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Pattern: kit by Mill Hill Materials: 28 ct stormy grey jobelan, DMC & Mill Hill as kitted Size: 5″ square plus border Time to stitch: 5 days Presenting my third Mill Hill finish (of 12) for this huge village project…  Bookseller stitches up quickly, I was able to get the…

Pattern: by Nora Corbett Materials: Pewter opal belfast by PTP, DMC, Mill Hill & Swarovski Size: 5″ x 6.25″ Time to stitch: 10 days Presenting my 4th reindeer… Dasher! I love the sense of flight in this design, Dasher racing midair through a snowstorm looking fab with plenty of bling-…

After the last check in: at the end of June I eked out several full finishes and worked on I am a Stitcher for 5 days, but let’s get to the July stitching!  My rotation is off the rails again… I started Christmas in July with Cookies for Santa on…

Pattern: Dimensions Gold kit designed by Donna Race Materials: 18 ct white aida, thread as kitted Size: 10.5″ x 15″ long Time to stitch: About 6 weeks since 2014 (I didn’t track days when I started this project) Finally finished my son’s Christmas stocking (after I sewed him a felt…

Pattern: by Sue Hillis Materials: 28 ct white monoco by Charles Craft, DMC as charted, Color Scheme #2 Size: 6.5″ x 8.21″ Time to stitch: 1 week My 2nd finish from Maynia 2017!    The pattern is well done and stitches up quickly with a lot of typography.  I pulled…

June was a very eclectic month; I worked on so many projects! After my last WIPocalypse check in: I spent the last few days of May working on Dasher and managed to get him 95% finished before I ran out of beads.  Oh well, more are on order. On May…

Pattern: from Mill Hill kit Fabric: 28 ct stormy grey jobelan, DMC floss & Mill Hill beads as kitted Size: 5″ x 5″ Time to stitch: 7 days My 2nd piece of the Mill Hill village is complete and I am chuffed!   The pattern was fine, easy to read,…

Pattern: Mill Hill kit Materials: 14 ct Perforated paper, DMC thread, Mill Hill beads as kitted Size: 3.5″ x 5″ Time to stitch: 5 days My last of the Mill Hill Angel trilogy is complete!  (and fully finished too!) Seraphina stitched up very quickly, quicker than the first two.  Perhaps…

After my last framing projects with triple mats, I opted for something a bit easier this time.  I’ve never matted any of my Mirabilias as they are so big even without mats. Petal was finished in 2015; she is definitely due her moment in the sun.  She is stitched on…