Tuscany Town - Part 1

Here's my Part 1 of the Tuscany Town Mandala Design by Chatelaine. It is done on 32 count Picture This Plus Relic with the recommended threads.

2 Posts in 1 Day!

Only to show that, yes, I really have been stitching! Here's my Chatelaine Christmas Mystery through Part 8. And wouldn't you know, I immediately noticed where I missed a bead on one of my snowflakes..



Gonna have to fix that!

Be A Witch

Here's my Shepherds Bush "Be A Witch" finally with the finishing done. I added some candy corn, a bat and a ghost button onto the ribbons hanging down the sides.

Honest

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!:))

Mary Beale's Mini Stocking

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...

Mary Beale...

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...

Punching Away

Carol and I took a punchneedle class this weekend at The Stitching Post. Of course, we had to enhance our stash with some new things just for punchneedle. This was one of the kits I bought. It's Lizzie Kate's "Kiss the Carrots." It's not finished into anything yet, so the background fabric (the bit of white around the edges) is just folded back for now. A bit of warning....it doesn't take much to get you addicted to punchneedle, too!!