge bout of startitis a couple of weeks ago followed by a weak will in the face of Needlecraft Corner's clearance sale. Did I mention I finally buckled and signed on to Chatelaine's Caribbean Mystery XII? (At least that one will take me a little while to acquire the threads and doodads for it.)
I'm tired of accusing stares from WIP shelf and I'm gonna do something about it. I vowed that this month I would work on only current WIPs (with the exception of one project that I must start for a friend's wedding on August 1.) So far, I have finished one small and made considerable progress on another, my Halloween Fairy. She has only the right wing to go. I even got the beading completed, so she's really an easy finish.
This is my work so far on my biscornu for July. It could've easily (and appropriately) been the American Star Biscornu that I got in my stash hall, but I decided to tackle Barnabee and Bella. So far so good, though I must count very carefully.
Here is the complete lineup of smalls:
- MCC "The Girls"
- JN "When Barnabee met Bella"
- Mirabilia "Halloween Fairy"
- MND "Immortal Bloom"
- CCN "Dragonfly"
- CCN "Holly and Ivy"
- SB "Potter's Shed"
- BC "Baby Globe"
- WMN "Maidens of the Sea"
- Quilt Square 3
- Quilt Square 4
My large goal for the month is, of course, to finish the gold metallic and the beading on my Celtic Spring. I really got going on her this last week and finished the cotton DMC stitches in her skirt. Doesn't she look great? I love this pattern and can't wait for the finish.
Next month, I've vowed to fill all the empty q-snaps with Christmas projects and work on my Song of Christmas BAP. Then, in September, I will return to my regularly scheduled willy-nilly project starting and also allow myself to put Shores of Hawk Run Hollow in as a starter.
By the way, here are the Patriotic squares that I stitched for Karen D. in Arizona. I saw that she had received them, so I'm assuming it is OK to post them here. The design is a Prairie Grove Peddler freebie that I received from an ONS. I really liked stitching it and plan to do it for myself at some point.
Here are my boys at Silver Falls State Park where we camped on the 2nd. Just one night, but it was a good night and we had s'mores. I don't know about you, but camping for me is really just an excuse to have s'mores. :) Hope everyone had a good 4th of July. I got to stitch a little with the ladies and gentleman at Acorns and Threads yesterday during the Saturday Stitch gettogether. I could have spent the time stitching at home just as easily, but you know, there's just something about being surrounded by needles being happily plied to fabric. Plus, these ladies and the one gentleman are always good company even though I never get to go often enough to really get to know them.
Here is my lovely Halloween Fairy! I am VERY pleased with her looks and pleasantly surprised at how quickly she stitched up, all things considered. 
I also wanted to share with you these lovely squares with you. Karen D. made these squares for me in the Patriotic F&S round this summer. This is a fairly new chart and I had been eyeing it for myself. Thankfully, Karen saved me and stitched it up so I don't have to!!
