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the_other_sandy2025-01-04 04:43 pm
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Temperature Patterns 2022-2024
It looks like I've been forgetting to post these to Dreamwidth, so I have 3 years' worth.
( Pics behind cut )
( Pics behind cut )
the_other_sandy2025-01-04 04:43 pmbadly_knitted2024-07-08 10:28 pm
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Cross Stitched Garden Fairies
I'm back with another set of recently completed projects. The magazine the charts were in called them Folk Art Angels, but to me they didn't seem like either, so I've been calling them Garden Fairies.
Link to the post on my journal (It's simpler than posting the pics again).
the_other_sandy2024-01-27 08:11 pmEntry tags:
Spooky Cupcake: Ghost
The pattern is by The Witchy Stitcher. The fabric is 18 ct. aida in the color Mirage by Picture This Plus. This is one of a set of three that The Witchy Stitcher released for her shop's birthday.
the_other_sandy2023-03-25 05:15 pm
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Supernatural Stitchalong
The stitchalong actually ended last November, but I am finally finished!
The pattern is by The Witchy Stitcher. The fabric is 18 ct. aida in the color Colonial Parchment from Fabrics by Stephanie.
the_other_sandy2022-04-16 04:55 pmEntry tags:
Vincent Valentine
I am on a roll with finishing stuff this year.
The pattern is by Shingorengeki on DeviantArt, aka NeedleMinderLair on Etsy (although the current version of this pattern on Etsy is different--I bought this one from her directly in 2014). The fabric is standard 20 ct. Lugana.
the_other_sandy2022-03-16 06:31 pm
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Temperature Map 2020 and 2021
I just realized I never posted these here, and after someone specifically asked me to do both the highs and lows, too.
( Pics behind cut )
The quilt pattern for 2020 has the highs and lows; the tree pattern for 2021 has just the highs. Both patterns are by StitchinMommy on Etsy.
( Pics behind cut )
The quilt pattern for 2020 has the highs and lows; the tree pattern for 2021 has just the highs. Both patterns are by StitchinMommy on Etsy.
the_other_sandy2022-02-12 02:26 pmEntry tags:
Cryptid Stitchalong
The pattern is by The Witchy Stitcher. The fabric is 18 ct. aida in the color Colonial Parchment from Fabrics by Stephanie. It's a little more brown than it looks in the photo.
This is both the largest thing I've ever stitched and the first SAL I've ever finished (I have 2 more in craft prison I should get back to).
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Projects of 2020
I'm finally getting together a post of the kits I completed in 2020. I apologise for the very ratty final photos. I don't work with hoops, tend to just take a phone photo at the end (usually at night) and then put the finished product in a cabinet without ironing it, and start the new project immediately.
I fell in love with Owl Forest kits in 2020, and have pretty much formally declared my love for all Russian kits in the process, lol.
Three Dragons (Owl Forest Kit)
( More photos and more kits underneath the cut. )
I fell in love with Owl Forest kits in 2020, and have pretty much formally declared my love for all Russian kits in the process, lol.
Three Dragons (Owl Forest Kit)
( More photos and more kits underneath the cut. )
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My contribution to the arts for 2020
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I designed it myself, using graph paper and software (Jane Greenoff Gold from around 2002 which I HATE and really need to upgrade to something reasonable, bu I digress). I stitched the house on the right and decided I hated the contrast, so the house on the left is a shade darker. I stitched using an unholy amalgam of Anchor and DMC threads from my stash.
I'm planning on updating the chart to show (DMC versions of) the colors I actually used, then releasing the chart as a PDF. Who knows, maybe Reddit will like it and other people will do it.
A friend of mine want to know if I'm selling them. LOL! I am slow and easily distracted and we'd probably be halfway through the NEXT pandemic before I complete another one. It was fun though.
P.S. Sorry for the terrible photo. I was excited!
P.P.S. This was my first time embroidering a hashtag. Also my first time actually embroidering a swear word. (They are always a part of my process but they're normally just said out loud, not captured in thread.)
I designed it myself, using graph paper and software (Jane Greenoff Gold from around 2002 which I HATE and really need to upgrade to something reasonable, bu I digress). I stitched the house on the right and decided I hated the contrast, so the house on the left is a shade darker. I stitched using an unholy amalgam of Anchor and DMC threads from my stash.
I'm planning on updating the chart to show (DMC versions of) the colors I actually used, then releasing the chart as a PDF. Who knows, maybe Reddit will like it and other people will do it.
A friend of mine want to know if I'm selling them. LOL! I am slow and easily distracted and we'd probably be halfway through the NEXT pandemic before I complete another one. It was fun though.
P.S. Sorry for the terrible photo. I was excited!
P.P.S. This was my first time embroidering a hashtag. Also my first time actually embroidering a swear word. (They are always a part of my process but they're normally just said out loud, not captured in thread.)
ilyena_sylph2020-04-13 08:10 pmEntry tags:
I totally forgot!
To 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!
the_other_sandy2020-01-11 01:00 pmEntry tags:
Ghost Town
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.
the_other_sandy2020-01-01 02:57 pmEntry tags:
Temperature Map 2019
I 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.
the_other_sandy2019-03-23 12:24 pmEntry tags:
Gryffindor Crest
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.
the_other_sandy2019-01-01 02:53 pmEntry tags:
Temperature Map 2018
I 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.
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I finished the thing!
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I finished the "Drink and know things" cross stitch! The gift exchange is tomorrow. This should be fun.
The wine picture was from a Maria Diaz design called "Vineyard Holiday" in The World of Cross Stitching (sorry, don't know which issue). There were some fields and a house but I took those out to make room for the text.
The font was from a book, Better Homes and Gardens 2001 Cross Stitch Designs.
The thread shades are an unholy alliance of DMC and whatever Anchor I had lying around, plus a last-minute substitution of DMC 2 for the highlights in the glass.
I am really pleased with how it turned out.
I finished the "Drink and know things" cross stitch! The gift exchange is tomorrow. This should be fun.
The wine picture was from a Maria Diaz design called "Vineyard Holiday" in The World of Cross Stitching (sorry, don't know which issue). There were some fields and a house but I took those out to make room for the text.
The font was from a book, Better Homes and Gardens 2001 Cross Stitch Designs.
The thread shades are an unholy alliance of DMC and whatever Anchor I had lying around, plus a last-minute substitution of DMC 2 for the highlights in the glass.
I am really pleased with how it turned out.
