Easter Blog Hop 2024

 Easter Blog Hop 2024

Easter is early this year, so  it's time to participate in Jo's Easter Blog Hop.

Each participant will showcase some of their Easter/Spring themed stitching/crafting, a letter and a follow up link. The letters will spell out a phrase that should be left in the comment section on Jo's blog: https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/

I didn't have any new stitching to match the theme so I pulled out a few tried and true pieces.

Left to Right: 1. Rabbit from Prairie Schooler, Bunnies and Chicks (book 121)

2. Egg, Prairie Schooler, Farm Fresh (book 108)

3. Chick/tulips, With Thy Needle and Thread, Jelly Bean Jubilee

4. Bunny pair, Scissor Tail Designs, Spring Topiary

Your next stop should be: http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/

If you jump started here please visit Jo at: https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/ to see all the participants.

Oh yeah my letter is P! :-)

Happy Hopping!

Since it's already Good Friday in Australia, I'll submit my post now (5:55PM Thursday Local time).

Happy Easter Everyone!

Easter Treasure Hunt 2023

 Time for another blog hop. 

Jo, Serendipitous Stitching, is giving us a chance to share our stitching. Since Easter will soon be here we are hopping around the blog world collecting letters to make a phrase. We also get to view some fabulous stitching/crafting along the way. 

If this is your first stop you will want to go to Jo's blog so you don't miss any of the participating blogs

Start: https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com

Since this is the Year of The Rabbit I thought I would share 3 rabbit projects I stitched in the past.:

Blackbird Designs, Easter Parade

Easter Holiday Hoopla, Brenda Gervais

Spring Hare Etching, Heart in Hand

Oh, Yes you're here for a letter.

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Hop on over to: https://lifeoutsidethewashingbasket.blogspot.com/ to continue with the Treasure Hunt.

Happy Easter!

2021 Easter Blog Hop

This 

Blog Hop is hosted by Jo of  Serendipitous Stitching

If you have arrived here from her blog you know the route. If you have arrived here from a different blog have a look at Jo's Blog and hop to each of the participants to enjoy a lovely Easter treat.

I spy with my little brown I (eye) a family of hares out for a stroll.

Plum Street Sampler's, Easter Blessings

Now hop on over to : 

The Alchymyst's Study for your next letter.

Continue collecting letters from each blog. The letters will spell out a seasonal phrase. Return to Jo's blog and let her know what phrase you found.

February 2021: Week 4

      

      

       

February is over and this is what I was able to accomplish. 

My smalls were. 

Candy Corn, a Mill Hill kit, finished as an ornament instead of the suggested magnet.

My Second, ornament from Starry Night 

I also stitched 2 Easter egg ornaments.

This is not the best pic. I wanted these flowers to look like snowdrops. I may have to outline them so that they will show up better.

My three heritage projects for the month were, Lady Justice, Woman Silhouette, and Portrait in Red. Most of my stitching time turned out to be on Portrait in Red. I had a couple of visits from the frog, so I'm not done with the face yet. Hopefully, I'll be able to complete the face soon and move on to the shoulder area. 

I got some more done to the dress and the ribbon around her waist.

Started down the bodice of Woman Silhouette

Face almost complete.

Thanks for stopping by,

Spring is on the way

This week  our temperatures are varing from the 80's to the 40's. The tree pollen has turned everything yellow. Yesterday we had high winds and a tornado warning. Spring will be here soon.

When I can concentrate on stitching, I've been working on Angus Dei. Not done with page one yet but I've made some progress.

Angus Dei

Modern Folk Embroidery

Holiday Hoopla Easter is done for now. I want some Whisper for bunny's tail. I thought I had some somewhere in the mountain of floss/fiber in my stash but......  I guess I'll include some in the my next order from my OLNS. For now I've stitched the tail in DMC B5200 until I can get the Whisper.

Holiday Hoopla Easter

With Thy Needle and Thread

Brenda Gervais

I mounted my Lizzie Kate Flip It A Bit of April and attached to a tin I bought at Michaels.

Lizzie Kate 

Little Bit of April

Flip It Bits

Cartonnage and Cross Stitch

At my guild's March meeting, we started learning Cartonnage. The the art of making fabric covered boxes originated in France in the 1800's. This art is still very popular in France and has spread to other countries. Some of the techniques are the same and others have changed a lot. Our first project was a bookmark.

Bookmark 

Cartonnage sample project

I used this technique to make a basic fabric covered box. Needs some work but not to bad for a first try.  

Basic Cartonage box

My progress on Angus Dei has been slow. I had hoped to at least have the better part of page one stitched by now. Not so much. I did manage to get a few more stitches since this picture was taken.

Angus Dei

Modern Folk Embroidery 

My seasonal stitch is almost done. 

Holiday Hoopla, Easter

Brenda Gervais 

Our Saviour is on a time out right now. I worked on the right arm of the cross and continued working on the third line of the  poem on the right. I think I need to do some reverse stitching. My words are not lining up and I can't seem to find my error. ERRR!

My Leap Month Stitching

Well February has come and gone. I wish the posts I make in my head would magically appear here without me having to get our the laptop. I've had so many that never made it here.

