tusal, wips and another happy dance...

I'm a bit late in posting my tusal... I was supposed to post this on Thursday but didn't get the chance till now.

Here is my ort jar for January... quite full...

 I managed to get lots and lots of stitching time in. I  started two new projects, had three happy dances and made progress on my wips too. I was quite surprised myself at how much thread was in there... it is neat to look at the layers and think of the projects they came from!  the bottom reds and greens from the cardinal sampler, the oranges from the autumn patchwork, all the greys from winter blackwork, then greens and whites from humbolt coast, the reds and sparklies from Poppy and what you can't see is the purples and gold from my tulips...

It will be interesting to see what February brings!

next up my happy dance and newest wip...

I managed to finish Poppy by Nora Corbett last Sunday (the 26) but am just posting her here now... I'm sure many of you have already seen her on facebook, but here she is again, as I just love her!

She is stitched with all the recommended colours on Sudden Storm 28ct jazlyn by silkweaver.  It's going to be tough to pick which Mira/Nora Corbertt pattern to stitch next, as I love so many... I do love the pixes as they are so much faster to stitch up then the big ladies, but those ladies are soo beautiful and so many are calling my name! Both pixies and ladies!

Last but not least my newest wip... I decided to jump in and start the tulip SAL I posted about in my last post.  I am stitching it over one... something I haven't done in a while, on 28ct pearl linen using the following threads:  GAST simply shaker harvest basket and baby spinach, crescent colours sugared violets, Nina's threads in eggplant and dmc 3790

I actually got a bit farther than this, as I had the word tulipan written in the centre all finished as well, but since I changed the writing from the original pattern I miss counted an it ended up being off centred so I had to take it out and will have to redo it next time...

Next up in the rotation will be humbolt coast tomorrow, and then blackbird designs midnight watch for next week's stitching time.

That's all for now... so till next time happy stitching!

the stitching bug...

Again my apologies for not posting sooner... I seem to have ever intention a couple of times a week, and yet nothing happens... I've been so neglectful of my poor blog, and will definitely have to rectify that soon!

I've been keeping busy with life in general and of course my stitching... the bug has really seemed to have bit me and his pal startitis as well... I have this urge to just start project after project after project...

 

Soooo....what do I go and do... I give in and do start multiple new patterns... You've already seen my start on the Winter Blackwork, and a little of Poppy...  Here are some more pictures of what I've started and a more up to date picture of Poppy from where I left her last...

 

Poppy as of September 8...

 



 

Then the week of Sept. 9, I started Blackbird Designs Midnight Watch... 

 

Here is my progress on it as of Sept. 14





 

Then on Sunday, I actually pulled out my Humbolt Coast SAL with Barbi and made a little progress on the beach...

 



And Monday this week I started my 4th new project... Lanarte's Summer Bouquet...

 

This is after Monday night's stitching session...



 

 

 

I have three more all lined up, but I think I will just start one more and save the other two and just slide them into the rotation when I finish one of the ones above... otherwise things will really get out of control... 

 

 

Till next time... happy stitching!

hello september... where did you come from???

 So where did the summer go?? I can't believe it is September already!  It was June not that long ago, and I was looking forward to the summer months... but I blinked and they are gone!   I hope everyone had a great summer even though I know it went by way too quickly...

As promised, I have some new projects lined up... here are two of them, that I have started so far... All of my new projects are patterns that I've had in my stash for a while and have been calling out to me for quite some time now... It was the perfect time to get them out and work on them...

1. Winter blackwork by Jill Oxton (issue 66)

That is what it is supposed to look like and here is my progress so far...

I'm stitching her on 32ct Queen Anne's Lace jobelan using DMC 844.  If I do say so myself, the picture doesn't do her justice... but that is my fault and my lack of photography skills and laziness to actually take it with the camera and not just my phone...

Shameless plug here... if anyone is interested I do have an extra of the magazine that this pattern is in for sale... don't ask how I managed that one, but I do have two magazines...

My next project is a little brighter...

2. Poppy by Mirabila/Nora Corbett

Here is my floss toss

And my progress on her from my first night of stitching...

I'm using 28ct Sudden Storm jazlyn by Silkweaver for her...

Anyways, I have two more starts lined up, but you will have to wait to find out what they are until I actually put some stitches into them...

Till next time... happy stitching!!