tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190767672024-03-13T17:56:58.184-06:00Threads, thoughts and other notions...katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.comBlogger674125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-46137127208459736202017-03-01T19:13:00.000-07:002017-03-01T19:13:38.363-07:00hello march... where did february go???Well I managed to drop the ball didn't I last month! Where on earth did the time go? Where did the month disappear to?? <br />
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I can't believe it is the first day of March already!<br />
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Anyways, astonishment aside... I have been busy... stitching... I just sort of forgot to come and post over here!<br />
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Let's just jump right in and start... first of all tusal... the new moon was on the 27th so here is my Feb ort jar - all nice and full, as well as the year to date...<br />
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I've also been working on my Sunday SAL with Edith... and have been making some nice progress each week. Here is Veronica with progress as of Feb 26<br />
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Being good, I haven't started any new projects just yet, though I will admit I do have several new starts planned... however, not just yet... One I will start working on this month, but that is a commission work, so that I have to. Here are my wips that I worked on through the month of February... <br />
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Summer Bouquet by Lanarte, I made a little more progress on it since the picture in my last post...<br />
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Then Mirabilia's Madonna of the Garden<br />
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and finally I worked on Long Dog's Death by Cross Stitch... I do have a little more done since this picture was taken, but not enough to warrant a new photo.<br />
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I also managed to finish off a crocheted blanket... stroller size... not quite sure who will get it, but I made it... I actually finished the blanket itself in January, but ran out of the purple yarn for the border... it just took me forever to get more! But I finally did, and here it is...<br />
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That's all I've got... I'm hoping that this month will be much better than February... it was a total bust for me in other aspects as well, not just blogging... the only thing that kept me sane was my stitching... and as you can see, I did lots of that!<br />
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Till next time.... happy stitching!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-25859121297928576352017-02-06T19:54:00.000-07:002017-02-06T19:54:16.894-07:00hello february<br />
I didn't post last Monday, as I didn't have anything new to show.<br />
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I didn't get anything done on our Sunday SAL as my husband took me out on a surprise date - dinner and the theatre so zero stitching.<br />
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This week, is different... I continued to work on Autumn Quakers a bit, and here is where I stand with that one...<br />
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I've reached the top of the pattern, and added the date. As you can see I am planning on finishing it this year! Hopefully sooner rather than later in the year too.<br />
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Then I pulled out another wip to give it some love for a couple of days as well.... this time Sunflower Bouquet by Lanarte.<br />
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Again, I made some progress, and am getting close to a finish on this one as well. <br />
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And last but definitely not least, our Sunday SAL... Portrait of Veronica... I didn't get much time to work on her yesterday but I did put some stitches in... and here is where I got...<br />
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Not sure what is on the stitching agenda this week... but until next time happy stitching!<br />
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Just a quick post... yesterday was the new moon, and that means it is time for the TUSAL ort report...<br />
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Here is this month's jar filled to the brim, as I managed to get lots of stitching in since the last new moon at the end of 2016.<br />
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That's all for now... till next time happy stitchingkaticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-25959057767600954302017-01-25T18:36:00.000-07:002017-01-25T18:36:18.763-07:00and we continue dancing...Since I had my dancing shoes already warmed up with my Reflections of Canada piece, I thought I would keep dancing as I finished off my Cornwall Cottage Sampler last week.<br />
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So let's not dawdle, let's dance... here it is in all its glory!<br />
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I finished it just before midnight on January 17... literally 2 years after we started this as a Sunday SAL with Barb and Linda. As you can see I did make some changes, in that I centred the bottom row of the alphabet (even though my centering is more than likely somewhat off) instead of stitching the "stitched by" portion of the pattern. Other than that, I stitched it as is, with the called for GAST/Weeks threads. Even though we totally fell off the Sunday SAL wagon, it was a pleasure to stitch, and I loved watching it come to life.<br />
