A Stitchin' Finish...

Gentle Friends,  I wrapped up  "In Memory" last night and started in on my next stitch...  here's a snaparoo of IM  (with my Changes)...

"In Memory" - Midsummer Night Designs

40ct LL Vintage Buttercream - Using charted Belle Soie and NPI Silk

The changes I made along the way include the shifting of a couple of the bees, dropping a couple of ladybugs at the bottom of the chart so I could include the actual Date, and shifting some of the "Fern Frond" and "Kiwi" silks where I thought it worked better.

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I'll post a snap of my new stitch on Monday after there is something to see.... and I'm not really happy with the linen I'm using to make the start...and may stop, frog everything out and switch it up for something else...

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle friends, nearing the finish of "In Memory"... here's a snaperoo...

... another blue bird and some roses in a pot and this sampler will be a warp.

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, I've completed the castle in the clouds and now moving towards the "2nd" half of the sampler... here's a snaperoo...

... since I can see this piece wrapping up relatively soon I've got my next project kitted and in line... a Christmas present.  I know I'm a bit early but if  I don't get it stitched up there may not be time to get it framed...  and I'd rather it be done, done than languishing about and a rush job late in the Fall. I've lined up a couple of pieces of linen and the two overdyed flosses I ordered arrived... I had some in my stash of both colors but with the way dye lots go sometimes I'd like it all to sort of match within the piece... and the new flosses miraculously match what I already had, so now I've got quite a bit of extra of "Blacksmith Blue" and "Barn Door"... WOO HOO!!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, still plugging away at "In Memory"... and I've finished all the "Babbling Brook" fill...here's a snap...

... that open space in the upper right corner is where a castle goes.  Once I finish that then this whole middle section will be completed.

That's about it for today sports fans.  We've been getting quite a bit of rain lately, no snow, but all kinds of rain... after so many drought years this is a welcome relief!!!  Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, I've made some headway on "In memory" and here's a snaperoo...

... the "box" with the angels, fish, and mermaid has a solid fill background that will stitch on the slow side I'm thinking...

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edgar

A Little Stichin'

Gentle Friends, getting better every day...thanks for the good wishes and kind emails!!  I got back to the needle quite a bit over the past week and here's a snap of where I left off ...

.. still very wrinkled and the light is off-kilter and coming in from the left oddly, but you get the idea...  I was very happy when the border met up in the lower right corner!!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle friends, sorry to be away for so long and I do appreciate all the concerned emails and comments...  I am recovering slowly but steadily and have picked back up the needle after not touching it since before Christmas.  Here is a snap of where I'm at on "In memory"...

... sorry about the wrinkles but being sort of rolled up in a project bag for a couple months does a number to the linen.  I decided to finish out the border since the pansies on the top and left side change to small flowers on the bottom and a vine on the right side... hoping it matches up... fingers crossed.

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edgar

A Little Stitchin' and a Note.....

Gentle Friends, sooooo... I've been quite absent lately and I'm sorry about that, let me start off with the pitiful amount of stitching I've done (as I didn't stitch for about 5 days)... here's a really bad snaperoo....

just stitching across the top portion.  It's still fun and I always love the color palette in Deborah Thorpe's samplers.

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I will be away for a few weeks so this is the last post for a while.  

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edgar

A Little Finish and a Little Start

Gentle Friends, over the last week or so we had a lovely Thanksgiving with friends and family... and now we a quickly moving toward Christmas...  I finished up the Winter Floral Sampler and here's a snap...

"Winter Floral Sampler" from Knotted Tree Needle Art

11/5 - 11/27/22

30ct WDW Tin Roof - Called for NPI Silk

I recharted the right-hand side from about "w" to the right edge, and am very happy with the results.

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The next piece that I started is one that's been on the back burner for years.  Another stitcher helped me out with the chart as I had misplaced it but had my copy without a key...  here's a snap of where I've gotten so far...

"In Memory" - Midsummer Night Designs

40ct LL Vintage Buttercream -  Belle Soie and NPI Silks

It's called "In memory" from Midsummer Night Designs.  The chart has only ever appeared in Just Cross Stitch magazine that I'm aware of. I've made a pretty good start on the border.  I'm stitching this as a piece for my mom who's been gone now for 10 years.

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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