Craft and Stay Calm

March 12, 2020 My Time Stitching19 Comments

Hello my blogging friends. With the Corona Virus news everywhere, it is hard to not wonder and worry. So I craft and try not to think about it too much. I do hope that you are safe and healthy where you are.

I have gotten out of the habit of getting on my computer and checking my mail and blogs on a daily basis and I do miss it. Can you believe that it is already about mid March? The year is flying by so quickly. One thing I am glad of is that Spring will be here soon. We have been flirting with 40’s and 50’s, but I am looking forward to the grass turning green, trees and shrubs budding and flowers breaking through the softening soil.

So, what have I been up to? Well, I finished the Rainbow of Hope Advent shawl.

It still needs blocking, but it is finished. It is so beautiful. AJ Wools did an awesome job with this Advent shawl. I am proud of myself for keeping up with it and finishing it on February 2. Another finish for 2020 😉

Remember the Travel shawl I was working on? I finally finished that one, too!

I used the Rainbow Shawl pattern from Katia, but I am not as thrilled with this one. I had trouble trying to figure out how to wear it. Lots of fabric at the back of my neck which I don’t like. But I love the colors and it is so soft. I used Knit One, Crochet Two Kettle Tweed in color Winter Blossom. I started this project in October 2018 and finished it March 1, 2020. So happy to have this one off of my needles.

I picked up a framing from the framer on February 15. Here is Wherefore Art Thou by Nora Corbett.

She turned out so beautifully! While this piece is not one of my very favorites that I have stitched, she is one of my favorite framings. Because of the large bead in the middle, it had to be framed almost like a shadow box. Juanita from Way Cool Mats did an awesome job, as usual. I just love it so much. I did find out a few days later that Juanita will be retiring from framing in May. I have no idea where I will take my stitchings to be framed in the future. She has framed just about all of my pieces for the last 25 years. I wish her well, but I will sure miss her.

That brings us to my current projects. I pulled out Aquamarina on January 17 and have been working on her as much as I can. I am stitching on 16ct Aida one of a kind fabric from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics.

I have been loving stitching on her. Her tail is massive and I didn’t think I would ever get through it. But I did, and here is where I am at with her today.

Her colors are much brighter than my photo. Not sure why they look like that. The photo on my camera is much brighter. Anway, I am hoping to finish her in time to get her to the framer before she retires. I would love for this one to be framed by her.

I am also working on a new knitting project. I know, I am on a stash diet. But I have a good reason for buying this yarn and starting this project. It is a baby blanket for someone special. And since she may just see this post, I have to turn it black and white. But believe me, the yarn is gorgeous!! It is from AJHC Wools and it is not your traditional baby color 😉

I will show more of this one later.

I received my February Project Bag and it is so pretty and already filled with a future project.

I think this is my favorite bag so far. It is pink 😉 And here is the back.

I am anxiously awaiting my March bag which I am sure will arrive any day now. I will be sure to share in my next post.

So…that is what I have been up to. And what I am doing to take my mind off of what it is out there in the world. What are you doing to keep yourself busy?

Bella Filipina Designs · cross stitch · Fabric · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Knitted Shawl · Knitting · New stash! · Nora Corbett · Project Bags · storage bags · yarn

Crafty Progress In January

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 My Time Stitching16 Comments

Hello my blogging friends! It seems like I blinked a few times, and now January is just about over. Wow! But I was productive. So grab your coffee or favorite beverage and I hope I don’t bore you too much 😉

Early in January, I was reluctant to make a New Year’s Resolution list. I know that there are things I want to accomplish this year, but I didn’t want to call them Resolutions. So that first week in January I decided to go with a “word” for 2020 and that word is “conquer”. I want to conquer all of my started knitted, crochet and cross stitch projects. I want to conquer all of my scrapbook kits and photos. I want to conquer some things in my personal life also. So conquer is a good word for me for 2020. And I have made some progress. On January 16 I finished a cross stitch project that has been in the works since 2016.

I have to apologize for the photos of her. They are from my phone and are not the greatest. For some reason I forgot to photograph her before I put her in for framing.

