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Time for starts 14,15,16.  Here’s the last for the Year of Starts, for which I decided to do 16 new starts in 2016. Start #14 is secret gift stitching, but I can share the other 2.  Floss toss: Mirabilila’s Aphrodite on Zeus’ Domain 32 belfast, Under the Sea Fabrics (Start…

Happy Birthday Jo from Serendipitous Stitching!  Welcome to Jo’s Big Birthday blog hop.  1995 – Jo was 29.  Her love of cross stitch continued to grow with her daily commute to work being the perfect opportunity to indulge.  During this year she started to design her own charts for friends. …

Well, the final quarter of the year is nigh upon us, and I’m feeling pressure to finish projects and get all my ducks in a row for 2017! After the full moon & Stitchylympics, it was Celtic Autumn’s turn.  Previous progress: 3 days progress: I stitched some of her dress,…

This month I stitched 3 days on 12 Days of Christmas.  I finished the piper, stitched the drummer, finished the border(s), and started working with the gold metallic- many stitches in the dancing lady’s dress, drummer’s flags, etc… also one of the long horizontal border lines.  I also cleaned up…

The main event for August was clearly the Stitchylympics, but I did make some progress before that…. A new start, a nice chunk of progress for Christmas in July, and good progress on a few other projects, including Siren & Shipwreck, which I finished the night of the closing ceremony.…

Pattern: by Mirabilia, modifications by me Materials: “Seaglass” 32 ct belfast linen, from Hand Dyed by Stephanie, DMC, Caron Waterlililes, Kreinik, Mill Hill Size: 8″ x 16″ Time to stitch: 7 months in rotation or 22 stitching days My 4th mermaid finish, I’m well on my way to having a…

SAL via Crossed Stitches       Since last time, I’ve worked one day (or 2 half days) on the 12 Days of Christmas.  I stitched the lord-a-leaping block, except the skin.  I’ve decided to do the skin all together for the last 3 blocks, which are all figures. I…

During Stitch Maynia, I started Celtic Autumn with a color conversion and spent 4 days on her.  The fabric is 28 count “Vintage Country Mocha” cashel by Zweigart.  I prefer 32 count but I think 28 works better for the Celtic ladies with all the beading.  The original credit for…

I started The Spirit of Christmas, by Lavendar & Lace, during Stitch Maynia.  I was able to finish most of the bottom left quadrant of the chart over 4 days.  This part stitched up quickly with a many long bands of color.  The fabric is “Dwarf” belfast, by Picture this…

I started my second of the elemental goddess series on July 19 and spent 3 days on her; the 3rd day was somewhat of a wash since I woke up sick and felt poorly enough that I didn’t even want to stitch.  That was a rough time.  Stay at home…