Another finish, a new start, and giveaway winner!

I finished Red Cat, which was a free design from Cross-Stitchers-Club.  This will be donated to World of Charity Stitching to be sewn onto a cat-themed quilt.  I used Victoria Clayton silk HDF in Aquamarine.  It is stitched on 28 ct antique white Jobelan.

Red Cat - FINISHED!

"Red Cat"
Cross-Stitchers-Club
Started 2/22/2012, Finished 9/28/2013

My new start is Mary's Sampler II, a free Mystery Sampler from Plum Street Samplers.  There are 9 parts, one each Sunday.  I am stitching on 18 ct Fiddlers cloth light.  The finished size will be about 5.5" square.

Mary's Sampler II (part 1)

Remember, tomorrow (October 1), part 2 of the Jardin Privé sampler, La Pensée Positive, will be available!  She has also made charts in Spanish and Italian versions, and is working on a German version, too!  All PDF files are free on Les Marottes de Nathalie. 

The winner of the Cut Thru' Igloo chart is..... Debbie Daniels!  She has noreply-comment and no blog, so if she doesn't respond by next Sunday, October 6, I'll choose another name.  (I found her on Facebook after all!)

 Debbie Daniels said...

Since I am a Debbie also, and live in Alaska, (in an igloo of course!) I think you should pick me :-). You did a lovely job on this

September 18, 2013 at 8:06 PM

August WIPocalypse update

It's time for the WIPocalypse SAL update!  I really do want to finish all my starts (some day), but I'm still enjoying stitching everything.  You can see current pics of all of my WIPs on my WIPocalypse page.  Check in on Measi's blog with your WIPocalypse update, too!  This month the theme is Designer - Long Dog, Project Theme - Smalls, and Focus Colors - Blue and Red.

I don't have any charts by Long Dog, but I have some smalls to work on, and some blue and red stitching, too.

Here's a brand new start and finish!  I made this bookmark for my daughter, who knows some French but wants to learn more.  "J'aime lire" means "I love to read." This is a freebie from a French blog, Les petits bonheurs de Miss T (The Simple Pleasures of Miss T).

J'aime Lire bookmark - FINISHED!

"J'aime Lire" bookmark
Designed by Malile
Les petits bonheurs de Miss T
Started 8/16/2013, Finished 8/19/2013

I stitched more blue on Red Cat, a freebie from Cross-Stitchers-Club (I think the website died), using Victoria Clayton silk HDF on 28 ct antique white Jobelan.  I think the color is Aquamarine.  This is for a cat quilt by World of Charity Stitching.

Red Cat update #2

I stitched more dark red on Santa Hang-Up.  This is a SAL with Linda.

Santa Hang-Up update #4

Picnic Area by The Prairie Schooler has more border stitched.

Picnic Area update #4

I started stitching the spooky tree on Halloween House.  You can also buy this chart in PDF download HERE on Crosstitch.com, so you can have it instantly and not have to worry about postage!  Linda finished hers and Joyce and I are close behind!

Halloween House update #39

I posted a pic of my Cut Thru' Igloo progress on the Cut Thru' SAL page and the Facebook group last week but not in a blog post.  I finished the snow on the left side under the penguin and more water.  I think this will be done in a few more weeks. Then I'll start stitching on my Cut Thru' North Pole House or Pirate Ship next.

Cut Thru' Igloo update #19

Happy Happy Stitching, everyone!

Halloween House update and Random Number Generator

Halloween House update #14

I only did some backstitching last Friday on Halloween House.  I want to stitch the rest of the jack o'lanterns next time.  Everyone is making great progress and someone is getting close to a finish!  See them all on the Halloween House SAL page.

Spring & Fall - April update #3

The brown bunny is a little bigger.  I didn't finish this April picture in April, so I think I'll start on the May piece next Saturday.

Harley-Davidson logo update #10

All the black is done on the bottom of the Harley-Davidson logo.  Now I need to finish the orange X's on top and stitch the rest of the black background.

I copied Otter's Ocean and got a Random Number Generator widget to choose which of my WIPs to give some attention to (in addition to my weekly SALs).  They are all listed on my WIPocalypse page, but the numbers will change each time I have a finish and move it from that page to the Finishes 2012 page instead.  My number range is from 1-62, since I'm planning to have another new start for World of Charity Stitching any day now.

Red Cat update #1

The first random number for yesterday was #53, Red Cat, stitched with Vikki Clayton hand-dyed silk in Aquamarine on 28 ct antique white Jobelan, 2 over 2.  This was one of my starts for the Super-Duper Ultimate Crazy February Challenge, since Linda convinced me to start a new project every day in January AND February!  I remember how fun it was to start something new every day.  I think I'll click on the Random Number Generator whenever I get the urge, so look out for different pieces being updated all the time now!

Happy Stitching, everyone!

Monday and Wednesday SAL updates

I am in SALs on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  I think my Monday Snowman SAL with Linda will be the first one to be finished, and then we'll pick another project to stitch together.  We have several of the same charts in the UCJC that we started in January.

Mr. Mittens update #3

I stitched the red glove and more purple squares on Monday.

BBQ Queen update #3

I stitched more of her right arm and part of her purple dress on Wednesday.

 

Day #53 is Red Cat from Cross Stitchers Club.  I am using Vikki Clayton hand-dyed silk floss. I don't know the color name, but it's bluish and purplish.  Everyone in the SoCalCrossStitchers Yahoo group who came to our stitching get-together got a free skein of the silk floss.  I am stitching over 2 on 28 ct Antique White Jobelan.  This makes the quarter stitches so much easier!