More framing finishes!

I am so happy to have these pieces framed in time for Halloween!  I provided the frames and my friend who works at a framing shop cut the mats and mounted them. Today, I found two more frames at a thrift store that will be perfect for some other finishes.  Stay tuned!

Day of the Dead from the Twisted Stitches book has bright blue and hot pink mats in a black & white 8x10 frame.  I love how she cut the corners!

Day of the Dead - framed!

Trick or Treat by Ursula Michael was a SAL I had with Linda last year.  She used purple, black, and orange mats in an 11x14 black frame.

Trick or Treat - framed!

Halloween House is another great design by Ursula Michael that Linda, Joyce, and I just finished. She used a black mat with an orange beveled edge in a 13x16 wood frame that I found at a thrift store.

Halloween House - framed!

BBQ Queen by Diane Arthurs was finished last year.  I framed her myself in a white 8x10 frame that I bought at a yard sale.

BBQ Queen - framed!

Happy Stitching, everyone!

Happy Dance Finish! (and more beer)

Hurray!  I finished the Day of the Dead sugar skull.  My son bought me the book, Twisted Stitches, and my daughter asked me to stitch this one for her.  I used the DMC floss listed in the chart and stitched on 18 ct white Aida.  The finished size is about 5" x 7".  There is another sugar skull in the book, too!

Day of the Dead - FINISHED!

"Day of the Dead"
Designed by Phil Davison
Twisted Stitches
Started 8/21/2012, Finished 8/31/2013

I stitched more water, fish, and bubbles on Cut Thru' Igloo.  This will only have one or two more updates and then it will be time for another happy dance!  Check out everyone's progress on the Bothy Threads Cut Thru' SAL page!

Cut Thru' Igloo update #22

I stitched two more bottles of beer on the wall on "99" by Ink Circles.

"99" update #5

Bottle #8 is Neustadt 10w30, Neustadt Springs Brewery, Neustadt, Ontario, Canada.

Bottle #9 is Fat Yak, Matilda Bay Brewing Co., Australia.

Turtle Trot SAL - August

For the Turtle Trot SAL, we choose 13 WIPs to work on and post progress pics on the 13th of every month. Now I'm down to only 12.  I didn't stitch on all of them like Linda did!

I skipped the update in July, so here is my progress since June.  You can click on the picture to see it bigger.

Universal Unity:  I stitched the tiger's other front leg.

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Universal Unity update #10

The Sorcerer:  I stitched his smoking crystal ball.

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The Sorcerer update #6

Flaming June:  This is my first HAED chart.  I stitched more blue sky.  Next time I'll get down to the water.

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Flaming June update #4

Merry Christmas:  I stitched the letter "i" on Christmas.  This chart is from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe.

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Merry Christmas update #5

Day of the Dead:  I stitched the jaw and chin and yellow on the mouth.  I'll start on the forehead next time.  This design is from the Twisted Stitches book.

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Day of the Dead update #8

Orange Poppies:  I stitched two more strands of orange around the edge of the poppy.  This Thea Gouverneur design will be huge!

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Orange Poppies update #3

November 4-6, per Random Number Generator!

I'm using the Random Number Generator to choose something new to stitch everyday from my WIPocalypse page!

November 4 - #52 Day of the Dead.  I'm making this flowery skull from the Twisted Stitches book.  My daughter asked me to stitch it for her.  I stitched the vines and flower on the cheek.  This is on 18 ct white Aida.

Day of the Dead update #2

November 5 - #36 Quoth the Raven.  This is a free design from Lady Kell of Kincavel.  It will say "Never More."  This will be a gift for my nephew, who is an Edgar Allan Poe fan (who isn't?).  I finished stitching the black raven.  This is on 14 ct red Aida.

Quoth the Raven update #2

November 6 - #27 The 12 Days of Christmas.  I haven't touched this Prairie Schooler design since I started it for Day #30 of the Ultimate Crazy January Challenge.  I am using Victoria Motto Sampler Shoppe hand-dyed floss for the dark red.  I finished the vines and the words and started the hen.  Linda has also started this design, and she gave me the 18 ct light tan Aida for this.  Thank you, Linda!

The 12 Days of Christmas update #1

I bought all my Q-Snap covers from Christine's Q-Snap Huggies.

Some Saturday stitching!

Day of the Dead update #1

I clicked on the Random Number Generator again and it chose #54 of my 55 WIPs (see my WIPocalypse page) which is a flowery Day of the Dead skull from the Twisted Stitches book.  It is on 18 ct white Aida.  The flower is an eye, and the upside-down heart is the nose.

The mama bird is coming to life on the June square of this Prairie Schooler Summer & Winter design!

Summer & Winter (June) update #4

The background is a printed fabric. It had a blank circle in the middle but I cut it into fourths and decided to stitch right over the printed design.

Halloween House update and two bookmarks!

Halloween House update #20

I finally started on the second floor.  Most of the other stitchers in our SAL started with the second floor first.  Check out their progress HERE.  One person has already finished!

My son gave me the Twisted Stitches cross stitch book.  The first thing I stitched was this bookmark, which will be a gift for my friend's niece.

Memento Mori bookmark - finished!

"Memento Mori bookmark"
Designed by Phil Davison
Twisted Stitches
Started 8/15/2012, Finished 8/17/2012

I also got back to this Spooky bookmark, which was one of my Super Duper Ultimate Crazy February Challenge starts.  Linda and I had new starts every day in January and February (it was all her idea!).  I will give this bookmark to my friend's other niece.

Spooky bookmark - update #1

I found this free design on a Hungarian blog, amintkipattan.  Barbi has lots of cute free charts!

Happy Stitching, everyone!