Stitch Maynia - Sugar Is Sweet Sampler

We're almost to the end of all of my new starts! I can't believe it! I'm anxious to get back to my normal rotation again but I think I'm going to miss starting something new every day!

Day Twenty Nine didn't see a lot of stitching. I wasn't able to start stitching until late in the evening and I had a headache so I didn't make a ton of progress, but I did get to start on Sugar is Sweet Sampler from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery:

I really like this sampler, I think it's adorable. It is the second of the three alphabet samplers from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery that I have in my stash. I started one earlier this month (Fibery Friends), the third I'm not sure I will do because I'm not necessarily a huge fan of the theme for that one, but we'll see. Here is where I got to yesterday:

Completely different from the model, right? The fabric I'm using is this month's fabric of the month from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie and it's called Highland Heather. This piece is 28 Jobelan, and when it came in the mail, I knew I had to get something stitched on it right away. And because I was in the mood tonight to do a little searching through my stash, I'm going to convert this piece to be all flosses from Mo's Sale (surprise, surprise), and I picked Gelato for the letters. I haven't picked out any other colors for the rest of the sampler yet. I'm just going to pick them as they come up and see what speaks to me at the time!

I did get some fun stitchy mail yesterday. My next Stitchy Box came!

There will be a second mailing from them for this box because one of the pieces didn't make it in time for the mailout, but here is what came in it so far:

There's an adorable owl shaped hand stitched bamboo thread keep from Red Gate Stitchery, a neat spool of a corded thread, a skein each of DMC 4124 (a pretty variegated orange) and Lunar Eclipse from Classic Colorworks, a stitchable canvas drawstring bag, a fat eighth of another canvas-type material that is opal, but I'm not sure of the count or what specific type of fabric it is, and then a fat eighth of 28 Opal Lugana in Winter Solstice from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie! I'm really excited about this box. I LOVE the thread keep - I've never used one before, but some of my smaller Mill Hill kits could definitely benefit from me using one, and it'll be fun to stitch it up too! And we all know I love Stephanie's fabrics, and the rest looks likes it will be really interesting to play with and explore! Another hit in my book!

Until next time!
~Katy

Follow The Yellow Brick Road!

The April frame came out yesterday for the Storytime Sampler by Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery and lo and behold, it was The Wizard of Oz! As per my habit, I started stitching the frame as soon as it came out and would not stop until it was done! (This piece and the Zodiac SAL are really the only ones I'm this fast on).

Here is the frame for the month:

As most of you know, I've substituted the recommended DMC and WDW flosses for flosses and silks from Mo's Sale. I completed the frame itself back in January without knowing what this month's theme would be and I have to say that I could not be more pleased with the Sundown frame. Some of the colors in it meld in perfectly with the colors I used for the Yellow Brick Road so it seems like the path is winding all the way around the frame to me. I love it!

Here is the completed piece to date:

Hard to believe we're already a third of the way through! I can't wait to see what next month's frame will be!

I also wanted to give a shout out today to Stitchy Box today. This is a bimonthly subscription program where every other month, you get a box of stitching goodies that will hopefully help a stitcher venture out to use different materials and such that they haven't used before. I got my first box yesterday, and loved the Halloween theme!

Here are all the contents laid out:

In the box, I received:

- A fat eighth piece of 32 count Jobelan dyed fabric (it wasn't labeled so I'm not sure the designer or color name)
- Five wooden spools
- Some cute Halloween themed finishing fabrics
- A spool of glow in the dark blending filament from Kreinik (052F)
- A skein of Anchor 403 floss
- A skein of Valdani cotton floss in Love of Life
- A skein of Classic Colorworks silk in Beanstalk
- A skein of Weeks Dye Works crewel wool in Pumpkin
- A skein of Dinky Dyes silk in Boulia

I'm thrilled with the stash enhancements and can't wait to use them! Such a lovely stitchy surprise!

Until next time!
~Katy