Disney Neighborhood Pictures

Thought I would share with you how the building of my Disney Neighborhood is going. You will see that the details are being worked out nicely. Come back next week to see more of my magical place.


Enjoy the pics!

 

 

 

 

Magical stitching.......

Pictures, Pictures and More Pictures

Sleeping on the job

There he is, sleeping on the job while "mommy" stitches away......bliss....I know, I know, he has such a hard life..... lol.......

Here are the pics that I have been promising for a while. I finally found my camera. From now on I will not let it out of my sight. Hope you enjoy them as much as I loved created them.

These are 4 of my crocheted scarves.

From bottom up:
Beige - variation of shell stitch
Ivory - variation of shell stitch
Black - crosshatch stitch
Turquoise - Sweet Pea Stitch

Dark Brown & Variegated Autumn colors -
created with rows of single,
double crochet & tassels.

CAPELET

close up of stitches and full view of knitted capelet

Those are all of the pictures for now. Once I finish posting them on this blog, I will go and start on my Holiday Exchange piece. Pictures of the holiday piece will be posted once receipient has it in her possession.

Happy stitching......

Stashing and Stitching pics

Spent most of the morning looking though my cross stitch magazine stash. Let me share a bit of it with you. These are first run pics, none of the mags are duplicates and I have not posted these pics before. There are LOTS more, but for now, these are all my arms could carry. They are very heavy.

New Stitches Magazine, UK

Quick and Easy Cross Stitch Magazine, UK

If you are thinking that going through my stash is almost like going shopping, you are right! There is a lot of it and sometimes, although rarely, I duplicate stash unknowingly. Usually, if I have a duplicate of something it is because I planned it that way. There are times that I will buy two magazines, one to stitch from, one to save. When I finish with the duplicate mag I will trade it for another because it is still in awesome condition. Of course, I have purchased duplicate mags with the purpose of trading them with stitchers from other countries that may not be able to find them where they live.

Living in NYC has its benefit of being able to find lots of the foreign magazines in bookshops. Here in the US, we purchase the magazines in both bookshops and local cross stitch shops. Well, there aren't any local cross stitch shops in NYC, we need to go to Long Island, but you get the idea. I find that to be a great plus of living here. The most popular are the UK mags. I have not been able to find any French magazines. Lately my favorites are the French mags because they have wonderful finishing ideas in them. I love seeing what the French stitchers are creating because they have unique insights for smalls.

As you know, I have been stitching and blogging. Happily, I share 2 progress pictures of my patriotic UFO. The major reason it's a UFO is because I am stitching it on Cashel linen. I really thought I would like stitching on linen, but I don't. My preference is evenweave, preferrably Jobelan.

The Salute
Color Charts

Because I have been a good stitcher and worked on my UFO, I have allowed myself to start on a small Disney project. I am so thrilled about Disney stitching. The characters come to life so well. Yes, they are a bit advance with all the 1/4 and 3/4 stitching, but they are well worth the time.

Keep on stitching..........

A few pictures

It's been a while, I know. So much has happened including a bit of stitching.

Here are some pictures of my first biscornu and a USA WIP. They are a bit blurry but you get the idea.


The USA WIP has been finished and I am very happy with how it turned out. I also stitched another biscornu top of the same pattern in DMC Orange Variegated Floss. It is so pretty. I will take a picture and share it with you next time.

During my absence I have gone stash shopping. My latest purchases have been 4 Heaven and Earth Designs. They are HUGE. I have started making an enlarged working copy of the first page of UP ON THE ROOF and am pretty scared about starting it. Let's see how far I get on that kitting.

Of course in my new stash pile are many cross stitch magazines. One of my favorites this month is the Just Cross Stitch Halloween issue. I love Halloween and this issue is a must have for Halloween lovers.

I know that I don't speak of my personal life much on this blog, but I have to say that there is a new and handsome male in my life. He takes much of my spare time lately. I think I am in love!! He is so handsome and cute to boot! Without further ado, here he is:


He is much bigger now. I will post more pictures of him soon.

Lately I have been searching for French Cross Stitch Magazines. Those are a passion of mine. Hopefully I will be able to find a few.

I hope that you have liked viewing some of my pics. I will be back soon.

Going to cross those stitches.......

I'm back with a WIP

I am so glad to be blogging and stitching again! For our viewing pleasure, I have uploaded a picture of my latest WIP. The designer is a very famous (I guess) French designer, Isa Vautier. There are many things of her designs that fascinate me.

For some reason, I am enamored of her heart designs. The floss that I am using is DMC 115 ... I love that color .... on Ivory 28ct. Jobelan (which happens to be my favorite fabric).

My hands and eyes are trying to finish stitching this beauty within the week. Hopefully a framing sale will provide the presentation necessary to do the piece justice.

Wishing you lots of stitching moments!!!!!