The Medieval Town Mandala

Yesterday I spent some wonderful time working on The Medieval Town Mandala from Chatelaine.

I love, love, love, LOVE this piece. It's entirely done in specialty threads, no DMC whatsoever, and it's just a wonderful pleasure to work on. This is how I far I got yesterday:

I'm holding off on the beading until the end, but I am doing the backstitching and specialty stitches as I go along because this piece is entirely black and white rather than color and the backstitching can be very difficult to see. I figure doing it as I go along will be better for my sanity than waiting until the end!

Until next time!
~Katy

The Bookshelf and The Little Mermaid

On Sunday, I spent some time working on The Bookshelf by Little House Needleworks:

I'm doing this on 32 Lugana in Doubloon from Picture This Plus, and here is where I stopped:

And then Monday saw me working on The Little Mermaid by Thomas Kinkade for the Disney Dreams Collection again:

I'm definitely still well trained on the expecting the timer to go off after an hour! Ha! Here is where I stopped yesterday:

Overall I'm happy with the progress on both pieces so far! Yay!

Until next time!
~Katy

Sweet Pea Fairy and The Biggest Stash

The past couple of days saw me working on two pieces. First was the Sweet Pea Fairy by Joan Elliott:

I love this piece, this is the first of her fairies that I started working on. Here is where I stopped:

The last few times I worked on her before this time I was focused on the one over one skin, so it was very nice to work on her hair this time. Plus I think the hair just brings out the beauty of the one over one skin even more! This is being done on 28 Jobelan in Fairy Dance from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie.

Yesterday saw me working on The Biggest Stash from Cross Point Designs:

This really is an adorable piece I fully plan on hanging in my Mom Cave when it's finished. Here is where I stopped yesterday:

I plan on backstitching this as I go, but still need to finish a little more on the chair (specifically the blanket hanging on the back of it), but I should be able to finish that next time around. I'm doing this on 32 Jobelan in April Showers, also by Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie.

Until next time!
~Katy

Sugar is Sweet Sampler

Yesterday I spent some time working on the Sugar is Sweet Sampler from Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery.

You may recall that I am totally changing the color schemes on this piece. Here is where I was able to get to yesterday.

I'm doing this piece on 28 Jobelan in Highland Heather from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie using flosses from Mo's Sale. The alphabet specifically is being done in Gelato - I plan on changing nearly all the colors as I go along.

Until next time!
~Katy

Vacation Update

Well, I'm back from vacation! We had a wonderful week long vacation in Colorado! We went to Denver first, then Boulder so hubby could do the Ironman (he finished! Yay!), and then finished the trip in Breckenridge. We did so many things and had so much fun, it was a really great time, though I'm glad to be home!

I did complete a lot of stitching during my vacation, though. I did have two finishes, one the night before my vacation, one on the way to the airport on our last day!

Wine Glass by Mill Hill

Started: 5/15/15

Finished: 7/28/15

All Things Noah by Dimensions

Started: Sometime before 2001

Finished: 8/5/15

All Things Noah was my oldest WIP and my first project for Alphabet ABC's for Stitch Maynia this month! I'm so excited to have it done!

I also worked on several other pieces this week!

Spirit of Cross Stitch Angel by Brooke's Books:

St. Peter's from John Clayton International:

Stardust Fairy by Joan Elliott:

Stitching ABC's from Design Works:

Storytime Sampler from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery (OMG Phantom of the Opera! LOVE!!):

Walking Through The Stars Zodiac Sampler from Cloudsfactory:

Lots of great progress, lots of fun, but now it's time to get back to the real world!

Until next time~
Katy