October Stitch from Stash Update

Hello everyone,

It's time for my monthly update for stitch from stash 2015 part B hosted by Mel over at epic stitching. You can see all the rules here.
This month it's some bookmarks, a lot of confetti stitching, the exchange I mentioned a few months ago, and a little stash.





Month: October 2015
Budget Amount: $25.00
Spent: $13.78 (Threads and Foxwood)
Earned: $24.00 ($6.00 Grapes Bookmark + $4.00 Music Bookmark +$4.00 Full Moon Pinkeep + $2.00 Full Moon Scissor Fob front + $2.00 Full Moon Scissor Fob Back +$6.00  October Mini Pocket turned into a drum pincushion)
Carry Forward: $ 57.51  ($22.29 from last month + $25.00 budget - $13.78 Spent + $24.00 Earned)

I finished this bookmark from the booklet Page by Page CSB-182 Cross My Heart Inc.
Grapes©1998
18ct China Pink Aida
DMC Threads
Stitch Count: 24 x 105, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, backstitch, long stitch













I also completed this bookmark from the Leisure Arts Leaflet 420 Booklet Collection 10 designs by Terrie Lee Steinmeyer
Music © 1986
14ct Ivory Aida
DMC Threads
Stitch Count: 25 x 81, 2 over 1
Cross Stitch, Backstitch, Long stitch, French knots

Recently I took part in the Anything Goes Exchange over at Stitch Create Exchange hosted by Lisa V. I chose to stitch Full Moon © C.A. Zittel of The Drawn Thread for my partner.

36ct Dirty Edinburgh (DMC 612)
Dinky Dyes Silk, NPI Silk, (Substituted Topaz for the Autumn Gold)
Embellished with 6mm black buttons
Stitch Count: Fob: 34 x 34 (Front & Back),1 over 2
Stitch Count: 47 x 48 Pinkeep, 1 over 2
Cross Stitch, Leviathan Stitch, Backstitch

Then I still had some fabric left over and some time left before the mailing deadline, so I picked up another Drawn Thread Pattern and stitched this mini-months pocket calendar cover - October but instead of finishing that way, I decided to try to finish as a drum pincushion. I left off the border and changed some colors to make it match the other two pieces.

36ct Dirty Edinburgh  (DMC 612)
Dinky Dyes Silk, NPI Silk, SNC Silk
(Substituted DD Black Coral for NPI, NPI 915 for NPI brown, DD Sea grass for NPI, and SNC Autumn Twilight for SNC Plum Honey)
Embellished with 6mm black buttons
Stitch Count: 93 x 43, 1 over 2, and 2 over 2
Cross Stitch, Satin Stitch, and Backstitch
You can see the finishes here.



When last I picked up this lovely design by Heaven and Earth Designs it was at 2760 stitches completed.







This month I added to it.

2013BB SAL QS Mystic Garden (It is a cropped version of Peacock Garden.)
Design by Michele Sayetta Artwork by Ciro Marchetti
28ct Picture this Plus Valor
Stitch Count: 139 x 138, 1 over 1 full cross (2660 stitches completed on January 1st 2015)
DMC & Kreinik#4
Now at 4640 stitches completed.

Lastly, some new stash -  I did buy a few skeins of DMC (for my next HAED) and a pattern by Foxwood Crossings.










The beginning of this month was the end of my 3 month jury duty, and DH & I celebrated 17 years married.

One last picture... Samantha sleeping....

I'll try for one of Bucky next time.






Until next time,
Have many wonderful days.
Lisa M.

Exchange Update

Hello everyone,

I woke up to a beautiful sunrise this morning.
















I recently joined the Stitch Create Exchange- Anything Goes exchange.  This exchange you could make whatever you wanted for your partner, there was no theme - so I dug through my patterns and chose to stitch Full Moon © C.A. Zittel of The Drawn Thread for my partner, Lisa V of Lisa's Stitching Lounge.

First I stitched up the scissor fob....
Front:
36ct Dirty Edinburgh (DMC 612)
Dinky Dyes Silk, NPI Silk, (Substituted Topaz for the Autumn Gold)
Embellished with 6mm black buttons
Stitch Count: Fob: 34 x 34 (Front & Back),1 over 2













and Back:

Then I stitched up the pincushion chart (same pattern)
Stitch Count: 47 x 48 , 1 over 2
Cross Stitch, Leviathan Stitch, Backstitch

I decided to finish as a pinkeep, but couldn't find any pins I liked... so I headed to my dollar store and bought a box of corsage pins and some black and orange nail polish. I thought the orange was too bright (not at all like a pumpkin) so I used the black nail polish for the pins.

Since I still had some fabric left over and some time left before the mailing deadline, I picked up another Drawn Thread Pattern and stitched this mini-months pocket calendar cover - October with plans to finish as a drum pincushion. I left off the border and changed some colors to make it match the other two pieces.




The green house reminded me of visiting my uncle when I was younger - as he lived in a green house. Most of the houses in that neighborhood were white or yellow.

36ct Dirty Edinburgh  (DMC 612)
Dinky Dyes Silk, NPI Silk, SNC Silk (Substituted DD Black Coral for NPI, NPI 915 for NPI brown, DD Sea grass for NPI, and SNC Autumn Twilight for SNC Plum Honey)
Embellished with 6mm black buttons
Stitch Count: 93 x 43, 1 over 2, and 2 over 2
Cross Stitch, Satin Stitch, and Backstitch

I dug through my stash and found some cute leaf charms so I added them to the wool felted top.

 

 

I gathered up some other goodies and sent it off to my partner. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A short time later the most delightful package arrived from Silvia in Austria.

 

She truly spoiled me. Matching fabric & buttons, some beautiful gold metallic threads, a notepad, and look at these lovely fall napkins... My favorite time of year (You can see a small portion of my fall tablecloth in this picture).

 

She also included some delicious Austrian chocolate - but it was gone before I took the picture. LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And....

 

 

I saved the best for last - she stitched me this lovely elephant. Look at the floss tail - isn't this so cute? So perfectly stitched - I'll treasure it and her friendship always. Thank you my dear friend.

 



One more picture of today's sunrise.

I hope to be back in a few days with my monthly stitch from stash update.

Until then - Have a wonderful day!
Lisa M.

Snow....Really??

Hello everyone,
Yes, we had snow showers on Friday and yesterday. Luckily, it warmed up a bit each day to melt away. We still have a few more outdoor chores to finish up before winter really arrives.

Sorry I've been away so long. Shortly after my last post, my Dad injured his leg. He was finishing up some outside chores when his ATV tipped and landed on his leg... luckily nothing was broken - just an awful lot of bruising. So I have been running errands for my parents while he is laid up.

Also DH had some kidney stones removed on this past Friday.  So I have been quite busy- Although the procedure was long enough that I had plenty of time for some stitching.

I planned  to write last weekend, but we had a power outage that resulted in our computer no longer working when our power was restored. Our new computer has arrived and now I'm loading some of our programs... but I wanted to take a break and share with you some fall pictures and a recent finish.

Here is autumn scissor Keeper freebie from The Drawn Thread

I used an ornament size cut of fabric from a grab bag, GAST Threads and I substituted DMC 4130 for the called for needle Necessities. For the hanger I used DMC 936 as I didn't have any of the called for 930.

Here is one of our burning bushes.















And a cedar waxwing enjoying the mountain ash berries.












One more picture of the colorful leaves...

I hope to have a few more fall pictures for my next post.

Have a wonderful day!
Lisa