Speaking of Frogs

Day 3’s project is the cutest little scissors case and I just love the wording…I Don’t Do Frogging….I Do Reverse Stitching…  I think I will adopt this as my theme of rippin out stitches when those little errors in counting occur.

 

Here is a snap of the two sections that will be stitched together with a ribbon threaded through scissors.  I just love the polka dot lining fabric.  It is really a neat little concept.  I would love to keep these but they will be a gift to one of my fellow stitchers.

TUSAL ~ February

Ahhh,  the TUSAL aka. Totally Useless Stitch A Long ..
Here is a snap of my TUSAL on February 3, 2011.  I have added several snips, orts, some thread bands and a string or two of fabric threads. 

Be A Witch

Today, January 30, I completed he first of my 15 projects. Project #4 ~ Be A Witch by Shepherd’s Bush is the 10th in the B-Attitudes series.  I really love them all, but being a fan of Halloween, this is one I had to have!

I have stitched this on 28 Ct. off-white Evenweave using DMC Threads.  As you can see from the above snap, I need to get a pumpkin, cat, tombstone and 2 little star buttons to embellish with.  I guess that will require a trip to my LNS.  I hope I will have a little will power because last time I was there, I found several things I must have!!

Here is a snap of the completed piece.

Moving on, I pulled out project #1 ~ Glendon Place’s Witches Wheel. 

And wouldn’t you know it, I was attacked by:

I spent 45 minutes rippin out a large section cause I was off by one stitch!  Don’t you just love it when that happens??!!#%^&@!!!
I think this piece is gonna require a lot of froggin along the way.

Another update January 27, 2011

I got back to stitching on my Challenge projects the last couple of days and have been working on the Dragon Dreams ~ Runekeeper.    Another quick snap of the chart:

And todays stitching.   I have completed the Runekeeper and The Seeker:

Round Robin Stitching

I had to put aside my 2011 Challenge pieces this week to stitch on a Round Robin I am in.  It is a group of 6 ladies, 4 in the US and 2 in Europe.  My theme for this RR is Lizzie*Kate’s Green Flip-its.  It is being stitched on 28 Ct. Light Mocha Cashel using the recommended Weeks Dye Works threads. Here is a photo of the completed project as it should be stitched.

And this is a snap of the first section “Plant A Tree” and the border, which says: Be Well~Live Peaceably with the Earth.  There are little Bumble Bees, Red Birds, Fire Flies, Flowers… I just love them!!!


The first project I received to stitch on is Berly’’s.  She sent 4 Lizzie*Kate snippets and 2 patterns by Jodi Evans, which are the first ones I have seen by this designer.  Both of these have a “coffee” theme and I selected one that has variegated threads stitched up in coffee cups called Caffeine.  The variegated threads she included is also new to me called “Six Strand Sweets” by Jessica Burr.  The color is called “Jelly Bean”  and was so fun to stitch !

Naturally, I ran out of DMC # 307 while stitching the border so it is a trip to Hobby Lobby for one skein of thread…ugh… I hope the dye lot isn’t too off and the color matches or I will be having a visit from the frogs…grrrr..!!!

Tucker

I found this on YouTube and just had to share it.  He is so cute!

Crazy January Challenge ~ Day 15

Finally … the final day of the Crazy January Challenge – Starts!

For day 15 I have selected a pattern from the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Issue by Raise the Roof Designs called ~ Nickademus.  I really don’t know the reason behind the name but it is a simply darling pattern of a Sock Monkey holding a big red heart.  The pattern calls for small button mittens to be stitched on the hands.  I am stitching him on 14 Ct. baby blue Aida with the called for DMC threads.

Here is a snap of the days progress.  I really got a lot done.





I am stitching a pair of them for a group I am in that is called The Stitching Corp.  It is a group of stitchers that make pairs of Christmas Ornaments each year and the coordinator, Tina mails one of them to a Military Service Member that is deployed and the matching one to his or her family.  Having a son in the Army makes this project something close to my heart.

Now to decide how I want to rotate all these 15 projects in and out to get them finished!