dancing in the snow...

I also managed to have a good couple of stitching sessions during the week, and manged to finish up my Quaker Diamond by Hillside Samplings. I put the last stitch in on Thursday evening. Now to just get it framed and up on the wall.

Quaker Diamonds by Hillside Samplings
stitched on 28ct ivory jobelan over 2 and 1

using Black Raspberry GAST (Simply Shaker) and Crescent Colours Bamboo

I plan on working on Blessings Be Thine tonight, hopefully I'll be able to get some good progress in...

quick update

No LHN SAL update, but instead, here is where I am with my Quaker Diamond - its working up quite quickly so far. Though I'm sure the over one alphabet in the center will slow me down... I didn't have much stitching time over the weekend, Sunday included, so I didn't bother switching projects and instead just stitched a little more on the Diamond.

I'm also a few days late with this year's first installment of the TUSAL. These are my orts since Dec. 30, 2009 till this past Sunday when I managed to get a little bit of stitching in.

just rolling along...

I continued with my LHN Neighbourhood SAL on Monday, as I said I would, and here is where I left off after that night's stitching session. I'm really enjoying working on this one, and it was so good to take it out after it being put away for just over a month! (my poor other wips and ufos are all grumbling that it wasn't them I pulled out, even though most of those have been put away for much longer...)

Then instead of going back and working on Blessings Be Thine or any of my other many wips, I decided to start another new project! I went stash diving (must be careful doing that, as I have so much stash that I could get lost in there!) and came up with this...

Not sure if you recognize it or not from this picture, but it is Quaker Diamond by Hillside Samplings. I've had it in my stash for quite sometime now, and not sure why I've never stitched it till now... I mean I bought it at the Purple Needle (great store, I do miss it) but that has been closed for just over 7 years or so now.

I'm stitching it on ivory 28ct joblean using GAST Simply Shaker in Black Raspberry Jam. You can't tell from the picture, but it has subtle colour changes from black to dark blue. As I was looking for an online picture of this pattern that I could show you all, it hit me that while I love my colour choice, I really could see myself stitching this again in a different colour way and on different fabric... hmmmm....nope have to stop thinking like that!

Anyways, I know one thing I would like to try is to tea/coffee dye my fabric, as ivory is getting boring... even though I do love that fabric, and is the main staple in my stash for when all else fails. I've seen several tutorials on how to do it, its just getting up the nerve to actually do it and then bake the fabric! I think that step scares me the most.