July Mini Months - The Drawn Thread - FINISH

I'm pleased to be able to share my third finish of 2018.  This is the July Mini Months from The Drawn Thread.  It is charted with an American flag and fireworks in the background but as I live in the UK I chose to leave these off.  

It's stitched on 32 count Jobelan in Pixie Dust from Crafty Kitten.  I did use the Silk n Colors threads charted but subbed the others out with threads from my stash.

I do enjoy stitching these charts as although they are quite detailed and have some speciality stitches they do come together very quickly.

Keep stitching and smiling

Fragile Landing - KLT Charting - FINISH

I picked up Fragile Landing to work on as my next piece.  I started this during Stitch Maynia 2016 and hadn't worked on it since.  I had a piece of 28 count opal evenweave in an ice dye from Jodyri Designs and thought this design would look good on it as it lets the fabric show through all the gaps.  I stitched it with DMC 310 for the outlines and the Dragonfly was stitched with a hand dyed cotton from Crafty Kitten called Aurora.  Unfortunately this chart is no longer available.

I certainly didn't expect to finish this piece on this round of stitching but I was really enjoying it so just kept going. 

The bottom left hand corner of black lines was out somewhere, so at this point I had to unpick most of that section.

Keep stitching and smiling

March - Mini Months - The Drawn Thread

I started this project on 28th January and finished it on 1st February.  I subbed out all the charted colours with threads from my stash including Jodyri Designs and Classif Colorworks.  My plan is to stitch all 12 months and display them in some way that I can switch out each month.

I stitched March on Crafty Kitten's 32 count Jobelan in Pixie Dust.  This was a quick and fun stitch and I look forward to stitching the other months.

I love the satin stitches that make the roofs of the houses.

I love the speciality stitches used for the leaves.

I'm still not decided on how I'm going to finish these but I'm looking for inspiration wherever I can find it.

Keep stitching and smiling

Hydrangea Autumn Fog - Chatelaine

It's only the 21st of January and already all my plans and goals for 2018 have gone out the window.  I may try and catch up with them again later in the year but at the moment all I want to stitch on is my Chatelaine.  I've just finished part 1 of 4 and can't see any sign of wanting to stop any time soon.  Here's my progress pics since the last time I posted.

I am stitching it on a 28 count Jazlyn in Sunset Sky from Crafty Kitten.  I am using most of the called for silks but I am subbing out some of the less variegated ones with DMC.

So for the foreseeable future this is what I will be stitching on.  Unless of course my plans change again!

Keep stitching and smiling

Transfiguartion - Class Schedule SAL - January Block

On 1st January I started on Hydrangea Autumn Fog by Chatelaine.  I've had this project partially kitted up for quite a while and following Martina's passing it felt like a good time to start.  Here's the progress I made:-

I'm stitching it on a 28 count Jazlyn in Sunset Sky from Crafty Kitten.  I'm using most of the charted threads but I am subbing out some of the less variegated threads with the DMC alternative.  I have to say if I hadn't reached a point where I couldn't really carry on until I got a new thread and the beads then I would have found it extremely difficult to put down.  That thread and beads did however arrive today so who knows how quickly I will be getting back to this.

I then worked on the January block in the Class Schedule SAL from Armada Designs.  This block was Transfiguration the cat representing Professor McGonagall and the rat having been partially transformed into a cup.

I stitched the outlines for all the blocks for this last year.  I am stitching it on 32 count Murano in Black Hole which was the July 2017 Year of Neutrals fabric from Jodyri Designs.  I am really enjoying seeing how others have made changes to the pattern to make it there own but at the moment I am just stitching it as charted.  I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next.

The next project I picked to stitch on was Nautical Year from the book Sand, Sea and Cross Stitch.  On my goals list I thought I had 7 months to complete but I found I had already completed July, August and November - so that was a quick 3 goals knocked off the list.

Here's my starting point for April.

I'm stitching it on 18 count cream aida and I am subbing out a lot of the charted colours for silks and cottons in my stash.  

Thanks for stopping by - next update should be April complete and working on another one of my goals (unless that Chatelaine drags me back to it!).

Keep stitching and smiling