Endings, Beginnings, and Stitching Progress

Last Friday was my last day at the job where I've been for the past 3+ years.  I enjoyed the work I did, but I never thought that it was a job I wanted to stay with for a long time.  It was the first time I'd worked for a small company -- and a family-owned one -- rather than a large corporation and it was interesting.  But I left on my terms, and tomorrow I start a new job working for a healthcare system affiliated with a major university.  I'll still be doing coding, but I think the new job is going to open some additional opportunities for me.  It's also much closer to my house, and my commute will be cut in half.  I'm very excited about it.

 

I've been making some progress on a couple of my WIPs.  Here's the Christmas Rose pin cushion as of this evening:

There's not much left to do, as you can see.  I'm working on the last flower, then there's a large leaf and the border and it'll be done.

I've also got the lettering done on Salina Dunwoody:

I took a week off between jobs and spent a couple of days of it visiting Mom and Dad.  Salina's stitched on 28-count, so she's a good travel project and can be worked on in less than optimum light.  I finished the lettering on Thursday evening at Mom and Dad's, so I can move on to the fun motifs at the bottom.

Finally, if you enjoy Daffycat's reindeer ornaments, you'll be tickled to know that she's released the one for 2015.  You can see it here, along with the e-mail address to get a copy.  I have a piece of Maritime White linen from Lakeside on order so I can keep doing these on the same fabric.

That's all from the stitching chair this evening.  Happy stitching, everyone!