Quick Finish

 Hello!

I had a fairly quick finish recently:  a fleece poncho!  The left photo shows it from the back and you can sort of make out there's a hood.

 

It was quite simple to make.  I used the directions from Life Sew Savory.  She used wool to make hers and I chose to use fleece instead.  I haven't worn it out and about yet, but the weather is now rainy and cooler so it's probably going to get worn soon.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

I'm Back. Lots of Finishes!

 Hi Everyone!

I'm back, finally.  It's been a rough Summer.  I lost my Mom in June and have been dealing with that emotionally and physically (cleaning out her house for sale).

In spite of the grief, I have been able to finish some things.  I got 2 of my finished cross stitch pieces framed.  First is Heirloom Nativity Sampler from the Victoria Sampler.

The other one that got framed was my Sweet Peas from Cindy Rice.

I had had a shoulder injury that took a little chiropractic work and some physical therapy to fix, but no pain now!  Because of the injury, I hadn't been able to work on my mystery quilt.  Now that I'm healed, I was able to finish the Grassy Creek Mystery by Bonnie Hunter.  Here's my finished top:

Just a couple of days ago, I had my most recent finish:  another fabric wreath!  I did an Autumn one this time:

This wreath has 5 different Autumn fabrics.  I still have one more wreath form but haven't decided what fabrics to use on it...we'll see.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Wings In Repose Update

Update:

Andrea asked:  "Are you on the bottom row of pages?"

I'm not.  The bottom row is partial pages, about 30 stitches high.  I'm on the row above that.

Hi All!

I finished another page on Mini Wings in Repose [retired] from HAED a few days ago.  I just forgot to post an update.  Here it is:

You can now definitely see that there's a swan involved!

I'm stitching this 1x1, half crosses on 32ct. evenweave.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

A Finish: Diamond Painting!

 Hello, All!

I finished my diamond painting last night!  Here it is:

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I ran a rolling pin over it to make sure all the diamonds were laying flat.  I plan to seal it sometime today.  I will eventually frame it, just not sure when.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Update on Diamond Painting

 Hi Everyone!

This will be the last update I do on my first diamond painting.  The next post about it will be a finish!

When I was a bit over halfway done with this, I flipped it around and worked it from the top towards the center.  I did this because it was getting hard for me to work on it on a flat table.  

After I got to about 175 total rows done, I got to the point where I’d see a color that just had a few scattered spots left so I filled them in.  Next thing I knew, I was working strictly by color!  At the moment, there are 5 colors left.  Here’s what it looks like now:

I’ve filled in the rest of the mountain since taking this picture.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

A Finish: Heirloom Christmas Sampler

Hello Everyone!

I'm making progress on completing projects!  My latest finish is Heirloom Nativity Sampler from The Victoria Sampler.

This is stitch on 32ct. fabric in an antique blue color, not sure of the actual color name.

This finish means that I have 3 scroll frames that are empty (gasp!).  I've already chosen the 3 new patterns that I'm going to add to my rotation:

• Birds on a Wire (Heaven and Earth [retired])
• Kringle Comes to Town (2017 limited edition from HAED)
• Father Christmas (Curtis Boeringer)

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Update on Diamond Painting

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Hello People!

I have an update on my first diamond painting.  I’ve been working on it a little bit every day.  Here’s my progress:

I’ve been enjoying working on it, but even more so since I got storage for the “diamonds”.  I got two of these cases off Amazon and I LOVE them!

Here’s one of them with the diamonds I’m using on this project:

As you can see, there are a couple of bottles without labels.  Those are excess of the color to the left of each of them. Well, that’s all for now.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy