A Knit Finish and Cross Stitch Progress

August 3, 2022 My Time Stitching14 Comments

Hello my blogging friends! We are expecting severe storms where I am, so I am hoping to get this post in before the storms come. Though it is getting pretty dark out right now.

So, when I finished knitting the last baby blanket, I decided that I wanted to finish the last 2 projects that have been in my WIP pile for the last couple of years. First up is Windsor Mitts. I started the first mitt in November of 2020 and I don’t think that I posted about them. So here is my start from almost 2 years ago.

A friend gave me this set of teeny tiny circular needles to try and I happened upon the Windsor Mitt’s pattern and it just happened to need this size 2 needle. I was not sure about knitting with this tiny circular, but it turned out that I loved it! So much better than Double Pointed Needles, which you know I hate.

I was knitting right along with the tiny needles and loved how the pattern was turning out. The yarn is Blue Sky Alpaca and it is so soft.

I just couldn’t wait to try it on. So far so good! so that brings us to where the mitt was when I picked it up a couple of weeks ago. I still had the thumb to do. Ugh! Double pointed needles…

I only had to do about 9 rows, so it actually wasn’t so bad. I finished it and then cast on the 2nd mitt with the tiny circular needle.

And I finished them! Another project out of my WIP pile and just one more crochet project to go 🙂

For cross stitching, well there are still quite a few projects in that pile. But I will share what I was stitching on in July. First here is the progress I made on Esmerelda.

This is as far as I got on her before putting her away. She is from Bella Filipina Designs and I am stitching her on 16ct Aida Oberon from Fabrics by Stephanie.

And the last project I worked on is the 2022 MSAL from Fox and Rabbit.

And this is how it looked when I put it away to do some crocheting. I really love the colors I chose. I am usually not a fan of red, but this is regal! The fabric is 16ct Aida Winter Wishes from Fabrics by Stephanie and threads are DMC 115 with DMC 902 for outlining the letters.

I still have the inner border to finish and the outer border to do. And the August section just came out, so I will need to get busy on it soon. This design is FREE from Fox & Rabbit Designs. New sections come out on the 1st of the month through December.

It is storming now. Thankfully I took these photos this afternoon while the sun was still shining. I will end this post with a sweet photo I took this week of a beautiful little visitor. Until next time, happy stitching!

Ginny

Bella Filipina Designs · cross stitch · Fabric · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Mermaids · Passione Ricamo · Shannon Christine designs

A Finish, A near Finish and A New Start!

November 29, 2018 My Time Stitching34 Comments

Hello my blogging friends! It’s a bit of a snowy day outside, so I am inside, organizing, cleaning and now it’s time for a blog post 🙂 Thanksgiving is over, and I kept my emotions under check better than I expected to. And ever since, I have been cleaning and organizing and making piles to give away and donate. I tend to do this when I am sad or angry. It feels good to get organized and having things put into place. I really cleaned my laundry room and my craft room, making room for new storage containers 😉 I am hoping my craft room will be better organized for me to get in there and get my Christmas cards made and get back to my scrapbooking. Now onto stitching stuff!

First, I have a finish. Pink Princess is complete and I am over the moon in love with her. I even found the little butterfly bead to put into her hand instead of stitching a butterfly. Not sure if you can see it in the photo. It is a beautiful bead with blues and greens and purples and pinks. Perfect for her hand.

I think she turned out so amazing! She is Dawn, the Fairy Spirit of Grace by Passione Ricamo. I stitched her without the wings, even though she is a beauty with them as well. I stitched her on 16ct Aida Tintagel from Fabrics by Stephanie. A gorgeous Princess on a gorgeous piece of fabric.

So now I am back to stitching on the Treasures of the Deep piece. November mermaid is up right now.

