Two Finishes, One Floss Toss

Just finished this week, the Halloween SAL designed by Love Thy Thread. A bit late for this year, so we'll consider it early for next Halloween ;)

Stitched over 1 on a dusty dark purplish mystery 28 count evernweave I got on ebay last year, with DMC 51 and 310.

Next on my frame was Nora Corbett's Sweet Pea. This one has a very big dress and a lot of beads for such a small pixie, but I powered through it and here she is:

Stitched on 32 count opal evenweave Silkweaver solo, a light mauve. To be honest it was not a fun fabric to stitch on: it's very thick, and feels a bit like a jobelan that's been starched. The threads kept splitting so it was a bit hard to find the right hole sometimes.

Anyway, here are some artsy fartsy shots of the beading:

I substituted the Caron Waterlilies 210 with DMC Color Variations 4000.

And finally, last but not least in today's news, here is a gorgeous piece of fabby:

Isn't it gorgeous? This is the December 2012 Limited Edition that was sent only to Sparklies' FOM club members. I saw it in real life in a friend's stash and it was just the perfect fit for the next project I had in mind, so I contacted Kate from Sparklies and she very nicely made a new one for me.

Mirabilia's Persephone, next under my needle :)

Big stash haul and stitchy update

I've been mostly working on various crochet projects lately but I did try to work a bit on Sweet Pea.
Then on Thursday I went to the Knitting & Stitching show and came home with this lovely stash pile:

Lots of little odds and ends, some gorgeous fabrics from Sparklies, an embroidery kit, beads, floss, scissors, scroll frame, but most important of all, an amazing daylight floor lamp that has completely changed my stitchy life and gave my mojo a good kick in the butt. I've been stitching almost non stop since I set it up two nights ago, so here is a progress update on Sweet Pea:

Flowers update

I've been focusing mainly on my two flower-themed WIPs (not intentionally, it just turned out this way...)

Sweet Pea got a bit more petals and the beginning of her wings:

And Lady of the Flowers got a whole page finished. Woot :) Loving this one at the moment.