Number 1....Sarah Tobias Pincushion:
Number 2....Shepherds Bush, Honey Shop:
...and Number 3...Mary Beale's Medieval Angel Ornament:
The Sarah Tobias pincushion was pretty quick. The other two were pieces I had started some time ago, and just never completed the stitching. Yesterday I was looking through my stash for a quick finish fix, and found these two.
really....I've been stitching....just no pictures to show right now. I just bought a few more Mary Beale charts so I have been working on charting them in a cross stitch program to make them easier to stitch. I also won a book on "The Bay of Evil" with Mary Beale's Sampler Wreath and a Sampler Stocking in it. The book also had designs from Teresa Wentzler and Sandra Orton in it. Not too bad!:))
My little stocking! Too nice....it is only about 2 1/2 " by about 5", very little. I just love the way it turned out....guess this means only one thing.....more Mary Beale! :)) I'm thinking about finishing this the way the Medieval Angel Stockings are shown on her website, with a pleated silk ruffle around it...
No picture yet today....maybe a bit later. I started working on a mini stocking from Mary Beale that was in the School of Needlework class that I signed up for last year. The only problem I find with her designs are her hand written charts:( This is the Lord is my Shepherd stocking. Right - it has sheep! It is just turning out too cute! I am stitching it on 36 count Pearled Barley with one strand of thread. So far it is only about 2" wide at the top and about 3 1/2" long. I probably only have about another inch or so to finish it. I love how it looks so far...
Well...I was put in the Christmas mood yesterday by a friend who was going to work on a Christmas piece. I started this one...and finished it all in the same day! This is a Mary Beale Christmas ornament design stitched on 40 count Light Exemplar Lakeside Linen. I substituted all the DMC threads with almost all Crescent Colors, with just two Gentle Arts Sampler Threads.
This just turned out too nice (and tiny!) :}
