The Girl that Stitches

 Spirit of Flight Finally Finished! I've been working on Spirit of Flight this month and have been meaning to finish it for awhile now.  I needed a break from stitching and have been having issues with my eyes, so focusing on something easier to see was helpful!  Looking back on my blog the supplies for this project arrived on the 14th of February 2017.   It was pleasing to receive diamonds on Valentine's Day! ;)  I can't believe how quick the time has flown by.  It's been almost nine years to get to the finish, which is a bit mad!   To be fair it is quite big at over a meter wide and HAED charts are always epic undertakings anyway... It's been such an enjoyable project to work on in between all my stitching projects though and I'm delighted with the sparkly finish! Here is a reminder of the artwork:  Spirit of Flight by Josephine Wall Charted by Heaven and Earth Designs (Regular Chart):  Here is where it was at the last time ...

Art Nouveau Bird I haven't shared this project yet but started it months ago and have been working on it between the HAED's.  I wanted a small project to take to an appointment where there was going to be a long waiting time, in order to have something to distract me and keep me occupied!  The pattern is by Stitching Land and it's called "Art Nouveau Bird".  Stitching Land have a website which is where I purchased this pattern but they also have an Etsy Store under the same name.  Their website is:  https://stitchingland.store/  . The Art Nouveau styled patterns are gorgeous!  Don't look if you don't want any new starts! 😉   I'm stitching this on a piece of leftover Bellana I had floating around,  2 over 1 full cross.  This is what it will look like finished: Here are some progress pics:  It's currently 33.20 percent done, with 5881 stitches complete:   Iris Keeper of the Rainbow I also forgot to post my progress on Iris h...

Cat Embroidery Kit This is my first attempt at embroidery from a small kit I was gifted: I really enjoyed doing the lazy daisy stitch!   As usual I couldn't resist making changes to some of the colours. I removed the white in the basket for an orange and added an extra pink on the flowers. Happy Stitching! xxx  

Nocturne Update  I've been working on Nocturne and now she is 33.59% complete! Reminder of Artwork (Marta Dahlig):    Previous Progress:  Current Progress: Close up page finish:     Happy Stitching! xxx  

 Progress on Iris I've just finished page 11 on Iris Keeper of the Rainbow by Josephine Wall. Reminder of the artwork:  Previous progress: Now that page 11 is done I've completed 30.52% of the chart: Current page close up: Happy Stitching! xxx  

Mandala Bird Here is my stitching on Mandala Bird by Awesome Pattern Studio. T his is the mock-up with the original pattern colours: I changed quite a few of the colours to suit the intended recipient and give a slightly different interpretation to the original pattern. I removed the white background but kept one row of white stitches around the bird to highlight him. I also added one metallic gold stitch on the eye of the bird to tie in the metallic lettering I charted and added (the lettering is not shown here as it has the recipients information added).    It’s stitched on 18 count Aida 2 over 1 full cross and was such a fun stitch!     Here is my finish on Awesome Pattern Studio Mandala Bird. Happy Easter and Happy Stitching! xxx