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I've joined in on the stitch from stash wagon this year, including joining the FB group of the same name, to try and not spend so much money on stash...as I have a fairly large stash, and with that I am also making 2017 my year of wips... while I will still start new projects, I am trying to finish up as many of my wips that I already have going. So far so good... 2 down, 7 active wips to go! Though I do also have a couple of inactive wips that most people would consider ufo's that may also see the light of day this year... we will see what happens!<br />
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The next wip I decided to pull out of the pile to give some love was my Autumn Quaker by Rosewood Manor... now this poor thing hasn't seen any love since May of last year... I know I made an error on it somewhere so something is off, but I have no clue where... so I am sort of "working around" the problem. This is where I left off last May<br />
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I started working on it this week, with the big round motif that is just started at the top of the above picture... I finished that motif off, and will continue along with this project for the rest of this week.<br />
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I have one more wip to show you... Sunday was our Sunday SAL for Portrait of Veronica by Mirabilia, and here is where I left off with her...<br />
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She is fun to work on, and it is difficult to say the least to put her away every Sunday night when I'm done stitching for the day.<br />
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Till next time... happy stitching!<br />
katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-50436419364339142742017-01-16T13:41:00.000-07:002017-01-16T13:41:55.484-07:00dancing for my weekly updateHappy Monday everyone!<br />
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Let's just jump right into things and start off with a quick little happy dance!<br />
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I managed to finish off Reflections of Canada by Ink Circles this past week. I used DMC 815 on a mystery white fabric I managed to find in my stash.<br />
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In addition to working on Reflections of Canada, I continued to work on one of my other wips that is getting close to a finish and worked on that one..<br />
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I worked on Cornwall Cottage Sampler, by Rosewood Manor... Originally we started this as a Sunday SAL with Barb and Linda in January of 2015. However, things didn't quite turn out that way, as life really got in the way, and both Barb and I managed to ditch poor Linda.<br />
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After a long break of not working on this, I pulled it out this month and have been working on it off and on. I just love the colours in this, and it is so enjoyable to work on.<br />
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I'm getting closer to getting this one done too.... there is lots of confetti stitching in the basket from the flowers, but it is looking so pretty!<br />
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And of course since it is Monday, we had our Sunday SAL with Edith for Portrait of Veronica by Mirabilia.<br />
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Here is my progress on her... not sure if you can tell, but I finally did add a little colour other than black last night, though I will admit it is a blended colour with black... hopefully next Sunday, I will have more colour to show. Considering how much black I stitched with Darth Vader in December, and said I didn't want to see black again for a while, I have actually been enjoying working on Veronica.<br />
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And that is it for me! I have no clue what I will work on this week, if I will continue with Cornwall Cottage until it is done or if I pull a different wip.<br />
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katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-91246872767859699632017-01-09T19:35:00.000-07:002017-01-09T19:35:51.594-07:00Weekly updateI'm going to try getting back to blogging more regularly... Since Edith and I are doing a new Sunday SAL, what better time to update what I've done during the week than every Monday after we finish our Sunday stitching for the SAL.<br />
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So here goes... my first of hopefully many regular updates!<br />
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Sunday SAL - Portrait of Veronica by Mirabilia<br />
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I'm stitching mine on 32ct mottle sage jobelan by Crafty Kitten, a very lovely fabric to work on. We started our SAL on Sunday Jan 1, and since Monday the 2 was also a holiday, we stitched both days, so here is my progress on Veronica for Jan 1-2<br />
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Then yesterday was Sunday the 8th, so she got pulled out again... here is my progress from yesterday...<br />
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You would think after spending roughly a month stitching Darth Vader with nothing but black thread, I would be sick of it, but I have to say, this once a week thing is okay. I actually look forward to seeing how far I can get working on her! Hopefully soon enough though I will have other colours to show.<br />
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Then what else did I work on last week... I pulled out two of my wips to work on... first off Reflections of Canada by Ink Circles...<br />
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I managed to finish off the 3rd corner... one to go... and then I decided to work on Cornwall Cottage by Rosewood Manor...<br />
