April Smalls Check-In

Hi y'all,

I hope you had a great month.  Sorry I didn't post this last Friday but I didn't realize that it was the last Friday of the month.  Thank you so much to Mary from Mary's Thread for hosting this SAL.

I finished my biscornu and I just love it in my basket.  This is called Bluebird Biscornu from Tiny Modernist.  I love it.  I did choose not to stitch the other side and opted to put a larger button on the back. This was stitched on 14 ct off white Aida and called for colors.

I also finished Black Spider by VerbenaCS on Etsy.  She has many cute and reasonably priced charts.  She also has a Facebook group and it is a lot of fun.  This was stitched on 32ct Belfast Linen dyed by me and misc colors.

Thanks so much for all of your kind comments.  Have a great month and Happy Stitching.

A Christmas Finish

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well.  I wanted to make a separate post from my smalls update to show you my latest finish.  I am so happy to have this done.  It was a pattern from Mimi at
http://flanerieaufildessaisons.eklablog.com/

She always has such pretty freebies.  The only stipulation is that you stitch a part and then send her an update before you get the next part. 

Anyway, I am unsure how I will finish it.  Either a pillow or framed.  Now to tackle my next wip.

Take care and Happy Stitching.
Mary

March Small's Check-In

Good Morning everyone,
I would love to thank Mary from Mary's Thread for hosting this fun Smalls 2020 SAL.

I hope everyone had a great stitching month with lots of finishes and progress.  The above picture is the finished biscornu I did for this month.  It is called Irish Clover by Rainburst Embroidery on Etsy.  She has several other beautiful biscornu patterns to choose from.  I did as per her suggestion and used gold metallic floss instead of dark gold DMC and I just love the added shimmer.  You can't tell by this photo but I edge the closing with beads.  It was such a fun project.

I have worked on some larger projects but I will show you them at a later time.

Have a great weekend!
Mary

February Smalls SAL Check-in

Good Friday afternoon everyone,

Thank you to Mary at Mary's Thread for hosting this fun SAL.  I just love looking at everyone's work.


I hope that you all had a wonderful, productive February. I just love the month of February for so many reasons.  My first child was born on the 6th and my wedding anniversary is on the 7th just to name a few. My second favorite holiday to stitch is Valentine's, you know Halloween is my absolute favorite. 

I have been working on some larger projects but I do have 2 small finishes to show you.

I decided to do a biscornu a month as my primary smalls for 2020.  I am going to pick out another one for January because I am dragging my feet to finish it.  Not sure why because it is pretty.  However, I did finish February's.  This is called Biscornu 482 from The Flossbox and you can find it here  I love her selection of biscornu's (she has over 600) and it was so much to stitch.

Here is a picture before put together

Here is a picture of it FFO'd

I used some 14 opalescent Aida from Hobby Lobby.  I love stiff fabric because I stitch in hand.  I also think it is easier to make into a biscornu than a softer fabric.  I had a scrap piece of fabric and made this simple freebie called Love Freebie by Atelier Soed Idee found here

I modified the design because I was running out of my scrap floss and I didn't know what color it was.  I still love it.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog.  Your comments always put a smile to my face.  Hope you have a great March!

January 2020 Smalls Check-In

Hi everyone,
Can you believe it is the end of January?  I hope you have had a great few weeks and got lots of stitching done.  I have a few things to show you.

My first small is a free chart I found  here
It is on the Janlynn website.  They have a lot of wonderful freebies.  It is towards the bottom on the right side.  It is Flower #4 in the series.

I bought 2 of these pretty frames on clearance at Hobby Lobby a few years ago.  It fit perfectly and my sister-in-law loved it.  I decided to put beads in the middle instead of DMC 310.

I also completed December cupcake by Durene Jones.  I have officially stitched the entire series.  It was such a delight and I love them all.

That is all for now.  I have been working on a larger project.  Can't wait to see everyone's finishes.

Have a great weekend and happy stitching.

My big finish

Hi y'all,

Hope you have had a really fabulous January.  Personally, it has been the pits, to put it mildly.  However, stitching wise, it has been amazing.  I have a few smalls to show you next week, but I wanted to show you my big finish today.

It is called Swans and Shears Mystery SAL by Tempting Tangles Designs.  She is one of my favorite designers.  I changed the colors and used silk threads from Carrie's Creations Thread.  I sure do miss Carrie (she is no longer in business) but understand that things change.

I stitched it on 32ct off white Belfast that I coffee/tea dyed. I had to wash it and unfortunately the colors bled.  Luckily, everyone said it just looks like it was dyed that way.  I know eventually I will get over it, just not yet.  I worked on this on and off for at least a year so I am not getting rid of it. 

Thanks for letting me share my pride and joy with you.
Until Friday, Happy Stitching
Mary