I finished all the stitching last night. I am hoping to get the backstiching all done tonight so that I can dive into a new project. Yeah, I know, another project, right? Anyway, this one is Treasures of the Deep SAL from Shannon Christine designs. The fabric is 16ct Aida Maldivian Dreams from Fiberlicious. Just December and January left of this SAL and then all the gorgeous, sparkly beads can be added. This one is really blinged to the max!

So, what is my new project you ask? Well, it is another mermaid. This one is Aquamarina from Bella Filapina. I ordered her in August and she arrived sometime in October. I quickly gathered up all the DMC threads, beads and Kreiniks for her and special ordered a fabric for her. Last night I received this gorgeous fabric and I squealed with delight!

Oh my gosh! Isn’t it just breathtaking? It is 16ct Aida from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. Johanna did an amazing job on creating this one for me. So I am hoping to start this new project tomorrow, even if I have to stay up super late finishing the back stitching on the November mermaid.

So that is what I am up to today. What are you stitching on? Do you have a new project you want to get started on?

AAN Chandelier · Craft projects · cross stitch · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Mermaids · Passione Ricamo · Passione Ricamo SAL · Shannon Christine designs

The Flu, a Finish and Some Stitching

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 My Time Stitching30 Comments

Hello blogging friends! I feel like I have been missing in action for months. So grab your favorite beverage as this may be a long post 🙂 I am finally recovering from having the flu for the last 2 weeks. The first week I didn’t do much except ache, sleep and fight a fever. Ugh, I am so glad that is over. Just before getting sick, I went to Joanns craft store and bought some crystals to finish my Chandelier piece. I came home and laid them out and then went back again and picked up more to cover all the places I wanted a jewel to hang. So last week I sat and sewed them all on. Here is my finished piece.

I really like how it came out. The crystals are sparkly, even though they don’t show much here. And I am glad to have this finish off the scroll frame. This was a AAN SAL stitched on 16ct Winter Solstice from Fabrics by Stephanie. Here are a couple of more pictures.

I also finished the March Mermaid on the Treasures of the Deep SAL by Shannon Christine Designs.

This is a SAL put out by Fiberlicious and I am stitching it on 16ct Maldivian Dreams by Fiberlicious. I also stitched a couple of more frames to be ready for the next few mermaids. There will be 12 in all, each mermaid representing a birth month. So sweet!

I also stitched on the 2nd block of the PR 20th anniversary piece and this is how far I am before putting it away.

I have pulled out an old WIP to work on for now. I call her the Pink Princess.

I will be stitching her without the wings. I started her March 2015. I can’t believe it has been 3 years! The fabric is amazing! It is 16ct Tintagel from Fabrics by Stephanie. I am LOVING all the pink in this one. It’s going to be amazing!

And when I am not stitching, I am working on a new hobby; Diamond Painting! My best stitchy friend sent me a custom made Diamond Painting for my Birthday. It is actually a picture of a photograph I had taken a couple of years ago. It was such a thoughtful gift and I am loving Diamond Painting.

I am about 1/2 finished placing all the little tiles down. I find it quite addicting. When I plan about a half hour to work on it, several hours can go by. It is very peaceful and calming. If you don’t know what Diamond Painting is, it is kind of like cross stitching, but without a needle. The canvas is a sticky pattern filled with little squares with symbols that correspond to a colored tile. Much like a colored cross stitch pattern. The tiles are picked up with a pen with wax in the bottom of it and the tiles are placed on the corresponding symbol. I am loving it and already thinking about my next canvas 😉 I am not going to reveal the finished picture just yet. Can you tell what it is?

Well, I think I have taken up enough of your time for now. I am happy to be doing better and getting back to a normal routine. What have you been crafting on lately?

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So Many Projects!

March 2, 2017 My Time Stitching34 Comments

Hello my blogging friends. Happy March! Can you believe February passed us by so quickly? Spring has to be just around the corner for my neck of the woods, though we had a bit of Spring last week with one day reaching 70 degrees! In February! Usually a month when we are covered in snow that doesn’t start to melt until that first week of nice spring weather. So what have I been up to?

