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IHSW Okay everyone, it's time again for IHSW hosted by the lovely Joyce of Random Ramblings. I can't decide if I'll pick up White Wolves again or go back to my HAED freebie. Maybe both. Here's where I left them. I just realized I haven't stitched anything on this in over a year! So given my desire to finish up some WIPs this year, I should really spend some time on this. I haven't tried it with a Qsnap, which is my new favourite stitching aid. I had this horrible scroll frame before, so I'm thinking a Qsnap and with...

I'm a new fan of Worsted For Wear, a comic about knitting! Yes, knitting. Great comic and the archives held one of the main characters knitting a Dr. Who scarf. That made me want to show mine off.  Here it is being modeled by my dad. Due to cost reasons I used Vanna's Choice by Lion Brand and I think the colours are pretty close.  I can't remember if this was the site I used for the pattern, but it seems like a good one if you want to give it a go. I think it took me 3 or 4 months...

I started IHSW a little early and managed to finish Angelic Melody!! It's been a long haul since I started her for the Crazy January Challenge last year, but she is finally finished!  Yes, she still needs a little more ironing and then I'll add the strings to her mandolin, but I still feel as though she's finished. A little TLC and she'll be perfect.  I also managed to finish another piece, Lady Kell's 2012 Band Sampler. I stitched it on 14 count navy aida with WDW Bethlehem and Meadow. It was a nice break after the fussiness of finishing the Angelic...

It's that time again! Time to hermit and stitch! I hope the finish Angelic Melody before this weekend, but if not, then I'll definitely be working on that. With luck I'll go back to another Xmas project, or perhaps the HAED freebie SAL QS Siberian Forest.  Good luck fellow hermiters! Tiffstitch...

After reading Random Ramblings I find it's IHSW time again! I likely won't have much, if any time to stitch since I'm working all weekend, but we'll see. At least it's a shorter workday on Saturday and Sunday than it is during the week.  Hope you all join in!   And a small finish, Heart of my Heart by Abi Gurden. I even did the cutting!  I used 28 count monaco with DMC Color Variations, DMC variegate thread, DMC perle #8 (Evergreen), PTB, DMC 699 and an unlabelled moss green from my stash. The cutting was tricky, but Abi sent me...

There's a few giveaways here, and it looks as if she has a great selection of products! First, some floss here, and it looks gorgeous! You have until May 30th to enter.  Then a $25 gift certificate to her ebay store, and again she's giving us until May 30th.  AND a Mother's Day giveaway as well! This one ends on Mother's Day of course.  Enjoy looking around her shoppe! ...

April was a pretty productive month, I had 2 finishes! So now I have 5 finishes out of 12, so I'm a little bit ahead. Shall we re-cap? Again, this is for Lady Kell's X-Stitching Xmas Challenge. My first finish was a rose coaster in DMC perle and DMC metallics on 8.5 count waste canvas on to ivory felt. I broke 3 needles and it's not an experience I wish to repeat. I think it was the thickness of the threads that caused the issue, but needless to say I will not be using waste canvas again soon.  My second finish...

Here she is! The finishing touches have been added, she was ironed for maybe an hour, although it felt longer.. and she's 100% complete and framed!  I also have some close-ups so you can see the detail. With the mat we were able to leave the glass in, as you can likely tell by the glare, and I think it looks really good this way.  Here are the promised close-ups.  As Joyce suggested, I stitched the strings for the mandolin right before she was stretched and placed on the mounting board. I think it worked really well. They're nice and flat without needing...

I started this subversive band sampler by Lady Kell of Kincavel Krosses last summer. It was for a thank-you for a friend that helped me out a lot when my car broke down 40 minutes from my house. I was away from home for a while and never got the piece entirely finished, and wasn't worried about it too much, knowing I would get back to it eventually. Recently I heard my friend was in the hospital for treatment and evaluation of a possible stroke! So I started back at this piece immediately and finished it up. I just need to...

 Hosted by Lady Kell at Diary of a Domestic Goddess No finishes this past month for Xmas X-stitching, but I did get a lot of work done on Angelic Melody. Let's start with her.  So she's well on her way to completion. It's possible even within a few weeks. The wing is all half cross-stitch and as you can see in the next picture, it's only the top banner that is practically untouched.  I've been backstitching and cording, etc. as I go so I don't have a ton left to do at the end. I'm going to leave the strings on the...