Stitching Update

April 21, 2016 My Time Stitching25 Comments

Hi! I’m still stitching along with a ton of other things; stamping, scrapbooking, putting pages in albums, and reading. But let me show you how my stitching is going on the Mira Mystery. I am finished section 1! Finally! Took me about a month, but I finally can move onto section 2. Here is how it looked last night:

While the above picture shows the stitching colors better, the photo below shows how the fabric actually looks:

I have seen the mystery stitched in full by other stitchers on the facebook group, and she is a beauty! Just wait until you see that sweet face!

I also finished this yesterday:

The baby shower is on Saturday, so I finished in great time. I really love how this turned out! The pattern is beautiful and while I didn’t think the colors would be great together when I started, I am loving them now.

So it is all ready to be packaged up. Just have to add a tag and washing instructions. I also made a card to match.

The nursery theme is owls in these colors, so this card is perfect.

So that is what I have been working on this week. What have you been creating?

Afghans · Crochet · cross stitch · knitted scarves · Mirabilia · Nora Corbett · Romanitc · Uncategorized · yarn

Lots of Stitching Going On

April 6, 2016 My Time Stitching14 Comments

I have been so busy this week and getting quite a bit done, too. Yesterday I put together all of my tax stuff for my home business so that Hubby can start on the taxes this weekend. What a job. I promise not to wait until the last minute for this years taxes (fingers crossed I can stick to this one) I have also been getting in some stitching.

First, I finished this over the weekend:

The colors remind me of cotton candy! Love it. I have so many balls of scarf yarn, and my goal is to get them all stitched up by the end of the year. I have already stitched several and gave them away. But not a big dent in my pile yet.

I am still stitching on the Mira Mystery. I picked up section 3 over the weekend. I am still on section 1, so I had better get moving on this one. Here is where I left it last night:

I also picked up my back ordered Weeks Dye Works Threads so I am trying to fill in the blanks. Mostly the green vines and the darker green leaves.

While out shopping this weekend, hubby bought me these:

I’m not sure I would be any good at knitting and crocheting little things and turning them into something, but I love a lot of the items in each of the books. The items on both covers are really interesting and pretty. I’d like to give them both a go sometime.

And while out shopping, I picked up some yarn and a pattern for a baby blanket. I have a baby shower coming up in a few weeks and I wanted to make the Mama to be a blanket for her baby boy that will be here soon. Her nursery colors are Turquoise, purple and brown. I had quite the time trying to find those colors in a baby yarn or sport yarn. I spent so much time looking for patterns and then yarns to match. So I ended up picking worsted weight Red Heart Yarn. This is what I ended up with:

I already love the pattern and it was quite easy to memorize. So I will be able to take it on the go if I need to. Just hope I can finish before the shower. Oh and I am the photographer at that shower! No, I am not a photographer. I just love to take pictures. So the mother of the Mom to be asked if I would come and photograph the shower. I am really nervous about doing it. Not something I have done before. I have so many “what if’s” in my head, but now I am telling myself to just do what I would do at any family function. So I will try. Then I will teach the Mom to scrapbook the pictures so that she can make a scrapbook to give to her daughter when the baby is born.

So, that is all my stitching news for now. What projects are you working on?

cross stitch · Mirabilia · Nora Corbett · WIP

My Mira Mystery Start

March 23, 2016 My Time Stitching20 Comments

So this is my Mira Mystery start. Not much, but still a start. I have mixed feelings about this one. I am stitching this on 16ct Aida Pink Impatiens by Silkweaver. The color is actually a little darker than my photo, but the stitching colors are pretty accurate. I am using the called for Specialty threads (Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks) I am thinking that they may be thinner than DMC because I am not getting good fabric coverage. Any thoughts on this? Since I have so much $$ invested in this one, I will keep going with it.

So, what are you stitching on today?

cross stitch · Elegant Ladies · Knitted Shawl · Knitting · Mirabilia · Uncategorized

Knit, Frog, Knit, Frog…

March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 My Time Stitching24 Comments

So, over the last couple of weeks, I have started this shawl about 12 times now and knitted back I don’t know how many rows. I am at the end of my last nerve with this pattern. Here is what I have knitted back on the needles and have completed row 17.

