It's time to share what I've been up to this week.
Stitching:
Finished this up at the end of January.
Ornaments of the Month 2011 - No.11 © 2011 Designed by Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks
Fabric: 28 ct mystery (cocoa- I think) Linen
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 45 x 60, 2 over 2
Cross Stitch
Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery evenweave by dovestitch
Threads: DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch
Embroidery.com's Love to Stitch Challenge. Only thirty minutes a day minimum stitching time during the month of February. You can read all about it here.
February 1st
Continued on my freebie above
Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery dovestitch evenweave
Threads:DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch
After 58 minutes stitching, here is where I ended for today.
February 2nd (Puppy bowl Sunday)
I thought about stitching a groundhog design... but I wasn't in the mood for more winter-spring-winter weather that we've been having so far. I decided on the next best thing. Since today is also the puppy bowl - I couldn't resist picking out a puppy themed chart.
Diggity Dog House © Michelle M. Lash Brittercup Designs
Fabric: 32ct Waterlily Jobelan
Threads:WDW except for the aqua where I used DMC
Stitch Count: 74 x 74, 2over 2
Cross Stitch, backstitch, longstitch, french knot
After 2 hours and 6 minutes
February 3rd
Today I dug out a WIP that hasn't seen the light of day in a long time.
Candamar Designs Kit Thomas Kincaid Stonehearth Hutch 50995 © 1999
© 1997 Thomas Kincaid, Media Arts Group
Fabric: 14ct white aida
Threads: cotton floss, blending filament, metallic
Stitch count:139x120, 2 over 1
Cross stitch, back stitch, french knots, half cross stitch, straight stitch, smyrna
After 1 hour and 6 minutes
February 4th
Another WIP for today
Snowman Needle Roll © 2001 Mary McLenon (M Designs)
Fabric: 32ct Driftwood Belfast
Threads: DMC, DMC#12
Beads: Mill Hill, Mill Hill Petite
Stitch Count: 91 x 73, 2 over 2
Cross Stitch, backstitch, Fan Stitch, Eyelet Stitch, Four Sided Stitch
After 33 minutes.. added some beads to the top band.
February 5th
Before
Fabric: 25ct Zweigart Stormy Night
Threads: DMC (89 colors)
Stitch Count: 262 x 308, 2 over 1, full cross
after:Time spent: 1 hour 12 minutes Added 100 stitches today now 600 stitches of the 80696 complete
There were 5 shades of blue in this block
February 6th
I probably should have used this as a skip day - I stitched the koala. Started on the ears in the 2nd color - realized I had stitched the whole koala in the wrong color. Spent time frogging then re-did the koala in the right color this time. After 1 hour 12 minutes stitching, here is where I ended for today.
Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery dovestitch evenweave
Threads:DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch
About 4.5 inches of snow..then several hours of freezing rain. At least we had a base of snow - Macey doesn't like the crunch through the ice to get to the soft snow. Had to keep her on a shorter leash so she wouldn't slip and get injured.
February 7th
Picked this again today - hoping for a better result.Aussie Friends © 2020 designed by Allie Dudley for Sassafras Samplers
Fabric: 28ct mystery dovestitch evenweave
Threads:DMC
Stitch Count: 52x52, 2over 2
Cross Stitch
1 hour and 49 minutes later with 2 power outages., it's finished.
Lots more snow today. It changed over from the freezing rain around 8:30 am.. and is still piling up - so far about another 10". I need to look through my stash for something fun and spring/summery. Hopefully our power will remain on or at least our outages will be brief.
Until next time,
Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.
