Last Week, I started Medieval Octagon in colorway 1. Here's my progress through last night.
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Medieval Octagon
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Meari's Japanese Garden 2/8/2016
My latest progress on Japanese Garden. Not much, but some is better than none. Right?!
Last time, I was working on the left lower corner. This time I've made good progress on the bottom right one.
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Last time, I was working on the left lower corner. This time I've made good progress on the bottom right one.
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Secret Victorian Garden Update
Secret Victorian Garden was pulled out after a long rest this week. I had five days off from work and this was my focus piece. I am very pleased with how much I got done and plan to keep it on the frame until it is finished - hopefully by the end of this month.
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It is a horrible picture, but I couldn't get a better one showing the whole thing.
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Meari's Japanese Garden 2/18/16
I know what you're thinking: "She *just* posted 10 days ago. What's up with that?!" I realized I hadn't taken it off the scroll frame since 2013. So it was time....
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Figured out why it's not been off the lap stand. I have to dismantle the entire thing to get the scrolls off! I probably won't be showing another full photo until I'm finished with the stitching.
Figured out why it's not been off the lap stand. I have to dismantle the entire thing to get the scrolls off! I probably won't be showing another full photo until I'm finished with the stitching.
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The medieval town
I begin to stitch the medieval town. I stitch only with DMC threads and a few silk threads. Have a nice day!
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Secret Victorian Garden Update
After 9 years, 1 month and 28 days, the stitching on Secret Victorian Garden is done. To be fair to myself, the poor thing sat in WIP hibernation for 6 years or so and then only got worked on a couple of times over the next three years before I settled in over the long President's Day weekend to finish it. There are still 1,627 Delicas to add and several hundred bicones and cubes, but I am very happy to have the stitching part done.
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Stitched on 32-count (I think) Carol's Meadow Jobelan (a limited edition fabric) from Silkweaver Fabrics with the called for materials.
Stitched on 32-count (I think) Carol's Meadow Jobelan (a limited edition fabric) from Silkweaver Fabrics with the called for materials.
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Meari's Japanese Garden
I finished the lower right corner ornament!
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Medieval Octagon
Medieval Octagon is back out and making some great progress. I guess it's been a while since I shared progress pictures here.
Here's part 1
part 2
and part 3
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Medieval Octagon part 4
I finished this part last night.
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Meari's Japanese Garden
I attended a retreat a couple weeks ago and worked exclusively on JG. Here's what it looked like at the start of the retreat:
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My goal was to finish the 6 o'clock branches. Tada!
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I also finished the left and right bridges, the blue border, and started the gold metallic. Woo Hoo!
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My goal was to finish the 6 o'clock branches. Tada!
I also finished the left and right bridges, the blue border, and started the gold metallic. Woo Hoo!
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Secret Victorian Garden finish
I posted every where but here (need to find the slapping forehead emoji). I started this when it was Mystery X on January 1, 2007. I kept up with the parts until July or August when I packed up and moved from New Hampshire to Virginia. It spent years in the WIP box and was in and out of the rotation a number of times, but I decided this was the year it was going to be finished and stopped rotating for a while.
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Winter Watergarden was picked by the random number picker to take its place when I start my rotation back up.
Winter Watergarden was picked by the random number picker to take its place when I start my rotation back up.
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Medieval Octagon
I finished this lovely last night. I made lots of color changes so it's not quite how Martina designed it but I'm super happy how it turned out.
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A Finish and a New Start
I finished all three of the Mini Mandala II series. I enjoyed them so much. I am thinking about the other set of small mandalas. (lousy photo, lighting is terrible, but you get the idea.)
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I started Old World Vinery for my sister. I am enjoying it very much. Am trying not to be too impatient as I know it is going to take me a while.
I am also working on Knot Garden and will be starting Mini Mandala 05 from the bundle I ordered severeal months ago when it was on sale. Have not decided on a fabric yet. Although I adore all the hand dyed fabrics, I am afraid they might detract from the beautiful design and colors so I usually end up sticking with antique white, ivory or champagne linen.
I have put Gardens of London away for a while. The buildings were getting to me!
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Heritage Sampler update
I moved the qsnaps last night and took a picture of my overall progress on this monster.
