Incoherent Scribblings

Here are the “Live Simply” (sans backstitching) and the “Laugh Often” snowmen from “Snowman Wisdom.” This project is a joy to stitch and is going so fast. I love it! Since I don’t really have much else to say about these little guys tonight, here is the Stitcher’s Year in Review that has been making the rounds. (I promise this is the last of the year-end posts.)

1. Did you discover any new (or new-to-you) designers in 2008? And your favorite was? JBW Designs is the only one I can think of right off the top of my head.
2. Same question – New Fabrics? I joined Silkweaver’s FOTM club, but that wasn’t exactly a new discovery. I just finally had the funds this year to do it.
3. Same question – New fibres? Once again, I didn’t discover them this year, but I started collecting WDW and GAST and using them more regularly.
4. Same question – New finishing techniques? I haven’t had a chance to make one yet, but this year I discovered floss tags.
5. Did you have a favorite “theme” in 2008? My “theme” this year was TIME… As in I never had enough time to stitch this year!
6. Did you try any new gadgets? Nope.
7. Did you discover any new (or new-to-you) LNS in 2008? Nope.
8. Same question: new or new-to-you online stores? I think I ordered from Julie’s X-Stitch for the first time this year.
9. Same question: new or new-to-you bloggers?
   a) stitching bloggers: I know my list of stitching blogs grew this year, but I couldn’t tell you which ones are new.
   b) bloggers in general: Most of the new “general” bloggers I found this year were library related.
10. Same question: communities/forums? After I went back to work as a librarian I had to cut down some of my online stitching time and the communities/forums were the sacrifices. I sometimes visit The Wagon (and it wasn’t a new find), but that’s it these days.
11. Whose blog in 2008 was the most inspirational for keeping you stitching? Probably Dawn’s. With a new baby she has just as little time to stitch as I do these days and still manages to out-stitch me!
12. Whose blog was funniest in 2008? My own. Yeah, I’m narcissistic, so shoot me.
13. Which blog’s posts did you “star” the most in your reader in 2008? The posts from The Cross Stitcher that announced the new letters in Margaret Sherry’s Alphabet.