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Here’s one of my January new starts, Cecily Mary Barker’s Rose Fairy as charted by DMC.  The chart was published in England and does not seem to be widely available in the US; I bought mine on Ebay.  I’m stitching her on a fat eighth of Mountain Mist Edinburgh linen,…

Pattern: Mermaids of the Deep Blue by Mirabilia Fabric: Silkweaver Oceantide Belfast linen (32 ct) Time to stitch: 18 months, mostly in UFO status  I’m happy dancing- my first Mirabilia is finally finished!  This took forever, not because of the stitching, but there are a gazillion beads on this piece. …

Pattern: Waiting for the Mists to Clear, by Character Creations, art by Ian Brooks Fabric: Belfast linen (32ct), hand dyed (very subtle grayish bluish white) Threads: DMC (as charted)  Time to stitch: 1.5 years This has been done a while; perhaps you can see my signature dated 2007.  But as…

Pattern: Olde Irish Blessing by Erica Michaels Fabric: 32 ct ivory linen from Needlecraft Corner, in Baltimore, MD Threads: The Gentle Art sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works (as charted) Time to stitch: 2 weeks in December 2008  This was a Christmas gift for my Dad, one project partially responsible for…

Here it is, my triumph, my happy dance, my last FO of 2008!  This is particularly sweet as it was a long time coming (I don’t even remember when I started it, 2005 maybe), and it was a goal for this year.  The design is Mother Earth, adapted from the…