Bin O' Shame Finish Number Eight

I picked this one up on February 19 to finish it. That was the first day of the Chinese New Year this year. I wanted it to be finished before the end of the festival, however, I didn't make it in time. However, it is still completed and that makes me happy. 

Well, on with the show! :)

Design: Oriental Fortune Kit #7980

Designer: Creative Accents/Dimensions

Fabric: 28 count Monaco in Tan Marble (discontinued color) by Sassy's Fabbys

Fibers Used: Used provided fibers in kit

Bling Used: Blue Moon beads Orient Express collection #BM19715 Metal Coins (possibly discontinued)

Front of kit:

As of Thursday, February 19, 2015:

As of Monday, March 2, 2015:

Closeup:

Well, I best be off. I need to clean up my stitching area. The next project from the Bin O'Shame is already loaded up and awaiting me. Hope everyone has a great week! :)

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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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C.

Frustration

Sorry for the lack of posting folks. Since I had to put Miss Ushi to sleep, I haven't really felt up to stitching much. However, the last couple of days I've been trying to work on some WIPs however I've run into some snags and cannot finish the two I have been working on due to running out of floss. Le sigh. So, if anyone has a length of Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk in Cinnamon Stick and a length of Weeks Dye Works 2269 Liberty, I would be forever grateful. I can do an exchange for other floss that I am planning on using or I can trade just a 12 inch length. Due to current economic standing, unfortunately, I can only trade/exchange at this time :(.


Here are some pics of what I hope to complete at some point.


WIP #1:


Design: Now I Know My ABC's



Designer: Blackbird Designs



Fabric: 32 count cream linen of unknown manufacture



Fiber: Weeks Dye Works 2269 Liberty


Left to Complete: Top row of letters D-J

WIP#2:


Design: Cappuccino


Designer: Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks


Fabric: Tan Marble starlight aida from Sassy's Fabrics in 14 count


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


Left to Complete: Row of vine under coffee cup where the green leaves are






Hope everyone has a day today. I need to post a finish on my other blog, Fleur de Luce Paperworks . I did up another card the other day, and I would like to post it for posterity's sake :P. (Actually, I just have a LOT of free time and it needs to be dealt with :P).



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C.

A SanMan Originals Frenzy

Yay! Go me! Four more completed stitching projects for moi, plus a a finished finish! And there was much rejoicing in Stitchland! All four finishes are SMOs and I had a blast stitching on them. I have more kitted up and ready to go, and I can't wait to get started! :)


PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE SANMAN ORIGINALS GIFT AND SECRET SHOP DESIGNS FOR MEMBERS ONLY.


Well, without further ado, here they are:


Design: Cocoa

Designer: SanMan Originals

Fabric: 14 count tan marble from Sassy's Fabrics

Fibers: DMC

Design: Jolly


Designer: SMO


Fabric: 25 count gold and cream evenweave

Fibers: Soie d'Alger #1846 in Forest Green and 2935 in Lipstick Red

Design: Jolly



Designer: SMO


Fabric: 25 count white and silver evenweave


Fibers: Crescent Colours Cupid and Spinach


(Progress picture removed from Webshots 12.01.2012 and no copy found in records)








Design: Spring Side


Designer: SMO


Fabric: 28 count heavy cream evenweave


Fibers: DMC

Accouterments: Mill Hill hand painted buttons, birdhouse and bunny (when I saw this design, I immediately thought of them. I've had them for years and never found a use for them until now. It pays to have stash! :P)

Right now I need to bolt for RL. Got lots to finish up stitching. DH also bought me 'The Lightening Thief' by Rick Riordan last night at Border's and man! is it ever good! :D


Hope everyone has a good weekend! :)


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C.