Flowers of the Holy Night - Glendon Place

After my last post on Hydrangea Autumn Fog I reached a point where I needed threads that hadn't arrived yet so I decided to switch project.

I picked up Flowers of the Holy Night by Glendon Place.  I started this one on the 12th December 2017.  I am stitching it on a 28 count cream evenweave (I think!).  I am using the charted Dinky Dyes silks but I have subbed out the Mill Hill beads for Delicas as they are much cheaper to buy.

Here's my progress over the last week.

Unfortunately between these two pictures I discovered the whole of the left section was one row too high and I had to frog it all!

I've had a new start today which I will of course share with you next time.

Keep stitching and smiling

Hydrangea Autumn Fog - Chatelaine

It's only the 21st of January and already all my plans and goals for 2018 have gone out the window.  I may try and catch up with them again later in the year but at the moment all I want to stitch on is my Chatelaine.  I've just finished part 1 of 4 and can't see any sign of wanting to stop any time soon.  Here's my progress pics since the last time I posted.

I am stitching it on a 28 count Jazlyn in Sunset Sky from Crafty Kitten.  I am using most of the called for silks but I am subbing out some of the less variegated ones with DMC.

So for the foreseeable future this is what I will be stitching on.  Unless of course my plans change again!

Keep stitching and smiling

April - Nautical Year - Sand, Sea & Cross Stitch

I finished the April block today on Nautical Year.  It was already partly done so was a very quick stitch.  I am stitching this on 18 count cream aida using some of the charted DMC and subbing out some of the colours with silks from my stash.

Here's where I picked it up at:

Here's the April block finished:

And the whole piece as it is currently:

Keep stitching and smiling

Transfiguartion - Class Schedule SAL - January Block

On 1st January I started on Hydrangea Autumn Fog by Chatelaine.  I've had this project partially kitted up for quite a while and following Martina's passing it felt like a good time to start.  Here's the progress I made:-

I'm stitching it on a 28 count Jazlyn in Sunset Sky from Crafty Kitten.  I'm using most of the charted threads but I am subbing out some of the less variegated threads with the DMC alternative.  I have to say if I hadn't reached a point where I couldn't really carry on until I got a new thread and the beads then I would have found it extremely difficult to put down.  That thread and beads did however arrive today so who knows how quickly I will be getting back to this.

I then worked on the January block in the Class Schedule SAL from Armada Designs.  This block was Transfiguration the cat representing Professor McGonagall and the rat having been partially transformed into a cup.

I stitched the outlines for all the blocks for this last year.  I am stitching it on 32 count Murano in Black Hole which was the July 2017 Year of Neutrals fabric from Jodyri Designs.  I am really enjoying seeing how others have made changes to the pattern to make it there own but at the moment I am just stitching it as charted.  I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next.

The next project I picked to stitch on was Nautical Year from the book Sand, Sea and Cross Stitch.  On my goals list I thought I had 7 months to complete but I found I had already completed July, August and November - so that was a quick 3 goals knocked off the list.

Here's my starting point for April.

I'm stitching it on 18 count cream aida and I am subbing out a lot of the charted colours for silks and cottons in my stash.  

Thanks for stopping by - next update should be April complete and working on another one of my goals (unless that Chatelaine drags me back to it!).

Keep stitching and smiling