Hello blogging friends. Just a quick post to update my progress on the letter “J”. I finished the cross stitching last night and have moved onto the back stitching. As you can see, she fits perfectly in my 11 x 11 Qsnaps, so that gives you an idea of the size. And so far she has been a pretty quick stitch. Warning: There are lots of fractionals in the fairy. I think her arms and legs are made up of entirely 1/4 and 3/4 stitches. But even on aida, it wasn’t difficult. Just a re-cap-She is one of Nora Corbett’s Fairy Letters and I am stitching her on 16ct Aida Sage from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie.
Today is cleaning house day, so my break is done and I have to get back to it. I hope that you are doing something fun, like stitching 🙂 What are you stitching on today?
My Time Stitching 
Very pretty 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Very lovely! I’m planning on doing my daughter’s whole name, Jasmine, in the fairy letters, but I think I might change some of the colors.
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That is going to be so awesome, Sandra! I saw a pink conversion today on one of the Mira groups. So pretty! I like it better than the green I am doing, but this one is for Christmas, so Green it will be 😉
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I love the work on the fairy so far. I really hate doing fractions on Aida its such a pain, at least on 14 count it is. Anyway today was my day off work so I’ve done laundry and caught up on a tv show and worked on my piece that I’m turning into a pillow when it’s finished. Now if only my laptop would do its updates….oh well stitching time while I wait.
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I use a chenille needle to stitch, so poking through Aida isn’t a problem. Poking my finger, well, that is a problem. LOL Sounds like you accomplished quite a bit today. Hopefully you were able to get lots of stitch time in.
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Beautiful sewing, I do like fairies and this one is especially pretty 😊
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Thank you, MrsCraft. She is a little cutie 😉
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Great progress.
This is going to go fast!
Marilyn
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Thanks, Marilyn. I ended up doing some frogging on it last night, but I hope I am back on track for tonight 🙂 I didn’t like the green underskirt. I guess my instructions didn’t list that symbol on the dress part and I picked it up from the letter part. The green really bugged me, so now it is a darker pink and I like it much more.
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Very pretty, Ginny! I do like the conversion colors.
I’ve never made fractional stitches before, so thank you for mentioning them — they’re something I can try next in my cross-stitch journey! 🙂
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Thank you, Anita. I ripped out the green under her dress last night as it just was not looking right to me. I re-stitched with a darker pink and it looks better. Fractionals have never bothered me before. Even on Aida with my Chenille needle. But they can be a pain when a small area is full of them, like her arms and legs. And that is what made ripping out the green area so difficult. But it’s done and I hope to finish up the back stitching tonight and start the beading.
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The ripping out of tiny stitches sounds like a pain. 😅 I’m glad you got a better result with the dark pink, though. 🙂 Looking forward to the finished J.
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Yep. I will post an update soon.
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She will be finished before you know it and such a beauty!
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I think she will. I am hoping in the next night or two I will finish her. Thank you 🙂
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Beautiful. What a great way to start the year stitching. Have fun doing the rest. 🙂
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Thank you, Joey. Beading began last night, so I am hoping for a finish tonight.
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Awesome, that is so nice, and so fast. 🙂 Enjoy.
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Pretty. She’s an enchanting piece of art. Well done. 🙂
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Thank you. I started the beading last night and I am so excited to get her finished.
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I’m new to the blogosphere. Anyway, I love this piece and the aida cloth color too! Do you prefer the tool you use verse a hoop when stitching?
I was stitching earlier, on a birth sampler for a friend. But dinner time. Time to feed the little one, and myself. 🙂
Anyway, I love this piece.
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Thank you araiofstitches4u. It turned out to be a beautiful piece. It’s still sitting in my dining room against the wall because I haven’t wanted to put it away until the holidays roll around. Not just yet. I actually prefer to use a scroll frame, but wanted to give the Qsnaps another try. I don’t like holding anything in my hand to stitch, as I like to use both hands. Using a scroll frame allows me to do that by resting it on my knee. But the Q-snap worked out ok for the small letters. I like using a hoop when working on an afghan. Thank you for visiting and welcome to the big black hole, aka the blogging world, LOL.
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lol…thank you for the welcome! I bought the qsnaps for something else, but haven’t tried it for stitching. I have to. I don’t care for the hoops b/c they crush the stitching, especially the delicate stitching.
I know, I have a piece I stitched…I turned my daughter’s artwork into a cross stitched piece. It came out great…a gift for my husband, it was a family portrait. Anyway, it’s not hung up yet and still sits here :(. If he doesn’t put it up soon, I will! lol . Keep on stitching!!!
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You will have to try them. Lots of people like them and I thought they worked well for a smaller project. I use pieces of felt under the locking pieces and I think that you could probably use a piece of felt in your hoop also. To protect the stitching. I know how it is waiting for hubby to hang something. I end up hanging things myself because I just can’t wait to see them on the wall. Go hang it, girl! Admire your work on the wall! Have a great week.
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Thanks for the felt suggestion. I’ll try it. Oh…i’ve hung things on my own. Funny b/c I just got off the phone with him and he says “you tend to hang things in random places”. So I told him, “then hang it. I don’t care where (not as picky as him I guess), but just hang it.” lol.
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