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Farewell to 2016


After what seems like days of getting stuck in confetti stitching it's finally come to an end!  I managed to finish my 2016 Yearly Goals in time! There were two pages left to complete; one on Iris and one on The Queen of Spades.

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This year I managed to complete a total of 10 pages on my HAED's! 
Thanks to everyone for all the encouragement and comments throughout 2016.  It's been fun sharing my stitching with you all.  Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and may 2017 be your best one yet!

Happy Stitching xxx



Comments

  1. Bekah31 December 2016 at 18:22

    Best wishes in the new year and congratulations on completing those last two pages and your 2016 goals. I look forward to seeing more of your beautiful stitching next year.

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    1. Megan Joelle31 December 2016 at 18:38

      Thank you Rebekah! I'm so happy I managed to get them finished in time :)

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  2. Justine1 January 2017 at 01:26

    Well done on meeting your goals and an amazing 10 HAED pages in just a year! Hope you have a wonderful 2017.

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  3. Mii Stitch1 January 2017 at 03:33

    All my best wishes for the New Year and congratulations on finishing so many pages on such exquisite projects!

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  4. Kaelyn Angelfoot1 January 2017 at 08:07

    Wonderful! Page finishes are soooo much fun!

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    1. Megan Joelle1 January 2017 at 16:12

      Thank you Kaelyn... Page finishes are like little mini finishes in themselves, which is nice since it takes awhile to get a fully finished project lol ;)

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  5. Faith...1 January 2017 at 15:57

    So much progress! Congrats both pieces look wonderful. Happy New Years to you.

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  6. Karen3 January 2017 at 09:03

    Your progress on Iris is amazing, a heavy detail piece but so beautiful!!! congratulations for your complete goals Megan, wish you all the best for this new year :)

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    1. Megan Joelle4 January 2017 at 20:07

      Thanks Karen 😁 I'm looking forward to getting stuck into my 2017 goals soon. Which include some wips that were neglected in 2016❣

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  7. Natascha Kooijman4 January 2017 at 06:19

    Iris look AMAZING... I adore the colors.. Also your other work shows nice progress.
    I love this project your working on and can't wait to see the result.

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    1. Megan Joelle4 January 2017 at 20:20

      Thanks Natascha! The colours in Iris are beautiful, which is good because it's the second largest chart I'm working on... So it's to be going for quite a few more years in the making! I've made progress on the t-shirt yarn project and will blog on that shortly😃

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  8. Heather4 January 2017 at 21:37

    Yay congratulations they both look amazing!

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    1. Megan Joelle5 January 2017 at 07:05

      Thanks Heather!💫✨ The Queen of Spades page took heaps longer to finish than the Iris one!

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