SYOA - Chapter 2 - snitch - revised

I wasn’t happy with the snitch so I frogged it and re-stitched it.  This is the free pattern by Little Mojo.  I stitched it with the charted DMC colours.

I’m so happy I re-stitched it.  Now it feels like the chapter is complete.

Photo below shows my original snitch, same pattern but stitched with metallics and over 1 using tent stitch.  I wasn’t happy because it was too small to show all of the detail like the rest of the items in this chapter.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Happy Dance!!

I finally finished all of Chapter 2.  I love how this chapter turned out.


After seeing photos of Hufflepuff banners completed on Facebook group, I realized I forgot to backstitch the inside of the Letter H.  I wasn't going to do the zigzag pattern stitched along the edges of the banner but my youngest son Jordyn said it would look better, so being the good mom I did it.  I agree it does look fancier.

This is how they look together. 

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #12

I stitched a lot yesterday.  I finished the blue Ravenclaw tower, added some striped grass (like in the movie) and a small snitch.  The golden snitch is a free pattern from Little Mojo, I stitched it over 1 to make it smaller, and I only used 3 colour (2 DMC metallic threads and 1 DMC floss ) to make it less complicated to stitch.  Then I backstitched everything except the snitch and the uniform shirt.  I  just need to finish the cream/beige along the edges of the parchment and I will be done.  I have never stitched with so many metallic threads in one project but this one seemed to call for it.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #11

Last night, I worked on the blue tower and Gryffindor colours along the sides of the Quidditch field.  I also added part of a left sleeve to the uniform shirt.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #10

Last night I finished 90% of the broom.  I still need to add the metallic gold label on handle and backstitching (not on pattern, but I like the look of it).

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #9

Last night I stitched with DMC metallic gold for the accessory (brake?) on the broom.  1 strand of light gold with 1 strand DMC 833 and then for the darker gold with 1 strand of DMC 833.  Then I finished the broom bristles, that was all I could handle working with the metallic floss.

Now I’m off to do some more stitching.  I hope to finish the broom handle tonight and maybe start the blue tower.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #8

Last night, I decided to stitch the green/silver tower on the right side.  After that I continued on to the broom.  Here is a close up of the tower.  I used 1 strand of metallic green blended with the light green for the flag.  I also used 1 strand of metallic silver blended with a light grey for the checkers on the inside (left).  I didn’t use metallic on the rest of the tower (dark side) or the light green side.

Tonight I will continue with the broom.  I will backstitch the Slytherin tower after I do the Ravenclaw one and the sides of the Quidditch field (Gryffindor & Hufflepuff colours).  I am enjoying this stitch-a-long so much.  I love the freedom to personalize the project.  

Question - some stitchers think there is too much space beside the shirt and the parchment edge.  Should I do a partial sleeve on the left side? 

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #7

Last night, I finished the club underneath the second bludger and backstitched around both items.  Then I started working on the cream edge along the right side of the parchment.  I think tonight I will start on the Slytherin team tower close to the right edge.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #6

Last night, I finished the second bludger and started the backstitching around it.  Tonight, I hope to finish the club handle.

Here is the whole project.  I noticed after looking on the Facebook Group that I forgot to backstitch inside the letter H.  I will go back and do the backstitching in the H after I finish stitching Chapter 2.  I’m loving this SAL.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #5

Saturday, I finished stitching the quaffle.  

Sunday, I backstitched around the quaffle even though there weren’t any on the chart.  I also started stitching the second bludger and club.

 

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #4

Monday night I started working on a bludger and club.  There will be 2 of these because there are 2 beaters on each team and they each have a club and bludger to shoot at the other team.  The ball is almost done and I stitched the handle on the first club.

Last night, I finished the first bludger and club then started working on the quaffle.

Reminder of how my layout will look for Chapter 2.  I’m thinking of making a small change to the blue tower.  I saw that someone on the Facebook group change it so the towers are both facing the Quidditch field.  The checkered area on the towers is now on the inside facing the field the same as the green one.  Also, they don’t have the seating showing on the blue tower. 

