The Girl that Stitches

Heaven & Earth Challenge I've been working on the HAED Summer Challenge over the past couple of weeks.  The weather in Australian has been far from summery! Anyway, the challenge was to stitch 10 squares in a checkerboard format, feathering the edges.  I've used Iris Keeper of the Rainbow again.  I'm working on page 6, which I'd previously skipped.  I decided to park threads on this one, like I did with the previous Checkerboard Challenge . Previous progress: Challenge completion: Violet Light For my Birthday back in August I received this beautiful piece of 25 count violet cross stitch fabric from my friend Cathy Jordan.  Sending out another big thanks to Cathy!  This one will be for the Elementals chart by Josephine Wall.   I was also blessed to receive a magnifier lamp for my Birthday too... I've wanted one of these for quite awhile and have really enjoyed using it with my challenge piece.  It will b...

Challenge #4 I've finished the Challenge!  Here it is: Previous progress: Challenge finish: Cosy Stripe Blanket My Cosy Blanket has gained more stripes but not as many as a Zebra!!! ;)  It's currently sitting on 18 different coloured stripes, with 36 rows complete.  I think it will need about 90 different coloured stripes, or about 180 rows all up... So I'll keep stitching lol!...  The colour scheme should begin to make more sense once colours start to tie back and repeat.  There won't be too many repeats though as I've got quite a few different yarns to use!  I'm loving the texture of the contrasting rows.  The pattern is from Attic 24 . Previous progress: WIP: Current progress: Happy Stitching! xxx

Iris Keeper of the Rainbow  My stitchy bug is still missing and I've still got severe pain in my ears.  Although, despite not feeling great, I've managed to persevere and finish the Challenge! Previous progress: More progress: The parking became a bit intense towards the bottom of the page! Page 5 completed: Overall progress to date: I obviously need to go back and finish page three...  Iris is coming off the q-snap for a bit now though!  Parking Method Evaluation Parking is not my usual stitching method.  I didn't mind it to begin with with...  However, the parked threads really started getting in the way in the more intense/detailed sections and trying to stitch around them was annoying!  I'm not sure that this method really suits me for that reason.  Although, I may still try it again at some point under different conditions, as I didn't enjoy being restricted to rows.  I did like the times where the parked threads could be wor...

My stitchy bug seems to have run away! I’ve had this horrible ear infection for just over a month and a half now. So it seems I’ve swapped one bug for another! It’s been really painful...  Everything's moving very slowly at the moment as I haven’t felt well enough to do much, but I've still managed to get to the halfway mark with Challenge #3.  Previous progress:  Current progress: Wishes &Wonderfulness... On a happier note it was my Birthday the other week. I was very lucky to get an awesomely large bag of DMC threads and some fabric from my lovely friend Cathy Jordan! Sending a big thanks and lots of appreciation out to Cathy for her wonderful gift! I'm going to really enjoy stitching with these threads :) The plan is to re-upholster this bar stool with the fabric:  The tear in the stool was made by this cheeky little critter (when she was a kitten)!:  Happy Stitching!xxx

Iris Keeper of the Rainbow has been pulled out for the Official HAED Facebook Challenge #2.  I chose to work on this chart because there's a ton of confetti on page four.  A detailed page like this would typically take two months to stitch using my usual cross country method.  The challenge goes for two months, so I may be pushing my luck to get it completed!  I'm intrigued to test whether this new "Challenge method" will speed things up and be a more effective way of working.  Previous Update: Progress at Start of Challenge: The Challenge involves stitching one colour at a time over the whole page before moving onto the next colour.  This is different to how I usually work, using a variety of colours in a confined space.  I started out stitching colours with the most stitches in order to get an area to anchor surrounding stitches to.  Then switched to random selection, choosing the symbols which stuck out the most! Gridding does ...

Two of Spades I have my first page finish on the Queen of Spades Sends Her Regards!  The Two of Spades finally has his foot!  I've started on page 19 which is a partial page at the bottom left hand corner of the chart. Previous Progress: Current Progress: Two Gifts  I had a wonderful Birthday this week and was gifted a gorgeous ball of wool!  I will eventually knit or crotchet it into something!  My sister also made me a cross stitch of my cat Matisse, which is still being finished. I’ll share pictures when it’s done!  Matisse when she was a little kitty (this is the photo being stitched minus the slippers lol!): Take Two on Goals  In light of recent events I’ve decided to change and revise my yearly stitching goals!  They were falling behind due to the Mystery Chart (which I didn’t acc...