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Archive for the ‘Counted Cross Stitch’ Category

May 25th, 2006

Cross stitch preparations

I thought I’d post a couple pics to show how I organize my bits & bobs for projects I’m working on.

I’m doing something new with Egyptian Sampler, because Teresa Wentzler uses so many blended colors. I bought some project cards, wrote the symbols and DMC floss numbers next to each hole, and then I […]

By Deb -- 3 comments

May 22nd, 2006

Cross stitch finish! ah, Coffee…

This piece has been a comedy of errors. All blame is mine, as I appear to suffer from an inability to count properly when tired. The hat is slightly off, a few stitches are done in the wrong colors, and when it came time to backstitch the coffee cup, I did it in […]

By Deb -- 10 comments

May 21st, 2006

Stitching the movies, Da Vinci Code

Well, with all the hype over this movie, how could I not mention it? Especially since we bought a a copy of the book and I plan on hiding from the family today to read it. :)

With all the talk of Templars and the Catholic Church, you may be feeling an itching in […]

By Deb -- 2 comments

May 17th, 2006

Coffee cross stitch progress

It has been a while since I posted a WIP update, so here is where I’m at with “Coffee is Magic” currently. I was going to wait until I’d finished it, but I’m not so good at waiting ;)

I decided to use some DMC light effects ‘glow in the dark’ white in place of […]

By Deb -- 1 comment

May 12th, 2006

Hardanger in Action!

Last evening as I stitched, I actually remembered to take some pictures as I went along. First, I stitched the kloster blocks around the perimeter:

Next it was time to set scissor to cloth. This is as traumatizing to do as it is to see.

Pulling threads is the Moment of Truth- here are two […]

By Deb -- 5 comments

May 11th, 2006

needlework rotation revised

After a week or two of experimenting with my initial rotation, I’ve decided to scrap the “you must work on Project A on Monday” course of action. Embroidery, while I enjoy it, doesn’t satisfy the same creative addiction that cross stitch does. The “embroidery days” became “needlework avoidance days”. I don’t expect […]

By Deb -- 3 comments

May 10th, 2006

Stitching Harry Potter

I’ve been following Grace’s Gryffindor Gazette, and decided to see if I could find cross stitch patterns for the Harry Potter world. Well, this has proven to be much harder than I thought it would be!

There is an illusive Harry Potter Cross Stitch Design Book written in French and seemingly published by […]

By Deb -- 10 comments

May 9th, 2006

Stitching Wizard Robes!

I’ve finally made enough progress on ‘Coffee is Magic‘ to get a general “feel” for the piece. I like the ease of this piece. It’s fun, quick to stitch, and a break from keeping track of a lot of color changes or tricky new stitches. My only dilemna is whether to order […]

By Deb -- 2 comments

May 8th, 2006

Needlecase update

I only did a bit of needlework this weekend, but what I did was a nice challenge. I stitched my first hardanger block Ever. It looks a bit mangled, what I would call “Charlie Brown”. I’m going to leave it as-is, so that some day when I can stitch beautiful hardanger in […]

By Deb -- 2 comments

May 7th, 2006

Cross Country Stitching

In my recent magazine purchasing activity, I bought the June 2006 issue of Cross Country Stitching. I am fond of a lot of the ‘country’ style things (though I wouldn’t want my house to be over-taken with it), and this magazine has a lot of great projects.

One thing I especially like is that pattern […]

By Deb -- 3 comments