Cristal Violets

Forgot about my January finish.
Cristal Violets by From Nancy’s Needle (canvaswork).
2-17 January 2020

Ready for tea?

I am always ready!
Botanical pin cushion project from the Spring CraftPod box.

StitchMaynia 2019

My StitchMaynia is over. This year I tried to be monogamous and chose Twisted Band Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework. The idea was to start new band every day for 17 days.
I used the rest of the month to complete the project.
It was stitched with called-for Dinky Dyes silks on Ecru Sotema linen (it was bought as 40ct. linen but in fact it is not quite even 37/39ct) 1 over 2.

Worked on the project - 1-29 May 2019. Have only positive feelings about it.

Huck weaving

When I bought the fabric for this project, the idea was to make a tablecloth. But the fabric was so pretty I felt bad cutting it. So, I embroidered the whole piece which is big enough to be a bedspread.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to capture the real colour of the fabric. The first picture is the closest.

Design is from Zweigart 3331 leaflet.

Stitched on Zweigart Stockholm fabric with DMC Perle 3 cottons.

27 March 2018 - 29 December 2018, sewn in January  2019.

Winter 2019 CraftPod projects

Mistletoe embroidery hoop

Foxy toy

That was fun!

2018 in stitches

My cross-stitch finishes this year.

Christmas Eve Couriers. Comet by Nora Corbett.
12 January - 3 February 2018 (11 days of stitching).

Seasons by Prairie Schooler. Winter.

9-26 February 2018 (8 days of stitching).

Ice cream Shoppe by Mill Hill. Main Street series.

8 April - 1 June 2018 (15 days of stitching).

Spring Arbor by The Drawn Thread.

18 April - 17 May 2018 (11 days of stitching).

Spirale by Jardin Prive. StitchMaynia start.

Stitched on 46 ct. Buttermilk Cake linen by @xjudesign using ThreadWorx floss (11011) 1 over 2. 

8 May, 3-22 June 2018.

Inspirations Marines by V. Enginger.
"Maldives" 10 May 2018, 2-8 June 2018.

Inspirations Marines by V. Enginger.
"Thailand" 15 May 2018, 28 June - 14 July 2018.

Pulled thread mat

• I tried new thing and I liked it. 
• Heart's Delight. Pulled thread mat on 28ct. Cashel linen (white) using DMC Perle cotton 8 and 12.  The project is from Inspirations magazine Issue 94.
  Stitched - 18-24 June 2018
  Never done this before; turned out it is easier than it seems, as long as you are good at counting. Had some problems with this :)
• First using thicker DMC Perle cotton 8 you outline the shape with blanket stitch and with outline stitch - hearts inside.

And than with DMC Perle cotton 12 you do different pulled thread fillings in every heart. 
The scarest part is cutting everything out very close to the blanket stitch. 

Liked it  a lot. May even try it again some time later. 

Stitch Maynia 2018

This year I decided to go small with my Stitch Maynia starts. As as result I have 12 finishes out of 18 starts! I do not like to stitch small projects - I enjoy long-term ones. But there are so many small designs I really love but keep postponing doing them till some other day. This May that happy day came! I called it French Maynia as all the starts were from French designers.
Birds are from Nature by MTSA and butterflies are from Les papillons by MTSA.

Stitched on 28ct. Permin (Wichelt) Natural linen 1 over 1.
(More details are on my IG page). 

Winter Berries

Winter CraftPod project.
I took my time stitching it, no hurry, pure pleasure.
Finished 15 February 2018.

Happy finishes

Dimensions Gold Christmas Village Ornaments (No 6).
17 November - 6 December 2017.

Dimensions Gold Christmas Village Ornaments (No 5).
15-29 December 2016.

Here are all six of them finally finished.

Finally started to frame some of my finished projects.
Quilts for All Seasons deserve such an honour :)
Have one place for them and will be changing pictures every month. That is the plan.
Quilts for All Seasons by Paula Vaughan. November.
Stitched - 1 October - 18 November 2011.

Quilts for All Seasons by Paula Vaughan. December.
Stitched - 3 December 2011 - 14 January 2012.

Quilts for All Seasons by Paula Vaughan. January.
Stitched - 1 January- 5 February 2011.

Quilts for All Seasons by Paula Vaughan. February.
Stitched - 15 January- 8 March 2012.