It is such a cute shawl, featured in the Creative Knitting magazine Wraps, Capelets & Cowls. Looking at my knitting and the pattern, I don’t think I am doing it right, but can’t for the life of me, figure out what I am doing wrong. It is just a bunch of yarn overs and K2tog and Make 1 stitches. And I am afraid to go any further for fear of not coming up with the correct number of stitches at the end of the row…again. The pattern is Roman Stripe, which I have never done before, but doesn’t seem to be difficult. In fact, the pattern says it is for “A Confident Beginner” giving it a ease 2 rating out of 6. I have been knitting for about 30 years, so I think I am beyond a confident beginner, but just can’t figure this one out. If anyone knows this pattern and can tell what I am doing wrong, I would greatly appreciate it. On a side note…I LOVE the Addi Turbo needles!! They glide so nicely and may just be my new favorite needles. I give them an A+ rating.

In between knitting on this and waiting for threads and beads for Pixie Anne, I have picked Ella up again. Here is where I left off last night:

She still has a lot of yellow, but it is so much more relaxing than knitting on that shawl! I am also still working on my craft room; adding things and organizing my supplies. Having fun 🙂

So, have you ever just scrapped a project because it wasn’t coming out like you wanted or had been working on it too long and decided enough was enough? I have done it once, and am seriously thinking about doing it again with this knitting project.

cross stitch · Elegant Ladies · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Mirabilia · New stash! · Stitchy Gifts · Uncategorized · WIP

Birthday Surprises and Ella Update

January 28, 2016 My Time Stitching23 Comments

So last weekend was my birthday and hubby spoiled me with a weekend get-away and some fun shopping. He also surprised me with a techy gift. Did you notice my new blog address?? I’m a dot com now! and I have my own email address attached to my blog so if you ever want to drop me a note, you can at ginny@mytimestitching.com

I received a couple of stitchy gifts for my birthday. I received these from my VBSF (Very Best Stitchy Friend):

Johanna knows I LOVE tea pots and tea cups. It is so perfect. If I had a needle, scissors and a hoop on my getaway, I would have already started this cute stitch. This will look lovely in my kitchen one day. And the beautiful pendant she made from clay. This photo really doesn’t do this piece justice. It is really gorgeous in person. She is so talented. Thank you so much, Johanna.

I received a surprise package all the way from Singapore from a dear blogging friend, Angela.

A beautiful stitch kit that will be perfect in my new craft room (coming this Spring). It says DREAM, sorry I covered that up with the cute little scissors. And a bag full of buttons and charms. I can’t wait to use them in my crafting. Thank you for thinking of me, Angela.

And now my update on Ella, the Frog Princess:

I feel she is going so slow. I have been working on her for about 4 weeks now and this is only the middle of the dress layers. I guess I have my wish to stitch on a lady with a big dress 😉 This is definitely a Big Yellow Dress. I hope to have much more done the next time I update her. In case you are viewing her for the first time, she is Ella, the Frog Princess by Mirabila. I am stitching her on Pandora 16ct Aida from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie.

So, are you working on a project that just seems to be slowly getting done?

cross stitch · Knitting · Mirabilia · New stash! · Uncategorized · yarn

So Much Yellow!

January 21, 2016 My Time Stitching16 Comments

Hello friends. I hope that your New Year is going well. I can’t believe that we are already over half way into January! I have a funny feeling the rest of the year will fly by also. So, here is to taking one day at a time and enjoying each day doing whatever makes us happy.

So…what have I been up to? Well, I am still stitching on Mirabilia’s Ella, the Frog Princess and trying not to let all the yellow get me down! Here she is as I left her last night:

As you can tell from the photo, I have a long way to go. I am trying not to let that sea of yellow get the best of me. Thankfully I have some pretty flowers to give me a boost of color when I get too bored of the yellow. I have been overly tired lately, so the progress has been slow. But I am still enjoying her, so far.

