Buon Giorno! Maynia!

Had to look up how to say Hello in Italian! Yes, I received my winnings from Simona Bussiglieri of Mani di Donna! The amazing thing is it took only 1 week from Italy to my doorstep. So here are the charts I received...

These two I didn't pick but it could be that the two I did pick she may not have had. Anyway, they're both brand new designs, out from Market. Beautiful sampler there on the left and quite large and the patriotic sampler on the right. I really do like them! The next two are what I picked...

I have long admired the Red Bank School sampler on the left and the Christmas drumkeep at right. I am happy this has been concluded. I was going to just forget that I ever won this contest! It's all good.

So today marks my 4th Maynia day since I'm starting something new every 2 days. Tonight I'll come home and grab a new project. On the 1st which was last Tuesday, I started Tribal Rooster..

I really love how this is turning out with that floss. I bought it a couple years ago just for this rooster. That is about 10 hours of stitching. This floss I'm using has huge areas of color so I've been 'manipulating' how and where I'm stitching so I can get all the different colors onto a space. I can't wait to get back to this.

Second day, last Thursday, I stitched on my exchange piece. I can't show it just in case but I am 3/4 of the way done and it's going to turn out great! I'm hoping the final finishing goes easy on me though!

My 3rd start on Saturday was All Hallow's Eve..

I just have the H, the steam from the cauldron, and the broom to stitch. I stayed up way past my bedtime stitching on this. It's a fun stitch. The dark floss is Valdani and it felt good. People on FB have saId the Valdani breaks on them but no problem here.

So that's it! I am off to work in another hour and I have a few more things to get done before I go.

Take care and have a great day and week!