Blog Update May


This months page is taking me longer than normal due to all the knitting I've been doing!  I knitted a scarf for my mum for Mothers Day (see picture on knitting page).  I also won a chart giveaway!  I have been following Karen Mendoza from FT FT FT Stitch who is also stitching Nocturne.  In celebration of her blogs 4th Anniversary she had a giveaway.  You can check out her stitching blog here.  I’m sending out a big thanks to Karen for the patience and kindness she has shown:)  After much humming and arring I decided on Josephine Wall’s “Spirit of Flight” (see stitching stash page for picture).  I have been wanting to brave one of her charts for awhile now but the prospect of that much confetti had me considering it carefully!  I am really excited about the new charts I have lined up to start!  I have also just recently started the crop of Aimee Stuarts Treasure Hunt Bookshelf and will post some pictures of this soon.   However, I am determined to finish Umbrella Sky pretty soon, so this is the main priority right now.
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  1. Karen12 May 2014 at 20:21

    Megan you almost finish her, congratulations in your amazing progress, you are fast stitcher ;) I know you will enjoy spirit of flight no matter the confetti because all that effort will be an amazing detail and you will love it!! Happy stitching!! :D

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  2. Megan Joelle12 May 2014 at 23:35

    Thanks Karen! I did the first few stitches on Spirit of Flight today ;) There are four pages left on Umbrella after this one's done. Two of those are really small and skinny so shouldn't take too long.

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  3. Lija Broka13 May 2014 at 11:59

    I can feel a finish is in sight. Well done on all the progress. And good luck with the new start / congratulations on winning. It is a nice chart.

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    1. Megan Joelle13 May 2014 at 17:36

      Thanks Lija :) I think some rearranging of pages will be needed accommodate the new projects and a finished tab very soon!

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  4. Pull the other thread14 May 2014 at 23:49

    Beautiful stitching. This piece looks fantastic and so close to the finish!! Well done on your progress and I look forward to seeing Spirit of Flight.

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  5. Megan Joelle15 May 2014 at 16:37

    Thank you! I like your blog name Pull the other thread :)

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  6. Anonymous21 May 2014 at 23:04

    beautiful stitching, love it

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    1. Megan Joelle23 May 2014 at 18:56

      Thanks Lizzie! I've finished filling in all the holes on this page and have just started next :)

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  7. StitchyDon6 June 2014 at 02:56

    This looks more and more amazing everytime I see it x

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    1. Megan Joelle6 June 2014 at 18:29

      Thanks StitchyDon! I have almost finished two more pages... Another update is coming soon :)

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