National Blog Posting Month is just about over. I did very well this year, I only missed 2 days of blogging during this month ... Friday November 8th and Thursday November 21st. I'm going to try blogging every day during December, let's see how I do.
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Saturday, 30 November 2013
Friday, 29 November 2013
Gingerbread Emporium Happy Dance
Tonight I completed Gingerbread Emporium (part 10 of Santa's Village). I still have to put the buttons (beads) on the gingerbread people.
I continued stitching the red & white border at the top of the pattern because it is not my favourite part to stitch.
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I continued stitching the red & white border at the top of the pattern because it is not my favourite part to stitch.
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Thursday, 28 November 2013
Gingerbread Emporium update #5
Tonight I stitched a little bit more of the red & white border at the top.
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Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Gingerbread Emporium update #4
I finished the snowflakes tonight. I still need to stitch the red & white border at the top and put the eyes/buttons on the gingerbread people.
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Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Planning 2013
I have started thinking about what I want to stitch next year. I have bought several Just Nan Limited Edition kits this year, but because I'm a one-at-a-time stitcher I won't start them until I'm finished Santa's Village.
Cardinal Tweet
Garden Mice Humbug
Jingle Gingerbread Mouse
2012 Gingerbread Mouse
Barnabee in Bloom
Oakley Owlet
Lynne Nicoletti's Pirate Treasure Map
Stoney Creek - Paradise Banner
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Cardinal Tweet
Garden Mice Humbug
Jingle Gingerbread Mouse
2012 Gingerbread Mouse
Barnabee in Bloom
Oakley Owlet
Lynne Nicoletti's Pirate Treasure Map
Stoney Creek - Paradise Banner
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Monday, 25 November 2013
20 Stitchers Questions
I have been reading these questions on http://bbrown426.blogspot.ca/and http://christinramblings.blogspot.ca/. Here are my answers.
1) Which fabric do you most prefer?
I only stitch on 28ct evenweave fabric.
2) What is your favorite fabric count?
I only stitch on 28ct evenweave fabric.
3) What colour fabric do you most enjoy stitching on?
I don't have a specific colour, I choose the fabric to match the pattern
4) What is your favorite fibre?
I only use DMC.
5) How many of the 450 DMC Colours do you own?
I have one of each DMC floss wound on plastic bobbins in a wooden box with drawers in numerical order. Plus extra DMC floss in floss away bags.
6) Of your last 5 projects -- how many used DMC/Anchor as the main floss?
I have been working on Santa's Village and all of them are stitched with DMC.
7) Of the last 5 projects, if you didn't use DMC/ANCHOR -- what did you use?
I only use DMC.
8) What needles do you prefer?
DMC Size 28
9) What is the UGLIEST design you've encountered?
I don't care for designs that are too simplistic (primitive), I love lots of colour and back stitching for detail.
10) What is the most BEAUTIFUL design you've encountered?
I love Paula Vaughn's designs. I have only stitched one of them, but I have a few on my to do list.
11) Who is your favorite designer?
I have a few that I really like Dragon Dreams, Sue Hillis, Paula Vaughn, Joan Elliott, and Just Nan.
12) Least Favorite Designer
I'm not a fan of Heaven and Earth because they are over one. I love looking at them, just don't have the desire to stitch them. Since I only stitch one chart/pattern at a time, it would take me forever to stitch over one.
13) Will you/would you stop supporting a designer who's personal beliefs offended / angered you?
NO, I don't care what the designer does in their personal life if I like the pattern/chart I will buy it.
14) Do you have a lamp especially made for needleworkers/crafters?
YES!! I just got a new one for my birthday this month.
15) What brand of stitching lamp do you have/prefer ?
I have 3 OTT lights (they are all desk lamps), and 1 Easyflex Natural Spectrum floor lamp.
16) What kind of environment best suits you when you are stitching?
Usually I stitch in front of the TV, or summer outside in my Adirondack chair. I stitch Tuesday nights at Stitcher's Place (LNS). I sometimes stitch in the car when Dave and I visit my parents (1 1/2 hrs).
17) Have you stitched any design more then once?
I have stitched the Handprints Poem at least 6 times, every time it was different. I use the poem/hands then add something different around them to personalize them to the parents/child it is given to. Example my sister wanted one for a friend that is a reptilian, the poem was green, and I stitched snakes, turtles, and lizards all around it.
