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Fairies

Itching To Start Something New

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I finally got the call that my order for Mirabilia’s August Fairy was in yesterday.  So guess what I did today? Yep, jumped in the car this morning and drove the 45 minutes to my LNS.  Here is what I picked up:

I decided to stitch her on the suggested Milk Chocolate, but in 16ct Aida.  I have been wanting to start something new for some time now and when this fairy came out, I knew it had to be my next project.  I am going to stitch it for my Mom whose birthday is in August.  I also picked up the white 20ct Lugana fabrics for my Seasonal Banners .  I don’t know if you can see in the photo, but I have already stitched around the edges of my fabrics and the Milk Chocolate is already on a scroll frame ready to be stitched on tonight.  I am working on RR, but I will put it down tonight to get a start on August Peridot Fairy.  As my title says, I have been itching to start a new project and tonight is the night.  I will show my start tomorrow.  Happy stitching!

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A Fairy For Barb

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This is June’s Pearl Fairy.  I stitched her in 2001 for someone special.  Sorry for the photo.  It’s a scan of the photo I took of the piece before shipping it to the recipient for her birthday in June 2001.  She is currently hanging in my dad’s house and I do hope to get it back one day as Barb passed away a year ago.  The frame was perfect.  I had picked up 2 frames at a crafter’s garage sale several years prior to stitching this.  It was an old wooden frame that the crafter painted gold and drizzled black and gold paint over.  When I purchased the pattern for this fairy, I knew that she would be perfect in this frame.  The other frame I have is a black rectangle frame with gold drizzling that I think will be perfect for Lady Alexandra.  This fairy is stitched on 16ct white Aida.  I know it looks pink in the photo, but it is actually white.

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Mermaid of the Pearl

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My Monday share is another Mermaid that I stitched up in 1997.  She is Mermaid of the Pearls.

Another gorgeous lady with lots of beads and sparkle.  Just look at that face :o)

She looks so happy and content.

My back is finally getting better and I have been able to do a little stitching the last couple of nights.  I have been giving the snowman some love.  I’ll post a photo later when I have added a bit more stitching.

I have decided which Mermaid I will be stitching next; Emerald Mermaid.  She is the only other horizontal mermaid that Nora has out and that way I can display her on one side of Enchanted Mermaid and Mediterannean Mermaid on the other side.  They both will be looking at Enchanted Mermaid.  Hubby says “ok, but we will have to save up the $$ for the framing”.  I told him I’m sure that we have plenty of time to do that.  What does he think? That I can just whip up a mermaid in no time?  WISH!!  I am sure that I will be so sidetracked by many other designs that I will “just have to do”, right?

Thanks for stopping by today. May your stitching be frogless!

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Mediterannean Mermaid back from the Framer

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Good afternoon friends.  I went to my LNS this morning and picked up Mediterranean Mermaid, all framed and looking lovely.  Here she is:

I love how she turned out.  Not too much frame, no mat, all the focus on her and all of her sparkly beauty.  I’m not sure where I am going to hang her as I think I have run out of wall space.  But I will find the perfect place for her soon. The framing was done by Juanita at Way Cool Mats as is most of my framings.  She always does an awesome job.

While at my LNS, Stitches N Things  I picked up a few things that I had ordered as well as a few new things from the shop.  First, look at this wonderful holder I found:

Isn’t it just lovely?  Remember this pattern I picked up in Stoney Creek Magazine?