I have been slowly stitching on Ella. But that gap at the bottom of the dress is getting close to finishing! So excited about that. Then I can move my scrolls up. I was working on Ella while waiting for my Sullivan thread order to come into my LNS. Thanks to a wonderful stitching friend, I will be able to continue on my Mystery Sampler possibly tonight 🙂

Yep, a wonderful stitcher in the Mystery Sampler SAL group offered to send me 3 skeins of London Fog so that I can continue stitching. I am hoping to pick it up tonight, if not tonight, then on Sunday. Thank you so much, Heather. You are a sweetie!

And did you happen to notice the cute scroll covers on my scroll frame? Yep, I had to buy a new bag and covers to fit this project. Let me show you a better picture.

My new Deanna bag and grime guards. They have little birds and Eiffel Towers on them. And the lining is a beautiful pink! Love them!! If you are interested in Frame covers or bags for your scrolls or Q-snaps, check her out at Deanna’s Frame Covers and Storage. She is awesome.

I have also re-started my Temperature blanket and it is going much better. I switched to all half double crochet, since that is easier for me to keep track of the stitches. Though I have already lost 4 stitches somewhere. Probably in the ends, but I am not going to worry about it. Carole gave me a tip: put a marker in my last stitch, so I know where to put my hook when I turn. It has helped tremendously. Thank you, Carole. I am on row 25 so far. I am not too fond of the colors, but it is winter. I can’t wait to get to some happy colors.

Just look at all those yummy colors I will be getting to someday 🙂 All Stylecraft DK yarn. Love working with this yarn. So soft and doesn’t split when I crochet or knit. I still have a lot of catching up to do. Row 25 means that is the 25th of January. I should see some nice color changes when I get through February. As I said in the beginning of my post, we have had some nice, spring like temps.

And lastly, let me show you some pretty fabrics I received last week:

Sorry about the sideways photo. But they are beautiful any way you look at them. All are from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. So pretty! I had plans to use the one on the right for Mirabilia’s Snow Queen, but it is a bit too small. I didn’t have anything in mind for any of them when I bought them. I am sure I will find something wonderful to put on all of them some day. If you would like to see more of Fantasy Dyed Fabrics, check out her facebook page and Etsy shop. She posts new fabrics at least once a week, but I will warn you, they sell out almost immediately.

At the end of this month, my little old blog will be 5 years old! I can’t believe I have kept up with it for 5 years! Not as much as I would like, but as much as I can. And it has been so much fun and I have met so many wonderful people. So watch out for my next post. I will be posting a give-away to celebrate my 5 wonderful years 🙂

Well, that is about all I have to share today. I am also getting ready for a scrapbook fundraiser that I give a make n take class at, twice a year. As you can see, I have just a little going on, and can you believe that I want to add a few more projects to my ever growing list? But not until at least next week 😉 So how many projects are you juggling these days and are they all the same hobby or all different hobbies? I’d love to hear all about them.

cross stitch · Cross Stitch Patterns · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Hand Stamped Cards · knitted scarves · Knitting · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Nora Corbett · Passione Ricamo · Pixie · Queen · Uncategorized

Show and Tell Time

October 24, 2016 My Time Stitching35 Comments

Wow! Where did October go? I can’t believe it’s been a month since I last posted. Time is flying! So I have things to share. First, hubby went to the framer over the weekend and picked up this:

Mirabilia’s Raven Queen. Isn’t she a beauty? I had the frame picked out for months and it is even more perfect for her than I imagined! I LOVE this piece immensely! She is stitched on 16ct Aida Twixt N Tween from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie.

A closer picture of her and the awesome frame:

And remember the piece I was stitching for a friend, so I couldn’t show it? Well hubby also picked it up from the framer and here it is:

Yeah, my friend is a Trekkie and I finally got this stitched up for her. It is actually stitched on a blue 14ct opal fabric. Here is a better picture of the fabric:

My friend was actually at my house on Saturday for a card class when hubby came home with it, so I was able to give it to her right away. She loves it and was planning on taking it to work today to show all of her Trekkie friends and then I am sure she will find the perfect place to hang it at her house.

