A Little Stichin' Finish and a Stitchin' Start

Gentle Friends, I've finished up Little Sheep Virtues, with my own twist to the center square...

 here's a snaperoo... sorry about the snap the color is off towards the bottom of the piece...

 "Little Sheep Virtues" by Little House Needleworks and 

"Sheep in the Meadow" by Country Cottage Needleworks - 2/11/2018 - 4/7/2018 

36ct Lakeside Lines Vintage Sand Dune - using my overdyed floss conversion

... you can see I've changed up the center square quite a bit.  The house is now blue ( GAST "Barn Grey" and GAST "Freedom") and the grass I stitched lighter (CC "Weeping Willow)  The major change I made was to do away with all the oversized "daisy " type flowers and make the meadow more "sheepy" with the addition of three extra sheep.  Overall I'm pretty happy with the results...

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I already had another project ready to go when LSV wrapped up... "Hannah Beeby 1816" a reproduction Quaker sampler by Timeless Designs... and here's where I am at the moment...

...I switched out the recommended Splendor silk for Gloriana silks "Seaweed" and "Antique Gold Dark" I am stitching this on a piece of 36ct "vintage" linen that was in my stash and is nameless...

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, I'm back from my mini sta-cation and as usual, it flew by far too fast!!  The weekend was very low key... went to lunch with friends downtown... had lots of coffee, did some laundry, vacuumed up some dog hair...  and went to early Easter Mass which was really lovely!!  

I also got some stitching done... here's a snaperoo...

... I've finished up all the outside "virtues" and am now stitching on the center section.  The picture is a bit odd because of the light and wrinkles but you get the idea.

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin

Gentle Friends, we're all a bit damp from the rain last week, and the Bay area is still in the "grips" of what passes for winter out here... mid 40's.  But yesterday was breezy, cold and sunny so what do I have to bitch about...chilly weather and sunshine...I should be more grateful!!  Palm Sunday started off with a lovely early morning Mass.... then for the rest of the day I sat around and stitched, ate a piece of cake and wrapped up my day with a massage...seriously, 

I've really nothing to bitch about!!!!!  

Now, today starts off a short week for me as I've taken off Maundy Thursday, we get Good Friday off and then just for good measure I took off Easter Monday for a really sweet Looooong weekend!!!!  Let's get back on track... I'm still working on LVS and here's a snap...

... I've finished up the next two "Virtues" and the border.  The biggest change I made was in "Kindness."  The pumpkins were supposed to be a golden color but I wanted them to be a more pumpkin color so I' stitched them in GAST "Pumpkin Pie" and also changed the leaves which are GAST "Otter Creek."  I had quite a few inquiries about what I'm stitching in the center...

... a few years ago I saw a completed version of the Sheep Virtues stitched all together and knew then I wanted to stitch them this way as a single sampler.  Following that original stitcher, I've lost the name,  I will be filling in the middle with Country Cottage's "Sheep in the Meadow."  I will be replacing the color palette of "SitM" with my floss choices from "Virtues" so that they will blend together better.

I've also sort of decided that my next "stitch" will be a Quaker piece. I've got a ton of Quaker charts in my stash and haven't done one in a really long time so I think that's the way I'm leaning!!

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitching and a Winner!!

Gentle Friends, still stitching away on LSV, but I've not gotten as far along as I had planned.... 

here's a snap...

... I am a bit further along than the snap, as I have a bit more of the border done, 

but you get the idea....

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On Saturday Rico pulled a name from the Bowl of destiny, but I've got no shot of that event... my camera's battery was dead, but I still wanted it to happen .... here's the name he pulled...

... I shot off an email to Denise to let her know she won.  I wanted to thank everyone for entering and to keep an eye out for other drawings coming up over the Summer!!

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There you go sports fans thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, still stitching away on LSV over the past week and here's where I left off last night and got to a stopping point......

... sorry that the snap is a bit wonky, but you get the idea.  As you can see I'm sort of doing my own thing with the colors as I've added in two blues and am incorporating them along the way in each square.  I also dropped the ecru and lavender.  Since this piece seems to be working along quickly I've been thinking ahead to what my next project should be ... more about that as I make some decisions.

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There you go sports fans, another Monday arrives and a new week begins!!  

Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitching

Gentle Friends, still stitching away on LSV and here's where I left off last night...

..as you may recall, I converted all the called for DMC floss to various overdyed choices.... and I've had quite a few requests for this conversion...  so here goes...

The Linen I am using is 36ct Vintage Sand Dune

DMC 221 - GAST Mulberry

DMC 420 - GAST Heirloom Gold

DMC 780- - WDW Tigers Eye

DMC 869 - GAST Maple Syrup

DMC 924 - WDW Deep Sea

DMVC 936 -  WDW Bullfrog

DMC 3011 - WDW Moss

DMC 3012 WDW Molasses

DMC 3782 - GAST Cidermill Brown

DMC 3828 - CC Ye Olde Gold

The border is stitched using CC Wilderness, the Snow I'm stitching in with CC Snowball, the Sheep and all being stitched with CC Bamboo and the Pumpkins that are coming up will be stitched in GAST Gingersnap. There is also a second shade of Blue I'm using here and there that is GAST Freedom.  I think that answers the question about my conversion if you've other things to ask please feel free.

There you go sports fans!! Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Takle care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends,  I been stitching away on LSV and here's where I left off ....

... these little sheep are working up quickly and I'm changing bits and pieces here and there as I stitch along...  

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Short and sweet again this wet and windy Monday!!  

Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, I 've been stitching away on Sheep Virtues... here's where I left off...

... sorry for the craptastic snap but you get the idea.

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There you go sports fans, short and sweet.  Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle friends, I've been working a bit on HEiotS...

... filled in the house part and the only real change was to use "Old Purple Paint" for the door instead of "Mulberry"... then I started up on my Spring piece... I began this stitch using a 40ct RR piece of linen... which I didn't like, it was far to stiff and the color was just off a bit so I frogged out the border that I had stitched and then dug around and found another piece of linen I liked far better.....

...  a really lovely piece of  36ct Lakeside Linen, the color is "Vintage Sand Dune."  I've restitched the border I frogged out of the other piece of linen and am a much happier stitcher with the way it looks.  The piece I started is LHN "Little Sheep Virtues" and I am stitching it as a single large sampler.  I have modified the border from the many colours and variations charted to a single color "Wilderness," and will be leaving the diamonds open - for now - I like the way it looks, but I just might change my mind.......  the end is a long way off.  I have also changed all of the colors from the recommended DMC floss to various overdyed floss' including WDW, CC, and GAST - I'll talk about them as I stitch along.

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar