For whatever reason my heart hasn't been in stitching White Wolves, so I've started something new. This will be an Xmas gift this year I think. It's large, but not difficult, and there's large patches of colour, so it shouldn't take too long to complete. Certainly before Xmas.

Here's a picture of what it will look like. It's from a 2011 Cross Stitch magazine. There's only about 10 colours total and 3 metallics. They call for DMC Light effects, and I already had one that I needed, but I need 2 more. Michael's was out of one colour and their LE section was horribly garbled. I ended up putting all the satins away where they were supposed to be, so maybe someone will order the metallics that were missing... Given choice I would have gone to the LNS, but we were over an hour away. Next time maybe.

And this is about where I am so far. I'm missing E677 or Kreinik 104C I think it was, Colonial Gold. It's kind of annoying because I need a lot of it. Ah well, I'll keep going for a while with the colours I do have. I'm stitching it on 18 count damask that I picked up at the Whistling Duck. It's a really long piece, and was only $6, so perfect for this! I have another long piece I'd intended to use, but I like the elegant look the damask fabric has. Maybe I'll stitch 2.

So here comes the crazy part. There's a local fair at the end of August, over Labour Day weekend. They have a needlework section and I entered last year, but didn't win anything. It was a very small piece, so I'm not surprised. But this year they have an "any medium" theme of Fairgrounds, and I got this chart through an exchange, so I think it might have a chance. The only things holding me back are I need to be done by the end of August and it's 11x14, and I need to find GlissenGloss blending filament somewhere, or an equivalent. That might have to wait a bit 'til I have some cash on hand. I have the perfect fabric for it though, a nice Silkweaver hand-dyed 28 count Lugana. I checked and I have a lot of the DMC needed too, so I'll be able to make a good start. I'm so crazy.

Not to mention, Mabel Figworthy, a friend from the CrossStitch Forum has a fantastic website, Mabel's Fancies, where she offers some amazing hardanger designs. She's planning on running a SAL in a few months for hardanger, and I would love to sign up for this! The details are here.  

Happy Stitching!

Tiffstitch