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June started with Christmas Teddy; I ran a Focus Finish SAL in my group, Stitch from Stash, and he was the closest to a finish.  Also on June 1st the Semisane Stitchers Casino started with Poker- I bet I could do 2000 stitches in 4 days.  I thought that might…

Pattern/kit by Mill Hill Materials: 28 count Stormy grey jobelan, DMC, & beads as kitted, Kreink #4 color 032 for border Size: 5″ x 7″ with border Time to stitch: 8 days Presenting the penultimate builidng of my Christmas Village!   The pattern was fine, easy to stitch with lots…

Pattern: Lavender & Lace (Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum), cape conversion by Nathalie G, color conversion by moi Materials: 28 count pearl grey Cashel linen by Zweigart, DMC, Kreinik, wool/cashmere yarn ply, Mill Hill beads Size: 11.4″ x 17″ Time to stitch: 28 days since January 29, 2019 Presenting my last (probably) Celtic…

Hello friends!  May was suppposed to be a rather boring month, in terms of my rotation, as I decided on Monoga-Maynia with Celtic Winter as my focus. Things unspooled a little differently than planned, however. May 1-3 were devoted to Celtic Winter.  On May 4th, our 2nd quidditch match in…

Pattern: by MCG Textiles, Cyberstitchers DMC conversion, also some conversion by moi Materials: 28 count natural monoco by Charles Craft, DMC, Kreinik BF 100 Size: 12″ x 14″ Time to stitch: 66 days since starting April 2017 I’m pleased to present my oldest WIP, now finished, Winnie the Pooh II…

April started with #ohsewcraftybdaySAL.  Those days passed quickly with small progress on each WIP, but I did manage to finish Bird of Happiness and make a new start (more on that below).   After that I had some time before my trip to Arizona, and I mainly worked on Christmas Village,…

Pattern: kit by Riolis 0034 PT Materials: printed Zweigart aida, Anchor floss, Kreinik #4  Size: 12″ x 16″ Time to stitch: 15 days since May 2018 Presenting my Phoenix, the newest member of my Magical Menagerie!    The pattern is fine, extremely well done though the chart is color printed,…

March started with my rotation on Winnie the Pooh; I needed it for the Magical Stitches HW.  I gave it 5 days, for a total stitch count of 3,032.  About half of that was detail (backstitch & french knots on pages 1-3, then some new progress on Page 4.  More…

Pattern/kit by Mill Hill Materials: 28 count stormy grey jobelan, DMC floss, Mill Hill beads as kitted, Kreinik for snowflake border Size: about 5″ square, or 5″ x 7″ including border Time to stitch: 5 days Here’s the 10th building in my Christmas village!   The Palace Theater was easy…