A few weekends ago, I found a couple of knitting shops that I had never been to. Here is what I added to my stash 😉

Yarn and needles to knit a pretty little shoulder shawl from the book shown above. Forgot to take a photo of the actual shawl. But I will when I start it. I also bought my first Addi needles. I have heard they are nice, but have never tried them before. I am not a fan of circular needles, but this pattern called for circulars, in a size I knew I didn’t have. So I will let you know how I like them when I get to knitting on them.

And from the other shop that I visited, I found this:

This shawl was actually done up in the store and I fell in love with it immediately. The yarn it calls for is Saki, a hand dyed yarn by Prism. The color I chose is Portofino and I can’t wait to see how it knits up. I have actually started it and this is where I left off with this one:

I started with 11 stitches and increased up to 161 stitches in just that little bit! It is full of pattern and the last row that I did, I ended up with too many stitches, so had to knit it back 2 rows. I have put the purl row back in, but was a little afraid to pick it back up for fear of making another mistake. I have been too tired lately and I know better than to tackle a pattern when my brain is not up full speed. I am loving how the colors are knitting up already.

So, that is what I have been up to this month. What are you working on?

cross stitch · Games · Knitting · Mirabilia · Stitchy Gifts · Uncategorized · WIP

Happy New Year 2016!

January 7, 2016 My Time Stitching30 Comments

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you a happy, healthy, wonderful 2016!

I had a great stitchy year in 2015 and hope to have another great one in 2016. Usually I grab something new to start on New Years, but this year I decided to work on a WIP. And this one may as well be considered a new start as I didn’t have much done on it when I picked it up. It is Ella, The Frog Princess from Mirabilia. Here is Ella when I started her in November, 2013..

Not much of a start, so that is why I say it’s like a new start 😉 Here she is after I put her down last night..

It sure is a lot of yellow. But I am trying to keep her going until I finish her. Or until a wonderful designer releases something that I just have to start right away 😉 The lovely flowers give me a nice break from the yellow when I need it.

I only received one stitchy gift for Christmas this year, but it is one that I have been wanting for quite some time. A dear friend gifted this to me..

An adorable yarn bowl!! And I have used it to make a couple of scarves already 🙂 I love it. And it looks so pretty on the table with yarn inside it.

While this next gift isn’t a stitchy item, I have designated it to be.

It is my stitchy journal made and gifted to me by my VBSF (Very Best Stitchy Friend). She made this amazing journal cover from clay. She is so talented with her new clay hobby and she knows me so well. I just love this little journal and will keep all kinds of stitchy info on projects and materials and such, inside.

And one other gift that isn’t exactly stitchy per say, but stitchy related..

Hubby bought me the Yoshi’s Wooly World game for the Wii U and I am so addicted to it! Everything in Yoshi’s world is knitted, crocheted or sewing related. Even Yoshi 🙂 As you can see in the picture, the trees and walkways all look like they were knitted or crocheted. There are buttons and crochet hooks and needles throughout. The object in each level is to find all the yarn balls to knit a new Yoshi back together. So cute and I love that all the scenery is stitching of some sort.

So that is my update for the beginning of 2016. I have a long list of things I want to accomplish in 2016. Most are stitching or craft related, like finish up WIP’s, scrapbook all of my page kits, stamp more cards, use up my yarn stash, etc., etc, etc. What do you hope to accomplish this year?

cross stitch · Elegant Ladies · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Mirabilia · Passione Ricamo · Queen · Stitchy Gifts · Uncategorized · Winter

Finished Stitching for Christmas

December 23, 2015 My Time Stitching20 Comments

Well, we are down to the final 2 days before Christmas. I finished stitching my last Christmas gift this week, but it will have to wait for a finish as the hornbooks I ordered have not come in.

This is my 2nd Winter Whisper. It is a gift for my Mom. It is stitched on 16ct Aida Ice Goddess by Stephanie. This fabric turned out a little darker, but she still looks beautiful on it. I will turn it into a flat ornament (kind of) and have it all ready to mount onto the hornbook when I get it in.

Speaking of Whisper Winter, I wanted to thank everyone who voted for my piece. With all of the votes and the decision of the designer and her assistant, I was awarded 3rd place. I am just thrilled.

And here is my wonderful prize package sent all the way from Italy by Laura from Passione Ricamo.

