TA DA!!

Here is my Mystery X -Secret Victorian Garden:


Mystery 10

It's Done!! It's Done!! It's Done!!

Mystery X, Secret Victorian Garden, that is!! Major Happy Dancing going on here!

No pictures, just yet....but in the morning when the sun is shining! :))

Progress...

....just a little. But it's a move forward on a piece I haven't touched in a while:


and I did manage to get a little more done on my Mystery X border:

Mystery 10...

Well, I did not finish this one during the year....but I am on Part 12 and only have three more sides of this border to go!

This is a closeup of the lower corner with the border.

Ooops.....just noticed looking at my picture I left off a few purple stitches.....

Secret Victorian Garden Tryout

The tryouts for Martina's mystery projects usually are released prior to the main charts. She did release this one last year.....I'm just getting to the finishing on this one. I just needed a little something to finish and found this one:

"Done and Dusted"...

as Jeanette on the Chatelaine Board likes to say. Part 11 for my Mystery X is done!! Beads, crystals and all....just waiting for Part 12 now. I have decided to name this garden in honor of my little girl kitty, Harmony. She has been having a rough time lately. Usually when I stitch, she sits on my lap. This garden is for her, so it shall be "Harmony's Hideaway."


This pieces is already 17" square. There is still one more part and the final size should be around 20" square...a big one:))

Another Part 11 WIP

Here's the updated picture for Part 11 on my Mystery X. Only the blackwork in the third corner, some backstitching and then the final corner!! And here's a closer look at the lower left-hand corner.

stitchin' and stitchin'....

No picture tonight....probably an update tomorrow when it's daylight. I have been working on my Mystery X diligently. Two corners of Part 11 are done, as well as the entire outline around the piece. I started on the third corner. I'm getting there....;)

Small start

Here's the beginning of Part 11 for Mystery X. Each corner will be the same for the rest of the design.


I really like how the blackwork turned out.:)

Part 10

Here's my Part 10 for Mystery X!! ...and Martina has released Part 11 early!:))

Done, done, done!!

Woohoo!! Pretty long and drawn out this time...but Part 10 of Mystery X is done. I'll have to take a picture in the morning when the sun comes out. Dancing:)

Mystery X - Another gate...

Seems like this part is just dragging on and on and on....
I really want those gates finished before the next part comes out on the first. Even if the corners aren't done, I'll be happy if the gates are completed....

....Frogs....

Yep...came to pay me a visit...well, I should say my Secret Victorian Garden. Have to take out part of a corner - the Midnight posts for one of the gates. I'll probably do that tomorrow, as I just need to put it aside for tonight. I think I'll work on Tuscany for a bit. I may even cheat a bit and work on Part 4 instead of filling in more of those Part 3 motifs. Part 4 is a little more straightforward. In the meantime, here's another of those gates (about halfway done). I did finish this one, so that only leaves me four more to stitch.

Tuscany Town and the Secret Victorian Garden

Sounds like a novel title, doesn't it? Well, here's the latest on these two. I haven't done too much more on the Secret Victorian Garden (Mystery X). Just managed to finish the lower left hand corner. I still have some Jessica stitches to fill in on the inner corner.
This is Tuscany, with one of the motifs filled in, as well as a corner motif with the beads. Now it doesn't look like I have done a lot of stitching. That's because I took out all the lazy daisy stitches and replaced them. Now, they look much better...

Mystery X WIP (again)

Here's another update on my Mystery X. I have backstitched two of the gates. Yeahh!!! Geesh....only six more to go! I also added the scrolls at the top portion for two sides. It really doesn't show too well in the picture. It's much better in person. The original PB 04 (silver) just was not showing up very well at all on the fabric I chose. So I went searching through my ...many....Chatelaines to find one that was more suitable. This one is PB 54. It's still silver, just a bit darker. I don't think that it is supposed to show as a very dark portion. It will probably attach to another part in either Part 11 or 12. Here's a slideshow of all my WIP pictures....


Mystery 10

Little bits of progress...

(very little)LOL! But here's what bits I did on Mystery X, Part 10. This is the first corner so far
and this....The half stitches go very quickly. Still have the rest of the gate and another gate for the top portion to do yet.

Part 9 - Mystery X

Woohoo!! Part 9 is finally done! No more trees! Now to just try and finish Part 10 before the first of next month.;)

...and another update....

Mystery X, that is....This is the lower left hand corner for Part 9 complete. Only one more corner to go! Then I can finally move onto Part 10. Those willow trees are actually beginning to get a bit easier, well, only after doing six of them:))

A Couple of Finishes

This one has been stitched forever. I finally did the actual finishing on it yesterday. This is Little House Needleworks Berries freebie.

And Judy Odell's My Needlebook all done!

Now it will be back to working on my Mystery X for a bit today! I did manage to complete the upper right corner and a portion of the lower left corner....


OK - I can't seem to get the pictures to appear where they are supposed to be, but you get the idea....:)) Oh, and that is Ranger's head peeking in at the corner of the Little House picture..maybe he was afte those little birds!

Mystery X

...well, I didn't work on this one much at all last month. So, now I am about a month and a half worth's of work behind. This project was originally one which I wanted to stay up to date.
Anne Marieke on the Chatelaine Board and I are going to Stitch A Long on this one. She is just a wee bit behind me. I'm sure she'll catch up quickly. A little "competitive stitching" is just what I need to get me moving on this one again. (Thanks, Anne Marieke!:))

After looking at this picture, for some reason, it struck me how much stitching there really is in this piece. It is almost completely solid....