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

[blueghostgirl]

DMC has gone a bit daft I think. They supposedly almost went broke about 18months - 2 years ago, and have done strange things since.

I keep buying stuff from overseas simply because it is so expensive to buy it here...

[mrs_tribble]

They've been having issues for a good five years now, I believe. They still owe money to a craft shop in my home town who refuse to stock DMC any more and where I live now I can really only get the threads. If I want any DMC kits I mostly have to look on eBay.

This has, of course, led to me experimenting with other kits and loving them, so really it's been a good thing because it's got me out of my comfort zone and broadened my experience and horizons :)

[blueghostgirl]

I rarely use kits any more... so many of them have 14ct fabric, which I am not a fan of...