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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…

February started with Winnie the Pooh… I gave it 3 days and got 2000 stitches.   It was a great stitchy weekend!  I really should go back and do some backstitching and french knots though.  For one, it might motivate me to finish this piece, since the backstitch will make…

Pattern: Mill Hill Christmas Village Queen Anne Materials: 28 ct stormy grey jobelan, DMC & Mill Hill beads as kitted, Kreinik #4 color 32 Size: 5″ x 5″ plus 1.5″ border Time to stitch: 7.5 days Presenting the Mill Hill Christmas village again, with the third and final row finally…

Design “Father Christmas” by Sandy Orton for “Charms of Christmas” by Leisure Arts Materials: 32 ct raw gold belfast (opal), DMC, Kreinik #4 002HL and blending filament 002HL, brass charms Size: 8.13″ x 11″ Time to stitch: 32 days  Presenting my second oldest WIP, now finished, Charmed Santa! I can’t…

January was a really good stitchy month.  I think my bug was in starvation mode after November & December, and therefore extra hungry in January! After the intro post, I started Save the Stitches by Elizabeth Almond.  I’m stitching on 25 count stormy clouds lugana with DMC Floss- 336 double…

2018 was a good year, I started with 8 wips and ended with 4 (or 5, counting Mill Hill Village).  I had 15 starts & 19 finishes.  Most of the starts were small-ish.  I think I’ve finally disembarked the serial starting crazy train.  (No offense intended, if that’s your thing,…