A Christmas finish!

 Hey Everyone!

I had a finish last night that would qualify as Christmas in July.  This is Nutcracker Sampler from The Nutmeg Needle.

Now I'm off to see how my stuff did at the fair.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

The Joys of Owning Cats

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UPDATE:  Yes, I was able to salvage all of the yarn minus a piece about 2ft long.  Not a bad result overall.

So Sunday morning, hubby woke me up with the words,”I didn’t do it”.  He then said to start in the living room.

(This is actually the dining room, the living room photo was blurry.)

…into the kitchen

…heading into my sewing room/office

…beside my cutting table.

They got it out of the askew bin on the left.

Hopefully, they’ll grow out of such mischief.  They just turned 1 on July 3rd.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Framed! 4&5 of 5

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Last night, I framed the 4th and 5th pieces I plan to show in our county fair.  They are Night Train and Night Train II by Elizabeth Spurlock.  I believe they are both out of print (check Etsy or Ebay if you’re interested in either).  I know I finished Night Train in 2008, so it only took 16 years for me to complete the set.  Yes, I can be a bit of a procrastinator.  ;-)

I’ll let you know how they do in the fair (July 31-Aug 3).

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Framed! 3 of 5

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I got the 3rd one framed today.  I’m a Christmas fanatic, so I had to stitch this one.  I almost always have something Christmas-related in my rotation.

This one is so simple, but poignant and I love it!  Projects 4 & 5 are a pair, so I’ll be posting them together when I get them framed.  Oh, all the frames were purchased from arttoframes.com (no affiliation, just a customer).

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Framed! 2 of 5

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I got another one of my projects framed tonight.  The remaining 3 have been washed and ironed and are hanging overnight to ensure that they are bone-dry before I frame them.

Tonight’s project was Mini Wings of Repose [retired] from HAED; original artwork by Nene Thomas.

That’s all for tonight.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Framed! 1 of 5

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I’ve got 5 items I need to frame before the 27th of July ‘cause I want to enter them in my county fair.  I also have one item that’s inset into the top of a box.  I’ve already gotten that one mounted on the foam core and set into the box, I’m just waiting for the glue (archival) to dry before I put some braid around the edge to finish it off.

I did get the first of the 5 framed this evening.  This is Little Bee-Eater from HAED.  The frame was purchased through ArttoFrame.com (I’m not affiliated with them, strictly a customer).

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Thinking Outside the Box (storage solutions)!

 While I am sharing shopping tips in this post, I am not earning anything from this.

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This post could have the alternate title of “Thinking Inside the Box” as well.  I was looking for a better way to store my myriad Kreinik spools and I ended up at…Cabela’s!  Definitely outside the normal place for shopping for needlework anything!

I had both sizes of spools with me (blending filaments & larger braids).  The smaller spools fit perfectly in boxes meant for 20 gauge shotgun shells:

The larger spools will fit in 12 gauge shells boxes, but it’s a tight fit, as in I had to push them in:

Thankfully, I don’t have many of the larger (new style) spools.  The older spools fit fine.  Here’s the labels from the boxes if you want to find them:

The bottom one is the one for the smaller spools.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Another small finish

 Good evening!

I just had another small finish.  This one is called Chelsea and is from the May/June 2010 issue of Just Cross Stitch.  This measures about 4.5” square and I’ll be mounting it in the top of a wooden box.

This is quite blingy (it’s not a word, but I’m using it anyway…it fits!).  There are metallic braids, 3 colors of regular Mill Hill beads, and big Mill Hill beads.  It was so much fun to stitch!

Next up, I’ll be working on another new start—Nutcracker Sampler.  The next project that I’ll be putting on the scroll frame that I just took this finish off of, is going to be Hearts and Roses from a back issue of Cross Stitch & Needlework magazine.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy