In The Woods Deer – Log Cabin Christmas - Little House Needle Works

I’m well past the half way mark of Log Cabin Christmas

now and have just finished Part 6, which is ‘In The Woods Deer’.

I’m really enjoying working on this, but I think, as we head into warmer days, it’s time to put Christmas/Winter stitching aside for a little while I think because I want to do some Summer stitching.

First though I wanted to get some more stitches into my Chatelaine, ‘Hummingbird Lace Mandala’.

This is where I let it the last time you saw it back in March.

Between then and now, I’ve stitched the first 1 over 1 hummingbird,

worked on the borders of specialist stitches 

and the second flower.  

I’ve also added lots of beads, because I’ve decided to bead as I go, instead of leaving it all until the end as I did with Butterfly Lace.

I did make a little blunder though……….while adding beads to the second flower, I realised that I used the wrong beads on the first one, so at some point I’m going to sit and pick the out, which is a bit of a pain.

There’s one last thing to share with you today.

I’ve seen other stitchers' use Flower Frogs, which are designed for arranging flowers, to display/store their scissors and I wanted one too, so when I saw this beautiful Green Glass one on ebay, I knew it had to come and live with me.

So, until next time

 Happy Stitching!

Sue

 

Project Information

Chart- Log Cabin Christmas – Part 6- In the Woods Deer

Designer – Little House Needleworks

Fabric – 32ct Zweigart Linen – Raw

Threads – Called for Classic Colorworks

Hummingbird Lace Mandala - Chatelaine

Designer - Martina Rosenberg
Fabric – 28ct Jobelan Evenweave – Antique White
Threads – Called for Silks, DMC and Petite Treasure Braid
Beads – Swarovski Crystals and Delica Beads

Butterfly No. Six

 

Butterfly Lace Mandala

Another Chatelaine Weekender under my belt and I have made some good progress I think.

I finished the one over one butterfly that I started last time and it’s so pretty.

Then moved over to the left-hand border and extended it a little bit more.

And then stitched some of the flowers and small butterflies on the outside of the border.

 Happy Stitching!

Sue

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One Over One

I can’t say that stitching one over one is by any means my favourite way to stitch, but with the help of good lighting and since suffering a detached retina, a good magnifier; it’s so worth the effort.

I’ve been working on my Chatelaine, Butterfly Lace Mandala for the first time this year and over the weekend I made a start on butterfly number six. It was one of the larger ones.

There are so many colour changes in these little wings and I didn’t quite manage to finish it, but it will be back out for the ‘Chatelaine Weekender’ on Friday.

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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