I've been trying something a little new, I decided to start a small stitch rotation...this way I can work on several projects and make progress on multiple WIPs. So far it's been working out great! I rotate 3 projects..two during the week and one on the weekend. My weekend project has been Glitter Village by Country Cottage Needleworks (I've had 4 weekends now for GV)
Some weekends I'm able to get a lot of stitching accomplished, while others I averaged about 4 hours of stitching. But progress is progress and now I'm ready to start the last row of houses! I love these little Glitter Houses! I'm stitching my village on 32 count Raw/Silver Linen with the called for Classic Colorworks...except Bamboo, I'm using DMC 3865 in its place.
Also over the weekend I fully finished my Basket of Cherries by Blackbird Designs! This is part of the #bbcherrybasket SAL that I'm cohosting with Deborah of @canopiedstitches on Instagram. I finally was able to find a frame for my piece at Michaels and only cost $3 using multiple coupons! Eventually this will go onto my sampler wall, but for now I will just have it out with my Summer decor.
Hi Stitchy Friends! I have another finish to add to my Summer decor and I'm loving it! A few weeks back I started Harvest Chalk Full by Hands On Design, a collaboration between Cathy Habermann and Priscilla Blain(of The Real Housewives of Cross Stitch).
I stitched it on 32 count Charcoal Linen with DMC Threads. I changed up a few of the colors..the flowers are 726 and 743, 503 for the jar, 3347 for the leaves.
I took a piece of mat board and attached batting, then I laced my stitched piece to the front. Once that was finished I cut a piece of homespun gingham and attached that to another piece of mat board. I attached those two pieces together and hot glued magnets to the back.
I used ribbon, lace and jute to make a rustic bow. Once I had the bow just right, I hot glued a sunflower to the middle. Then used hot glue to attach a magnet to the back of the bow and attached both pieces to the enamel book stand...just like Priscilla! Love how it turned out and I can't wait to see the next one in the series!
I'm back!! Man has it really almost been a month since my last blog post? Crazy how time just flies by while your not paying attention. If you've been following me either on Instagram, Facebook Page or Flosstube..then you know that my family was here visiting for most of June. What a great time!
I did however manage a finish during the Shenanigans of family time! I finished Little House Needleworks, Summer ABC's..it was stitched on 28 count Summer Khaki with all DMC Threads! I also changed a lot of the colors.
My color conversion:
349
420
761
988
987
869
3011
3012
3021
3865
3821
Really my conversion was within the same color family of the original called for DMC, I just either darken or lighten my colors to go better with the Summer Khaki Linen.
I then fully finished it on my wooden board that I painted green and antiqued back in January. And my finish wouldn't be complete without a cute double bow in burlap polka dots and black gingham ribbon. Love it!
