A three finish night

Yep, you read that correctly. Three cross stitch finishes for me in one night. DH did some financial manoeuvrings and yesterday he took me to Stitcher's Paradise to get me the much needed threads I desperately wanted. To ice the cake further, he let me get enough to finish FOUR projects. YAY!! I managed to finish three of them last night and worked a bit on the fourth before finally calling it a night. Here's some pics of what I managed to get done:


Finish #1:


Design: Cappuccino


Designer: Little House Needleworks


Fibers: Crescent Colours Belle Soie silks in Vanilla Pudding, Old Crow, Cinnamon Stick, Beanstalk, Sweet Lavender, and Elegant Eggplant.


Fabric: 14 count tan marble starlight aida from Sassy's Fabby's









Finish #2:


Design: Now I Know My ABC's


Designer: Blackbird Designs


Fibers: Weeks Dye Works Liberty #2269 and Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid in PB03


Fabric: 32 count cream linen


Errata: Stitched two tiny hearts next to the uppercase Z instead of the punctuation.










Finish #3:



Design: Florida Heart from the Hearts of America series


Designer: Thea Dueck of Victoria Sampler


Fibers: DMC and Kreinik that was in the kit


Fabric: 25 count evenweave in white that was included in the kit


Errata: Had to fudge the heart a bit on the right side, as it REFUSED to line up correctly, despite my checking my stitching at least 500 times. Finally said to hell with it and just added an extra stitch!








And now....for the WIPs :D




WIP#1:


Design: Autumn Side


Designer: Sandra Dering for SanMan Originals


Fibers (Used so far! :P): DMC 918, 921, 920, 935, and 938. DMC Antique Effects in E898. DMC Variegated in 115. Kreinik #4 Very Fine Braid in #150V Copper.


Fabric: 28 count Monaco that I hand dyed that I am calling Guinness Foam Cream. (And PS: Yes, it is an EXACT match to the foam head that is made by a Guinness ale. I know this, because my BIL went out and got a four pack of the stuff just to see if it was! )


Accouterments: Mill Hill beads in 62044 Pumpkin, 00556 Copper, 62031 Old Gold, and G03003 Antique Cranberry.








WIP#2:


Design: March birthday needleroll


Designer: Thea Dueck for Victoria Sampler


Fibers: Kreinik #4 braid in #102 Vatican Gold and #4 braid in #684 Metallic Turquoise. DMC White, 727, 743, 3815, 3817, 3808, 3847. DMC #8 perle cotton in white.


Fabric: 28 count Confederate Grey cashel linen (12" x 8").










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In other news, it appears that Ria Lanser of Stofnest is back cross stitch designing! Woohoo! For a while, it looked like she had quit altogether. I was saddened by this as she has such awesome designs, and I really do need to finish her Paris Sampler. I have not worked on it since my last update on 04.06.10.


She has created the Stofnest Club , and from what I have been able to make out via various online translators, is that the club is at a cost of 10 Euros (roughly 12 dollars US or 13 Canadian dollars) for 26 brand new, exclusive charts. That's actually quite a deal, and it would be worth it, IMO. Hopefully, I can do some more monetary re-arranging and get to sign up.


Well, cats and kitties, this High Priestess of Perpetual Starts needs to get a move on. I'm not feeling too swift today (Have a happy period, their ASS!!!!) and need to crawl back into bed with my Autumn Side and the Paris Sampler and just zone out. So may the Finish be with you all!



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Respectfully submitted,


C.