Just look at that large, beautiful bead that was made in Italy! So beautiful. It is quite bulky and I wasn’t going to add it, but then couldn’t resist as it is beautiful.

Here she is at my Local Needlework Shop, looking to find the perfect frame that is also deep enough to accommodate that bead. I think I chose well 🙂 Can’t wait for her to go to the framer and come back. I will be sure to take photos with my camera 😉 She is stitched on 16ct Aida Pink Impatiens from Silkweaver. All the threads are hand dyed The pattern is Wherefore Art Thou from Nora Corbett.

I almost have a knitting finish. I am so close. Like tomorrow I will probably finish it.

This is the Rainbow of Hope shawl from AJHC Wools. It is the advent shawl that I started on December 1. I have 1 1/2 more leftover micro skeins to add and it will be finished, aside from blocking. It is so big and so beautiful. The colors are so scrumptious! The pattern is available on Ravelry and some kits are available on her Etsy at http://www.ajhcwools.com

A couple of months ago I knitted a baby blanket for a friend, but didn’t want to post it until it had been gifted. Then I forgot to take pictures. I do have one photo of it all folded up:

This was made with Plymouth Encore yarn, held double. The pattern book said all the patterns could be made in 8 hours. Not true. Not for me anyway, and I am a pretty quick knitter. Maybe it could have been made in a weekend if that was all I did. But it is a blanket that could be made pretty quickly if you were in a pinch to get one done. I love how it turned out. It is soft and cuddly and I do love how the striping came out on this one.

Back in November, I went to my LYS and Clevergirl designs was having a pop up shop there. I just love her bags. She had 1 bag that she was introducing that day. Just one of them. A flat project bag with a clear front. Perfect for my cross stitch projects! So I snatched it up and told her I hoped she would make more in the future. Here is the bag I purchased:

Here is the back of the bag. Lots of squares sewn together. So cool.

I love these bags so much! And Hubby was with me when I bought this one. So guess what I received for Christmas?

Hubby asked Kristene of Clevergirl Designs if she would do a bag a month for a year and she said yes. I was so surprised when I opened this on Christmas morning. Hubby also gave me this for Christmas:

This one holds my current cross stitch project that I am working on. And on my birthday last week, I received my January bag.

I just love these bags. the clear window in the front allows me to see what is inside without having to open the bag. And they are so pretty and Kristine does such a great job on them.

Here is the next WIP project I have picked up to work on getting finished.

This is Aquamarina by Bella Filipina Designs. It feels good to be stitching on her again. I am hoping she will be my first Bella Filipina finish, soon. I am stitching her on 16ct aida, a one of a kind fabric from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. I love it and think Aquamarina is going to look amazing on it.

Since last week was my birthday, Hubby took me to my LNS where I belong to their stitchy club. Included in the membership is a 20% off birthday shopping spree during your birthday month. So I picked up a few things 😉 Hubby went next door and bought me chocolate and then took me to dinner. The Clevergirl bag in the back ground arrived in the mail when I got home that day. I thought it was a nice background for my photo.

And I finally had my white birthday cake last night 🙂

I also have scrapbooked 20 pages this month. So I think I have a pretty good start to conquering the things I want to do in 2020. Do you have a word or a list for what you want to achieve in 2020?

cross stitch · Knitted Shawl · Knitting · mystery sampler · Nora Corbett · Sampler · Uncategorized

Summertime Stitching

July 18, 2019 My Time Stitching21 Comments

Hello my friends! The summer is getting away from me and I know it’s been a little while since I last posted. Our basement has come along nicely. The waterproofing is done, the construction is done, it has been painted and carpeted, finally. It is furnished with a couple of chairs and tv. Office furniture has been put together and the computer and printer set up and files in the filing cabinets. Mostly my cross stitch patterns, but some files, too, LOL. Book shelves have been put together and books on the shelves. They were filled pretty quickly with both hubby’s and my book collection. And my Scrapbook cabinets have been brought down and filled with the scrapbooks. The only thing left to do is get the doors sanded as they don’t fit now with the carpeting, and go through all the bins and boxes in the garage and bring down what we want stored in the storage room. That will be a slow process as it has been so hot in the garage, and up and down 3 floors is taking a toll on my knees. But it will get done.

I have been stitching whenever I get a chance. Mostly evenings and when I am not so tired. So I will share what I have worked on the last month or so.

Nora Corbett’s Wherefore Art Thou came out for a little bit and I got quite a bit done on her. Hopefully the next time I pull her out I will get her finished. I am stitching her on 16ct Aida, a one of a kind from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. I am using all hand dyed threads on this one.

I haven’t worked on this one in a few weeks, but so far so good on this one. It is the famous WingSpan Shawl by Kyle Vey. There are about 45-50 rows on my needles, even though it does not look like it. I have finished row 24-1 and am looking forward to getting back to this one. I am knitting this one for someone and maybe I will get it done before X-mas, LOL. I have ordered yarn from Blue Brick to make one for myself, and hopefully I can get through this pattern without any problems and want to do it again for me. The yarn I am using on this one is Mirasol’s Qulla in Moonlight colorway. This pattern is available on Ravelry if you want to give it a go.

A couple of weeks ago I joined the Mermaid’s Garden MKAL from Softyarn Designs. At first I thought my knitting was too loose. I was getting gauge, but it just seemed off for me. Not sure why, as it is a mystery and I really didn’t know how it was supposed to look. So after about the 5th start, I decided to keep going and busted butt to get caught up this week. I am LOVING this shawl! I’ve learned some new stitches with this one like Sea Urchins, Little Sea Shells and stitches that look like mermaid scales.

I can’t wait for Clue #4 to come out tomorrow, and then the final Clue #5 next week. So there is still time to get in on this one. It is available on Ravelry. The yarn I am using is Mermaid’s Ass from A Whimsical Wood Yarn Co. How appropriate, right? I also purchased some yarn from AJHC Wools in DK in Tawaret colorway to make this one again. It is a mauve color with some blue/purples specks throughout, but more of a solid color.

I added the June section (lower left corner) to the 2019 Mystery Sampler from Linen and Threads. I am stitching this on 16ct Graceful Gray from Wichelt and using DMC 3810 and Gloriana thread in Rainforest.

And in between all the projects, I have worked on the pillow. I don’t want to show all of my progress because I want it to be a surprise for the recipient. This one goes slow, with so much confetti stitching. But it is really growing on me and I am liking the colors right now. So bright and cheery.

I have also put a tiny few stitches into a new afghan project, but there really isn’t much to show on that one, so I will share when I have more to show. I have also tried my hand at Tunisian Crochet, but not having a lot of luck with it. As with all of my crochet, my edges are wonky and I still struggle with where to insert my hook. I have 2 more classes left, so I’ll see what I can absorb and if it will finally click with me. My teacher, Jen, says I can do it, so I keep trying. Wish me luck!

So that is what I have been doing with my summer so far. What fun projects are you working on?

Afghans · Craft Room · Crochet · cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Nora Corbett · Passione Ricamo · Pixie · Shannon Christine · Shannon Christine designs

So I Visited The Crochet Expert

October 26, 2018 My Time Stitching19 Comments

Wow! Another post so soon from me? I’m on a roll, LOL.

So on Wednesday, I went to my Local Yarn Shop for a session with the Crochet Expert, Jen. She was amazing. I feel like I learned so much. Not just for my blanket, but for crochet in general. So here is my blanket how I left it Wednesday night:

Not a whole lot added since my last post, because I now have tendonitis in both of my elbows. Ugh. Too much knitting and crocheting the last few weeks. So I am wearing a brace on my right arm, which is the worst. I could barely dry my hair yesterday 😦 But, I do have the correct number of stitches and I am using stitch markers to mark the first stitch of every row. It appears that I have left some stitches unstitched on my ends. And Jen is going to help me with my border when I am ready so that it looks evened out since I opted to just continue on rather than rip it all out. So I am more confident going forward from here…when my elbows stop hurting.

