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Pattern by Mari McDonald of Whispered by the Wind. Fabric (18 ct. aida in Mirage) by Picture This Plus.
the_other_sandyPattern by Mari McDonald of Whispered by the Wind. Fabric (18 ct. aida in Mirage) by Picture This Plus.
I totally forgot!
Apr. 13th, 2020 08:10 pmilyena_sylphTo post over here when I got done!
Ooops.
By a very scant few hours, I did in fact get the entire thing that I mentioned In this entry done in time to Zoom with Mom for her birthday!
oversized image below cut: ( pic! )
Work time: Jan 13 - Apr 3, 2020.
I... had a few nights of not sleeping a whole lot, and very sore forearms the last week or so of work on it. but!
Ooops.
By a very scant few hours, I did in fact get the entire thing that I mentioned In this entry done in time to Zoom with Mom for her birthday!
oversized image below cut: ( pic! )
Work time: Jan 13 - Apr 3, 2020.
I... had a few nights of not sleeping a whole lot, and very sore forearms the last week or so of work on it. but!
WIP: Dimensions 'A Season For Everything'
Feb. 5th, 2020 12:23 amilyena_sylphOn Jan 13, I posted this to discord with the commentary: Starting this [bleeeep] again:
( lots of pics of project in progress )
And tonight at midnight-ish:
I have a day less than two months to finish this SOB (for my mother's birthday). I thiiink I can.
( lots of pics of project in progress )
And tonight at midnight-ish:
I have a day less than two months to finish this SOB (for my mother's birthday). I thiiink I can.
Ghost Town
Jan. 11th, 2020 01:00 pmthe_other_sandy
This was a kit from the Mill Hill Buttons & Beads Autumn Series. I did not get it done in time for Halloween. I didn’t even get it done in time for New Year’s.
Most of the beads don’t show up very well, but there are a lot of shiny, shiny beads in this. The ghosts are outlined in glow-in-the-dark thread. And I decided to go with a plum frame over the recommended purple iris.
Temperature Map 2019
Jan. 1st, 2020 02:57 pmthe_other_sandyI spent 2019 stitching the local weather. Each block represents the high temperature for that day and each color represents a five degree span.
Highs for December ranged from 24°F on December 10 to 62°F on December 26. Highs for 2019 ranged from -11°F on January 30 to 95°F on July 20. (Stats for 2018 can be found here.)
And that’s that for this piece of plastic canvas. This year I plan to do the highs and lows, and I also need to squeeze in an extra day for leap year, so I’ll be using the same colors with a different pattern.
Highs for December ranged from 24°F on December 10 to 62°F on December 26. Highs for 2019 ranged from -11°F on January 30 to 95°F on July 20. (Stats for 2018 can be found here.)
And that’s that for this piece of plastic canvas. This year I plan to do the highs and lows, and I also need to squeeze in an extra day for leap year, so I’ll be using the same colors with a different pattern.
tarneraIt's been a while since I posted! But then it's been a while since I did any cross stitch, lol. Well, now I've got a huge project that will take me... quite a long time to do, I think.
https://tio-trile.tumblr.com/post/187743002579/the-good-omens-cross-stitch-pattern-now This is the original artwork the pattern is based on, and a link to the pattern. This link actually contains an older pattern which has a double symbol issue, if anyone else was interested I can find the most recent pattern and also a few other resources the chart-creator provided, if you want.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B49Nr38l44l/ I'm probably... three weeks in? Maybe a month. It's going very slowly because so far I've pretty much been working on it at my work, where I have very little time to stitch. Hopefully I'll be working on it more from now on.
https://tio-trile.tumblr.com/post/187743002579/the-good-omens-cross-stitch-pattern-now This is the original artwork the pattern is based on, and a link to the pattern. This link actually contains an older pattern which has a double symbol issue, if anyone else was interested I can find the most recent pattern and also a few other resources the chart-creator provided, if you want.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B49Nr38l44l/ I'm probably... three weeks in? Maybe a month. It's going very slowly because so far I've pretty much been working on it at my work, where I have very little time to stitch. Hopefully I'll be working on it more from now on.
WIP, Durene Jones "Cat Cushion"
Aug. 25th, 2019 04:19 pmdianec42My current WIP. From the World of Cross Stitching magazine, issue 276, January 2019. Click the thumbnail to embiggen.
I am really enjoying this one, except for the part where the magazine's editors decided the design should be split across THREE(!) pages, including splitting some elaborate backstitch. Technology to the rescue, I have a scanner and I was able to mostly line things up in Paint.net, but I really hate it when they do that.
There will ultimately be 6 kitties. As soon as I saw the "Coming next issue" in December I knew I had to do this one. The cats look exactly like my boy Findo, and I am a sucker for anything with psychedelic colours and/or heavy black outlines for a stained-glass (or wrought-iron) look.
I am really enjoying this one, except for the part where the magazine's editors decided the design should be split across THREE(!) pages, including splitting some elaborate backstitch. Technology to the rescue, I have a scanner and I was able to mostly line things up in Paint.net, but I really hate it when they do that.
There will ultimately be 6 kitties. As soon as I saw the "Coming next issue" in December I knew I had to do this one. The cats look exactly like my boy Findo, and I am a sucker for anything with psychedelic colours and/or heavy black outlines for a stained-glass (or wrought-iron) look.