I think I've decided on my personalization but I have not yet decided on color so instead of starting that in the open column, I moved to the border on the right to start working my way towards the center panel.
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Article 3
It has been a LONG (!!) time since I've posted, and even longer since I have posted regularly. I had trouble getting my pictures to upload and lost my post twice, so I'm going to post these now and will add more detail when I finish the pieces. The box itself is finished (Judy Odell's instructions are fantastic), and the rest will be done soon.
I've also finished Hawaiian Garden and much of Venice since my last post. Hopefully it won't be another two years before I post those pictures, ha.
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Hawaiian Garden Finish
Here is the promised finish picture for Hawaiian Garden, finished in 2015.
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Serengeti Mandala Finished!
It's finally finished!! Whoop, whoop!! This was two years in the making, no thanks to Diablo 3. LOL! Thanks for staying with me through this sporadic journey. ;) I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
The Particulars:
Serengeti Mandala by Chatelaine (Martina Rosenberg)
Fabric: 32ct Flax Belfast
Kit from Europeanxs.com
Started: June. 5th, 2014
Stopped: August 18th, 2014
Started again: May, 2015
Stopped: August 16th, 2015
Started yet again: May, 2016
Finished!! June 4th, 2016
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Old World Vinery Progress
I have been working on this project exclusively this month.
I have found that no matter how many times I read the instructions i ALWAYS make some kind of mistake. I used two threads instead of one for the half stitches that are purple around the center. Of course, I had done the whole thing before I realized it, so I am going to leave it. Grrrrr.
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I also discovered that I am terrible at backstitching. I tried and tried and frogged and restitched, but I just cannot get the backstitching around the leaves just inside the orange border to look right. So, I made the executive decision to just leave it off. For the time being anyway. It feels like I am cheating somehow!
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I am also beading as I go even though it is hard to see in the photos. I am using batting, thanks to recommendations from other Chatelaine stitcher, as I roll it up on the frame.
I am enjoying this project so much, mistakes and all. I never cease to be amazed at these incredible designs. The use of variegated threads mades each stitcher's piece just a little bit different. With all the errors I make, I think my pieces may be a little overly unique! But I do love them.
I have found that no matter how many times I read the instructions i ALWAYS make some kind of mistake. I used two threads instead of one for the half stitches that are purple around the center. Of course, I had done the whole thing before I realized it, so I am going to leave it. Grrrrr.
I also discovered that I am terrible at backstitching. I tried and tried and frogged and restitched, but I just cannot get the backstitching around the leaves just inside the orange border to look right. So, I made the executive decision to just leave it off. For the time being anyway. It feels like I am cheating somehow!
I am enjoying this project so much, mistakes and all. I never cease to be amazed at these incredible designs. The use of variegated threads mades each stitcher's piece just a little bit different. With all the errors I make, I think my pieces may be a little overly unique! But I do love them.
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Winter Watergarden moving along
I made some progress on Winter Watergarden and bought a huge amount of stock during the summer. Pomarium, Tinctorium and Herbularius is kitted up, and I reorganised my speciality threads.
The photo is a little bluish, actually I am stitching it on 32ct antique white Belfast
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Serendipitous Jo's Gardens of London
Hello Chatelaine Stitchers, Joyzse added me to this blog a while ago in an attempt to get me to choose and start my first Chatelaine. I made my choice when Gardens of London was first released and 2016 saw me take the second step of actually purchasing the chart!
Then the difficult task of choosing the fabric. With the help of Dawn from Crafty Kitten I decided on Cotton Clouds in a 32count Belfast linen. The true colour is a pale blue although it looks more grey-blue in some of the photos.
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My rotation consists of a number of SALs and then one focus piece for the rest of the month. So I will stitch as much as I can this month and put it aside for a piece with a deadline next month.
If you are interested in following my main blog and maybe joining one of my SALs or Blog Hops then you can find me here:
Then the difficult task of choosing the fabric. With the help of Dawn from Crafty Kitten I decided on Cotton Clouds in a 32count Belfast linen. The true colour is a pale blue although it looks more grey-blue in some of the photos.
A very small start!
A little bit more:
Circle meeting up:
Adding more shades of blue:
Where I am at the start of today:
If you are interested in following my main blog and maybe joining one of my SALs or Blog Hops then you can find me here:
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