This week I stitched the October mermaid on the SAL and even started beading 🙂

This piece is going to have so many beads!! I was so excited to start beading, being that I am on the bottom row, that I forgot that I still have January to do since this SAL started in February. So I didn’t put the rest of the bigger beads on October since I am using a scroll frame. The biggest bead, at the top of October, gave me such a tough time. I just couldn’t get it to lay properly. It took me about 40 minutes to finally get it the way I wanted after putting the other white bead on, so I am not taking them out. I will put some felt or batting on top of the beads before I roll it up when I do January. So for now, I will skip the beading. It was fun putting all those gold beads in. I love beading.

So last night I pulled out my Pink Princess.

It is really called Dawn, the Fairy Spirit of Grace, by Passione Ricamo. But I am going to stitch her without the wings, so I call her my Pink Princess. I am stitching her on 16ct Aida Tintagel from Fabrics by Stephanie. And when I pulled this out, I saw in my notes that I started her in March of 2015!!! What? It just could not have been that long! Where does the time go. There is no way I should have these things as WIP’s for this long. I will stitch on her until the next section of the Mystery Sampler comes out on Oct. 31. Hopefully she won’t be put away for too long.

A couple of weeks ago, I hung some stitchings in my craft room. I was reminded by a blogging friend that I hadn’t shared photos.

Ella, the Frog Princess. I love seeing her when I am crafting in my room. Which obviously isn’t enough as my plant is dying. No worries. I did water it after taking my photos. It should be all perked up tonight.

I added the White Angel Trumpet pixie to the other pixies I have stitched. They all look so cute hanging together. I don’t have much wall left though. I can fit one more to the left of Iris. I’ll have to figure out which one that will be.

And lastly, I hung the Mystery Sampler 2017 right beside my desk.

While I am working at my desk, I can look up and see this one. This was my very first Sampler and I am happy that it is hanging when I can see it when I am at my desk. Oh, I was in my craft room this week. I put together an 8 x 8 travel scrapbook which is where I am planning on putting my pictures from my trip up north last weekend. So I guess I can say that I am in there at about once a week. I love seeing my stitchings on the wall when I craft 🙂

So what are you up to this week? Any stitchy plans for the weekend?

cross stitch · Mermaids · Nora Corbett · Passione Ricamo · Passione Ricamo SAL · Poison Pixie · Shannon Christine

Stitching and More Snow!

March 1, 2018 My Time Stitching29 Comments

Hello friends! Happy March! I have no idea where February went, but I do hope that March slows down a bit. And it is coming in like a Lion! This is what it looks like out my window right now:

Really? After all of our snow had finally melted and we have had temperatures in the 50’s the last 3 days. We are expecting 4-6 inches today. It has been snowing steady for the last 4 hours and starting to pile up out there. Good thing I have no plans to be out today or tomorrow. Enough about the white stuff. Let’s get to the stitchy stuff 🙂

First, I brought this adorable little pixie home from the framer a couple of weekends ago.

She is the White Trumpet Angel by Nora Corbett. I stitched her on a one of a kind hand dyed fabric from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics in 16ct Aida. If you haven’t checked out her fabrics, you should. She usually posts new fabrics on her Etsy on Monday’s and you can purchase what she posts right away. She has great customer service and super fast shipping. She is so sweet! I have yet to hang her in my craft room, (the framed piece, not Johanna, LOL) but I will. She will join the other 3 pixies I have hanging in there.

I have been stitching on the Passione Ricamo 20th Anniversary piece and finished the first block a few nights ago. Sorry for the crooked picture.

This piece is going to be amazing when it is finished. Here is a close up of the block I just finished:

It was so much easier stitching this block than it was that Fairy to the right. It probably took me about a week of evenings to stitch her. I hope all of the blocks go as quick, then I can have this piece finished in a few months. Wouldn’t that be awesome!

