Finish: Chatelaine Iris Flower Panel

Iris Flower Panel, by Chatelaine.
Stitched on 32ct Antique White Lugana, using recommended fibers, Delica beads and Swarovski crystals.

Long Overdue WIP Update

Brodeuse Bressane, SAL:

Chatelaine, Bluebell Crystal Mandala:

Chatelaine, Sleeping Beauty's Castle

HAED, Mini Lady of the Flowers

Love Thy Thread, Rose:

Mirabilia, Persephone:

Northern Expression Needleworks, Twisted Band Sampler:

Long overdue update

Sorry about the lack of updates, once again life got in the way. Here is an overall update on some of my WIPs...

Chatelaine´s Sleeping Beauty´s Castle:

Glendon Place´s Plum Pudding, showing up sideways for some reason

Aaaaaaand yet another start, Siren & the Shipwreck by Mirabilia...

Floss toss on 32 ct opal Belfast Shimmering Pool by Steph´s Fabbys:

After two days:

I do have an excuse though, I need a project for my ´´Ladies´´ rotation week ;)

I also have a finish but I can´t show it yet as it´s for an exchange.

Finally, I have started learning crochet (thank you YouTube!). Because, you know, there are more than 24 hours in a day and I totally need another hobby/addiction (hobbiction?)

Cheers!

Don't bug me, I'm stitching

Here is a cute little stitch, finished last night:

"Don't bug me, I'm stitching", by Barbara Ana
Stitched with DMC Color Variations on 28 count Sparklies Summer Sky.

The weekend also saw a finish-finish, as my friend Camila helped turn Chatelaine's Tiny Rose Mandala into an ornament:

QS Mystic Garden Page Finish

Hi everybody,

Thank you for your lovely comments, I really appreciate the support.
I have a couple updates for you today.
Firstly, I finished page 2 of QS Mystic Garden

And one of the ponds on SBC:

Thanks for looking!

Maud

HAED & Chatelaine Update

Busy couple of weeks stitching-wise:

I finished the top row (pages 1-4) of Wheel of Fortune, just in time for the arrival of the second page of the BB SAL:

Started parts 2 and 3 on Chatelaine's Sleeping Beauty's Castle:

North-West Medallion:

North-East Medallion:

Top Center Part:

Chatelaine SBC - Part 1 finished

Hi everybody,

I finished part 1 of Chatelaine's Sleeping Beauty Castle and I enjoyed every single moment :)

Here is a photo of the whole piece:

And the obligatory artsy-fartsy angled shots:

I hope you enjoy it just as much as I do!

Chatelaine - more of part 1

A bit more progress on part 1 of Chatelaine's Sleeping Beauty Castle:

Chatelaine - Progress on Part 1

I just couldn't resist snapping a quick photo of that beauty, about 2/3 of the way through part 1:

HAED & Chatelaine

Hi ,
First of all, welcome new followers, and thanks everybody for your lovely comments.

My ginormous 30-inch scroll rods have arrived, and boy am I thankful hubby got me the Lowery stand as a Christmas present. Not sure how I would have managed without it... Talking about hubby, the poor guy has almost no room on the couch now that I am using them, he suffers for the sake of art :)

Those scroll rods are being used for my very first full size Chatelaine, Sleeping Beauty's Castle (SBC), and here is my small start on it:

Those few stitches in the grayish color are the first I've ever done with silk, and it's like a revelation. What a pleasure it is to stitch with!

I had been wanting to start SBC for a while and have been kitting it little by little, but first, I wanted to finish another HAED page before getting to it. So here is page 2 of Wheel of Fortune:

Back to SBC now, some more lovely silks and metallics are waiting for me.

Chatelaine Finish

Tiny Rose Mandala, by Chatelaine Designs

Antique white 28 count Lugana

DMC floss, Mill Hill beads

A Productive Weekend

Well that was a nice weekend. I got to finish all the stitching on Tiny Rose Mandala, it's now waiting for beads to arrive before being completed. This was my first time doing specialty stitches other than French knots, and I thoroughly enjoyed doing something else than crosses. Here is some eye candy for you:

I experimented a bit with the rose eyelets, thinking at first that 2 strands didn't provide enough coverage. I then tried 4 strands and thought it too bulky so back to 2 I went and I actually really like it now, it makes them delicate just like a rose should be. 

A close up of the little rose corner gardens, the colors are just so beautiful together:

For the gates I stitched at first with 2 strands out of habit but ended up frogging that I switching to a single strand; I thought the iron work looked finer this way.

After I was done with this I picked up Winnie the Pooh and threw in a few stitches but I quickly got bored with it and moved on to Celtic Fire. No piccies yet as there is not much to see for now, but I am so excited to have started my first HAED that I just had to share :)

Working 1 over 1 is awesome in that I don't have to worry about the stitches not laying properly (no railroading, yeah!), but I still need to figure out the best way for me to start and end threads. Practice makes perfect!

Lily of the Valley Update & Chatelaine New Start

Is there such a thing as a half happy dance? Because if there is, then I'm doing it for Lily:

I have done all I could using DMC and Anchor floss, but she now needs to go on the UFO pile until I am able to order the metallics and beads I need to finish her. Unfortunately, supplies and commercial shipping are so expensive to get to here in Ireland that this will have to wait several weeks (or months) until I need to place a larger order to justify the shipping cost.

Note to myself, since I keep losing bits of paper and I can access this blog anytime anywhere: need to buy Kreinik very fine braid 015, Kreinik BF 011HL, Mill Hill 02002, 03046, 10049, 16010, 16603, 42031 (2 packs).

Anyway, here is my first update on Chatelaine's Tiny Rose Mandala:

I completely enjoy the geometric symmetry in stitching this!

Also, last but not least: thank you to everyone commenting and following this little blog. It is very heart warming to read your encouraging notes and I really appreciate that you take the time to do it.

Chatelaine Floss Toss

I have just kitted up my next start, which will be the Tiny Rose Mandala by Chatelaine Designs, worked on 28 count antique white lugana with DMC.


Mock-Up:

Floss Toss: