Boo Trio

I started this last weekend (5/19). I did the house and realized (as usual) that I added an extra column so I quit. I restarted it again yesterday. Between entertaining my four nephews (1, 3, 8 and 12 years of age) and taking care of regular household chores I just finished it. I bought this project at Shakespeare's Peddler's here in Hattiesburg. The kit contained the pattern and specialty threads. I really like it, especially the owl. For some reason, the last couple of years I have been attracted to stitching owls. I really enjoyed this one because it was a quick and easy stitch.

Summer Sands

Well, I finally finished a project this month. I received this project as the February installment in my Fireside Stitchery Seasons Club. I was halfway through it then got side tracked. Now I have two more projects to do. This project is called Summer Sands by Kick Back & Stitch. This was actually a very easy project to stitch. I started back on it Sunday around 6 and finished it at Midnight last night.

When I finish this club I will have 16 different pieces. I really have no clue what I'm going to do with them. I thought about making them into coasters but how do I protect the fibers? Well that is a problem for later. You can view the different projects at http://www.firesidestitchery.com/infoAlerts/Clubs/Seasons/export1.htm

The Lazy Stitcher

I have been really lacking in the stitching department this last month. I have tried to work on projects but have been easily distracted. Hopefully, now that I have two weeks off I will be able to do some stitching. I signed up with Fireside Stitchery to do the Halloween Pudgy. I had bought the canvas from Miriam's (Elegant Needle) in Baton Rouge but had no idea how I was going to stitch it. Thank God for Fireside Stitchery. They are going to send me a stitch guide and the threads to complete this project. Keep stitching (I'll try to myself).

Christmas Fairy

This is not a hard pattern. It's actually very easy to stitch if you're not me. I did the back and bodice of this fairy three times before I got it right. I had to put it down. I ordered fabric from Silkweaver's specifically for this pattern (It was rock-a-bye). I started this last Friday (March 30th). I worked on it for two days and only got as far as you see here. I had to put it down because I kept messing up. I actually want to finish this but right now I am too aggravated by it.

Celtic Cross by M Designs

I think this one is really beautiful. The hard part for me is to do each x individually. But I'm using Thread Gathers Silk 'n color thread Acorn Woods on some solo fabric from Silkweaver's (that I received from the FOTM club that I joined.) I really like it because you don't have to change the thread every few stitches but I have already made a boo-boo. I moved one stitch to the left and will have to compensate for it when I try to match up the stitched work with the unstitched work. I do not want to pull out all the work that has been done. Not because there has been a lot of work (moderate amount) but because I had to stitch each x individually. That would be a lot of work. Besides, like my mother always says "No project should be perfect, it should always have an error."

Wild West for Mari

My sister-in-law, Mari, saw this and liked it, but Mari is not a fast stitcher. Bridget, my baby sister, volunteered me to stitch it for Mari. Mari like it for Theron (her son). He has a cowboy room. It's should be a quick stitch I've completed half of one of the three large pieces (the other two are a stagecoach and a buffalo). It's not that hard to stitch.

Fireside Stitchery - Summer Sands

I'm about halfway finished with this one. I like the pattern; the colors are not that exciting but they work with the name. I hope to finish this one this weekend because the next one arrived today in the mail (It's called Autumn Leaves).

Fireside Stitchery - Spring Flowers

I really liked this one. It is beautiful. My mother and sister really like it. The stitching wasn't too difficult but the center flower took me several times to get it right. I really like these kits.

EGA Christmas Ornament

This is the Christmas ornament that I stitched for the EGA ornament exchange. I used very velvet for the back ground, yellow krenik for the star and string holding the star, beads for the holly berries, DMC floss for the face and leaves of the holly. For the hat I used two shades of red Flair, and the Fuzzy Stuff. The beard was two shades of wisper. When I finished stitching it Edie finished it for me. I need to send it to Susan soon.

Rainbow Birds

I started this one before Christmas for my Mother. I haven't gotten very far but I have put it into my rotation. It is a kit that Moma bought years ago and found while moving. I hope to finish it this month.

Another Fabrege Egg

This egg I thought was a geometric of cubes. Boy was I wrong. I keep trying to figure out which part was the top of the box. The egg is really covered by two different sets of pinwheels. One is a purple and green pinwheel while the other is the red and blue. I stitched it using contential stitch for the pinwheels. The thread used for the pinwheels was Kreinik metallics. The background was done in a bargello using DMC Black (310). I enjoyed doing this egg; it was a quick stitch.

Seasons from Fireside Stitchery

Fireside Stitchery has a stitching club that I joined. Each month they send a needlepoint pattern with all the materials needed to finish the project. The first one was in January and was titled Winter Snowflake. I started it in January and finished it this weekend (February 10th). I really like working on this one. I can't wait to start the February one (Spring Flowers). The project used canvas, Kreinik metallics, Neon Rays, Watercolour, Wildflowers, DMC, and beads.

EGA Sampler

Well I have posted about this sampler before, so now here it is. Each band of the sampler is in alphabetical order. Thanks to Brigette Wallace and Edie Wellemeyer for creating the project for our group. I still have two bands left the Stumpwork and Z band.

Present Projects

One of my New Year's Resolutions was to complete a project in the same year that I started it. Well I first have to finish the projects that are so old I forget when I started it. Truly, there are not that many maybe 3 or 4. (I have an compultion to complete what I start.) My sister, Jennifer, has shown me a way to stitch and not get bored. She calls it her stitching rotation. So I've decided to start one. You can see to right what my rotation is right now. In this blog I have some of the projects that are in progress.

First is the penguin stocking. I started this a least two years ago and I'm halfway through.
Second is the Rainbow birds that I started for my mother in December.
Third is a plastic canvas Owl noteholder that I started last weekend. I'm almost finished with it. (I would have been finished last weekend but I ran out of thread).

update

Since the last time I blogged I have moved again. My internet is not up so I haven't been able to post. I have completed several project and will post them soon. Keep looking

Halloween Fairy Finally Finished

Well after many distractions and a couple of trips out of town. I have finally finished the fairy. I will be submitting it to Silkweaver for their showcase contest. (Since the fabric is one I ordered from silkweavers.) I really enjoyed stitching this fairy and can't wait to start on the Christmas fairy. But it has to wait for me to complete the EGA sampler and the ornaments for the exchange parties. I haven't picked out a cloth yet, but it will be from the ones I get from the Fabric of the Month Club (FOTM) at Silkweaver.com. It is amazing how using different cloth makes the fairy look different. My sister, Jennifer, also did the Halloween fairy. Her fairy looks different that mine. It has a pink tone to it. She used a different hand-dyed fabric. You can see her's at her blog. Just click on her link to the right.

Halloween Fairy

Check out my finished works. She's finished finally.Well after many distractions and a couple of trips out of town. I have finally finished the fairy. I will be submitting it to Silkweaver for their showcase contest. (Since the fabric is one I ordered from silkweavers.) I really enjoyed stitching this fairy and can't wait to start on the Christmas fairy. But it has to wait for me to complete the EGA sampler and the ornaments for the exchange parties. I haven't picked out a cloth yet, but it will be from the ones I get from the Fabric of the Month Club (FOTM) at Silkweaver.com. It is amazing how using different cloth makes the fairy look different. My sister, Jennifer, also did the Halloween fairy. Her fairy looks different that mine. It has a pink tone to it. She used a different hand-dyed fabric. You can see her's at her blog. Just click on her link to the right.

Spooky Tree

I started this project back in May or June. I finished the tree pretty quickly but it took me a while to decide what to do the white border as. I finally decided that the one that would work was contential. I tried several stitches, laced chain, plaid, etc. but they didn't look right. The white border is a DMC glow-in-the-dark E 940. I think it turned out cute.

Fairy Near Completion

Since I got two new classes, I haven't been able to stitch as much as I want, but I did this weekend. She's coming along nicely. Next time I post, she should be on my finished projects page. I had a difficult time with the green in the center of her wings. I took it out three times before I got it right. I even had to get Jennifer, my sister, to find my mistake once. But I finally got it right.

Recent Progress on the Fairy

Sorry I haven't posted lately. I have been having a rough time. For those who know me, Midnight (my cat) finally lost her battle with lymphoma (or so we think). She passed away on the 17th. Before that she also had to have one of her eyeballs removed. So as you can see I haven't been stitching much. I started back on the fairy this weekend. I finished the bottom part of the fairy and the body. I still have to do the wings, her head, and the beading. I'm am also working on the EGA sampler. I will post my progress on the sampler later today.