This is my original layout with the tower facing sideways.  You can see the seating in the tower.  What do you think?  Should I leave the blue tower as it was originally designed below or change it as in the above example?  Everything else is the same on the 2 images.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #3

Last night I finished stitching the Hufflepuff uniform shirt.  I modified the shirt to a general Hufflepuff badger head and a small Hufflepuff house crest.  I used DMC Rayon black (1 strand) to do petit point stitches to create the badger's head and house crest.  I forgot how much fun the Rayon floss is to work with.  It is very shiny and slippery.  I'm also used to stitching over 2 on 28ct evenweave and the petit point is stitch 1 over 1.  It took me several nights to stitch this shirt, because I found it very hard to see the holes when stitching over 1 even with my magnifying lamp.  I'm so glad I didn't make any mistakes because I'm not sure if I could pull out the stitches without ripping the fabric.  Overall I'm very happy with the results.  It turned out better than I expected.
Here is the whole project so far.

Here is a close up of the shirt.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #2

Here is my little progress from last night.  Not much accomplished because I started stitching late and my eyes were getting tired.

Tonight I will stitch on Peppermint Purple SAL.  We’ll see how much I get done.

SYOA - chapter 2 - Quidditch - update #1

I didn’t get much done last night, just a little start on the Hufflepuff shirt.  I hope to stitch some more tonight.

No progress on the Peppermint Purple SAL, but I did frog the variegated DMC floss, so it is ready to restitch when I have time.  Week 10 came out today, so now I’m only 8 weeks behind.  I’m not the only one who started late.  I noticed on the Facebook group that there are a lot of stitchers who are behind as well.

SYOA - Chapter 2 - Quidditch

If you are interested in these patterns, you can get them at http://cunningcrossstitch.blogspot.com/p/syoa-letters-from-hogwarts.html.   There is also a Facebook group which you can join to get alternative patterns, discuss the project and get inspired from seeing what other stitcher’s have changed in their project.

Chapter 2 was released on Sunday, March 1.  It is a smaller area at the bottom of the project.  I have decided not to stitch anything at the top or bottom until all 6 chapters have been released (which is every other month).  I will be stitching the castle (alternative pattern with more detail), the train and the 4 coloured swirls to represent the house colours.  Other than that, I have lots of time to find other items to add to the top and bottom and I won’t have to worry about duplicating any items.

This chapter is all about Quidditch, specifically what position you would play if you were on the Quidditch house team.  For those who are not Harry Potter fans, there are 4 positions on the team.  I don’t have a favourite position, so I took the online quiz and found out I’m a Chaser.  Here are the 4 patterns to choose from.

The Keeper is the goalie, who has to protect the 3 big rings.

The Chaser is the one who scores by getting this big red ball called the quarrel into one of the 3 rings.

The Beaters use a club to hit the brown balls (x2) at the other players to stop them from scoring a goal.

The Seeker (like Harry Potter) chases a very small ball called the golden snitch.  The seeker who catches the golden snitch gets 100 points for their team.

I really liked all 4 choices and wanted to combine them all into this space.  Other stitchers on the Facebook group are doing similar things.  Here is what I will be stitching.  I wanted 2 bludgers & clubs because that is what is used in the real game in the movies.  I also created a smaller golden snitch and redesigned the Hufflepuff shirt (with my own badger and crest).  As you can see this layout goes below the area and would interfere with the letters at the bottom (if I had stitched them already, which I have not).  I have lots of fabric to do whatever I choose to with the top and bottom.

Where the 3 pink dots are you get to stitch a shirt to go with the position.  All the shirts are the same but they have a letter to represent the position on the team.  Keeper (K on his shirt), Seeker (S), Chaser (C) and Beater (B).  I’m stitching the Hufflepuff shirt because in Chapter 1 I chose Hufflepuff as my house.  I guess if you wanted to represent all 4 houses in the project you could choose a different house shirt for this chapter.

Here are 6 shirt designs I came up with after looking at all the Hufflepuff shirts online.  The bottom one is the original without a letter in the middle.

 Sorry for overloading your brain with so much information, but I thought this might help other stitchers.  For all the Harry Potter fans it is nice to see the choices offered throughout the project.  Or for stitchers still thinking about joining the SAL, there are lots of people still waiting for their fabric to arrive.  Or you can always collect the patterns for a future project.  Let me know what you think of Chapter 2.  It is always nice to talk to other Harry Potter fans.