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March 12, 2014, 9:35 am

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In between our worries about and visits to mom I managed to finish a corner of the Moss Garden.
The long grasses on the left side are forgotten, but will be added later.
Mom is feeling sick because of the side effects of her new medicines we presume. Blood tests will give an explanation soon we hope.

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Introduction

March 18, 2014, 11:12 am

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Hello everyone! 

I was invited to this blog by dear Joyce awhile ago, however, I didn't have enough time to post anything about myself until now.  I am an elementary Learning assistance teacher and work like crazy all week and weekends when it's report card time.  Thankfully, I am finished the reports and am now on Spring Break! Woohoo!! Now I have a wee more time to stitch and blog.  

Chatelaine's are just magnificent aren't they?! I have admired Martina's creations for about 4 years now when I discovered her designs.  I've only stitched two of her freebie designs and have one on the go right now, Knotgarden.  Once I am finished with Knotgarden, I hope to start with Hummingbird Garden, a SAL with Joyce, for my mom.  I stitch a lot of other designs, especially old samplers.  I've finished 2 samplers thus far and am working on another.  My aim is to stitch one a year.  I also stitch a lot of smalls and make them into all kinds of finishes and lately, I have been on a big crochet kick.  Something about crocheting in the evening works better for me while I am working.  No need for counting or looking at a pattern, just hooking!!  My blog, Doll's Musings, started 4 years ago and have met and been inspired by many wonderful people along the way.  Without further ado, here are my humble Chatelaine's I have stitched.

Debbie's Roses finished as a biscornu

Tiny Rose Garden Mandala - framed

Knotgarden - WIP for my husband

Looking forward to watching everyone's Chatelaine's grow and become magnificent creations, a feast for the senses!!

Take care!

Anne

Hortus Viridarium Famed

March 20, 2014, 8:01 am

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I got her back yesterday and I love the way she turned out.  I used a dark red mat and chose a gold frame with red flecks on it.  When my DH gets around to hanging her, she will be on the wall across from my bed.  The first thing I will see every morning.  A reminder to try something new no matter how intimidated I feel, because the end results will be stunning.

(Sorry about the glare I couldn't get a good picture without it).

Kristin

Introducing myself

March 21, 2014, 12:03 am

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Hi everyone, I'm Deb from Australia. I was invited to join the blog by the wonderful Joysze a little while ago and thought it was high time I pop in and said hello.

I'm currently stitching my very first Chatelaine. I have admired them for a while but like many others hesitant to start one.  I finally bit the bullet so to speak and started on my Taj Mahal Garden Mandala in December last year. I love it... so beautiful and a lot easier than I thought so now I have added to my wish list many more Chatelaines to stitch.
I have the printed hard copy chart which comes in 12 pages so that is why for some my "parts" might look a little different to how the PDF was presented. I also didn't start in the middle as suggested. I like to start in the top left for all my projects so I guess I was a bit of a rebel and started it on the outside working it down and across as I go.
Here is where I am with my progress with Taj Mahal Garden Mandala as of 2nd of March.

Looking forward to getting to know you all and seeing everyone's beautiful stitching.

Deb

"Bird Tapestries-Kingfisher" Online Class 112 (Finish)

March 21, 2014, 2:10 am

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All done =). My first finish for the SBCC.
Though it's a small design it took some time to finish it, but it's so very pretty with all the shiny silks and beads. I'm very much in love with it and can't wait to bring it to the framer.

Started:07.12.2014
Finished:21.03.14
Stitched with the recommended materials on 28 count Zweigart Belfast linen

Secret Victorian Garden

March 23, 2014, 7:39 am

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I started this back in January of 2007 when this was the big mystery of the year.  I kept up with it until July or so and then moved.  It was pulled out every so often but has been relegated to the WIP box for more than a year.  As it is so close to finished, I decided, with a little persuasion, that it should go in this year's rotation, so this month Serengeti was put away and Secret Victorian Garden stepped in.  It has now finished it's week in the rotation and I am really pleased with my progress.

Here is where it was when I pulled it out:

And here is where it is today:

And while a bit blurry, this is my favorite part of this piece:

Just love that blackwork bit.

More Progress on JG

March 24, 2014, 9:19 am

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I pulled out JG yesterday and made a bit of progress despite having to frog.  Much to my dismay, I think I may run out of a few Eterna Mini-Twist colors.  I did a search online and I would end up paying twice as much for shipping than I would for two skeins of floss.  I emailed Stitchers Paradise for a quote, but haven't heard back yet.  Anyone know of where I can get the floss with reasonable shipping?  Or, does anyone have Eterna in their stash?  I'm looking for 4110, 290, and 2840.

 

Other WIP pics can be seen HERE.

Stitched by Meari

finally an intro

March 25, 2014, 12:24 pm

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Hi y'all! Im Kate from the Midwest and so glad to be here, thank you Joyze! Im loving all the inspiration I find here, so many are tempting me to get started! The 3 Chats I have going now are Swan Lake, Persian Iris, and Egypt, all in various stages of progress but nowhere near finished lol. But what a beautiful journey they are, and an addicting genre of stitching. So here goes-

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Japanese Garden Update 3/31/14

March 31, 2014, 10:29 am

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The results of last week's stitching:

Stitched by Meari

Moss garden update

April 3, 2014, 6:10 am

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I finished the bottom half of this beauty.

Alhambra Garden Mandala

April 3, 2014, 12:20 pm

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Seaside Mystery as of 04.04.14

April 4, 2014, 11:34 am

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Pleased with my progress this week - not happy with the shells but I think they will probably be unpicked and redone before I finish.