18) Favorite design you have stitched and finished?
I started/finished Victorian Dollhouse (Joan Elliott) last year. It is one of my favourites because I used to build dollhouses. There is one that looks exactly like it called the McKinley and it hangs on the wall. As soon as I saw the pattern in the magazine I knew I had to stitch it.
19) Least favorite design you've stitched and finished?
I don't usually stitch something that I don't like.
20) Last, but not least, what's your longest running WIP?
I don't usually have this problem because I'm a one-at-a-time stitcher, but I do have 2 cross stitches that I started and have not finished. One was a Dimensions Gold Collection kit (I hate the aida). I don't know if I'll ever finish it. Two is a poem (I hate that every letter in the design looks different, they are not consistent). I will re-chart the pattern and finish it next year.
Please leave a comment with your blog if you have done these questions too... I would love to read your answers!
1) Which fabric do you most prefer?
I only stitch on 28ct evenweave fabric.
2) What is your favorite fabric count?
I only stitch on 28ct evenweave fabric.
3) What colour fabric do you most enjoy stitching on?
I don't have a specific colour, I choose the fabric to match the pattern
4) What is your favorite fibre?
I only use DMC.
5) How many of the 450 DMC Colours do you own?
I have one of each DMC floss wound on plastic bobbins in a wooden box with drawers in numerical order. Plus extra DMC floss in floss away bags.
6) Of your last 5 projects -- how many used DMC/Anchor as the main floss?
I have been working on Santa's Village and all of them are stitched with DMC.
7) Of the last 5 projects, if you didn't use DMC/ANCHOR -- what did you use?
I only use DMC.
8) What needles do you prefer?
DMC Size 28
9) What is the UGLIEST design you've encountered?
I don't care for designs that are too simplistic (primitive), I love lots of colour and back stitching for detail.
10) What is the most BEAUTIFUL design you've encountered?
I love Paula Vaughn's designs. I have only stitched one of them, but I have a few on my to do list.
11) Who is your favorite designer?
I have a few that I really like Dragon Dreams, Sue Hillis, Paula Vaughn, Joan Elliott, and Just Nan.
12) Least Favorite Designer
I'm not a fan of Heaven and Earth because they are over one. I love looking at them, just don't have the desire to stitch them. Since I only stitch one chart/pattern at a time, it would take me forever to stitch over one.
13) Will you/would you stop supporting a designer who's personal beliefs offended / angered you?
NO, I don't care what the designer does in their personal life if I like the pattern/chart I will buy it.
14) Do you have a lamp especially made for needleworkers/crafters?
YES!! I just got a new one for my birthday this month.
15) What brand of stitching lamp do you have/prefer ?
I have 3 OTT lights (they are all desk lamps), and 1 Easyflex Natural Spectrum floor lamp.
16) What kind of environment best suits you when you are stitching?
Usually I stitch in front of the TV, or summer outside in my Adirondack chair. I stitch Tuesday nights at Stitcher's Place (LNS). I sometimes stitch in the car when Dave and I visit my parents (1 1/2 hrs).
17) Have you stitched any design more then once?
I have stitched the Handprints Poem at least 6 times, every time it was different. I use the poem/hands then add something different around them to personalize them to the parents/child it is given to. Example my sister wanted one for a friend that is a reptilian, the poem was green, and I stitched snakes, turtles, and lizards all around it.
18) Favorite design you have stitched and finished?
I started/finished Victorian Dollhouse (Joan Elliott) last year. It is one of my favourites because I used to build dollhouses. There is one that looks exactly like it called the McKinley and it hangs on the wall. As soon as I saw the pattern in the magazine I knew I had to stitch it.
19) Least favorite design you've stitched and finished?
I don't usually stitch something that I don't like.
20) Last, but not least, what's your longest running WIP?
I don't usually have this problem because I'm a one-at-a-time stitcher, but I do have 2 cross stitches that I started and have not finished. One was a Dimensions Gold Collection kit (I hate the aida). I don't know if I'll ever finish it. Two is a poem (I hate that every letter in the design looks different, they are not consistent). I will re-chart the pattern and finish it next year.
Please leave a comment with your blog if you have done these questions too... I would love to read your answers!
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Gingerbread Emporium update #3
I spent the weekend finishing the Christmas tree and the gingerbread house. I still need to do the chimney, the snowflakes, and the red & white top border.
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