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 :)

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!

IHSW Report & New Start

Well this was my first International Hermit and Stitch Weekend and, although I didn't get to hermit as much as I wanted (hard to do with a toddler...) I did get a good chunk of stitching done.

First up was Celtic Fire, below are the before and after pictures.

 

Celtic Fire is pretty confetti-heavy and those over 1 crosses are so tiny that I needed a little break from it. I enjoyed so much stitching those few eyelets in the Tiny Rose Mandala that I went through my stash to look for something with specialty stitches and found How Does Your Garden Grow (HDYGG), which was the 2008 Papillon Creations SAL.

Here is the floss toss, it is stitched on 28ct antique white lugana and I chose to use DMC 935 & 3364 for the greens, and DMC 920, 926, 3779 & 3821for the floral colors.

And here is part one (out of 12) finished.

I. Just. Love. It. Although I love love love stitching and cannot get enough of it, those specialty stitches are a whole new level of delight and enjoyment! So much so that as soon as this one is done I'll move on to the next Papillon Creations SAL, Castle in the Air, and who knows, maybe I'll manage to catch up with the new one Around the World in 80 Stitches.

New Start & Lily Update

I started yesterday a little project I've had my eye on for a long time: Falling Leaves, a freebie from the DMC website, using 3 of their color variations threads.

I'm usually not too keen on freebie patterns, I often find them too simplistic or cutesy, but this one really caught my eye, I love the colors (Sara there are some lovely greens, you are going to like that).

Anyway, here is the floss toss:

And progress after one day of stitching:

Finally, an update on Lily of the Valley:

Only the wings left before I put her aside until later. This pattern calls for Kreinik and beads which I don't have, so finishing her will have to wait until the next time I need to place an online order.

Balloons update and floss toss

The balloons are done! I love how cheerful they are, perfect for a child's room. 

I have finished the backstitching everywhere, so there are only some more clouds at the top and then the measuring scale to stitch.This feels like finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I've been working exclusively on this project since December and it feels like it will never end, I can't wait to move onto something else.


Speaking of which, I am going away next week to spend some time with my family after some tough events. I know I'll have a lot of downtime so I'm taking some stitching with me; I needed something smallish as I am only taking cabin luggage, and finally decided on starting my first Nora Corbett chart, Lily of the Valley (my favorite flower and scent) from the Pixie Couture collection.

Here is a quick floss toss for eye-candy purposes:

Of course as always the fabric doesn't show well in pictures, it is actually a lovely Summer Skies 28ct Jobelan. I don't have the Kreinik and the beads yet, I'm hoping I'll be able to find them in France, and if not they'll just have to wait until I place my next Internet order.


TTYL!