I finished this one the other day. It is supposed to be stitched in red and blue threads (red, white, blue for July...)...but I changed the blue to green. I'm really happy with the change, especially since the Avocado thread by GAST has quite some variations in it.
My Blackbird Design stocking for June is the Honeysuckle Vine. These little stockings are just so darn cute!
The May st0cking from Blackbird Designs is called Tulip Border. Only two colors, but very pretty, and stitched on my tea-dyed linen. :)) I am really liking how the fabric looks with these little stockings.
So far, I have done one stocking from each leaflet. It would have been nice to have 36 little stockings at the end of the year. But, I know me....they would never get done. So I set a goal to stitch at least one. I'll still have twelve stockings (hopefully) at the end, which really isn't too bad. ;)
This is a scanned picture of the stocking. I did leave it rather large when you click on it, since I wanted to let you see how the fabric looks...(c'mon Gabi - you can do it!)
c'mon and dance with me...c'mon, c'mon c'mon and dance with me e e ee! (Remember that song?)
The only thing it has to do with stitching is that is the name of the little Blackbird Designs stocking I stitched for the month of April. 
I used my tea-dyed linen from yesterday for this one.
After finishing this one, I also started the May stocking, Sweet Violets.
Keep watching...won't be too much longer for that one! ;)
I really, really like the soft neutral colors of Lakeside Linen. However, the price...not so much.:)
So I decided to give tea dyeing a try this morning. I looked in my drawer of white fabric and picked out several pieces, different counts, Lugana, Cashel and Belfast. I think there may even be a Wichelt linen in there, too. Threw them all in the pot...and look! All of these fabrics came out of the same pot (and were all in there together the same amount of time):
And they all feel so nice and soft, too! All in all, after the dyeing and the pressing - an hour of time. :)
Now to give them a try on my Blackbird Design monthly stockings.
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...