And I have a new start! When you see what it is, you will know why I couldn’t resist…

A year of mermaids!!! WOW! As soon as this was released, my BSF (Best Stitchy Friend) sent the link over to me and I caved almost immediately. She is such an enabler, LOL. But I love her and she knows me so well. So this is a year long SAL designed by Shannon Christine and put out by Fiberlicious. I have received all of my supplies and started it the other night. Here is my progress:

The mermaids are birthstone mermaids and the SAL starts with February. Isn’t she just the sweetest little mermaid? And boy is this piece full of bling!! But my beads and crystals will have to wait until the very end. I am stitching on 16ct Aida Maldivian Dream from Fiberlicious. It is a beautiful hand painted fabric. If you are interested in this SAL, you can order through Fiberlicious.

Well, that is what I have been up to. What are you up to these days? Do you have any new starts? What WIP project are you trying to get finished?

Books I am reading · cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Knitting · Nora Corbett · Passione Ricamo · Pixie · Poison Pixie · scrapbooking

First Finishes of the Month

January 19, 2018 My Time Stitching22 Comments

Hello blogging friends! We are a few weeks into January and already I have a few finishes. Earlier in the month I finished the 1 ball cowl I had started over the summer and I just love how it turned out.

The yarn is “Shawl in a Ball” from Lion Brand. The color is Community Coral. It was pretty mindless knitting in stockinette stitch and so it became my take along project for knitting on car rides that were 1/2 an hour or more. After the new year, I decided to bite the bullet and knit on it until I finished the skein. I have already worn it once and it is nice and warm.

Next up I have my first 2 scrapbook pages for the year. They were part of a kit from my Local Scrapbook store. January pages of the Calendar Club.

I have done the calendar club at this shop for the past 4 or 5 years, but this year is going to be my favorite as she will be using products from Blue Fern. I Love their products and I enjoyed creating these pages. Hopefully I can get more pictures on them and keep up with it all year. Photos will hide those finger prints on the 2nd page from me putting lotion on my hands. Ugh.

Next up is my first book finish.

I finished this book on Wednesday. It is the 2nd in The Guardian Trilogy from Nora Roberts. With all of my hobbies, reading takes a back seat, reading usually only at lunch time or when I am at a hair appointment or take my car in for an oil change. One of my goals this year is to read more. I am happy to have my first book finished in January. This series is pretty good. I am anxious to start the 3rd book and see how it finishes up.

I finished this sweet little thing last night:

She was a pretty quick stitch. Binge watching the old X-Files has certainly helped me move right along with her. She is White Angel Trumpet, a Poison Pixie from Nora Corbet. I stitched her on a OOAK 16ct Aida from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. The fabric looks like it has poisonous gasses in greens and grays. I think it is perfect for her.

So I dug this WIP out to work on for now.

This one is Passione Ricamo’s 20th Anniversary SAL. It is quite a large piece and I would love to finish this one this year. There are many blocks on this one each containing a portion of different PR patterns from over the years. I am stitching on 16ct Aida Nantucket Sky from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie. It is truly going to be an amazing piece. Not sure how long I will stitch on it, but every stitch will put me closer to a finish, right?

So that is it for my finishes so far this month. I have a long list of goals for 2018 and I am still trying to put them into a “18 in 2018” order. I hope to have that list nailed down for my next post. So what are your goals for 2018? What are you currently working on? I’d love to hear all about it 🙂

cross stitch · Nora Corbett · Pixie · Sampler

Welcome 2018!

January 3, 2018 My Time Stitching22 Comments

Happy New Year, my blogging friends! I do wish you all a wonderful, happy, healthy 2018. I just love starting a new year. It’s a blank page to make it what you want; to make those lists of things to do, (and not do) and what we want to accomplish in the new year. It is also my birthday month, so I am a little partial to January 😉 I have made my list of New Year Resolutions and things I would like to do this year. It is a really long list and I intend to work very hard at accomplishing all of my goals. Some of the things at the top of my list are to eat healthier by cooking more, get my butt on the tread mill, clean and purge my entire house (I got a good start in December) eliminate a lot of knitting and scrapbooking stash and to finish cross stitch WIP’s. I have been pretty good at working on WIP’s this last year, so hopefully that will continue into the new year. So, let’s get to the stitchy stuff. I finished the Mystery Sampler from Linen and Threads.

