Almost half a year since my last post *blush*
But I was quite busy during these past months. :D
First a picture of my finally framed lighthouse:
I also finished the HAED Freebe SAL 2013 piece QS Mystic garden:
And another finish.
After more than two years I've finally finished "Rose" in August:
She already found her new home in my grandparents' living room. Never saw grandma so happy about a present. <3
Then I had to make a little present for my mum and her new husband. They got married about 2 weeks ago.
I haven't seen them yet as the wedding was very private but they'll get this as soon as possible.
It's QS Lady bug from Ching-Chou Kuik but without the flowers. I replaced parts of the 310 with 747 & 321 and it's stitched on 28ct opalecent Lugana:
And the last finish for this year... the two hares from "Guess how much I love you".
It's from the book "Classic storybook cross stitch" by Gillian Souter.
They're stitched on 28ct light blue Lugana, 2 over 2, full crosses and the pillow is a present for my cousins baby girl who was born 3 weeks ago:
That's all my plans for this year finished and I can now concentrate on a project just for me :D
I've started Linda Ravenscrofts "Lucifer" on 03/10/2013. He's stitched on 28ct Lugana, 2 over 1 in basketweave stitch. He was started in continental stitch but as that distorts the fabric I switched to baskedweave hoping this will prevent distortion.
Not much to see yet as it's only background for now.
Hello everyone,
I'm really not one for regular updates. Shame on me. *blush*
Over the last 3-4 weeks I worked a lot on Rose and so I've finished row 4 and about 2/3 of row 5.
Somehow she looks like she's almost finshed but there are still 2 full rows, 1 partial row and the rest of row 5 to go. I still hope to have her finished by christmas.
Lets see if that's a realistic goal. *lol*
Before I picked up Rose again, I stitched this little SK:
It's a crop from Melissa Dawn's "Sailor boy". I just needed something small, that I could finish fast for a change. I think it took me about 3 weeks. Now I just need the right frame.
That's it from me for this time... I'll go back to Rose now, let's see how long it'll take to finish the next row. :)
2,5 half months since my last post... uups. *blush* Sorry again for the lack of updates.
But I was busy working on my secret project.
I've spent the last 1,5 half years working on this (with most of it being stitched during the last 5 months) and finished it on January 21st.
And here it is:
This is a picture of Kian Egan that I took during the Westlife Gravity tour in Cardiff 2011. One of "my girls" is a big fan of him so I converted this picture into a chart to surprise her. After finishing it I've sewed the finished cross stitch work into a pillow case and my friend received it last wednesday.
I couldn't give it to her personally but judging by her posts online, I've made someone very happy. :D
After finishing this, I was very happy to get away from all the different greys, so I started this years chart from the Heaven and earth designs Stitch-A-Long: "QS Mystic garden".
It's quite confetti heavy so it took me almost 2 weeks to finish the first page but today I've put in the last stitches of page 1 :D
It is stitched on 28ct white lugana, 2 over 1, continental stitch and was started on January 23rd.
I love the white tiger and can't wait for page 2 to arrive so I can start his "brother".
At the start of January there was also a big surprise waiting for me over on the HAED forum.
You can set yearly and half year goals for your HAED projects over there and everyone who reaches their goals gets the chance to win HAED charts.
I still can't believe it but my name was chosen for the first prize which means I was allowed to add 6 new charts to my stash.
And these are the ones I choose:
- I know I can do this - Sharon Hurst
- Winter rose - Rachel Anderson
- Panthera Leo Lion - Steven Paul Carlson *retired*
- Faces of Faery 185
- Faces of Faery 187
- Mini Melinda and Moohoo
And these are my goals for 2013:
- Finish the Kian Egan pillow case (done)
- Finish pages 19 - 30 on "Rose" by Rachel Anderson
- Start and finish SAL piece "QS Mystic garden" by Ciro Marchetti (started)
- Start and finish "QS Lady bug" by Ching-Chou Kuik (only the lady bug without the flowers)
- Start and finish "Sailorboy" by Melissa Dawn (only the lighthouse as a SK for now, will stitch the whole piece at a later point) (done)
Now I'll be off to get "Rose" back on the frame. :D
Have a great day everyone.
