Woodland Sampler - January and February

After working on it a TON this week, I made some good progress on my woodland sampler. I got the frames for January - July done. And the stitching on the January and February blocks.

The "January" shows up a little better in person, and I added a single strand of dark blue backstitching around the letters that overlap the moon on the February block. I was hoping to help them stand out a better, and I think it helped a little bit.

Ahem . . . is thing thing on? . . .

I haven't posted here in an embarrassingly long time, so it is only fitting that my first post back be about a project I also haven't worked on in an embarrassingly long time. :D

I started this cross stitch way back in Jan. 2012 (yikes!). It is a birth zodiac sampler for my oldest daughter. She turned 5 this year. I am just a bit behind. I have a cross stitch from the same pattern book that my mom made for me. I have always loved it and am trying to make them for my kids. Trying being the key word there. In 18 months I have finally finished half of the outside flower border.

Half of what I have done I did back in 2012 and the other half I did in the last week or so. It is coming out so pretty! I hate working with the metallic floss I am using in the gold and silver borders though. Blah. Good thing it looks super nice in person.

I have a feeling progress on it is going to stop for a while again though. I just found a super cute woodland sampler project. I got all my supplies over the weekend, so that is what I am starting on today. :)