Mixed bag of projects...

[blueghostgirl]

I am not sure I have posted here so here is a mixed bag of some of what I am stitching at present... I started Mermaid of the Pearls quite a while ago... She sat looking like this for a long time:


After tonight she now looks like this:


She is the most annoying mermaid to stitch. I am not sure why, but I am not enjoying stitching her as much as I did Waiting for Ships, or Mermaids of the Deep Blue. There isn't the same colour flow I think and so you are jumping here, there and everywhere with colours.

And here is an update on Lily - she is a very slowly progressing WIP simply because she may only get 20-40minutes every time I am at work:



Loving Fire Goddess. The ball of fire in her hand is gorgeous:



A little more of her skirt is done too


If you are at all interested I have a stitching blog too - found here: http://aflyingneedle.wordpress.com/



Thanks for looking!

Comments

[birgitriddle]

Wow, these are gorgeous. Where did you get the patterns or did you make them yourself?

(I'm far from advanced enough to do anything like this, but it's something one can aspire to -laughs-)

[blueghostgirl]

Thanks! The top two are Mirabilia/Nora Corbett designs (http://mirabilia.com/), and the bottom one is by Joan Elliott (http://joanelliott.wordpress.com/).

I like Mirabilias - for all they look complex they are actually pretty easy to stitch (and rather addictive, if you check out my blog, you will notice I have finished 3 and have a heap of them as WiPs or waiting to be WiPs).

And the Fire Goddess has been an ultra quick stitch so far :D

I think once you get the hang of the basics it is more breaking the pattern down into manageable sections and stitching each bit at a time. And branching out into beading and metallics (but really, beading is actually pretty simple, again once you venture into it...my first project with beads had a gazillion -or so it felt... LOL)

[birgitriddle]

So far the most complicated I've done are kits that were on 18 count aida which were 5x7, so I'm more daunted by anything on a higher count and on non-aida fabric. I haven't even completed anything larger than 5x7, though I am currently working on one, which is on 14 count aida.

I do have a kit that does require you to work on 28 count linen, but I'm not sure when I'll get around to that. Plus I need to work out how to use my scroll frame since I dislike using hoops.

[blueghostgirl]

Fire Goddess is on the equivalent of 14ct, and could easily be stitched on 14ct, I just chose to stitch her on evenweave, and the other two are on the equivalent of 16ct. I know the size is daunting, but it isn't solid stitching, which sometimes the smaller patterns are :D

[birgitriddle]

Then I guess I'll just wait until I have a job so I can actually buy patterns and pattern books. >.>

(I still get money from my mother until I get a job and I'm saving that money for various things I've pre-ordered from Amazon plus I have enough kits to keep me busy for a while.)