Stitching Diva

I must say firstly thankyou.. you were treasures replying so quickly..
but it ended up being almost even…
It was going to be odds and ends  until Nancy threw a spanner in the works…
yes odds and ends would look awsome on black…
i had not listed Cotillion , Kaleidoscope flower, or Winter White for that reason, i want all those on dark fabs , and as i will not have a lamp when i stitch , i had discounted ones for dark fab from the vote.. So now Odds and ends is now on that list..
so the Winner is …

after i tossed a coin Rainbow bands….
i will grab a few pretty skeins and see if i can work out to put my fab on the scroll rods.. that seems to be my issue atm…

i Promise i will nag paul until he takes pics whilst i am away an dcome back and share lots of visual candy..
oh and in case none of you realised… Colours Down Under are having a great 20% off in stock charts  ( and kits i think) and Character Creations is having a 50 % off sale !!! YES 50 % !!!
both are great ladies to deal with..  check my links to go to their stores.. though you should all have them bookmarked!!

and it will be be a quick poll as i have to kit it up and put the fab ric on the scroll rod thingy ( something i totally suck at.. appaerntly i am scroll rod impaired)

I have two travel lap frames, the second one courtesy of a dear fairy firend who gave me  GV for my birthday/christmas a mini doodler frame from Images Stitchery Design
and i am off on a holiday for about a week… so i want put something on it that i can work on then and when ever i have 10-20 mins at home and not enough time to do a haed etc…

I can’t fit Either of my Mariska pieces on it.. or Black Lace Or AMAP alpha8  or A Garden Grew… …. sigh..

so going through my stash of things i really will stitch one day..  these ones will fit on…
just vote by commenting… i couldn’t make the poll link work.. ( i am poll link impaired as well)

Hearts Content Slpendor XV The Queen’s Alphabet sorry the pic is small , a few of you have fobs i stitched from this alphabet

The Work Baskets Odds and Evens … basically 12 months of quakers form the work basket
3 rows of 4 block or 4 rows of 3… which ever fits ..

Maw Maw’s Quilt from M Designs

Rainbow borders sampler  Jan Houtman

New Beginning  Abbey Lane Designs

Bright Spots Sampler… Samplers and Such

Odds and Ends two ( my Latest chart aquisition… ) Tam’s Creations

so what do you think??

YEs i KNOW i owe pictures… they look unimpressive on the scanner and his majesty has not been willing to be the photographer of late…

and i am so close on serenity… but i will not make it before my holiday…. pout… too much time doing haed stuff ( and wii stuff and general pfaffing around… lol) and general malaise from meds changes/increases/additions blech

and for those in cold climates… i am so full on strawberries, cherries, raspberries etc …  i LOVE this time of the year

I seem to have forgotten about blogging lately….
i just seem to never get around to it , which is just plan slack really as i have heaps of pics to share and heaps of stuff to mention…
actually i have not been emailling much either, sorry…

so pictures..
i learnt how to do canvas work … well taught myself more to the point by looking at stitch diagrams and started the roseanne Needlepoint heart that Martina has a yahoo sal group for
i used the congress cloth as 18 ct mono was too chunky for me..
After an agonising hour of umming and ahhing i went the HDF quince series , and found i needed 3 strands of silk for decent coverage and i have to say i find three strands a challenge so if i do another piece i might just use 28 ct and 2 strands .. i also used Vikki’s silk perle … now that is a lush fibre to stitch with!! the cream block top right is the perle . The bottom right blockis not finished .. i can not get my head around how to do the stitches over the top .. they are like a long armed cross stitch , but do not match the long armed cross stitch diagram i have in my needlepoint book… So i am waiting for the penny to drop and the light bulb to go on.. it will come at some point i am sure … So my first canvas work pic…

Before christmas i started carley Cat.. she is my new model, A combo of my two favourite things, HAED and HDF, as i am stitching her in HDF silks…  there will be a few colours i have to stitch inthe DMC as there is no direct conversion ( no dye exists as far as vikki can tell to dye the silk in the exact same dmc shade) but such is life
Paul took an awesome photo for me after the scan looked like Kitty was dead..
The gaps are the colours that are enroute as i type , a few still had to be dyed , buti was impatient and wanted to start..
the colour is still a bit off as it is Stitches and Spices Angel Wings 28 ct jobelan which is a gorgeous mottled soft yellow, but it shows how shiny the silks are!!

carley 1

 next up is my ornament splurge i did before xmas.. they are all gifts for people, but me being me have not posted them to the recipients yet…
the first one is a martina dey freebie sttiched in a hdf silk  Moon called Sea and Petit treasure braid

next is another martina freebie stitched in the discontinued Holly Berry with gold  PTB as well

and finally i stitched the Cat’s Whiskers Christmas kitty 1×1 instead of 2×2 so it ended up TINY about 2-2.5 cm i used hdf, whisper and gold PTB

all were done 1×1 on 35 ct weddigen linen

tomorrow i will post my 2009 new start … i shouldn’t have but i  did…lol

it is in silks it is a haed chart… no other clues
and i will post about the charts on the top of my i want to start list

finally i just wantto thank all the fairies who sent my lovely stitchy gifts for christmas and my birthday, thanks to various special friends i now have masses of credit at HDF from GV’s , a new lap frame is enroute from 123stitch ( and a chart  to keep it company) and janine will be getting yet more inquiries about sourcing charts as i have money to spend there as well

i really appreciate all your kindess..