A Little Finish and a Little Start.....

 Gentle Friends, I finished up Little Birds at the end of last week... here's a snaperoo...

"Little Birds" Blackbird Designs

8/3/20 - 3/25/21

40ct PTP "Heartland" - Charted Floss

... you can see the fill between the houses is a garden of sorts.  I toggled back and forth between this idea or a bit from "Thank you, Sarah Tobias", from the needlebook bottom.  This bit I stitched is a recharting from "Their Song" Loose Feathers #24.  I only ever considered using a BBD design since I wanted to keep this totally inspired by or from BBD.  This is not "strict" stitching from "Their Song" more of inspired by, as most of the motifs are jangled about a bit and all are a recharting using the color palette from "Little Birds"  I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  I also got the date and my initials in there.  This will go into the stitched finished box as its a whopping 19 1/2 x 17 big and I've really not got that big of a space left on any wall to hang her up if I was to get her framed, but no matter I really enjoyed stitching this piece as I always do when I stitch a BBD design!!

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I was thinking about what to start next a while back and then I saw a piece started by a dear friend of mine, Vonna of Twisted Sticher, of a piece she is stitching for Lent called Peaceful Paradise from Midsummer Night Designs... and I knew I wanted to stitch this also.  It's been lurking about in my stash since it was released back in 2007 and now is a good time as ever to make a go at stitchin' it up... 

here's the start...

I'm stitching this on LL 40ct Pearled barley, it's far whiter than it looks in the snap, the picture makes it look pink and it really is not.  I'm also using the called for overdyed flosses.  I had the majority of them in the stash.  I've had to switch out some of the blacks but I'm OK with it and it'll look fine when it's done.

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edgar

A little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, here's a snap of Little Birds...

... sorry about the odd lighting, I tried to compensate for the sunlight with my Ott Lite, and this is the result...  I've stitched the bulk of the second house, that was the goal for the weekend - and -  I'm still waffling a bit about the center, but think I've landed on what I'll stitch... hope it works, it's such an odd shape... I realize now why there was the large sort of odd medalion!!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends,  I finished up the third part of "Fruits" and here's a snaperoo...

... it's just bee-bopping along now.... after wrapping up this part I picked up Little Birds... and here's a snaperoo of what's gotten done to date... 

... one more big motif and a few smaller ones then it's the house ...and once I get the house finished up I'll make the decision about the replacement bit for the middle.  I've narrowed it down to three pieces I think might work but haven't absolutely decided and probably will not until the time I have to start stitching.  I've also landed on my next project.  Since I'm trying to stitch from stash a bit more this year I've pulled the bulk of the floss and the chart, and I'll pick out a piece of linen from the linen pile.  It's a great oldie and one I've wanted to stitch for quite a while....but you'll just have to wait and see until after this one is a "done deal"  - and -  I've made at least a little start.

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edgar

A Little House Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, so I finished up the left-hand side house on Little Birds... here's a snaperoo...

...it's an odd little house, I stitched it as charted with the charted floss... so there you go.  I received and printed Part 3 for the Fruits of Plenty piece so I'll be jumping in on that tonight .... expect a snap of that next week.  I had a couple of questions or I should say the same question a couple of times about the linen I'm using... it's called "Heartland" from PTP it's 40ct and it is just lovely.  It is the called for linen and I bought it the same time I acquired the chart. Things are about the same around here so not much else to talk about.  I want to thank you for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe! 

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edgar

A Little Bird Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, I picked up Little Birds to work on this week, and here a snaperoo...

... I finished up the bottom part of the border and then got to stitching on the floral motif on the lower half... there are two houses on each side of the bottom and a large medallion for my name.  I am thinking I will replace that medallion with something else but at this point, I'm not too sure what that will be ... but something.

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That's about it for today's sports fans thanks again for stopping by, do stop again.  Stay Safe!!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, here's where I left off on Little Birds last night...

... I took this snap this morning and the light falling across the piece makes such odd shadows... BUT, I did finish out the 4th and 5th rows... I set my goal and gotter done!  Now on to the next row of larger bits OR I might start up a SAL piece for 2021 that I am seriously considering.  I'm kinda waffling about a little bit but it seems that everything's coming together so it might just happen.  We'll see!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, slow going this week ... here's a snap...

...  usually, I stitch every evening but over the course of this week I only picked up the stitching three times so there's not too much headway to show...

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, back at the old grindstone this morning and it's a wet one here by the Bay... thank goodness we need the rain for sure... so I thought I post a snaperoo of where I am on Little Birds...

... for some reason, this picture I took really comes pretty close to the color of the linen... for a change!  As usual, I made a couple of small changes as I stitched along.  I re-charted the number "11" and added the number "12" to the end of the second line.  It looks better to my eye and I gotta look at the thing for a good long while yet... and I added a few stitches to the curly green line at the end of the top line just to even it out a bit.  I was really hoping all the things I have on order would have arrived by now so I could start my New Years' piece, but they are on the way and I'll get a'going on that when it all arrives.