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katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-31220039678593376832016-12-30T14:22:00.000-07:002016-12-30T14:22:11.722-07:002016 re-cap and catch upI will admit, this has been the worst year for me blogging since I started this blog way back when in 2005. I just didn't have it in me to bother with it this year...<br />
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I'm not going to make any promises or new year's resolutions that I'll try to be a better blogger but I will admit, I am not ready to give up my blog just yet. So to those of you who are still around, thank you!<br />
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I would like to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas as well as a very happy new year! <br />
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Now onto stitchy stuff! Let's do a quick recap of 2016 first, and then I will show the newest additions in the catch up part. This will be a longer post, and definitely filled with lots of pictures!<br />
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Here are my finishes for 2016:<br />
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from left to right - 1. kitty stitchable key chain, 2. Tea Break by Jardin Prive<br />3. Home Sweet Home by Les Grilles du Maryse, 4. Pushing up the Daisies by Raise the Roof<br />5. Bluebird Alphabet by Just Nan, 6. Geranium by Nora Corbett<br />7. Blue Village by Satsuma Street, 8. Stitch by Cherry Wood Designs<br />9. Love Cube by AAN</div>
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10. Disney Villains by Cloudsfactory, 11. Mother's Honour Due by Blackbird Designs<br />12. Remember Me by Sheepish Designs, 13. Darth Vader by Natalineedlework<br />14. Yoda by Natalineedlework</div>
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I forgot to add in pictures of my two small crochet finishes for this year...<br />
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And my wips for 2016... I must say that though I've never been a one at a time stitcher, this is the most wips I have had in a very long time!<br />
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1. Mini Twist 1-6 by Northern Expressions, 2. Madonna of the Garden by Mirabilia<br />3. Autumn Quaker by Rosewood Manor, 4. Feather and Friends - Butternut Road</div>
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5. Cornwall Cottage - Rosewood Manor, 6. Reflections of Canada by Ink Circles<br />7. Summer Bouquet by Lanarte, 8. Death by Cross Stitch by Long Dog Samplers</div>
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I received a very lovey stitched gift from one of my best friends, Time to Stitch by Needlework Press. She did such a beautiful job, both on the stitching and the sewing! I just love it!</div>
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Now onto the new additions, since my last blog post... for the months of November and most of December (up to the 23rd) I was actually a one project at a time stitcher... something I am normally not... but I got it into my head that I wanted to stitch something for my two great-nephews as gifts... so off I went!</div>
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I stitched it on 32ct Jack's Rum jobelan by Stephanie, using the called for colours except Yoda's skin... the pattern calls for dmc 935 and I found that to be too dark, so I switched it to dmc 3363. The words making up Yoda, in case you can't read it, say "Do or do not, there is no try" I love how it turned out, and my husband did a fantastic job at stretching and framing it!</div>
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And last but not least... my tusal updates... I am behind with November, and December's new moon was yesterday, so I'm actually on time with that one!</div>
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I decided to jump on the bandwagon this year and make an ornament from my orts.. however, I saw on one of my stitching facebook groups something that someone did that I liked even better... it took making the ort ornament one step further... They made three, one with the dmc lables, one with the dmc number labels and one with the actual orts... Sooo off I went to Michael's and got myself some clear fillable ornaments and this is the final result.</div>
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I choose the smallest size they had, and for that reason, I had to cut down the number labels so they would fit better. I really like how they turned out, and now I just need to find some pretty ribbon so I can put them on the tree!</div>
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It's been a while since I've done a big Mirabilia project, so I decided it was time... and I pulled out Madonna of the Garden... started her on September 25, and this is my progress so far.<br />
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I am stitching her on 28ct lugana (I believe)Snowy Skies by Sparklies hand dyed fabrics using the called for threads.<br />
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Next up is Feathers & Friends by Butternut Road, one that has been in my to do pile for a very long time.... I started her on Oct 5 and this is my progress up to today... I've been working on her apron...<br />
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I am stitching her on 28ct bayleaf jobelan with the called for DMC.<br />
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As for my other wips, I made some progress on only a couple of them... I worked on my Summer Bouquet as well as my Reflections of Canada... I tried to work on Autumn Quaker by Rosewood Manor, but I made a mistake somewhere and I just couldn't find it to fix it, so I gave up... and made no new progress on that one...<br />
