Nifty Nineteen!

I did it! I managed to hit the 19 mark on the Bin O'Shame projects that I have been working on. And all within the first six months of the year. This makes me so, so, so happy! Time to happy dance and celebrate good times! I know I was supposed to pick  Sea Flora back up as my Summer 2015 project, but I saw this and just could not resist the temptation to see if I couldn't sneak in another finish before the end of May. And I managed to pull it off! :)

Well, here it is!

Design: Fall Leaves (Part Three of the Fall Festival Series)

Designer: Nikki Lehman of Country Cottage Needleworks

Fabric: 28 count raw linen by unknown manufacturer

Fibers Used:  Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk in Beanstalk, Butterscotch, Cinnamon Stick, Icing, Poison Apple and Pumpkin Carriage.

Stitcher's Notes: I do not know when this was first started. All I know is it wound up in the Bin O'Shame  and needed to be finished up. :)

Began Thursday, May 28, 2015:

Finished Friday, May 29, 2015:

 I promise that there will be Sea Flora pictures soon. She's already loaded up into the Q-Snaps and is rarin' to go! I had best be off for now. I hear the siren song of the dinner bell calling me. Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

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Respectfully submitted,

C. 

Spring Time Finish

This one is another re-start from the Bin O'Shame. I had the first row stitched, but it wasn't done properly, so I just picked out the 6 stitches in the top of the rabbit's ear and then just went from there. I am happy to have this one done. 


Well, at any rate, on with the show!

Design: Happy Bunny Bunny Day #TR115

Designer: The Trilogy

Fabric Used: 28 count raw linen of unknown manufacturer

Fibers Used: DMC Six Strand Embroidery Floss Art. 117 in 310 Black. Crescent Colours  cotton flosses in Antique Lace, Pink Champagne, and Spinach. YLI 4 MM silk ribbon in #012 Pale Yellow

Stitcher's Notes: Substituted spiderweb roses for the called for buttons. It was a lot of fun touching base with a forgotten craft. I will have to practice more as I used to really enjoy doing silk ribbon embroidery. Left off the alphabet and bottom border as I just couldn't be bothered. :)

Original Piece:

My Version:

Closeup:

Well, as is my custom at this point in the post, I must bid my readers a fond farewell until the next post. I must needs get my stitching area cleaned up and get ready to face the day. I hope everyone has a great day and a Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

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Respectfully submitted,

C. 

Latest Summer Finish

Here's a quick picture of my latest finish. It was a real quick stitch, despite my dragging my feet on it. Temps here have been running in the 105-110 degree range and I heard tell of it being 115 the other day. In other words, It's too blinkin' hot to stitch! :P


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



Design: Summer


Designer: The Stitcherhood


Fabric: 28 count raw Cashel linen by Zweigart


Fibers: DMC B5200, Crescent Colours in Crushed Pineapple, Grannie Annie and Snips and Snails.





Hope everyone is trying to stay cool! :)



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Respectfully submitted,


C.

First Harvest Finish!

Finally finished stitching up my own work last night. I needed to fill in the border that I had made for it, and in doing so, I found a couple of things that needed to be changed. Just a couple of tiny OOPSIE! It's inevitable I suppose. I got mad at myself because it wasn't perfect right out of the gate, but then again, I thought of all the designers where I had to write down corrections to patterns I have and then I didn't worry too much. I could be in worse company, yea? :)


Corrections can be found here .



Here are my stitchy notes and pictures!



Design: First Harvest


Designer: Cindy W for Fleur de Luce Designs


Fabric: 28 count natural linen


Fibers: DMC 310, 318, 347, 676, 832, 937, 938, 3830 and 3865








Well, I need to boogie. It's laundry day today and I think I might be coming down with a cold to boot. :(. Hope everyone is having a good day! :)



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Respectfully submitted,


C.

First Harvest finish

So, after much fiddling and ripping and figuring out where things were gonna go, I present to you, the finished product. Stitchy notes first as always!


Design: First Harvest

Designer: ME! :D


Fabric: 28 count natural raw linen

Fibers: DMC 347, 372, 676, 937, 938, 3830, and 3865.


I decided to stitch the tomatoes on the trellis with a mix of cross stitches and the dreaded French knots, with long stitches, whole and half cross stitches for the vines and leaves.





I chronicled the journey I took into making this sampler on my new blog, L'atelier de l'archange . Please feel free to let me know what you think! :)


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Respectfully submitted,


C.