Well, it will look great on this holder.  And what’s cool about it is that I can have the Summer Banner put on Mat board (some day, when I get it sttiched) and the holder can be used as an easel.  That way I don’t have to stitch it onto the frame and I can re-use.  It can also hold a project in progress like this:

It will work well with Q-snaps also.  And do you know what else is cool about this holder??  You can change out the top!  Yep!  The company that makes it has many different toppers.  The shop also had a Halloween one that was cool.  Now if I can just get this project started.  Unfortunately,  20ct white Lugana is on back order and has been since I first picked up the Stoney Creek magazine with the Summer Banner in it.  After picking up the June issue of Stoney Creek today (it has the Fall Banner in it and had to get it) there is a new Christmas afghan series in that is going to run for like 2 years.  It also uses 20ct White Lugana and I think that many, many people are going to do this project.  It uses almost 2 yards of fabric, so I am sure it will be a while before I get my 4 measley pieces of white 20ct Lugana.  Oh well, you know I wasn’t going to finish the Summer Banner for this summer anyway.

Here is the rest of my purchases from this visit and my last visit to the LNS:

A candle screen from Sudberry House.  I am not a country person, but this really appealed to me.  The Monogram chart for the candle screen and The Lovely Alphabet both from The Sunflower Seed.  I am not sure what the difference in the 2 alphabets are..but the sample that I saw said that it used the Lovely Alphabet and I thought it was different than the monograms, but I don’t think it is.  I also purchased Nora Corbett’s Cherry Blossom and bead pack the last time I was there.  I am saving her to stitch on Johanna’s RR when I get it.  And I actually found 2 pieces of 16ct Aida hand dyed fabrics the last time I was at the Lady Bug Shoppe.  One is called Truffle and the other is Glory.  Not sure what I will use them for, but they are lovely and I am sure I will find something to stitch on them some day.

Well my friends,  thank you for visiting today and sticking with my very long post today.  Makes up for my lack of posting recently.  Happy Stitching!

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FINALLY, A FINISH!

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Hello my friends.  I finally have a finish to share with you today.

It’s Donner on Sophia’s RR.  I have been working on him all month.  With my back and sciatica giving me problems, I didn’t think I would get him finished by the deadline, but I finished him late last night.  And with a week to spare.  Here is the entire piece:

Sophia stitched all of the squares and those of us in the group are just stitching the reindeer-minus the beads and treasures.  This piece is so awesome.  I can’t wait to see this piece finished.  The fabric is perfect and sparkly.  This was a joy to stitch on.  Even with my back problems.  Thanks for visiting.

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Enchanted Mermaid and an award

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Hello my  blogging friends.  I am still having back issues, so not much stitching done. But I am making slow progress on Sophia’s Reindeer RR. Hopefully tonight I can really do some serious stitching on Donner.   So  I will share another of my favorite mermaids with you today.

She is Enchanted Mermaid.  But I think she should be the Mermaid Queen as her pose is so similar to the Queens that Nora Corbett created.  I love how this Mermaid sparkles under the spotlight, dead center in my living room.  You can’t help but gaze at her as you come down the steps into my lower level.  I stitched her up in 2007 and was so happy when she was finished.  I was not happy when I had her framed.  I’n not really a Mat person, but when I took her into the shop to be framed, the fabric was too small.  WHAT!!  A gal that had worked at the shop, briefly, cut my fabric too small and I didn’t realize it.  So when I took it in to be framed, it had to have a “puzzle cut”.  Which means that the Mermaid is on a board just about the size she is in the center, so I could get the border I wanted around her.  I don’t like the mat at all, and one day I will probably have her re-framed or just get so much time on my hands and re-stitch her.  For now I try to look at just her beauty and not the framing.

Ok…So now that I have shown you a mermaid, I have to tell you about an award I was given by a fellow blogger. I was given this award:

A Stitcher’s Stitchingsgave me this wonderful award. Thank you so much.  It was a sweet surprise when I read my comments.  So, in order to accept this award, I must do a few things:

  • Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.
  • Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy.
  • Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly.
  • Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award.
  • Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

Ok, check out the blog linked above.  I have enjoyed visiting her blog almost daily.  And here are 15 blogs that I love to visit-in no particular order-I just love them all:

1. In My Kingdom of Crosses I am the Queen of flosses

2. Elegant Stitches

3. Stitch A Mirabilia

4. Elegant Jewels of the Needle

5. Kathy’s Sit and Stitch

6. Dani, Blackbelt Stitching Wizard

7. Diary of A Manbroider

8. My Stitchy Ramblings

9. Creative Stitches

10.  Stephanie’s Stitches

11. Come Stitch With Me

12. A Bit of This and That

13. TJ’s Cross Stitch Gallery

14. Creative Stamping Ideas

15.Melissa Frances

Ok, now for 7 things about myself…

1. I love to craft-cross stitch, knit, stamp, scrapbook, crochet and whatever else looks fun to make.

2. I love the color pink, because pink is an attitude, not a color :o)

3. I am a stay at home Mom to 2 wonderful boys that keep me busy.

4.  I am married to my soulmate for 27 years now.

5. I love getting my nails painted.

6. I love FROGS.  They are all over my house and in my car.

7.  My most favorite place to visit is the Zoo.  I LOVE the Chimps and can watch them and photograph them all day long.

Thank you again to A Stitcher’s Stitchings for awarding me the versatile Blogger Award.  I hope that you will visit her blog and the others I have mentioned here.  Make sure to leave them a comment so they know that you visited.

Have a stitch happy day!

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Mermaid share

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Hello my blogging friends.  My back has been giving me grief for the last 2 weeks so hubby suggested I take a break from stitching as I sit in a weird position.  So I haven’t stitched in a couple of days so I don’t have a WIP share.  I do however have another mermaid (they are my favorite, you know) to share that I did a few years back:

She is Mirabilia’s Shimmering Mermaid.  I stitched her up in 2005 on 16ct Aida.  I don’t know the color, sorry.  She was a fun stitch and I love all of the patterns on her body as wells as the purple ribbons.

My back is feeling a little better today, so hopefully I can get some stitching done on Sophia’s Reindeer RR this weekend.  Thank you for visiting.  Have a great weekend and may your stitching be “Frog Free”!

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Fairy Flora

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Good morning my stitching friends.  I am afraid I have been missing in action for the last few weeks.  It’s just been a busy time for me with my son just finishing up track, the end of school nearing, and catalog transition for Stampin’ Up!  So I am afraid that I don’t have any updates to my stitching projects as I haven’t been able to stitch much.  I did put the Mediterranean Mermaid in to be framed yesterday and will post a photo when I get her back. I also picked up a few things and ordered a few things, so I will share those later this week.   Today I thought I would share another one of my finishes from a while back.  She is Fairy Flora:

I finished stitching her up in 1995.  She is stitched on 28ct Jobelan, a pretty shade of blue.  It was the first time I stitched on 28ct fabric.  Well, it’s going to be a warm one here in Michigan today, so I need to finish the laundry before it gets too hot in the house.  I’m hoping to pick up my needle tonight and add a few stitches to something.  I lhope that your needle is gliding through fabric today, too.

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Mediterranean Mermaid is finished!

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Hello.  I finished my Mediterranean Mermaid last night.

She is beautiful and sparkly!  I didn’t think I would ever get done beading her.  She is stitched on 16ct Aida Star Saphire.  I am not sure when I will get her framed, but when I do, I will post her again.  Here are a couple of close-up’s of her:

This mermaid was the first piece that I put into rotation January of last year.  After a couple of months of rotating out several projects, I decided I couldn’t have a bunch of un-finished projects.  So I have been stitching between this one and the Angel of Grace.  Now that mermaid is done,  the Angel is my next project.

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The Kiss

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Good morning.  Before I get started on my stitching for today, I thought I would share another Mirabilia piece with you.

This one is titled “The Kiss”.  I stitched this one up in 1997 on 16 count Aida.  Not sure of the color of the cloth-a peachy color-but it is very pretty.  I added little Bee charms in the corner as per the pattern and thought this was a nice added touch. This piece hangs in my bedroom so I can admire it every day.  It is a favorite.