You probably don't even remember this piece! I started it nearly a year ago and, as you can see, haven't made much progress!
It is tedious to work on. The little squares are quite small and so you're constantly changing colors. See all the spaghetti? Unavoidable. And the Silk Shimmer that will lay on top is always in the way. And then it is on black canvas. Sigh. How do I get myself into these things!
I hope to start working on this more regularly very soon.
Back to Linda, by Orna Willis.
I'm making progress, slow but sure!
There's a LOT of Jessicas. The #8 pearl by Painter's Threads gave me trouble! What I had in my stash that is the perfect color is waaaay different than the new stuff I got. The new was not perfect for this piece, but I didn't have enough of the old. So I tried a couple of different ways of using these threads and, with the help of a friend, decided to alternate the new & the old threads.It works pretty well and I don't think I could have found anything better.
Once I finish the Jessicas, each one will get a stitch in the middle with a metallic. There will also be a lot of beads on this piece, so it won't get finished until my stash is unpacked!
It's been quite awhile since you've seen this. I don't work on it very often (I'm not really a cross stitcher), but when space is limited, like when my husband & I are sharing the love seat, it is something to work on that doesn't take up a lot of room.
I'm nearly finished with the 2nd Panther section. Then there is just one more section and the border will be done. Almost. I'll still need to figure out how to join each cat to the one next to it.
Yes, I know it doesn't look like anything. Yet.
This is DebBee's Designs "American Beauty Rose", but I'm doing a white rose. Well, it is mostly tan, but it's MY white rose.
I started this just before all the moving craziness hit. I had quite a time finding the right threads and I ended up ripping out all of the darkest shade that I had done as it was toooo dark. I restitched it blending the dark shade I had with the next to the darkest and it is much better.
This is a fun design to stitch! Each color (6 I think, or maybe 8) has it's own stitch. The picture color isn't quite right, the lightest shade is an old Needle Necessities overdyed floss that is white to light tan. So the lightest squares are really white. The canvas is eggshell, so it is lighter than it appears in the pic.
Hi! Here I am! We are still in moving mode, but it'll be several weeks before we can move into our new house so I have a little bit of stitching time! I can't start anything new because all of my stash is in storage, worry, worry....
Anyway, my stitching is all on WIPs and I have actually finished something!
Octagon in a Square is the latest of my Mad Miters craziness.
The last time you saw this, I think I had just started the center. The Octagon is done in Mad Miters and the surrounding areas are straight Bargello.
This is not my most successful experiment! But it's OK, we learn by doing, so they say! The cable pattern I chose was difficult to work with in the Mad Miters part, and these are not MY colors. It is supposed to be liberating (or something) to work outside your comfort zone, but this may have been TOO far out of mine!
I will try to post somewhat regularly now, but only once a week till we get settled. Thanks for hanging in there with me!
Phase 2 of our move is complete. Vegas is history, that house is sold and the new folks are moving in! We are living in our old house in Reno now while we fix up the new one. We are hoping to be all moved by the end of October. These things are always a LOT more work than you think they are going to be!
I haven't done any stitching for at least a week and not much since I last posted blog. Sigh.
When I find the camera, I'll try to photograph the little bit of progress I have made on some of my WIPs.
Thanks for being patient!
We are still embroiled in moving. The move has 3 stages and we are now in Stage 2 of 3. Sigh. It feels like it will never end. But it will and it'll be great! In the meantime, we have lots more packing & moving to do.
I haven't had time for much stitching, but I have knocked out three ornaments, which will go to the finisher tomorrow.
Two are from Pat Mazu's "Pinwheels", which was the program for Cyberpointers during one meeting. I did the Square and the Round. Maybe I'll get to the little stocking one day.
I've used Watercolours #025, Neon Rays Plus #NP43, and 3 Kreiniks: 003HL, 008HL, 221.
All on ecru glitter canvas.
Also completed is an ornament made from 2 designs we got at a local retreat, an acorn and a pine cone. This will be finished by folding it so they are back to back. I hope that works out! This is on 13 or 14-mesh, so it stitched up really fast!
