I worked on three shades of brown this week, including bringing down the outer edge of ribbon on the right. I think I made pretty significant progress.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
1200 Done
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Back to the Heart
Monday, October 19, 2009
Winter's Heart
Nearly Drawn
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Golden Lines
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Two and a Half of Five
A Scattering of Reds
It's progressing with each line, but the animal is still pretty amorphous. Since there are a lot of popcorn stitches of different colors, they're popping up lower down like little measles.
Labels:
cross stitch,
HAED,
over one
Yes, It's Orange
The orange was the best color of the choices given, even though it's very rarely one I gravitate to. But Timothy did a really good job of it and it complements the Midnight Garden perfectly, don't you think?
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Back to the Kaleidoscope
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
GGM Part 1 Done
It's Crewel
This just got framed this week. I think my husband did a really good job, and leaving the frame's color natural set it off well.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Darker Than the Picture
As I'm working on this and starting the first of the bargello rectangles, I'm discovering how very overexposed the picture of the project is in the magazine. I liked it lighter, but I love it darker. I know how hard this particular project is to photograph, so I'm not complaining about it being wrong. I'm just pleasantly surprised at how much more saturated the color is in person.
Monday, October 12, 2009
An Original Beginning
Saturday, October 10, 2009
It's a Something
I've finally started something besides background. It's a salamander to me or a dragon to some. Anyway, it's all dark and beginning to take shape.
Labels:
cross stitch,
HAED,
over one
Friday, October 09, 2009
What a Difference a Backstitch Makes
Thursday, October 08, 2009
It's Still Brown
Second Jellyfish Started
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Yet Another Marquoir Start
Yes, this is the fifth of five concurrent stitchalongs in the German Marquoir group. This one's a mystery by Kelly Searles. I've switched out the colors rather drastically, as the originals were green, red, and two shades of gold on white. I just couldn't do something that Christmasy, so... I changed it. I like the way these colors work together so far.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Another Point
Rhapsody in Blues
Monday, October 05, 2009
Pink Squares
Autumn Round Robin Thank You
Sunday, October 04, 2009
A Medallion and a Half
Friday, October 02, 2009
A Blue-Green Spot
It was time for See the Stars in the rotation, so I've been working on it. I finished off the diamond-shaped blue-green notif and added a new color to the design - the dark blue on the edge of the stitching. Lots of red left to do on this particular part. I'm not too far behind, at least- the next part after this was only released yesterday.
Finished Off
Thursday, October 01, 2009
44-40 Or Fight
Okay, so obscure slogan, but this picture shows me right about forty rows done out of the over two hundred. Still a lot of just red.
Labels:
cross stitch,
HAED,
over one
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thank You Nita
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A Little Sky
Monday, September 28, 2009
The Third Way
All Lacy-ed Up
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
It's a Frame Up
On Monday, my husband got his (correct) mat order from American Frame. He'd been waiting to put some things together because the original mats he got from them were the wrong size. So, when it came in and he opened it, he immediately framed two things - Stars and Spring Mystery.
Labels:
framing
Friday, September 25, 2009
More Than Thirty
I've done more than 30 rows of this so far. It's going slow, of course, like everything else, but it's not going to be an all red middle forever, I promise.
Labels:
cross stitch,
HAED,
over one
Still Circling Around
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Crossed Out
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
One Jelly Bellied
All right, so this week I remembered what frustrated me so much with this - the instructions are scattered. Instead of having the instructions for each jellyfish all in consecutive pages, they're scattered and interspersed with each other. I'm not sure of the reason for that, but having six pages scattered across a table to refer to just bugs me.
Other than that, I -did- complete the first jellyfish! I didn't do the trailing stitch because I didn't find the instructions, and instead did an outline stitch. I think it looks pretty good anyway. On to the next.
Other than that, I -did- complete the first jellyfish! I didn't do the trailing stitch because I didn't find the instructions, and instead did an outline stitch. I think it looks pretty good anyway. On to the next.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Closing In
Monday, September 21, 2009
Top Line Done
Falling Snow
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Two Down, Two to Go
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Eighth Part Done
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