I received a beautiful piece of blue 30ct linen. I have never stitched on 30ct, but may give it a try. Some beautiful post cards with Laura’s beautiful artwork on them. A package of 25 skeins of floss and a pattern of my choice. I chose The Night as it has been on my wish list for quite some time. I love all of my goodies. Thank you again to everyone who voted for me.

I also finished stitching another piece this month. It is the Raven Queen by Mirabilia.

She is stitched on 16ct Aida Twixt N Tween by Stephanie. I LOVE how she turned out on this fabric. Like there is an awesome sunset behind her.

A few nights ago I started stitching the train on the Gingerbread Village by Country Cottage Needleworks, but ended up ripping it out last night. I had about half of the middle train car done when I realized that the white stitching really doesn’t show up well on the Lambswool fabric. I was stitching on 16ct Aida, but after talking with my LNS this morning, the Lambswool Linen (which the pattern calls for) is not any darker than the Aida. So I ordered some Dirty Aida for both the Gingerbread Village and the Santa’s Village. I want my white to show up, especially since there is so much. It seems that several of CCN patters are on the Lambswool which doesn’t make any sense to me. Not a good match to me. So I will work on Mirabilia’s Moon Flowers until the end of the year.

I want to wish those of you that celebrate, a very Merry Christmas with your family and friends. Happy Holidays to those who have a different celebration. And I hope that you get some relaxing stitch time in for yourself 🙂

cross stitch · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Nora Corbett · Sunny Dyes Fabrics · Uncategorized

Mermaid Trio back from the Framer!

December 7, 2015 My Time Stitching26 Comments

I picked up my Mermaid Trio from Stitches N Things today. I think it turned out really well. It is quite wide; measuring 30 1/2″ so I haven’t yet found a place to hang it. I may have to start rotating my projects around. I am happy I put all 3 of these sweet mermaids onto one piece of fabric. Just in case you are not familiar with the designs, they are all separate mermaids by Nora Corbet; the same designer that does the Mirabilia patterns. I love all of her designs. On the left is Mermaid Azure, Coral Charms is in the middle and Mermaid Verde is on the right. They are stitched on 16ct Aida Summer Showers by Sunny Dyes Fabrics.

Who is your favorite designer to stitch?

Crochet · cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · knitted scarves · Knitting · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Passione Ricamo · Passione Ricamo SAL

Accomplishing Alot

November 22, 2015 My Time Stitching24 Comments

Even though I haven’t been blogging a lot, I have been crafting and even have a few finishes. First, I finished the Spice of Life afghan.

It’s not perfect, but I am happy with it. It seems I got a little too relaxed with the last 10 or so rows and so my sides veered out. I wanted to take the last 10 rows and the border out and re-do, but hubby wouldn’t hear of it. He liked it just the way it is and has claimed it as his own. He has even used it a few times :). I learned so much crocheting this blanket. Thank you to Sandra at Cherry Heart Blog and everyone involved for a wonderful Stitch A Long. The pattern is still available on Sandra’s blog if you still want to give it a try.

I also finished a couple of scarves. The first one was a gift to someone at my husband’s work. I thought I had taken a picture of it, but can’t seem to find it. This morning I finished the fun fiber scarf I was working on. It turned out so pretty! Love all the different fibers.

I can’t wait to wear it. I really enjoyed kitting the pink/red/tan ribbon fiber on this one.

Last night I finished a beautiful little project that I worked on this week.

This is Winter Whisper by Passione Ricamo. I call her Winter Princess. It is for a contest. Now that I have finished stitching her, I have to turn her into some kind of finish. Can’t wait to see what I come up with ;). I stitched her on 16ct Aida Ice Goddess from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie. LOVE this color and I am so in love with this design. My photo doesn’t do it justice.

I also picked up Under the Moonlight mermaid from the framer this last week. I had the framing done at Joann’s and I must say, the gal there did a great job. Aside from crooked beads, I am very pleased with it.

Now I need to figure out where to hang her. I have really run out of wall space.

I will be getting back to stitching The Raven Queen tonight. I will post a progress photo soon. I am getting close to finishing the stitching on this one. What are you working on finishing these days?

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