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edgar

A Little Stitching on the Last Day of the Year

 Gentle Friends, I thought I'd post the last time this year a little stitching... I'm enjoying the Thin Man Film marathon today on TCM with William Powell and Myrna Loy!!  Here's a snap of a return WIP...

... after I finished up Christmastide I went back and picked up "Little Birds" and have finished up the flowers along the left side border and started work on the alphabets along the top inside of the border.  It's really wrinkled, sorry about that but I had just popped it out of the old Q Snaps for the snaperoo.

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edgar 

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, another hot one here by the Bay, it's in the '80s but will be dropping as the day goes on.... the breeze will be back!!  So here are a couple of snaps of my stitching...

... this is where I've left off on Little Birds until I stitch up Coming to America.  I got the vine connected but need to get to all the flowers.

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Here's a snap where I left off on CtA last night...

... I've got a nice little start on the border (sorry the snap is so lousy)  That gray smear (lower left) is actually on the linen and part of the over-dying (I guess) as it does not come off so I'll work through it and live with it as is...  as you can see I started this piece as I always do in the upper left corner.  The instructions usually, as they do with this project, say to start in the middle. I read through the instructions and as I do most of the time use them as a jumping-off point and do my own thing.  I refuse to be a slave to printed instruction and see them mostly as "suggestions."  For some reason, probably habit I usually, always, most of the time, start in a corner and work out for there.

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Hope everyone is staying safe and sound over this long weekend.  

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends... I'm still stitching away on Little Birds...

... I'd love to have the border completed before I jump in on Coming to America...  we'll see.

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That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

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edgar

A little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends,  stitching away on Little Birds and have finished up most of the right side vine...

where I left off there is some twisty vine at the bottom that turns left to go across the bottom, but I'm leaving it off until I get the left side and then along the bottom as I usually meet up borders in the lower right...as I usually begin in the upper left...from habit, just crazy...who knows...a little of both!!

  You no something, I just noticed that the border is completely uneven all the way around....  duh!

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It's a very smoky morning here by the Bay and until the breeze kicks up later today to blow it further east to be replaced by the usual fog we'll have smoke.  

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There you go sports fans, not too much going on other than that.  Stay safe!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, it's been a couple of hot days here by the Bay, hovering in the mid '90s and we had the fans a-going all day and through the night.  No air-conditioning dontcha know!  Now it's Sunday afternoon and we've had thunder and lighting through the late night and all morning, with the rain coming in waves.  It's nice to have a break in the heat and even nicer to get some rain.  Usually, we don't get any rainy anything until around Thanksgiving.  Oh well, even with losing the electricity for a couple of hours last night I got some stitching done on Little Birds over the past few days...

 here's a snaperoo..

.... here comes some more rain so before we loose the electric again (and I just know we will!) I'll sign off.  Hope your weekend is going well, thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin...

Gentle Friends...  I finished up the vine along the top border and turned the corner...

... the weekend was spent at home... napping, stitching, and movie watching.... two of the films were  "Jane Eyre," 2011, and "Immortal Beloved" 1994.

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I really enjoyed this interpretation of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 book immensely.  In addition to the leads, Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre) and Michael Fassbender (Edward Rochester)  Dame Judi Dench was in the film playing Mrs. Fairfax!!  It was beautifully shot and even though I know this story well, I found the film well done and would recommend it highly.

What a super movie... and although the premise of the story is faulty, the film is really wonderful.  Again, it was a feast for the eyes and Gary Oldman  (Ludwig von Beethoven) was top notch and did a superior job at bringing back to life a bigger than life character.  I also enjoyed Isabella Rosalinin's sensitive and moving portrayal of the Hungarian Coutess Erdody.  Another two thumbs up for this film!!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends,  stitching away on the border...

...not far along at all.  Oh, well I'm still loving this piece!!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin' Start

Gentle Friends, with Beatitudes in the bag... and soon to be in a frame, I needed to get a new project in the ole Q-snap...

... so I landed on "Little Birds" from Blackbird Designs.  BBD, as you might recall, is one of my favorite design teams and this super sampler is a winner on every level!!  I'm stitching it on the called for linen, but on 40ct and not 36ct as in the picture on the chart.  I also had 13 of the 14 called for flosses in my stash and for the 14th floss, CC Camouflage, which is unobtainable at the moment, I switched it out for WDW Collards, and think I'm even happier with the switch than I would have been stitching with the called for.  It's nice and largish being 395W x 339H so It'll keep my busy for a while.  Once again it's the border that really works for me these... the puffy pointed flowers a great!!

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edgar