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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,…

Celtic Autumn was a relatively easy job since I just continue in the style I established my first Celtic lady.  The frame (which cost $40.12, custom cut) has a curvaceous botanical motif that reminds me of fallen leaves.  The finish is antique gold with a dark patina wash, and a…

Boo Club series by Lizzie Kate (6 patterns) Materials: 32 count “Dirty” Zweigart belfast linen, some WDW and GAST, DMC, buttons, and charms Size: 5″ x 21″ Time to stitch: 18 days Presenting the Boo Club doctored a little bit with spooky charms!   The pattern(s) are fine, quite simple,…

Pattern: Dimensions Gold kit, adapted from art by Ruth Sanderson Materials: 16 ct light blue aida, floss as kitted, MH 00577 beads Size: 14″ x 12″ Time to stitch: 61 days estimated (57 since I started tracking) It may be December, but technically it’s still Fall for a few more…