Don't Mess With Dragons

Dragons is finally finished.  He sure took a lot of beads!  The background and dragon are all done in Criss-Cross Hungarian, but the dragon is 2-ply floss  The dragon's  "Fill" is beads, where the background's is a single tent stitch, also the background is a pale green to match the sage-on-sage canvas.  Can't seem to win with the photos!  Its going to need some blocking before being framed.

When Memories Fade

This is what I've been working on lately.  When Memories Fade from Sundance,

stitch guide by Brenda Hart.
The background, in Woven stitch, is slow going. I have changed the colors quite a bit and have not followed the stitch guide very much.
I still don't know what I'll do with that pot. It won't be gray that's for sure. Her hair will be last as I will use Very Velvet. I'm thinking about adding a braid of some sort.
Anyway, this painted canvas has been in my drawer for several years and I'm feeling righteous to get it out and finish it!

Debbie's Treat

I finally finished something. This is Debbie's Treat by Debbie Rowley. She offered this as a freebie a couple of years ago. Naturally I changed the colors. A LOT!  I wanted something calm, soothing and soft  and easy to stitch. I also wanted to try out one of the stitches for possible use elsewhere. Well, it wasn't as easy as I expected. Partly because of the threads I chose, partly because I had trouble following the directions, and partly because my eyes are older and tired-er than I realized!  But it's done now and it's a sweet little piece.

Framed

Two more back from the framer.

Holiday Wreath by Laura Perin and River Dance by me.  Happy with them both!

(Blog refuses to put them side by side!)

Cool Cat

 My husband plays guitar (really well!!) and we both love kitties, so when I saw Cool Cat by El Gato Gomez, I had to stitch him for DH for Xmas.  Here is the result.  Stitched on 18 with Petite Very Velvet, Silk & Ivory and Threadworx overdyed floss.

Inspiration

Destashing

I am trying to destash.  A friend is listing some of my items on eBay for me.  Her eBay name is luvthatart.  Once you get to her listings, search on needlepoint.  She has lots of non-needlepoint stuff too.

Among other things:  Loretta Spears' Bargello Fantasy, Seven Fractal chart, a Nenah Stone canvas, Tony Minieri's Journey to Satchidanada.  

Christmas Reindeer

This charmer was cross stitched by a friend and put into this very cool snow globe-y thingie.  Is this the cutest or what??
The design is available, for cross stitch or needlepoint, on the website.  You're on your own for the snow globe though 😊.