I put the last stitch in just minutes before midnight on Christmas Eve. I really, really enjoyed this stitch all year long and am so pleased with my color selections. If you are seeing this for the first time, I stitched this on 16ct Aida Castleview by Silkweaver. I stitched with Sullivan’s variegated London Fog and DMC 3888. And a special thank you to the gals that donated some 3888 floss to me so that I could finish this project. I chose this floss from my DMC cabinet and didn’t realize that it was a color that was offered in a box of new colors that have not been added to the DMC line. So I really appreciate the gals helping me out. If you are interested in stitching this, the pattern sections are FREE from Linen and Threads and they are still available on their website. They have also started a new Mystery Sampler for 2018, for FREE, and I have a feeling it will be just as gorgeous as this one. The January section is up on the website. I can’t wait for my threads to get here and to get that special piece of fabric so I can get started on it. Here is another angle of my finished piece.

I have put a few stitches into my newest start, White Angel Trumpet, by Nora Corbett.

So far this has been a very nice, relaxing stitch. I am stitching her on 16ct Aida, One of a Kind from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics.

That is all for now. I do hope to blog more this year. I’d love to say that I will be create a new post every week, but I think I would totally fail at that one right off the bat. So I will post when I can and share what I am up to 😉 So what are your goals for 2018? I’d love to hear about them. I will leave you with a gorgeous winter sunset I saw last night 🙂 I am still thinking about the gorgeous pinks and purples and oranges and what a wonderful piece of fabric that would be.

AAN Chandelier · cross stitch · Nora Corbett

Busy Time of Year, But Still Stitching

December 11, 2017 My Time Stitching20 Comments

Hello blogging friends! How is your December going? Can you believe it is almost the middle of December already? I have gotten quite a bit done, but still a few things left on my to do list. I am reserving my evenings to stitch so that I can relax after the busy days. So what have I been up to? Well, first, I finished the stitching on the Chandelier SAL from AAN.

I love how this one has turned out so far. I say so far, because where the little metallic stitchings are, there is supposed to be some bling 🙂 I am still waiting on an ornament pack from AAN. I hope it arrives soon as I really want this one to be finished so I can get it framed. I love chandeliers with all their sparkles and shine. I want this one to have lots of sparkle. So when I receive those embellishments, I will be sure to update you on this one. Stitched on 16ct Aida Winter Solstice from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie.

Next up is the Wherefore Art Thou piece from Nora Corbett.

I did a little stitching on this one. I am really sad that, in person, the pink fabric really shows through the stitching. The only thing I can determine is that the weeks dyed threads and colorworks threads are thinner than DMC and so the coverage on Aida is not as well. If I were to start this one again, I would definitely do it in DMC instead of the hand dyed threads. I am trying to keep plugging away at it since I have invested so much money into the hand dyed threads, but it is really hard. The fabric is 16ct Aida Pink Impatiens by Silkweaver. So I put her aside and started a new project.

This is Angel White Trumpet from the Poison Pixie series by Nora Corbett. This one really called to me. I knew I wanted to start her as soon as I received her. I had this perfect fabric. 16ct Aida, one of a kind from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. I worked on her for about 3 evenings and then decided I needed to get back to the Mystery Sampler to do the December section so I can get it finished before the end of the year.

The December section is awesome and maybe the largest band. I do hope to get it done by the end of the year. I am stitching this one on 16ct Aida Castleview from Silkweaver. The threads are London Fog from Sullivans and DMC 3888. There will be a new sampler in 2018 by the same designer that designed this one. I do plan to do it, but want to see the first section to help me decide on fabric and thread colors.

Before I go, I wanted to share a post that I saw on another blog this morning:

“Hey Everyone!
In the Spirit of the Holidays, Sam Bee here at Bumblebee Acres is humbly asking you for any help you might be able to give. I am offering these two patters for sale, and all proceeds will go towards my fundraiser. I additionally have a fundraiser page, if you would like to share, read more, or (Bless your heart!) Donate more!
I am attaching the Link to the Fundraiser here: https://www.youcaring.com/samanthatroia-1033946
I am also copying & pasting my story he…

You can also read about her and visit the Bumblebee Acres blog and read more and see the scrumptious yarns they have for sale. I purchased the pattern this morning and am still deciding on some of their yarns. If you want to help out this gal, you can make a donation or the purchase of her Joyful and Cozy pattern has all the proceeds going to help her get the insulin pump that will give make things easier for her . I am not affiliated with this company and I don’t know Sam Bee. I am just passing on the info to help someone out.