Summer project progress
Aug. 25th, 2019 11:02 amangrboda( Progress picture under cut )
Husband and I just returned from our summer holiday yesterday. We like to rent a summer house for a week, and I always bring a cross stitch project with me. I like to take a new one rather than what I'm already working on at home. Then when I've finished my home project I can finish the summer project. Last year, though, I didn't get very far and also didn't actually manage to finish my home project until recently, I thought I'd just take the same one again this year. That also meant zero preparation because the yarn and pattern and everything was already neatly together in a project bag in my drawer.
So I got rather a lot done on it this year. Progress in leaps and bounds compared to last year. Except I'd totally forgotten to check if I needed to top up the yarn. Turns out there were a couple of colours I ran out of last year and I ran out of several more this year because I generally never cut off too much at a time. It was a little annoying to run out of a colour when there were only six stitches left in that colour! Oh well, I had plenty to be getting on with anyway. Most of the stuff that needs to be filled in in the lower half here is black.
I really like working on this project. I've been hugely enjoying the super bright colours. Not to mention the wonderful absence of any sort of detail work of any kind and not a fractional stitch in sight!
(Pattern is called Strike A Balance by Emma Congdon, published in Cross Stitch Crazy issue 244 August 2018)
Husband and I just returned from our summer holiday yesterday. We like to rent a summer house for a week, and I always bring a cross stitch project with me. I like to take a new one rather than what I'm already working on at home. Then when I've finished my home project I can finish the summer project. Last year, though, I didn't get very far and also didn't actually manage to finish my home project until recently, I thought I'd just take the same one again this year. That also meant zero preparation because the yarn and pattern and everything was already neatly together in a project bag in my drawer.
So I got rather a lot done on it this year. Progress in leaps and bounds compared to last year. Except I'd totally forgotten to check if I needed to top up the yarn. Turns out there were a couple of colours I ran out of last year and I ran out of several more this year because I generally never cut off too much at a time. It was a little annoying to run out of a colour when there were only six stitches left in that colour! Oh well, I had plenty to be getting on with anyway. Most of the stuff that needs to be filled in in the lower half here is black.
I really like working on this project. I've been hugely enjoying the super bright colours. Not to mention the wonderful absence of any sort of detail work of any kind and not a fractional stitch in sight!
(Pattern is called Strike A Balance by Emma Congdon, published in Cross Stitch Crazy issue 244 August 2018)
The allotment is finished!
Aug. 14th, 2019 09:05 amangrboda
Hallelujah! The allotment is finished! I've been working on this for at least two years, but it's had a few rather long periods of dormancy. Some may recall, for example, my cabbage trepidation. Cabbages, of course went just fine with no unpicking needed. And hardly any backstitch adjustments actually.
I can now put this away for a bit. I want to make it up into a little bell pull, but I've so far been unable to find any fittings that a) I like and b) are the right size. Might end up actually just fabricating my own with a couple of bits of wood and some string. Either way this requires thought and consideration.
Photo is a bit rubbish because I was too impatient to wait for better light later in the day.
"Are those dandelions?" said Husband. "You don't have to put those in."
(Pattern is called "Grow Your Own", from Cross Stitch Collection no 262 June 2016, designed by Jenny Barton)
Weekly WIPs
May. 18th, 2019 06:34 pmmilesyI've made some progress on a couple of personal projects, and a commission this week. Very slow going on all of it, but hopefully things will turn around.
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Gryffindor Crest
Mar. 23rd, 2019 12:24 pmthe_other_sandy
Pattern by The World in Stitches.
This was a retirement gift for a friend I've been coworkers with for 22 years. She's a huge Harry Potter fan. It was really fun to stitch, too. I loved the colors.
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Jan. 24th, 2019 04:19 pmmewbirbPeople assume stamped cross stitch is easier than counted, but then you misread a symbol on the stamped one and later wind up frogging an entire color
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Jan. 10th, 2019 10:50 ammewbirbAlso, speaking of French knots, if anyone needs help with them, I find this tutorial immensely helpful (since I always forget how to do them) https://sublimestitching.com/pages/how-to-french-knot
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Jan. 10th, 2019 09:53 ammewbirb
Windflowers, from Dimensions. Thiswas a HUGE jump from the other kits I did that were a lot more simple! LOOK AT ALL THOSE FRENCH KNOTS, and the gradients, and AAAAAAH, and the physical size isn't even really different from my other stuff! (5x7, after stuff in 6-inch hoops)
Temperature Map 2018
Jan. 1st, 2019 02:53 pmthe_other_sandyI spent 2018 stitching the local weather. Each block represents the high temperature for that day and each color represents a five degree span.
Highs for 2018 ranged from 2°F on January 1 to 96°F on May 27.
Since we never got above 100°F or below 0°F, there are still five colors on the chart I never got to use, so I’m just going to do this again next year on the other half of this plastic canvas.
P.S. -- The floss key I used is here.
Highs for 2018 ranged from 2°F on January 1 to 96°F on May 27.
Since we never got above 100°F or below 0°F, there are still five colors on the chart I never got to use, so I’m just going to do this again next year on the other half of this plastic canvas.
P.S. -- The floss key I used is here.
