Happy Halloween!

Well yeah, OK, I know it's not for another couple of days, but I have a Halloween finish, and just in case I don't get the chance to post again before the end of the month... :-)

I've been working on Happy Haunting (by Shepherd's Bush) over the past couple of weeks, and finished it yesterday.

Photo (a bit washed out) with all the buttons sewn on:

And these are scans of the top and bottom before the buttons were put on... I think the scans are a bit nicer than the photo, hence why I'm adding them.



What a fun stitch that was! I always panic when I'm sorting the threads in the kit for a Shepherd's Bush design... I'm always convinced that there's no way it's going to be enough thread, but it always is... !

And to make this post a wee bit longer ;-) This was my Halloween finish from last year. Still one of my favourites!



Now I think I'm in the mood to stitch something Christmas-y or maybe winter themed? Hmmm.... I'm becoming quite the seasonal stitcher aren't I! ;-P

Autumn Stitching

I've been busy stitching this month, so I have lots of photos to share (for a change!)

I finally finished the Just Nan seasonal squares series, with Autumn in the Square:

I did try taking some photos, but they didn't come out very well, so this is the scan. No charm in the middle, as it's a scan... but in case you want to know what the Falling Leaves Gold Vision charm looks like...

Very pretty! I so loved stitching this series... I'm very sad they're all done. :-( You can see the others in the series here. They're all stitched on the recommended Light Mocha Cashel Linen. I'd have preferred stitching them on Belfast (my favourite fabric), but I wasn't sure if the charms would fit as well... and in the end, with all the specialty stitches in the designs, doing them on the Cashel turned out just fine.

Next is Acorn Hill by Little House Needleworks. I stitched this on a 40-Count (a Lakeside Linen fabric) with the recommended Belle Soie Silks.


Sorry it's a bit squint. 8-/ Lucky I didn't go into photography, eh?

I also finished another Little House Needleworks design recently... The Old West! Not my usual sort of thing, but my dad loves this kind of thing, and as he's almost the only person I know that I haven't stitched anything for yet, I thought it was about time! So his Christmas present is sorted!

Scan above; photo below (as it shows the fabric a bit better... one of the Vintage Belfast linens). After I'd already started this, I saw someones finished piece on Silkweavers "Desert Sunset" linen - how perfect a fabric was that?! I wish I'd thought of it myself... :-)

I loved stitching this!

And here is some more progress on Quaker Samplings I by With My Needle... I've still got a good bit to go before I finish this one. It's fun to stitch.



I'm working on a Halloween design right now, so I should have some progress to show before the end of the month.

I'm itching to start a new Mirabilia design too. I saw someones progress on the Mirabilia bulletin board of Winter In My Garden stitched over-1. Oh my, how gorgeous! Got me thinking to how lovely the four from the In My Garden series would look framed together over-1. But over-1 isn't my favourite thing to do -- enjoyable if it's *part* of a design, but not the ENTIRE design. I wonder if doing them over-2 on 40-count would look as pretty? They'd be a little bigger than the over-1 of course (I think only 3"), and I know I love stitching on 40-count. Hmmmm.... will have to give this some thought.

Otherwise, work has been busy again. I think lots of people have been travelling around due to us having a much nicer autumn than summer... they want to get some travelling in before the winter hits us.