Here is what what I worked on last month. I pulled out on old WIP/UFO Our Saviour and the Two Thieves by The Needle's Prayse. I started Holiday Hoopla Easter, by Brenda Gervais, and caved and started Angus Dei, by Modern Folk Embroidery.

I haven't worked on Our Saviour in a very long time. I'm not a fan of stitching words and this project is mostly works. So why oh why am I stitching this? It's an acrostic sampler. It's one of only 2 that I have seen patterns for.  Because this is an acrostic sampler, the spacing of the letters requires a lot of concentration and I'm a slow stitcher as my progress will bear evidence to. I want to work on this during Lent 2020 and see how far I get. I've forgotten the fabric name, but most likely the called for 36ct, using the called for NPI. There are only 4 colors used in the whole project.

Our Saviour and the Two Thieves

The Needle's Prayse

36ct with NPI

Angus Dei was started on Ash Wednesday. I want to work on this and Our Saviour during Lent. I'm working this on 32ct Millennium Blue with DMC 822. I'm struggling trying to find a stitching rhythm with this one.  Should I work the diamonds down then fill in or complete fill all the way down. We will see.

Angus Dei

Modern Folk Embroidery

32ct Millennium Blue

DMC 822

My seasonal stitch; Holiday Hoopla Easter. Hope to get this done soon.
                                            

Holiday Hoopla: Easter

With My Needle & Thread

called for colors 

                                         
I spent a few days working on Halloween at Hollyberry Farm and Prairie Schooler Christmas Alphabet but I haven't taken current pictures. When I pick up Halloween at Hollyberry Farm again I will be working on the bottom left side fence and border. The PS Christmas Alphabet has 9 finished blocks and 6 blocks framed and ready for filling. The Ornament for Halloween Ornie SAL for February was black cats. I stitched a cat from a Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue.

Week 12: Happy Easter

April Stamp

Lizzie Kate, Flip-It

April Stamp Flip-It is stitched! It's pinned to foam core board in a frame from Hobby Lobby. Ive left the back open; I think I may want to use this frame to swap out some other monthly finishes.

Another visit of Hare's Easter. My Spring seasonal finish.

Needlework Shop

Little House Needleworks 

My Series stitching didn't get much love.This is my progress on Needlework Shop.

My plans are to finish the stitching this week, so that I can move on to the next.

Thanks for stopping by,

Week 11: A Fully Finished Object (FFO)

Posting a little late for last week. It's the first full day of Spring , according to the calendar. Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature. A large portion of the country is still experiencing Winter weather. Some are blanketed in snow, with no end in sight.  Here the temps have dropped at least 20 degrees from last week. I'm fortunate that I have only had to deal with cooler temperatures and not the tornadoes that touched down in my area over the weekend.

Over the weekend I rummaged through the box-of-shame and found some Easter/Spring stitching that I want to FFO. I haven't gotten to them yet but I did manage to finish Hares' Easter as a flatfold.

Hares' Easter

Plum Street Samplers

Thanks for your visit,

Gwen

Spring and Lavender

Spring is finally here and April is almost over. We have had lots of rain here. Hope everyone had a good Easter.

It's hard to believe that Easter has come and gone. At first it seemed to be so late that I could be so much  Spring/Easter stitching done. The only project I was able to complete was a few tatted crosses. I encluded the in a few Easter cards that I sent out. I wore the small green one to church on Palm Sunday.

 Tatted Cross from Free-tatting.com

sz20 Lizbeth White and sz80 DMC tatting cotton green

I had to tweak the pattern and instructions a bit to match the model but, this was a nice, quick pattern.

My other finish so far this month is another set of smalls, French Lavenders by Jackie du Plessis. This was a gift that I received for Christmas, and I am so excited to have it stitched and assembled.

Thanks for stopping by,

Gwen

March Smalls SAL

Time for the March Check-in:

These two ornaments that were just waiting to be finished.













Swan Sampler Guild 2002 ornament / Tree Ornament JCS Ornament Mag ??

Stitched and finished in March, Seven Pines, by Little House Needleworks




Seven Pines













My Easter stitching, so far.





Easter Egg by Amit Kipattan












 I also finished 2 Halloween ornaments that I will post here next week.

2014 Smalls SAL

Hop on over to see all of the March Smalls.

Gwen

Happy Easter!

Prairie Schooler: Farm Fresh Book 108

 

Happy Easter!

 

 

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Easter Teasure Hunt Blog Hop

This post is brought to you by the letter:


 
D is my letter for the Easter Treasure Hunt hosted by Jo.

 

The 2 eggs in my basket are stitched from freebie charts by Amint Kipattan available here.

Hop on over to Kaye's blog  for your next letter.

First Day of Spring

The First Day of Spring will be here in my neck of the woods in less that 6 hours. I can hardly wait. This winter has been loooooooooooong and I for one am ready for it to be over.

Since my last post many moons ago, I have finished stitching a couple of small pieces, but no pictures to share right now. I hope to remedy that soon. In the meantime here is a picture I received from a friend that shows the promise of Spring arriving in her hometown.

Close up of blossoms










Ornamental Pear trees in bloom.
(Thanks DixieM)



For your Easter Basket: Easter Eggs

Until next time,

Gwen