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2018 Finishes

1. Let It Snow by Barbara Ana Designs. Finished Wednesday, January 24, 2018

2. Victorian Thistles bookmark by Textile Heritage. Finished Wednesday, February 21, 2018


3. Keep Love by Shepherd’s Bush. Finished Saturday, February 24, 2018


4. Fleur d’Orleans by Ink Circles. Finished Wednesday, March 7, 2018


5. A Little Gray Hare by Lizzie Kate. Finished Thursday, March 15, 2018


6. March Cake by Brooke’s Books. Finished Monday, March 26, 2018


7. April Cake by Brooke’s Books. Finished Wednesday, May 2, 2018


8. May Cake by Brooke’s Books. Finished Tuesday, May 29, 2018


9. Japanese Anemones by Sheila Hudson. Finished Tuesday, June 12, 2018


10. The Lily Of The Valley by Blackbird Designs. Finished Wednesday, June 27, 2018


11. A Slice of Summer by Waxing Moon Designs. Finished Wednesday, July 11, 2018


12. Sweet Tulip by Jeannette Douglas Designs. Finished Tuesday, July 24, 2018


13. Autumn’s Bounty by Black Star Designs. Finished Monday, August 20, 2018


14. Caramel Apple by Mill Hill. Finished Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Number of Finishes By Year-

1. 2008 Finishes -10


2. 2009 Finishes- 21


3. 2010 Finishes- 49


4. 2011 Finishes- 26


5. 2012 Finishes- 35


6. 2013 Finishes- 7


7. 2014 Finishes- 19


8. 2015 Finishes- 61


9. 2016 Finishes- 50


10. 2017 Finishes- 30


11. 2018 Finishes-

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Last finish for October & remembering

Put the last stitches in my last finish for the month of October last night. I have no idea of how I managed to finish it as I was upset and crying most of the day yesterday. Yesterday was the one year anniversary of me losing my son to stillbirth at almost 21 weeks. It was a hard day to get through, but get through it I did.


Now that I have finished this up, I need to stitch his memorial piece soon. That will help with the grief, I think.
At any rate, here's what I managed to accomplish:




Design: Waiting For The Harvest


Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 28 count evenweave of unknown origin and color. (Possibly Bay Leaf by Wichelt.)


Fibers: Crescent Colours Belle Soie silks in Carrot Cake, Collard Greens, Old Crow, and Vanilla Pudding


Notes: The MMX in the upper right hand corner are the Roman numerals for 2010. I saw someone else do this for their piece and I absolutely loved the idea! :)










I am off to do some chores before work. Hope everyone has a fabulous Halloween weekend! :)


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C.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Collard Greens

Got to make my trip to Stitcher's Paradise yesterday for the Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk I needed for the pumpkin vines. I even sat down with the ladies that stitch on Wednesdays and the next thing I knew it was 2:30 when I left, LOL! It was a most enjoyable experience and I plan on repeating it next week. It was lovely to get help from the other ladies and to help others with what they needed.


I had a hard time choosing what color green I wanted for the pumpkin vines, however, I think I did ok! :P Since I was at the shop stitching and I stitched some more last night, I got a fair amount completed. I am really, really happy with the way that it is turning out. I may have to stitch this again! :)


At any rate, here's what I have so far:

Design: Waiting For The Harvest


Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 28 count evenweave of unknown origin and color. (Possibly Bay Leaf by Wichelt.)


Fibers: Crescent Colours Belle Soie silks in Carrot Cake, Collard Greens, Old Crow, and Vanilla Pudding









Well, today is my Monday so I best be off. Hope everyone has a great weekend!


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C.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Waiting For The Harvest Update

Managed to spend most of the afternoon chilling out and stitching on my latest WIP. It's going *very* well, and I am enjoying plotting out where to stitch what colors where on the design. I need to go to Stitcher's Paradise tomorrow and pick out a Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk for the pumpkin vines. I am even toying with making the stems a brown color and the vines green. This may wind up a five color design instead of the one that originally called for, LOL!


At any rate, here is what I managed to get accomplished today:



Design: Waiting For The Harvest


Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 28 count evenweave of unknown origin and color. (Possibly Bay Leaf by Wichelt.)


Fibers: Crescent Colours Belle Soie silks in Carrot Cake, Old Crow, and Vanilla Pudding








I am hoping to have this completed by the weekend, so I can have another October finish. I then need to go back to my Prairie Schooler Christmas cabin and finish that by no later than the end of November, as that is a present. :)


Well, I best be off for now. It's almost dinner time and I have some stuff to do before I can go back to my stitching. :)


Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!


