June

 June was all about Put a Bird on It and a few new starts.

I finally passed the 50% completed mark on Put A Bird On It. I’m close to finishing Big Blue. This motif is massive. Once I complete this motif I’ll have 6 more motifs to work on. 

 My new starts revolved around some travel I was fortunate to take in June. I’ve had a start on Reflections of London, Reflections of Ireland, and Reflections of Scotland. Each of these Ink Circles charts are about the same size and I’m stitching them on 32ct Fiber On A Whim, Moonstone. 

I managed to reach the top right corner of Reflections of Ireland using DMC 4045. Love the greens in this skein.

The real life thistles I’ve seen IRL seemed to have a blue tinge but ’m really loving working with this DMC 4505. The Thistle turned out really nice. Now I can see the dragons on each side. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Gwen

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!