October 2016 IHSW

I hope everyone's IHSW's went well. My progress wasn't too bad, considering I managed to squeeze in a finish. :)

I really don't like neutral and earth-toned colours, so filling in the skin was very slow and tedious work for me. I took many breaks this weekend, which I probably should've used to work on one of my other projects, but I'm stubborn and didn't. :P

I decided to wait until my brother's birthday and let him choose how he would like it finished. He can be incredibly picky and hard to please, so I don't want to do anything with it, on the off chance he won't like it. Better safe than sorry!

Pre-IHSW October Update

Well, it's been a while since I last updated, mostly due to life and feeling ill. I've cross-stitched on and off these past few weeks, which I hope will pick up, since Christmas is fast approaching! I do have some WIPs today, and I am determined to make a lot of progress this weekend.

I'm nearly done the Cyndaquil for my brother's birthday, with only the skin tones left. I still have 12 days left before his b-day, so I'm very happy that it will be done early. I'm still deciding if I should frame it, or sew it into a pillow/hanging ornament. :)

I found this free pattern on Pinterest back in September. I thought it would be a quick and easy project that I could have finished by Halloween, but I got distracted by other projects. I don't know if that goal will still be met, haha!

And the final WIP is of a Christmas Sampler SAL featured in CrossStitcher. My local library gets the monthly issues which I discovered recently, so I'm scrambling to catch up (even though there's no need to be "caught up" :p ). I would very much like this complete for Christmas.

That's everything, so I will see you on Monday when IHSW ends. Good luck to everyone participating! :)