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The end of October went great, I finished my son’s costume and had two more evenings to work on my Trick or Treat Fairy. I’m pretty much done with the 3371 in the dress now.  I’m over Halloween now so I’m putting this away until next year. On November 1, I…

Pattern: by Mill Hill Materials: 28 ct stormy grey jobelan, DMC, & Mill Hill beads as kitted Size: 5″ square Time to stitch: 7 days Presenting my 4th and final building of 2017!  The kit includes perforated paper, but I’m using fabric, obviously.  The snowflake border in Kreinik #4 braid,…

2017 is winding down, friends.  I’m trying to figure out my stitchy plans for next year; perhaps I am stretched a bit thin this year. At the end of September, I worked on a secret stitch, which I managed to finish, and started the Trick or Treat Fairy, on 32…

Here is my start of Mill Hill Apothecary, 3 days effort. This is the 4th piece on my village and instead of completing the first row of 4, I gridded down and started the second row.  This is due to my false start of Mill Hill Through the Woods (horse…

Pattern: Cherrywood Design Studio, full color conversion by moi Materials: 36 ct “Haven” Edinburgh linen by Picture this Plus, silks & Kreinik as explained below Size: 9″ x 10.2″ Time to stitch: 16 days This piece is very special to me, it captures many of the things I love about…

Pattern: Free patterns assembled by moi Materials: 28 ct white monoco, DMC Size: About 5″ x 7″ Time to stitch: 3 days This small project, which was a gift, stitched up quickly. The Fox does have rather a lot of color changes, however. I picked this fox out of all…

Pattern(s): by Hinzeit Materials: 28 count jobelan, antique white, DMC, charms included with charts Size: 2.2″ x 9 Time to stitch: A few days in September 2016 The patterns were fine, though there is a misprint on the key for “Love 2 Teach”.  Each chart is small, involves around 7…

At the end of August, I worked on Winnie the Pooh for 2 days, blogged here , and used my bonus days, (after rotation goals), to eke out a finish on Fire Goddess. September started with Maiden & Unicorn.  I only managed 3 days because I was diamond painting and itching to…

It’s September… the year is starting to wind down and it’s time to get all my ducks in a row.  Among my WIPs, I have 4 more finish goals this year. My plan is to work on them until they are done, rotations may be one week, or less…. Maiden…