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C.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Waiting For The Harvest

Started yet another project. Sometimes it can't be helped! :)

I am really enjoying it so far, but I wish I had more time to stitch. Well, I do, however, when I come home late at night, I am too tired to even contemplate picking up a needle. I doubt I will finish this before Halloween, however, I do have Tuesday and Wednesday off, and nothing planned. I think I will make sure that I get plenty of sleep tonight and just lay around and stitch! :)


At any rate, here's what I have so far. I've stitched it like this to see if I had my placement centered correctly and to see how well the colors worked together. Sometimes I pick out colors that I think look fantastic until I get them on the fabric, LOL! :)



Design: Waiting For The Harvest



Designer: Blackbird Designs

Fabric: 28 count evenweave of unknown origin and color. (Possibly Bay Leaf by Wichelt.)


Fibers: Crescent Colours Belle Soie silks in Carrot Cake, Old Crow, and Vanilla Pudding








Well, I best be off. I have some chores to do before work. Hope everyone has a fantastic week! :)


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C.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Christmas Cabin update

Got a fair amount of stitching time in yesterday, which makes me happy. The piece is very easy to stitch and I can go at a relaxed pace and yet it's going quite quickly. Which means I will have this done long before Christmas, LOL! :)


I am stitching the cabin from the third sampler from Prairie Schooler's Christmas Samplers II leaflet, which you can see here:





Sorry to say that when I am finished, the leaflet will NOT be for sale or trade. I plan on stitching this at least twice more, and I am plotting out a possible third way.


I've converted the DMC into Soie D'Alger threads and it's really popping on the fabric. Here is the conversion I am using. (It is my own conversion and YMMV should you use it. :) )


DMC (Soie D'Alger)

White (Blanc)
420 (2246)
422 (2242)
611 (4534)
918 (942)
924 (1716)
935 (1836)
3022 (2756)
3371 (4126)


The dark forest green is really popping on the fabric and I am really, really enjoying stitching with so much silk!


At any rate, here is my update. I am hoping to get some more done before I go into work today:

Design: Christmas Samplers II (Book No. 73)


Designer: The Prairie Schooler


Fabric: 28 count linen/silk blend in Natural by Wichelt


Fibers: Access Commodities Soie d'Alger






Well, I best be off. Today is my Monday and I have some stuff I need to do before I get my work week started. Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! :)


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C.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Prairie Schooler Christmas Sampler start

 Started a special piece last night. I pulled all the silk floss for it and even dug out a special piece of 28 count linen and silk piece of fabric. This is an extra special piece and I wanted it to be an heirloom type quality. I started last night and I am being very mindful of my stitching and making sure each stitch is railroaded and looking pretty. I converted the DMC that was used into Soie d'Alger floss and this was no mean feat in and of itself. Lots to choose from and I had to make sure that it looked right on the fabric that I chose. I think it's looking very, very nice so far and I can't wait to see it finished! :)



Here are the stitchy notes and pic! :)



Design: Christmas Samplers II (Book No. 73)


Designer: The Prairie Schooler


Fabric: 28 count linen/silk blend in Natural by Wichelt


Fibers: Access Commodities Soie d'Alger














I am hoping to get some more stitching time in today as it's my day off, but we shall see! :)


Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! :)



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C.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Wicked finish

Had a one day start and finish. I like the way it turned out and hope to have it finished into either an ornament or probably a no sew cube finish. I need to find the time (and money! :P) to go to Joanne's to see what fabric is available, but we shall see. :)


At any rate, here are the stitchy notes and the pic:



Design: Wicked


Designer: Primitive Bettys


Fabric: 28 count evenweave of unknown origin and color. (Possibly Bay Leaf by Wichelt.)


Fiber: Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk in Old Crow.






I am  thinking that it might need a charm or a button or something. I was looking at some antiqued brass pumpkin charms earlier and I think it might look nice on the left hand side over the W. Still deciding on that, but I have time. :)



Hope everyone is having a great week! :)


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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Hot off the Q-Snaps

Managed to finally finish A Quaker Alphabet just a few moments ago. It took too long to finish it, however, I am working full time now and my hands and arms have not been cooperating. I'll adjust eventually, but it's still a bit frustrating to not chug right along like I used to. Better than not being able to stitch at all, I suppose, LOL! :)


At any rate, here are the final stitchy notes and the picture.




Design: A Quaker Alphabet Sampler



Designer: Carriage House Samplings


Fabric: 28 count Monaco fabric in Majesty by Fleur de Luce Hand Dyeds


Floss: Threadworx 1082 Cabbage and DMC 3866









It's my Monday, so I have some stuff to attend to before work. Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! :)



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C.