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Pattern: Mill Hill Buttons & Beads kit Materials: DMC, Mill Hill beads as kitted Size: 5″ square Time to stitch: 4 days Here’s my 8th building in the Village and last one for 2018! Bakery was a quick stitch.  The pattern is simple, not too many details.  It’s also slightly…

Pattern: by Joan Elliott Materials: 32 count “Whirlpool” belfast by Picture this Plus, DMC, Kreinik, Petite Treasure Braid, Mill Hiill beads Size: 14″ x 10.5″ Time to stitch: 34 days At long last, here is my 4th elemental goddess! The pattern is fine, though I worked with the magazine version…

Pattern by Nora Corbett, available in pdf from Herrschnerr’s Materials: 32 count opalescent belfast “Midas Touch” by vintage Silkweaver, DMC, Kreinik, Mill Hill Size: 8″ x 12″ Time to stitch: 9 days since September 2017 Just in time for Halloween, presenting the Trick or Treat Fairy! I had this pattern…

September started with a holiday weekend, back to school, then lots of rain.  Not bad stitchy weather though!  I started my rotation with We Do Disney, not a WIPocalypse, piece, blogged here. Trick or Treat Fairy was my September finish goal, and she got 3 days.  I had 3 spools…

Another of my Maynia starts, We Do Disney by Stitchline (etsy) got some effort in September.  Though 5 days were planned, it only took 3 to reach the finish line, almost. I want to save the last little bit for vacation stitching when we visit Disney later this year.  …

I worked on Bird of Happiness, my Riolis kit of the Phoenix at the end of August.  It was a weird rotation month since did a lot of diamond painting and skipped one of my stitching wips, ending up with several “bonus” days at the end.   Previous progress from…

The dog days of August started with a rotation on Water Goddess.  Previous progress: My 5 day rotation was enough time to finish the kreinik on the bottom half and start the backstitching.   She’s very sparkly, between the moon, accents on the dress, and long rows for the watery…

Pattern: by Mirabilia, hair & bead conversion by me Materials: 28 ct Monoco by Charles craft, self dyed, Kreinik, Delica & Swarovski Size: 12″ x 18.5″ Time to stitch: 30.5 days Presenting the latest addition to my mermaid gallery, my favorite WIP, now finished! The pattern is fine, quite a…

July started with a bang- fireworks and festivities for the 4th.  I embarked upon 31 days of Christmas with the Soulful Stitchers group (FB) and started a rotation on Water Goddess by Joan Elliott.  Previous:  After 5 days: I stitched most of the DMC on the bottom half.  I worked…