August Round-up

 I love it at the end of the month when you look back to see just how much you accomplished over the past few weeks.

I finished the month with 7 FFO’s, I think that’s a record for me!

I worked on two Wip’s, both of which were FFO’d.  They were ‘A Kiss for Snowman’ & ‘Prairie Schooler Santa 1995’

One was a stitch back from the framers, Oh Holy Night

And I had 6 new starts, 4 of which were FFO’d.

‘I Would Rather Be Stitching’, ‘Reindeer Clasic Christmas Ornament’, ‘ A Bee C’ and ‘Honey Faire’

 The other two new starts that will now carry over into my wips are Be Contained Etui and Autumn Dream

 So all in all, not a bad month.

 

Sampler September hasn’t got off to a good start because I and still waiting for my fabric to arrive from 123 stitch, but I have all the called for threads, so I’m ready go as soon as it drops through my door.

 I’m going to do ‘Mighty Acorn’ from Blackbird Designs, Winds of Autumn book.

I did still have a new start on the 1^st September though.

Stacy, the 911 Stitcher was having a little challenge in her Facebook group, so I decided to join in.

The brief was to stitch on something (new or a wip) that contains something that begins with a letter from S,E,P,T,E,M,B,E,R, over the weekend (Friday to Sunday) or stitch 500 stitches over that time.

I went with the letters and started ‘Gossamer Slipper’,

a kit from Bothy Threads.  It has Black Cats, a Pumpkin, a Shoe and Spiders, so I think I’m covered, although the cats are more Grey than Black!

 

I decided to change the 14ct white Aida in the kit  for some Mauve 36ct Linen from Coffee Craft Fabrics.  

 

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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Classic Christmas Ornament – Reindeer – DMC

 Another 12 in 23 Christmas Ornament is done and dusted but this month thinks didn’t quite go to plan.

For some time, I’ve  been wanting to do an ornament finish in one of those acrylic baubles that I’ve seen in Hobbycraft, so when I came across the DMC Classic Christmas Ornaments, I knew this was the month to make it.

I have a subscription to Readly, where you can access many back issues of all sorts of magazines, including cross stitch ones and this ornament was in the Just Cross Stitching Christmas Ornament Special from 2017.

The Reindeer was calling to me, so I did the math and worked out that if I stitched it on 36ct it would fit perfectly

in the bauble.

Stitching finished, I realised that had made a blunder

and somehow managed to pick up a piece of 32ct instead of 36ct, meaning it doesn’t fit in the bauble, and I had to finish it another way.

I ended up doing a flat round and crocheted double picot edge to which I added some gold beads to complete the vintage look.

 

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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