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And that is it! till next time... happy stitching!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-57670302246343265832016-10-24T14:18:00.000-06:002016-10-24T14:18:31.017-06:00time flies....Wow, where has the time gone??? I can't believe it is almost the end of October and the that the last time I posted to my poor blog was back in July!<br />
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Time to dust off the ole' keyboard and get to work! I wanted to update my side bar with my monthly blinkies, but it seems that photobucket isn't working well today, so that will have to wait.<br />
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I have been busy stitching away, just as usual not posting... I have a bunch to show off, but I'll break it up into a couple of posts...<br />
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First of all I'm behind in posting my tusal's to my blog... I have been posting them on instagram, just as you may have noticed, not here... so here we go!<br />
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One of my wips is the mini twist series by Northern Expressions, which is a 6 part series of different specialty stitches... I've done the first two... I am doing them all in the same colour combination and all on one piece of fabric.</div>
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I also started and finished off Remember Me by Sheepish Designs... I first saw this framed up at LNS and fell in love, and even though it is an OOP design, I began my search! Finally after a couple of years I managed to track it down and here it is! </div>
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It looks a bit crooked in the picture, but that is just due to my photography skills... it really is a nice rectangle.... It is stitched on 32ct ivory jobelan using the called for DMC, except I did change 2 of the colours - the pinks as the original ones were more brown and I didn't want brown flowers... and the original picture on the chart showed something similar to what I chose. </div>
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katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-55745924869423168422016-07-08T12:42:00.000-06:002016-07-08T12:42:12.248-06:00a little danceI have a little happy dance to share... I managed to finish off Mother's Honour Due by Blackbird Designs...<br />
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It is stitched on 32ct ivory jobelan using Nina's threads - Amber, Hunter Crescent Colours - Wild Berries, Peapod and GAST - Claret.katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-5495852977256955962016-07-04T13:41:00.000-06:002016-07-04T13:41:53.312-06:00busy as a bee... tusals, wips and more...Okay I have been missing in action from my blog, but that doesn't mean I haven't been productive... just lazy when it comes to posting...<br />
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Let's start with the tusal posts as today is our ort report day! <br /><br />I took a picture for June, but didn't post here only on instagram... go figure... and I have today's picture to show off...<br />
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so here are my full ort jars in their glory!<br />
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So as you can see lots of stitching going on!<br />
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I have a few finishes to show, so I'll do those first and then my wips that I have going on...<br />
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First up is Love Cube by AAN - I made it into a wedding sampler for my nephew who is getting married at the end of the month. It just needs to be ironed and stretched, as we already have the frame.<br />
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I stitched with Dmc 816, Nina's threads in old gold and raven on 32ct silver mist jobelan by Stephanie<br />
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Next up is Blue Village by Satsuma Street. This is my first but not last stitch from this designer... love their whimsical and colourful designs.<br />
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I stitched on 32ct winter solstice jobelan by Stephanie using the called for threads.<br />
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Next up is the last finish to show, and also another first for me... My first ever stitch/finish of a Just Nan pattern. I have a few Nan patterns in my stash, but until now I have never stitched any. I really like the way this turned out. <br />
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I stitched it with the called for threads on 32ct pollywog Princess jobelan by Stephanie.<br />
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Next up a wip, and a couple of new starts...<br /><br />I made some really good progress on my Cornwall Cottage Sampler, I won't say I can see the light at the end of the tunnel just yet, but it is getting closer!<br />
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Stitched on 32ct ivory jobelan with the called for Weeks threads. As you can see, I've changed the alphabet part a little and centred the bottom line... I didn't want to add that "wrought by" box...once the basket is finished I will decide what to do with the two spaces at the beginning and end of that line... if I will just leave them blank, or add some sort of motifs ... <br />
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I also have two new starts... I started Reflections of Canada by Ink Circles on Friday - July 1 - Canada Day.<br />
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I am actually a bit further along on this pattern but this is my most up to date photo. It is being stitched on ivory jobelan 32ct I believe, with threads from my stash. <span>Nina's threads: Hunter, Amber</span><br /><span>GAST: claret, and </span><span><span><span>Crescent Colors: peapod, wild berries.</span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span>I plan on personalizing it by adding not only my mom but my grandmothers names to it as well</span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span>Anyways, that is it for now... until next time happy stitching!</span></span></span>katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-81082286592789918822016-05-09T18:49:00.000-06:002016-05-09T18:50:08.485-06:00time flies... First off, it was the new moon on the 6th, so that means it is time for our TUSAL... here is my jar full of orts! I managed to get lots of stitching in again this month! I'm very happy about that.<br />
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I also managed to have a couple of happy dances too! I finished off Geranium by Mirabillia/Nora Corbett. She is stitched with the called for threads and beads, except I made one small change to the beads... I used the colour that was called for, I just changed the size...<br />
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there are blue beads that go along the outside of her wings, and these are supposed to be much larger... well I didn't like the look of them, so I switched them out... luckily I had the exact same colour but smaller in my stash, so I didn't need to look far!<br />
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I really like the way she turned out... and I've missed stitching Mira's... I am going to have to definitely put another one into my rotation in the near future! She is stitched on 32ct tactical camo jobelan by Hand Dyed by Stephanie. You can't quite tell from the picture, but it has nice green undertones in it.<br />
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I have a second happy dance to report as well... I was wanting some small "quick" finishes to add in to my stitching rotation, and as I was playing with my stash... I came across the dictionary series by Cherrywood Designs. This is stitch... and there are a total of 6 in the original series, plus one bonus. I do plan on stitching them all. They are quite fun.<br />
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The bottom half is done, and I have moved on to the top half... I made some counting errors in the bottom left corner, so I had to adjust a few of the smaller motifs near the center to make sure things fit properly. I love working with the Valdini threads, the colours are so rich. I can hardly wait until this one is done and then get and start one of the other seasons!.</div>
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However enough of that, let's get on to the important stuff! Stitching and orts! <br />
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April's new moon has come and gone, it was on April 7. As usual, I took my picture in time, but as you can guess.... I'm only posting it now...<br />
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Same set up as before... small jar is this month's contribution, big jar is the year to date.<br />
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I've also managed to have a couple of smaller happy dances since I last posted... I started and finished Pushing up the daisies by Raise the Roof Designs... I just need the actual daisy buttons that go along the fence. I know it is not to everyone's taste, but I like it and think it is funny.<br />
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It is stitched on 32ct whimsical winter jobelan by Under the Sea fabrics with dmc. I changed the fence from white to a more yellowy wood looking colour.<br />
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My next finish is also a small fun piece... Disney Villains by Cloudsfactory. It is also stitched on 32ct whimsical winter jobelan by Under the Sea, using dmc.<br />
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My third finish is a crochet finish... another baby blanket<br />
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I didn't feel like stitching on my other wips so I decided to start something new... I pulled out a Mira/Nora Corbett pattern... haven't worked on any sort of mira in over a year! I decided on Geranium.... here my last progress picture... though I now have more done since this was taken... I'm working on her skirt now.<br />
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I'm stitching her on 32ct tactical camo jobelan by Hand dyed by Stephanie. <br />
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Anyways, that is all for now... till next time... happy stitching!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-16054529698005994812016-03-20T13:38:00.000-06:002016-03-20T13:38:28.186-06:00a finish and a wipjust a quick post to say I have a happy dance!<br />
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I finished my Home Sweet Home project by Les Grilles du Maryse. It was her 2013 SAL. There are other accessories that I haven't stitched yet, but this was the main part of the project.<br />
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Next up, is where I left off with my Cornwall Cottage! I did a little happy dance with that one as well, as my border matched up perfectly, with no frogging. I was very relieved! </div>
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Since I've been good this year so far and have only worked on wips, I think it is time to start a new project! I haven't decided yet on which one, but definitely something new for a bit before going back to my other projects.<br />
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Till next time, happy stitching!!!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-84855656830503997542016-03-10T00:01:00.000-07:002016-03-10T00:01:28.025-07:00wips and ortsJust a quick update... the new moon was yesterday, so that means ort report time...<br /><br />Here is my March ort report... the small jar is my monthly collection - lots of stitching this month on the summer bouquet I posted in my last post... and the large jar is the year so far.<br />
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I switched out wips and decided as I mentioned in my previous post, to give Cornwall Cottage some much needed love... here is the side I was working on as well as where I am so far on it. Still lots to go!<br />
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Till next time... happy stitching!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-17777515407095999492016-03-01T19:51:00.000-07:002016-03-01T19:51:34.231-07:00catching up...It seems that all I'm doing lately is playing catch up with my blog. I love having one, I love reading other people's blogs, I'm just getting really lazy when it comes to posting on mine. Which is quite strange, as I have had lots of crafty goodness going on.<br />
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So apologies to all that read my blog, if anyone out there still does that I've been so very neglectful.<br />
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First things first, February's TUSAL... I took my picture at the correct time, the new moon, but obviously I've failed to post it on time. However, better late than never... here is my February ort report.<br />
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I do have a couple of happy dances to show... one crochet and one cross stitch.... I started and finished an infinity scarf for my niece and here she is modeling it. It is quite large, as it fits around her head 3x's. But she likes it and is happy with it.</div>
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My cross stitch finish is the new project I start in January... Tea Break by Jardin Prive. I change the pinks to blues in mine and made the hearts read. Otherwise it is stitched with the called for DMC threads and is stitched on 32ct whimsical winter jobelan by Under the Sea fabrics.</div>
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Next up I decided to give some of my wips some love... I worked on Autumn Quakers by Rosewood Manor for a week, and here is my updated progress picture of that.</div>
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Then I pulled out my Summer Bouquet by Lanarte, and sort of got stuck on that one for a few weeks (3 weeks to be exact) and made great progress. <br />
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This week I finally changed projects and as of today am working on my Cornwell Cottage also by Rosewood Manor. I know that one is supposed to be our Sunday SAL... but sadly, the one year we finally have another person join Barbi and I stitching, life happens and the Sunday SAL went out the window. I'm sure poor Linda is done hers already! Anyways I hope to catch up to her soon, and finish it in the near future and then maybe we can all get back on track with a new Sunday SAL project.<br />
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Not a whole heck of a lot in there! Basically, those are my orts from my one stitching session Jan 2... as we went on holidays afterwards for a week and I haven't stitched on anything until tonight.<br />
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Those few threads are from my new project I mentioned in my last post - Tea Break by Jardin Prive. I forgot to take a photo of my wip, but I promise I will soon.<br />
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Till next time... happy stitching!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-6372041787315083302016-01-01T22:03:00.000-07:002016-01-01T22:03:05.491-07:00old and new year...Happy New Year to everyone! I managed to have two more quick little happy dances at the end of December (I can say that now since it is January 1st)... I managed to stitch and finish both Merry One and Merry Two by Plum Street Samplers.<br />Both very cute and fun stitches. I am planning on using some of the motifs from both to make into ornaments in the future.<br />
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Here they are... both stitched with the called for threads that came with the pattern, with one thread over 2 on 32ct chocolate milk jobelan by Stephanie. One of my favourite fabrics.<br />
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Since it is the beginning of a new year, it is also the annual emptying of the ort jar... these are all my orts from Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2015...<br />
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Now normally I just throw them out, but I have seen some interesting ideas of how to reuse them in the future... <br />
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And also since it is Jan 1... it is time for a new start as well.. I have been starting the last couple of years with a pattern from Jardin Prive, and I kept to that little tradition, which is now going on its 3 year. I picked Tea Break by Jardin Prive, except I changed the pink tea cups to blue for mine...<br />
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Not much to see just yet, just a floss toss...katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-66169447904406983922015-12-20T23:06:00.002-07:002015-12-20T23:07:21.362-07:00belated ort report and another finishI'm a very late in posting my last ort report for the 2015 TUSAL... Not much in the jar, but I haven't been doing very much stitching as of late... I have been doing more crochet as I had a gift to finish for Christmas.<br />
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Here is my December tusal...<br />
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and here is my finished blanket that I was working on instead of stitching...<br />
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<br />katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-54813211065905377802015-12-07T22:59:00.000-07:002015-12-07T22:59:56.651-07:00happy dancingand we have a finish!<br />
the year long SAL with Palko The quote in English is: "So teach us to remember our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom" Psalm 90:12 <br />
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katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-72960774171192382612015-12-02T23:17:00.000-07:002015-12-02T23:17:16.047-07:00wips...I've been working on catching up with my monthly SAL with Palko, and have finally caught up, just in time to get the last month's installment. I'm working on December right now, so once that is done I will have a happy dance and I'll show a picture of the whole thing...<br />
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Till then you will have do with close ups of September, October, and November <br />
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<br />katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-57724435027220945792015-11-14T10:00:00.000-07:002015-11-14T10:00:01.897-07:00catch up - crochet projectsIn addition to stitching... I've also been crocheting... though not as much...<br />
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I managed to finish off another blanket, though it turned out smaller than I wanted... you can still snuggle into it, but it really is only single person blanket... not really more than that... I was concentrating more on the stripes than the actual size... I do like how it turned out... I used a random stripe generator for the pattern.<br />
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It will be a Christmas gift for my niece, as she wanted a blanket in purples and yellows... so I used two purples and a yellow and a cream colour for hers...<br />
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I have also started 2 more crochet projects... one is scarf in greys for my other niece<br />
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And the other is another blanket for my other nephew in blues... though you can't quite tell in the picture... the colours are close to DMC 930 and 932 and the third one will be a grey and will be just big fat stripes.<br />
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I know time is short... but I am trying to have both of these done for Christmas. I'll try and keep you updated on them!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-23174801051932408612015-11-13T10:00:00.000-07:002015-11-13T10:00:02.829-07:00catch up - stitching projects 2In between working on the commissioned pieces I did work on some of my own stitching... I pulled a few wips out, ignored others, and started a new one...here is my progress on them...<br />
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My newest start... Halloween nine by Sanman originals for the merry members. It is such a cute little stitch...<br />
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My Lanarte Summer Bouquet got some love...</div>
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As did my Home Sweet Home sampler by Grilles de Maryse, two squares left on the main piece and that part is done.<br />
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I also managed to catch up and fall behind yet again on my monthly SAL through Palkolap's blog... here are June, July and August and all of them together...<br />
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I am very behind on my Sunday SAL with Barbi and Linda, I haven't touched it since June... I'm sure that Linda is almost done hers by now, from what I have seen on her blog, she is getting close! Not sure where Barbi is as she is missing in action as well... Poor Linda we abandoned her on this SAL!katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-77817784581164029132015-11-12T10:00:00.000-07:002015-11-12T10:00:02.832-07:00catch up - stitching projects part 1I have been a little busy with some commissioned pieces... 4 in total this year... one you have already seen - the company logo for a friend...<br />
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Two for co-workers<br />
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and the third one another company logo... I'm not happy with the wording in the banner, but I've stitched it and restitched it so many times, that I am sick of looking at it and don't want to keep them waiting any longer. No matter what I tried I just couldn't get those darn letters correct, with the spacing in the darn banner...<br />
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious It was a fun stitch, and as you can I see I definitely changed the colours! I stitched it on 32ct frozen margarita jobelan by Under the Sea fabrics. Not sure of the threads as I didn't write those down.</div>
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I am tempted to stitch it again for myself, as this one was originally stitched as a gift...</div>
katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19076767.post-15557615900085606622015-11-11T15:47:00.003-07:002015-11-11T15:47:57.701-07:00where has the time gone????Oh my!! 4 and 1/2 months have gone by without a single blog post! I don't know what to say other than seriously where did the time go??? I have been busy and I have lots to show you...<br />
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Let's start with the tusal, since today is the day we are to post Novembers! I've been stitching, and diligently taking my pictures, so here they all are from July all the way to today!<br />
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Definitely lots of stitching going on! I'll show what I've been working on in the next post or two...katicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098802096925101905noreply@blogger.com1