Another Finish for Me!

I finished Silent Night by Country Cottage Needleworks today.  It is stitched on 32 count light blue Belfast linen with the suggested threads.  I did change the words though.......

WIP Wednesday 3-30-2016

I spent some quality time with the Superhero Alphabet for the past few days.  When I picked it up, I only had a little bit of the D character done, and now that I am ready to put it down I am almost finished with the H character (the hulk)! 

WIP Wednesday 3-23-2016

Here is one of my current WIPs, Breath of Autumn by La Di Da.  It is stitched on 32 count with 2 strands of silk over 2 fabric threads, AND in some places 1 strand of silk over 1 fabric thread......thank goodness I found my magnifier!

I have really enjoyed working on this piece, it reminds my how lovely it is to work with silks!  Can't wait for it come up in my rotation again!

A Small Finish

I stitched up the February piece from the Joy World Stitch-a-long this week.  The charts can be found on the Sunflower Diaries blog.   I will be stitching all the monthly pieces on 1 piece of fabric, and I chose a 40 count Newcastle.  I am using the suggested threads, one strand over two fabric threads.  I would love to get caught up and then stitch each piece as it is released each month, but I am behind and have lots of other stitching to do.....so I will try and leave it at that.

A Finish for Me!

I finished Secret Garden my Heinzeit in the wee hours of the morning.....still have to frame it.  I have the perfect frame for it, but as I have previously posted, I have to get motivated to do some framing.....check back and I might surprise you.

A Recent Finish

I didn't plan on stitching this piece, but, well, it's a long story.  My dearest sister-in-law purchased the chart, fabric and floss with the idea of stitching it herself.  She had never stitched on evenweave, (in fact, she had only ever stitched one small ornament on aida) and was having difficulty 'seeing' the holes.  So then we started over on aida, and that didn't work well for her either.  So....I offered to finish it for her.  I still had some of the original evenweave, and started over.  It stitched up very quickly, but in all of the back and forth, the charms were missing, so I ordered the chart and charms again, and now they are attached!  The frame that I have for it is great, but I will have to motivate myself to do some framing.......

WIP Wednesday 3-16-2016

Snowflake Serenade by Country Cottage Needleworks, a very enjoyable stitch.  I have stitched on it for 20 hours so far.  It was one of my Crazy January starts, and has come up in my rotation this month.  It should be finished after two more times in my rotation.

Square 5 and 6 done!

I have been working the Flowers Birds and Patches Quilt by Handblessings Designs. My goal was to stitch 2 squares each month, and this month I again met that goal by stitching square 5 and 6.  Square 5 has some birds in it and stitched up fairly quickly.

Sqaure 6 is a flower square, and thanks to a visit from the dreaded frog, it took much longer than it should have.




Here is the entire piece as it stands with 6 of the 12 squares done. 

Wednesday WIP 3-9-2016

I spent some quality time with enjoyable work in progress this week.   This a French alphabet sampler, done on 25 count lugana, with one strand of Gloriana silk over one fabric thread....so enjoyable to stitch.....can't wait until next month when it comes up in my rotation again....

February Flower Finish

I finished the February Flower from Ellen Maurer-Stroh's Flower of the Month series that was a freebie in 2010...just a little bit behind in my stitching....

It was really lovely to stitch, all the subtle shading made for lots of color changes, but so worth it....can't wait to start the next month's flower.....

I FOUND IT!!!!!!

Yes, I am shouting!  I have been looking for my clip on magnifier for over a month.  I really needed it when I was doing some over one model stitching recently, and when I was working on some of my own 'over one' pieces.  I tore my stitching room apart and still couldn't find it.  I knew that if I purchased another one, I would then find mine, or I would find it when I no longer needed it, so I didn't rush out and get another one.  Today, I grabbed a project bag from the shelf and headed off to babysit for my little Peter.  One he was settled watching Paw Patrol, I took out my stitching, and guess what I found in the bag, besides my stitching......yep, you guessed it, my magnifier!!!!  Why was it there?  I have no idea.  but now that I don't need it for awhile, I have found it!

Another Model Stitching Finish

I got a call from Sue Hillis last week.  She needed a model restitched asap and shipped to her in Nashville so that she could frame it and display it along with the other 3 pieces that went along with it. 

The original model stitcher had mixed up two colors, and the piece didn't look right.  I headed to Welcome Stitchery to pick up some fabric and then went home to starte stitching. 

Now, stitching buddies, the entire point of model stitching is to catch any errors that the designer might have missed in the chart.  There were a number of errors and unclear instructions that I found, that the original model stitcher never mentioned to Sue.  She had already printed the charts thinking everything was correct.  Once I let her know, she immediately made the corrections and then had to reprint the charts before leaving for market.  She received the stitched piece today, and all is now well!

WIP Wednesday 3-2-2016

 

 

Here's what I have been working on yesterday and today,  Home of the Needleworker by Little House Needleworks, stitch with one strand of floss over one fabric thread on 25 count.  I am quite pleased with the progress.

February Progress, March Goals

Although I always wish I had a bit more stitching time, I was happy with my progress.  15 finished pieces, 2 of which were from the Crazy January starts  ( there are now 12 of those pieces out of 28 that are WIPs).  7 more from the crazy January starts saw some stitching time, and 5 that didn't get any stitching time.  I would have been able to work on more of the WIPs, but a designer friend had some emergency model stitching that needed to be done right away.  I hope to get to all the Crazy January pieces in March. 

February

WISPS:
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler
Oveture II 

In Progress

Crazy January starts

Justin’s Birth Sampler worked on it
Silent Night (CCN) worked on it
The Breath of Autumn worked on it
Photo Booth Easter Surprise finished
French Alphabet block sampler
Landon’s Stocking worked on it
Embroidery Guild 
Rico Runner worked on it
Secret Garden worked on it
Around the World in 80 Days worked on it
February Flower 
Snowflake Serenade 
Home of a Needleworker  
Pines in the Snow Ornament  finished

Future New starts

afghan pillow moose finished
Birds, Flowers & Patches Quilt Square 3 finished
Birds, Flowers & Patches Quilt Square 4 finished
Crystal Violets
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
4 person RR Marguerite’s worked on it
Carnival
Walking on Water’s Edge
20 cardinal ornaments
         4 small finished

          4 medium finished

 Sue’s spool models finished
Life’s a Stitch model  finished

March

WISPS:
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler
Oveture II 

In Progress

4 person RR Marguerite’s

Crazy January starts

Justin’s Birth Sampler
Silent Night (CCN)
The Breath of Autumn
French Alphabet block sampler
Landon’s Stocking
Embroidery Guild 
Rico Runner
Secret Garden
Around the World in 80 Days
February Flower 
Snowflake Serenade 
Home of a Needleworker  

Future New starts

Birds, Flowers & Patches Quilt Square 5
Birds, Flowers & Patches Quilt Square 6
Crystal Violets
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
Carnival
Walking on Water’s Edge
12 cardinal ornaments
Nancy Cucci flag frame weight