Cattleya update

April 8, 2014, 3:34 pm

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I've been working on Flower Panels - Cattleya this month again.  I have almost finished the dome on top.

I am going to slowly finish the blackwork over the next few days but I thought that I would share anyway.  I love how this is turning out!

Cattleya Orchid is popular!

April 10, 2014, 1:01 pm

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Hi, I'm Rahenna and I'm finally posting as part of the challenge. :)  I have a few Chatelaine WIPs at the moment - oh wait, it's just two since I just finished one!

My finish is of the currently popular Cattleya Orchid. :)  My other WIPs are Spring Knotgarden and Sparkling Dragonfly Tile, and my only other Chat finish so far is Octopus Treasure Cave.

Here's my orchid!  This was a tough stitch for me because I was dealing with a lot of stress... my cat has been back and forth at the emergency vet for the last two months and his problems started right around the time I started stitching Orchid.  This poor thing has all my frustration, worry, and anger stitched into it.  Honestly, before I started beading, I seriously considered just tossing it because of all the trouble it had given me.

It turned out pretty nice in the end so I'm glad I didn't. :p

This is stitched on PTP Aerial Belfast with all the silk threads converted to stuff I had in my stash.  I mean, I used the recommended threads if I had them, of course, but I subbed a few. :)

There are some mistakes that I didn't correct but if you don't know... you don't see them. ;)

Next time I'll post pictures of my WIPs!  Just so happy (and relieved) to have this one finished!

Just another introduction

April 14, 2014, 10:10 am

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Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I live in the pacific northwest of the US.  Long time stitcher but this is my first Chatelaine. Jan convinced me to take the plunge with her Persian Iris Mandala postings over here.

I chose the Chinese Garden because I really couldn't see stitching everything four times as much as I like the look of the finished project.  I figure this gives me some of the same feel of her true mandalas but there is some variation.  I started on Friday and this what I was able to get done over the weekend.  I did change the fabric to a slightly more creamy linen rather than the antique white which I thought was too stark.

Chinese Garden ~ 13 April 2014

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Viv in the UK - introduction

April 15, 2014, 10:03 am

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Hi, and thanks for adding me to the group - I think I was a member here some time ago, but I haven't been giving my Chatelaines the attention that they deserve. I have just picked up my Deep Blue Sea after a year off (shame face). I have also subscribed to Gardens of London (we are about fifteen miles from the centre of London, so I had to), and Seaside Mystery.  I have also changed to using an iPad and a new laptop with Windows 8, so posting to blogs etc is taking me an age!! Hopefully, here is my Deep Blue Sea as it is today :).  It should give a bigger image if you click on it. Love seeing everybody else's work too! I am Viv, mum to five children and many WIPs!

Introduction and a first time start

April 19, 2014, 10:37 am

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Hello!

I'm Adrienne and am finally joining in on the Stitching Bandits Chatelaine Challenge. I've just started my very first Chatelaine - Evening in the Park. I love, love, love this design.

I've had this project kitted up for over a year now but life kept getting in the way and I just didn't get around to starting it. I've been having a serious stitching mojo problem lately, so a dear friend suggested stating my Chatelaine might just be what I need to get my mojo back in full swing.

So far, it seems to be working. :) Here's my start:

It took a while but I found the perfect fabric for it from Under the Sea Fabrics. I'm stitching on Ice Princess 32 ct opalescent lugana. There's a lot of metallics in this part (which I don't love stitching so much), but the silks have been lovely to work with. (FYI - I am a silk addict. I adore silks!)

For the first time I'm using a magnifier while I stitch, because the hand-dyed fabric has tiny holes and the opalescent nature of the fabric splits the threads and makes it doubly difficult to see the proper holes. The stitches look pretty big under the magnifier, but when I look at it without, I can't believe how tiny the stitches are!

This piece is going to take a very long time. Yay!

Gardens of London and Roses of Paris

April 19, 2014, 1:45 pm

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I thought I would share my progress on Gardens of London and Roses of Paris for the Challenge.  I have discovered that I love working with silk more than I could ever have imagined and that I really enjoy queen stitches too.  Both are gorgeous designs to work on.

Roses of Paris Chatelaine Designs stitched on 28ct jobelan with called for threads

Gardens of London Chatelaine Designs stitched on 28ct jobelan with called for threads

Close up of the queen stitches

Secret Victorian Garden

April 20, 2014, 4:08 pm

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While it was beautiful outside this weekend, the allergies pretty much kept me inside. Fortunately, Secret Victorian Garden came up in the rotation so I had spring colors inside:

Stitched on 32-count Carol's Meadow from Silkweaver Fabrics with fibers and beads as called for

 



Noob

April 21, 2014, 3:13 am

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Hi.  I'm Rebecca from the UK.  I've been drooling over the beautiful stitching on the blog from afar for a looooooong time, and the Stitching Bandits challenge has arrived at exactly the right time to give me a kick up the bum with my own Chatelaine stitching, so thanks to Joysze for letting me join in the fun! 

I'm picking up Greek Mandala after about 18 months



I've still got a long way to go! 

I've got Tuscany Town all done bar the border. 



This would actually be a much quicker finish...  If only I wasn't so easily distracted! 

I have the Stitching Leporello all stitched but not yet made up. 

And - here's the best bit - my DH made the mistake this week of saying "I can't help it if my hobby (photography) is more expensive than yours...".  Is it just me or does that sound like a dare?  I'm looking to my future and can see full kits for White Nights, Persian Iris, Moss Garden.... all silks, hand dyed fabbys, no subbing.... this could be fun!

Looking forward to watching all your lovely stitches grow.