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The second week of Maynia started with a little boost- a finish on my TW Celtic Cross!  It required 1,273 stitches over 1.5 days. Then it was time for my third start of Maynia, the American Eagles ornament by Mill Hill.  This is a tiny chart on perforated paper as…

Pattern: Teresa Wentzler Freebie, available here  Materials: Scrap 28 count white monoco, DMC, Kreinik, Mill Hill Size: ~3″ x 4″ Time to stitch: 3 days since March 2020 Presenting my second TW finish!   The pattern is well done, beautifully designed and clear, but it sure is fiddlly especially in…

Maynia week 1 was a whirlwind, sort of a controlled chaos.  Perhaps the daily rotation thing is less of a challenge since I’m used to pulling out projects for an evening for challenge prompts. The week included 2 new starts and 5 WIPs… 7 down, 8 to go! On May…

April did not go according to plan… I was supposed to celebrate a “big” birthday, travel, spend time with friends…. none of it happened.  Well, we celebrated as best we could.  I learned how to make cocktails and got spices, etc from ethnic markets to make exotic cuisine at home.…

Pattern: by Stoney Creek (Magazine Autumn 2015) Materials: 18 ct Cotton Anne cloth, DMC, WDW Havana, Caron Waterlilies Budding Leaf Size: 5″ w x 45″ t Time to stitch: 36 days since April 2019 Presenting my perfectly seasonal finish!   The pattern was challenging, with lots of color changes and…

Hello friends, there was a LOT of stitching this month (over 20k), being quarantined at home.  I hope everyone is staying healthy and sane.  March started with Toy Story Cast, which was a carryover from February.  I just couldn’t put it away.  I love working on this project, with its…

February started with Twilight Bridge.  It was chosen for WIP-go, and though a February finish seemed outlandish, I thought I could put in 29 threads, one for each day in the month.  That was a joke!  I reached 29 threads very early on.  So instead, I decided to give it…

Pattern: by Nora Corbett Materials: 32 count opalescent belfast “Pewter” by PTP, Kreink, Mill Hill, Swarovski Size: 5″ x 6.25″ Time to stitch: 8 days since end of August, 2019 Presenting my 5th reindeer!   The pattern is fine, it’s a small chart with a limited number of colors.  But…

January started with We Do Harry Potter.  A bit less than 5 days (and 1573 stitches) yielded a finish. Prancer was another finish goal.  I gave it a few hours, 468 beads & stitches… and had to stop because I need Wisper thread to finish the tail, which should arrive…

Pattern by StitchArea (Etsy), doctored by me Materials: 28 count Vintage Smoky White Cashel linen, “Dark Shadows” #175 Waterlilies silk Size: 11.5″ x 15″ Time to stitch: 15 days since the end of the October, 2019 Presenting my first, but certainly not last, Potter project!   The pattern is by…