This needs to be mailed out by tomorrow and I finished it last night. It's the most complicated block I've ever pieced. The theme for the round robin is "my favorite things" so I went for steampunk. It's a bit more organic looking than I'd want, but it does do the whole complicated bit fairly well. Now to see if any of the other people working on the block even know what steampunk is...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Finally!
All the cross stitches on part five are DONE! I started on the special stitches on the outside of one of the corners. Since there are a lot less of them, I should take less than a whole year to get them done... anyway, I'm really happy that I'm done with all that stitching! There's a round of houses outside these corners yet to do.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
All but the Border
Can You See...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Two Down, Ten to Go
I finished up the dragonfly belt buckle a couple of days ago. Figured I was so close when I finished the basketweave that I might as well go for it. It came out pretty well, despite all the difficulties with instructions and missing threads. Instead of replacing it in my rotation with another from the series, I decided to put in the old French round robin piece that has a blank area in the middle. I'll be putting an alphabet there and then my husband can frame it. Since he's already got the frame done and the mat and everything else, I need to get working!
Oh, and I went back onto a project challenge, this one for 25 finishes. It means I can't go out and just shop for shopping's sake for stash until I've done 25 from my stash. One down, twenty-four to go on that.
Oh, and I went back onto a project challenge, this one for 25 finishes. It means I can't go out and just shop for shopping's sake for stash until I've done 25 from my stash. One down, twenty-four to go on that.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Cornered
Two of four corners done on this last band. If it wasn't such a huge band, I'd probably just sit down and get it done, but it extends quite a way and I want to make sure I get all the strange stitches right, since there's a lot of string art in it. My husband says he has ideas for finishing this, but he's not telling me yet.
Asian Nights Block
I originally meant to do a Japanese block with some fabrics my husband had picked up for me, but ... I started pulling fabrics and these are the ones that called to me. So, it's Arabian Nights for me. This round robin starts on the first, so I got my block finished on time. I spent most of yesterday putting it together.
Backing the Ground
M-I-C ... and Not Mickey
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Almost Half Way
Still Stitching on May
Friday, July 25, 2008
Dazzling Box
Part Four Finished
Part Three Happy Dance
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Bringing It Down
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
English Flowering
Monday, July 21, 2008
Foursquare Patterns
Silvering the Background
Sunday, July 20, 2008
First Stitches Taken
Tantalizingly Close
Naked Crazy Quilt Block
I'm in the beginning of a few crazy quilt round robins - the first one is a sampler round robin where people do seam treatments with different stitches picked per month. Since that requires a lot of long seams, I made this block for it. I think it came out pretty well. Now to pop it in the mail on Monday and see what the others do with it over the next several months.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
What I'm Doing with my Anchor Floss
A few months back, I won a prize from New Stitches in their monthly giveaways. It was a bag full of all the new variegated Anchor flosses and perles. I didn't know what to do with them at the time, but I needed to do ornaments, so... I visited My Aunt's Attic and printed off this chart to make an ornament out of. I decided on the bright summery color variegated because it's summer. I think it's turning out pretty neat.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Special Stitches Started
I started the specialty stitches this week. Lots and lots of algerian eyelets. They look good when done, but one thread in fifteen holes for each stitch, so it takes a while. When I finish them, though, part four will be done. Part five's a scroll on each side, mainly in gold metallic, and pretty quick.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Getting Close
Browns and Reds
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
What Else I Did in Kosovo
I made a shawl! Since I was supposed to be learning how to watch TV (evidently I don't pay enough attention), I made a very easy double crochet shawl out of a really soft yarn. Just a couple of days ago, I added the fringe. It's another finish for July, which makes two. I'm happy after June's total lack of completions. Now I have to wait until October or so to use it.
Flower's Core
This week I worked on band seven's flower core. It had algerian eye stitches and satin stitches and brick stitches. Because of all these, it's taken more time than just regular cross stitches. I've started the outer part of the flower now too. This is the last huge band in the piece, so hopefully it'll be done soon.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Winged
Now on to the background. I used Frosty Rays for the wings, since the Fyre Works the stitch guide asked for weren't in the kit. I have since received said Fyre Works and the Kreinik braid that was missing. The shop mailed them to me with my last shipment. They didn't realize it wasn't in the kit. I'm not frogging the substitutions out, but it's a nice gesture.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Last Band Started!
Added to the Rotation
I talked about Bibendum (known here as the Michelin Man) as my next project, so I thought I'd post a picture of the kit. I bought it in France last year, and it's got red aida as the fabric. I'm changing that to a hand dyed orphan I bought last winter from Picture This Plus. So it's started, and it's going to be a boring stitch, but should be quick. It'll look good in my husband's office - either the home one or the work one. Why Bibendum? My husband invented a new way to make one of the main components of tires. Michelin is one of the biggest consumers of this new process... and besides, he's cute!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
One More Finish
Yay! I actually finished something. My daughter's decided she wants this, even though it's definitely not her proto-goth colors. Anyway ... it's in my husband's framing pile. The directions were all right, but one of the symbols of the border was way hard to read, since the chart was obviously hand written. It's almost twenty years old, though, so that's its excuse.
Labels:
cross stitch,
finish
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Edging It Out
All Vined
Friday, July 11, 2008
Cross Stitches Done
Starting the Border
This picture was taken last Friday; since then, I've completed the stitching. Yay! My daughter saw it and decided she wants to keep it, so now my husband has something else to frame in his pile. Of course, he is still off on a business trip, so he hasn't put it in his pile yet... I've decided to put Bibendum into the rotation. I specifically bought him for my husband, and it shouldn't take that long to do.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tired of Blue and Gold
Well, it's getting closer and at the rate I'm currently stitching, part five's cross stitches will be done by the end of the month. There aren't that many specialty stitches - just a lot of Rhodes squares all in the same color. I'll be glad to finish this part and start working on something different with it. It's beginning to feel stale to me.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Top's Done
Yay! I finished the top half of the Lady! She's got a lot of beading to do up there, but all the cross stitching is done. Now on to the skirt and bottom, which I've started working on since this picture was taken. It seems all my projects are reaching milestones this month - finally. Makes me feel like I'm finally making some progress on stuff.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Second Frogs Framed
Before I left for Kosovo, I made a second frog trio for my niece. My husband finished framing it this weekend. He did something different with the mat, and I think it came out really well. He painted a white mat with a bunch of squiggles in the colors of the frogs. I hope Jackie likes it when she gets it.
Labels:
framing
On to the Seventh
I got band six done last week and started band seven when I went to the sampler meeting last week. Band seven is a bit of a mess chart-wise. It's that there's writing all over it, so it's hard to count. I think I've got a good start on it now, though. There are only nine bands, and seven is the largest of the remainder. I should have this done before it's due date in August. At least, I hope so.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Dragonfly Tail
I made a lot of progress on this while waiting for Mattie at the freight office at JFK last week, getting the dragonfly tail done (neat process - bullion stitches under the satin stitches to make them poofy) and outlining the wings. Unfortunately for me, I seem to be missing two more threads that were supposedly included. I didn't fill in the wings because what I had was too light in color, so I'm looking through my stash for something better. Should start them this week.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Pay It Forward - Free Stuff
I posted about these on Vikki Clayton's forums, but someone wanted pictures. I really didn't want to have to scan them in just for that, so I did and put them here for others too. First asked, first given. I'll even plump for postage in the States and, depending on what you want, to other places. Just email me if you want something.
Edited 7/7 to add: New Stitches and Tiny Tim are taken.
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giveaway
Eight of Twenty Done
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