Happy Dance

I finished the Namaste by Ink Circles on Saturday. Not sure if I will frame it or make it into a bell pull. I think I will start kitting all my projects for 2013.




Thought you might like to see how I framed my Victorian Dollhouse. Simple black frame.



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One more motif to complete

I finished the turquoise motif yesterday, and the blue one today.







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December - life got busy

I forced myself to blog everyday in November because of the National Blog Posting Month, then December started and I didn't have any stitching to show so I didn't feel like blogging. Last weekend we primed the basement walls and ceiling (2 coats), then we painted the ceiling (2 coats). Hopefully this weekend gets to see some colour on the walls. I'm sick of looking at white walls (drywall, primer, and ceiling colour are all white). I will show some photos when the renovation is completed.
Now for some stitching updates. I finished outlining the purple motif and finished colouring in the green motif.








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More black outlining

I'm almost done outlining the purple motif. Should finish it this weekend.




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Half stitches

I have finished stitching the shape of the purple motif, now to cross them all and make Xs to complete the outline. Not much stitching time in the evening, I usually stitch for a half hour in the morning before breakfast.




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More black outlining

I'm still working on the black outlining on the purple motif.




Not expecting to have much stitching time tonight, it is Costco (grocery shopping) night.

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Purple motif started

I started the purple motif this morning before work. Here is my progress for today.




I'm off to the cross stitch club will show more purple tomorrow.

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Blue motif outline complete

I finished the outline on the blue motif. I will start the purple one tonight, it is the last one to outline. It shouldn't take too long to colour in each motif.




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Ink Circles Namaste Chart

Astrid (astridxstitching.blogspot.ca) asked, "What will it look like when it is finished"? Here is a photo of my Ink Circles chart, I just love all the colours it reminds me of a rainbow.




Not much time to stitch this weekend. We put the first coat of primer on the new walls in the basement. Hopefully the second coat will be next weekend. We should have paint on the ceiling and walls before Christmas.

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Blue motif

I had some extra time this morning so I started the blue motif. This is what I had done ... then realized it was wrong, I had to frog and start again.




This is my progress after frogging this morning.




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More black outlining

I finished outlining the turquoise motif. I will start the blue motif tomorrow morning.





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IHSW update

I only had time to stitch on Sunday. i did manage to finish outlining the green motif.





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Turquoise motif

After I finished outlining the green motif I continued on to the turquoise motif instead of filling in the green colour. Here is my progress on so far.





In think I will continue outlining the rest of the motifs before adding the colour to them.

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Frogging and re-start

When I picked up my stitching tonight I realized I started the Turquoise motif instead of the green one. Good thing I only stitched for 15 minutes yesterday, so I did have very much to frog. I re-started the green motif I will show you my progress tomorrow morning, not enough light to take good photo at night.




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IHSW

I haven't had much time to stitch this week. I had 15 minutes to spare this morning, so I finally started the green motif. It is IHSW (International Hermit Stitching Weekend). Here is my before photo, we'll see if I get any time to stitch.




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Yellow motif completed

I just finished the yellow motif this morning. I will start the outline on the green motif tonight at the cross stitch club. Here is a photo of the completed yellow motif.




Here are the first three (of seven) motifs completed.




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Yellow motif

I have started filling in the yellow motif. It should be done soon I'm just filling in the background colour.




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Yellow outline completed

I just put the last stitch of DMC 310 in the outline of the yellow motif.




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Orange motif complete

I finished the orange motif last night and started outlining the yellow one.

Orange Motif

outline of yellow motif

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More orange

I'm still working on the orange motif. Should be done by the end of the weekend.



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