The Girl that Stitches

Chart Giveaway! To celebrate the completion of the Kaleidoscope Collection of Butterfly Charts I'm running a Giveaway!  To spread some much needed cheer eight winners will be randomly selected to win a PDF Digital Download.  Winners will receive one Butterfly Design each (competition excludes Butterfly Samplers).  Please enter the draw for the chance to win by commenting on this blog post or on the giveaway post on "The Girl that Stitches" Facebook page .  Winners will be announced on the 22nd April AEST.  For a closer look at design specific details such as chart stitch count and colour amounts please visit my Etsy store. Conditions of Entry: Winners will need to be happy to message me their email address and chart choice through Facebook messages once they have been selected.  Email information will only be used to send the winners their charts. Charts are for personal use only and are not to be shared or sold. The Kaleidoscope Collection: Small...

Home is Where the Magic is!  Once upon a time there was a HAED Storykeep waiting to be started... However, since Megan already had 9 projects on the go she hadn't started it yet... Colette had recently finished her project and was waiting for a new lot of diamond paintings to arrive. She was bored and having withdraws from diamond painting, so Megan gave her the supplies to start Home is Where the Magic is by Randel Spangler. Then they all lived happily ever! Home is Where the Magic is by Randel Spangler, Storykeep by HAED Here is the start!: Spirit of Flight Progress Spirit of Flight by Josephine Wall Previous Progress: I've finished the partial page at the bottom of the next column and we have a butterfly wing!: Butterfly Dreams Sampler Here is the final Sampler made from the Small Kaleidoscope Collection of Butterflies, named the Butterfly Dreams Sampler.  There are two samplers and both also come with a Bonus Small Butterfly Chart, so that ...

Christmas Spirit I'm delighted to have finished my yearly goal on Spirit of Flight!  The third column is now complete. Reminder of Artwork by Josephine Wall:   Previous Progress: So much confetti on this page!!!: Overall Piece: Christmas Treasures I really wanted to finish the row on Treasure Hunt for the 2019 Goals Challenge.  Since I've been distracted by Spirit of Flight there is little time to get this done.  I've been madly stitching but considering the level of confetti in this it's looking like it might not happen! I'm still going to see how much can be done before the end of the year and will an update on how it goes!  Fingers crossed! Reminder of the Crop, Art by Aimee Stewart: This is where it was at last update: Current progress: Aiming to finish the gridded area! Christmas Butterfly The last butterfly in the Kaleidoscope Collection is the "Holly and the Ivy Butterfly." I created this one with a Christmas influence or inspiration behind...

T-shirt Rug Finish Awhile back, I shared the start on the t-shirt rug gift for my Sister's baby.  Laura is due at Christmas, so there is not long to go now!  The size of the rug ended up being about 89cm wide.  It's not as big as the one I made a few years ago, but it's a nice size for the nursery :) Last blog progress was up to here:   Progress over the last few months:   Angelica's Garden Butterfly Here is the butterfly for November!  There is one more butterfly design to release and the Kaleidoscope Collection will be complete.  At this point, the Samplers for this collection will most likely be released at the start of next year. Small Angelica's Garden Butterfly: 49 stitches high by 81 stitches wide, 26 DMC thread colours Angelica's Garden Butterfly: 111 stitches high by 181 stitches wide, 25 DMC thread colours  Threads in this chart: Happy Stitching & Diamond Painting! xxx