I also finished this, but haven’t put it in for framing yet.

Nora Corbett’s Iris Pixie on 16ct Aida OOAK from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. I just love her on this fabric! So cool how it turned out.

She is a cutie. I can’t wait to get her framed. So now I am working on the Passione Ricamo’s A Journey Into the Deep. I would love to finish this one before starting a new Pixie. Here is how I left the mermaid last night:

I know you can’t tell from this picture, but this is a pretty big piece. I am almost finished the tail, and then I have another fish to do to the right of the tail and another further up then I can move up to her sweet face and all that hair. And she does have a million beads, too, so she will be nice and sparkly! I am stitching her on 28ct Lugana Pixie Dust from Silkweaver.

I also did something new. I knitted an infinity scarf on size 50 needles. Size 50!! Boy was that a little awkward.

The yarn is Red Heart Boutique Twilight in color Metallic. It is soft and will be nice and warm on the very cold days that they are predicting we will have this winter.

I have also been making Christmas cards. One for every day in October. Here is today’s card:

If you want to see the prior 23 cards, you can view them on my business facebook page at Ginny’s Place, Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. Leave a comment so I know you visited and let me know what you think of the cards.

Well, now I am all up to date with what has been happening with me the last month. What have you been working on?

cross stitch · Fabric · Hand Dyed Fabrics · Hand Stamped Cards · Mermaids · Mirabilia · Nora Corbett · Stamping stuff

Mermaid Progress

July 13, 2016 My Time Stitching17 Comments

I can’t tell you how happy I am to finally be finished with Aphrodite‘s tail and that shell! They are so big! The entire part is bigger than my open hand with fingers spread!! Wow, that took a while to do. So now I am moving on up! She is a skinny mermaid, so I am hoping she won’t take me too long to finish. I am itching to start a Pixie! Speaking of which…here are all the fabrics I have purchased from Fantasy Dyed Fabrics specifically for Pixies and a few witches.

Just look at all those beauties!! All except 2, have been matched with a specific pattern. Most of the pieces are about 14 x 17, which is perfect size for a pixie or witch from Nora Corbett. There are a couple of larger pieces that will be cut into 2 pieces for 2 pixies. There is one large piece that is for a larger mermaid. As you can see, I am addicted to Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. The gal that dyes them is awesome. She dyes one of a kind pieces and posts them on her Facebook Page and her Etsy. And she is quick to ship once you purchase. Great fabrics, awesome customer service and quick shipping. I have 2 more pieces on the way for 2 more pixies and that doesn’t even put a dent into how many Pixies Nora has come out with. I may run out of wall space first, LOL.

And for you paper crafters out there, here is my most recent card I made using Stampin’ Up! products.

I love birds, and the Best Birds stamp set with matching dies makes it so easy to create with. So sweet!

So what are you crafting these days?

Crochet · Fabric · Hand Dyed Fabrics · New stash! · yarn

New Fabric and Yarn Stash

May 20, 2016 My Time Stitching21 Comments

I recently told you about a new dyer come to town; Fantasy Dyed Fabrics. I received 4 beautifully dyed fabrics from her yesterday and just have to share the beauties with you.

Just look at those beauties!! All 4 are 16ct Aida and about 14 x 15 in size. Perfect size for Mirabilia Pixies or fairies 😉 I have an idea what I will put on the top left one, but will have to test that out at a later date. The others will be ready when the right Pixie comes to mind. If you are looking for one of a kind hand dyed pieces, check out Fantasy Dyed Fabrics on Facebook and on Etsy. What you see is what you get, great prices and quick shipping. And check back often as she is always putting up new fabrics as she dyes them. I have 2 more pieces on the way and can’t wait to see them in person. I already have designs in mind to stitch on them both. I will share when they arrive.