So, that is what I have been up to. Along with decorating the house, putting up the tree, cleaning and purging as I go, Christmas shopping, wrapping gifts and finally getting my Christmas cards finished today. So how are your December plans going and what are you doing to relax at the end of your busy days?

cross stitch · Nora Corbett · Sampler

So Many Beautiful Stitchings, So Little Time

November 10, 2017 My Time Stitching13 Comments

Hello blogging friends. The days are flying by. I guess it is true that once Halloween is over, the holidays are just about here. Thanksgiving is almost here and then it will be Christmas and I haven’t even begun to plan. So, I will think about my stitching instead 🙂

If you remember my last post, I was so excited to get caught up on a couple of SAL’s. So while I waited for the next sections, I worked on this beauty. This is Nora Corbett’s Wherefore Art Thou piece that I picked up again. I am stitching on 16ct Aida Pink Impatiens from Silkweaver . I just love the colors in this one. So rich and elegant. I have just put her aside to get back to the Sampler.

I have finished one row of the November section. I have another row to go and then I will be ready for the December section, which will be out before I know it. And today the last section of the Chandelier was released, so I had better get stitching! I want to stitch on them all and also on the other WIP’s that have not seen the light of day in such a long time. But I am making progress, and progress is progress 🙂

On Wednesday of this week, we had our first frost. And today is quite cold. I am now wearing a winter coat and not happy about it. I guess winter is here. Even though it is cold today, the sun is shining and that makes me happy. So what are you up to today?

cross stitch · Fairies · Nora Corbett · Passione Ricamo

My New Look And An Update

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 My Time Stitching47 Comments

If you have been following my blog and are visiting today, you will notice my blog has a new look. The theme I was using has been retired, and I thought I needed an update. I spent hours this morning looking at themes WordPress has to offer. I just couldn’t find what I wanted. Or let’s just say I am not a big fan of change. I think that is more the issue than finding something I liked. I’m not that great of a computer user either, so the choice was hard. I have settled on this look for now. I am still looking 😉 So now for an update on what I have been up to.

I have finished Ella, the Frog Princess. I finished her on May 8, and am so pleased with how she turned out. Have a look:

She is not heavily beaded, but enough to add some sparkle to her. She is a Mirabilia pattern and is stitched on 16ct Aida Pandora from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie.

I have also started the Passione Ricamo Mystery SAL, Moon Sweet Moon and am loving this one.

This will be a fairy and a very large moon. I can’t wait to see if the fairy will be sitting in the moon or flying in front of it. I believe that Laura has re-opened this one for purchase if you want to get in on this one. Click here for the info on her site. I am on section 3 and have section 4 to do before section 5 comes out next week. I am stitching her on a 16ct Aida fabric that was special made for me by Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. I love it. It has a bit of a purple hue to it that the photo doesn’t show, but I think it will be perfect for a night sky.

I have also put a few stitches into the Mystery Sampler from Linen and Threads.

I am afraid I am quite a bit behind on this one. I am still working on the February section. But that’s ok. I am totally loving this one, too. I am stitching this on 16ct Aida Castle View from Silkweaver. I am using Sullivans Variegated thread London Fog and DMC 3888 (which is not part of their line, but a specialty thread).

So that is what I have been up to aside from making cards with some new products I found at the local Scrapbook convention. More on that in my next post 🙂 So what are you working on these days?

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Craft and Stay Calm

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Crafty Progress In January

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Summertime Stitching

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So I Visited The Crochet Expert

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Stitching and More Snow!

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First Finishes of the Month

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Welcome 2018!

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Busy Time of Year, But Still Stitching

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So Many Beautiful Stitchings, So Little Time

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My New Look And An Update

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