Remember This?

Remember this mystery project?  Well, I can finally reveal what it is!

 It's a strawberry!  This Strawberry was designed by Sue Hillis exclusively for our EGA Guild, and I presented the project to the guild last evening at our monthly meeting!  Everyone seemed to like it, and I can wait to see their finished pieces.

When Sue sent the chart originally, she had the working title of "Eva's Strawberry" on it.  I just assumed it was a working title.  Imagine my surprise when I got the final leaflets, and she kept the title!  What an honor to have a chart named after me!



Two Finished Finishes....

Here's how I finished both Lavender Hill pieces....Lavendar Hill is a chart by Little House Needleworks.  I attached the stitching to a lavender huswife by Impie, Hattie and Bea.  I added purple scissors and purple floss and a few needles and gave one to Marguerite for her birthday since purple is her favorite color.  

The second one is for me!

Success!

You might remember my difficulty in tracking down the congress cloth to do this project.....well, I got an e-mail from Freda Murfin, the designer, and she has located the congress cloth and it is in the mail on it's way to me!  I can't wait to start it!

Lavender Hill Take 2

I stitched this one a second time....stay tuned for the finished finish.....

Rose Quaker Page 4

I told you I was having trouble putting this one down!  I had planned to stitch one page each month until it was finished, but it kept calling to me....so I stitched a second page this month. 

May IHSW Results

All in all, it was a productive stitching weekend.  I finished the stitching on page 3 of Rose Quaker, I stitched quite a bit on LHN Lavender Hill (which I am stitching for the second time), I finished the Cubistic Mini Color Wheel by Handblessings Designs, and I got a good start on page 4 of  Rose Quaker on Sunday.  Unfortunately, the dreaded frog came to visit and I had quite a bit of reverse stitching to do on Sunday evening.....

Cubistic Color Wheel

At our ANG anual luncheon, we all recieve this design by Handblessings Designs all kitted up.

It's a small counted canvas design, and it stitched up very quickly.  Not sure how I will 'finish' it yet, but I will be inspired someday.

Just finished page three of the Quaker Rose Sampler by Stickideen von der Wiehenburg. 

I am really enjoying this one and hate to put it down! 



International Hermit and Stitch Weekend

Today marks the beginning of the May International Hermit and Stitch Weekend.  Let the stitching begin!

Looking for Congress Cloth

Southpaw Stitcher showed a finish on her blog a little while ago, that I just felt the need to stitch immediately!  It's a counted canvas piece call Variations on a Rhodes Theme by Freda's Fancy Stitching.  Rhodes stitch are my absolute favorite, especially Rhodes hearts and butterflies, so I got the chart and started to kit it up.

Welcome Stitchery had the chart and all the fibres but not the congress cloth.  The chart says Pewter Congress cloth.  The search for this is proving to be much more difficult than anticipated.  After contacting numerous LNS, I finally called Zweigart, who told me they never, ever had a color of congress cloth named Pewter.



I then contacted the designer to see who the manufacturer was.  Freda replied to my e-mail very quickly to tell me that I must have an old chart.  When she originally designed the piece she used a sample that was mismarked, and that the real color is Dusty Blue.  I then started searching for Dusty Blue congress cloth and have not been successful.  Freda then let me know she had a piece and would be happy to send it to me.  I sent her payment via paypal, and had an envelope in a few days.  Right before the envelope arrive, Freda let me know that she had mistakenly sent me mono canvas, and would look for the congress cloth.  She did refund my payment, and let me know her LNS as ordered the congress cloth, which is labeled Zweigart color number 594 in Canada and was probably called something entirely different in the US.  She mentioned that it would take quite a bit of time to get it in and she would let me know when that happened to see if I still wanted it.

So....does anyone have a 12 x 12 piece of congress cloth in Pewter / Dusty Blue / color number 594?  I will be happy to pay you, or give you a pint of blood or my left arm.......

May TUSAL

Here is the ort jar from this past month's stitching.  Lots orts = lots of stitching!

Lavender Hill finished

Just finished the stitching on Little House Needleworks' Lavender Hill.  Aren't those sheep just the cutest thing?     This is going to be a gift, so you will have to come back and see how it will be finished.

April Progress, May Goals

I am happy with my stitching progress  during April.  I averaged about 4 hours per day.  I finished the Bavarian Table Topper from the Works in Slow Progress list that was started over 3 years ago!  That was a huge happy dance!  I finished Halloween House #9 from the In Progess list and made good progess on Natalie's Birth Sampler.  I don't think I will have it done by her 2nd birthday, but definately by Christmas (well, I hope).  There are a few other finishes listed, and it brings the total of finishes so far this year to 44.   I also managed a blog post every day.....yay!

April

WISPS:

Work on Bavarian Table Topper  finished!!
10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
work on Logan’s stocking 
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler

In Progress

Halloween House #9  finished

Crazy January starts

Natalie’s Birth Sampler  worked on it

Future New starts

Joy and Peace
Snow in Love
Good Tidings
afghan pillow bear
afghan pillow moose
Crystal Violets
French Alphabet block sampler
Silent Night (CCN)
Around the World in 80 Days
Owen’s birth sampler
Peter’s Birth Sampler
Natalie’s Stocking
Owen’s stocking
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
Sampler aux bouquet 3 finished
Quaker Rose Sampler page 2 finished
Halloween House #15
Stitching Strawberry #1 finished
Patriotic Strawberry finishing – 6 finished
Cubistic color wheel worked on it
Lavender Hill  worked on it

May Goals

WISPS:

10 hours on Rocky Mountain Christmas  
work on Logan’s stocking 
Antique Map and Needlebook
Heirloom Christmas Sampler
 

In Progress

Cubistic color wheel
Lavender Hill 

Crazy January starts

Natalie’s Birth Sampler 

Future New starts

Joy and Peace
Snow in Love
Good Tidings
afghan pillow bear
afghan pillow moose
Crystal Violets
French Alphabet block sampler
Silent Night (CCN)
Around the World in 80 Days
Owen’s birth sampler
Peter’s Birth Sampler
Natalie’s Stocking
Owen’s stocking
Peter’s stocking
Mark & Karen’s wedding sampler
Tony & Melissa’s wedding sampler
Halloween House #15