My next stash share is a ton of yarn!

I ordered all of this Stylecraft yarn from Loveknitting.com for a special project; a Faded Painted Rose Blanket by Sandra Paul.

Isn’t it just gorgeous? I just swoon every time I see it. I have never crocheted a granny square and have only ever made a flower or two, but I really want to tackle this project. If you want to read more about it and where to get the pattern, you can read about it on the Cherry Heart Blog here. Now that all my yarn has arrived, I hope to get started on my first square next week. Wish me luck 🙂

What new products have you added to your stash pile recently?

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Fabrics A Plenty

August 8, 2013 My Time Stitching6 Comments

I have been on a bit of fabric spending spree lately. This is what I received in the mail last weekend:

Aren’t they just beautiful? They are all from Hand Dyed Fabrics By Stephanie. On the left is Nantucket Sky-I plan on stitching Lavender Lace’s Spring Angel on it. Top right is Enchanted Glen and on the bottom right is Shimmering Pool. They are all 16ct Aida and all are beautiful. My camera really captured the true colors of these fabrics. Not sure what I will stitch on Enchanted Glen. Shimmering Pool is perfect for a mermaid. I have also purchased quite a few fabrics from Silkweaver lately. I don’t have pictures of those, but will have to pull them out and take a picture of the many I have purchased. I think that I have enough fabrics now for whatever design I want. Now I just want to stitch a little on each of the fabrics 🙂 Thanks for visiting today.

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More Fabric?

April 2, 2013April 2, 2013 My Time Stitching6 Comments

That’s what my hubby said when he went out to get the mail while I was in the house hosting a psychic party on Saturday. Here is what I received:

This is my first order that I placed on day one of Stephanies’ fabric sale last month. All are 16ct Aida. From left to right they are: Fairy Dance, Northern Lights, Secret, Pixie Kiss Warm Sugar and Samantha. They are all just gorgeous and I am going to have fun finding things to stitch on these in the future. I placed a second order on day 2 of her sale after finding out that Aida comes in Opalescent! Scream! I can’t wait to get that order. I ordered two Opals and I’m sure they will also be just a beautiful as these-but sparkly! Do you think I am addicted to Stephy’s fabby’s?

Fabric · New stash! · Pillows · Uncategorized

Some Pillows and some new stash

March 8, 2013March 8, 2013 My Time Stitching5 Comments

Today I realized that I never posted my February Pillow. In fact, I never put it out 😦 So in putting January pillow away and getting out the March pillow, I took some pictures.

The February pillow case, no pillow in it.

The March Pillow. I love all the blues and greens. Makes me thing Spring! Is it here yet? Kind of felt like it today. Sunny and in the low 40’s. Beautiful! Now onto some new stash I received this week. First some goodies from a very sweet friend:

The latest Just Cross Stitch magazine and some of the limited edition DMC floss. I love all the shades of blue in this floss. The magazine has a cute teapot design in it. Johanna knows I love tea pots. Here is the tea pot.

Very cute and springy. I love the colors in this one. It will be added to my long list of projects to do 🙂 Thank you Johanna. You are so sweet to think of me.

Next I have some more of Stephanie’s fabrics. This first batch I received on Tuesday:

The top left is Bliss, next to that is Twixt N Tween, under Bliss is Orange/tan, next to that is Turquoise, and on the bottom is Banshee. All are 16 ct Aida except for the Orange/tan-that is 28ct Lugana. They are all just beautiful. And on Thursday, I received these:

Regular Banshee on top and Banshee Brown on the bottom. They are both beautiful and Banshee Brown is awesome! It is what I want for my Asian JE Round Robin! Both of these are 16ct Aida. Stephanie is in the process of making me the Banshee Brown in 28ct Lugana for my RR. I can’t wait to get the fabric and get started on my layout.

So it’s been a good week with lots of fun stitchy stuffs to add to my stash. Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to:)

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