Giveaway!

To celebrate reaching 200+ followers and my birthday this month, I'm having a giveaway!! Yay!

Giveaway goodies include two patterns (Edwardian Lady by Joan Elliott and Honey Bunny by Soda Stitch), a one of a kind jewel in 18 count Opal Aida from Under The Sea Fabrics and five flosses from Mo's Sale! All you have to do is be a follower of this blog and comment on this post that you're interested! I will draw the winner's name on May 22nd, which is my 35th birthday. Good luck!

Until next time!
~Katy

Stitch Maynia - Rose Fairy

Happy Mother's Day to you all! Just a quick post now, and another one later with the giveaway information!

For Day Nine of Stitch Maynia, I worked on Rose Fairy by Joan Elliott.

I didn't get a lot done because my son's fifth birthday party was exhausting (fun, but exhausting!), but here is where I got to yesterday before my eyes started crossing:

I'm stitching her on 28 Jobelan in Fairy Dance from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie. Incidentally, that's the same fabric I'm using on the Sweet Pea Fairy by Joan Elliott I have in my rotation too. I imagine Fairy Dance will become my staple fabric for the fairy line. We'll see!

Until next time!
~Katy

Stitch Maynia - Quaker Diamonds

Day Eight of Stitch Maynia was dedicated to Quaker Diamonds by Rosewood Manor:

Quaker patterns are usually not my style, but the line by Rosewood Manor is just gorgeous that they are the exception to my non-Quaker rule. This piece had me using Valdani threads for the first time. I love the little balls of thread and not needing to divide the strands, and the colors are beautiful, but other than that, Valdani didn't impress me as much as the other first-time threads I used this week. Not that I dislike them because I don't, but it didn't feel much different to me to use Valdani than, say, DMC.

This is where I got to yesterday before I called it a night:

I'm stitching this on a solo dye 28 Cashel Linen from Silkweavers. It was a relaxing stitch to work on and I'm looking forward to when it comes back up in the rotation!

Today we are having my son's birthday party so we'll see how far I get with stitching today. Oh! I will be posting my giveaway details tomorrow. I didn't forget, I just haven't posted it yet! Come back tomorrow to get all the details!

Until next time!
~Katy

Stitch Maynia - Mixed Berry Cheesecake

Yesterday was day seven of Stitch Maynia and the second of three pieces in which I'm using flosses and silks I've not used before. Day seven saw me start Mixed Berry Cheesecake by Glendon Place.

This is a smaller, limited edition piece that is part of Glendon Place's Dessert Mandala collection (I have them all in my stash) and came as a kit complete with 28 Cashel Linen in Bashful from Picture This Plus, beads, and all the Dinky Dye silks you need, including a special limited edition silk. This is where I stopped yesterday:

I really enjoyed working with the Dinky Dyes silks, even if this pattern had such specific instructions on how long to cut the lengths of the multi-colored silk to make sure all of the colors laid right in the pattern. I decided that I will, for sure, use the Dinky Dyes silks in the other Glendon Place patterns in my stash. That can be cost prohibitive though if I bought them all at once since Dinky Dyes silks aren't cheap, but if I figure out what I need, picking up one or two here and there won't be nearly as bad!

Until next time!
~Katy

Stitch Maynia - Miss Valentine

Yesterday was a very pink filled day as I started on Miss Valentine by Mirabilia:

I really liked how everything came in the kit, but I didn't like the fabric, so I subbed it out for 28 Jobelan in Amour from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie for a full pretty in pink effect. Here's where I got to yesterday:

This is my first time working with Crescent Colors since that is the thread that came with the kit, and I really liked it! I think this is also going to be a relatively quick stitch. I have the Easter Fairy in this set in my stash, I'd love to find the others to do but I believe many of them are hard to find. We'll see!

Today is my son's fifth birthday, so we shall see how much stitching I actually do today - probably won't be much until he goes to bed!

Until next time!
~Katy