The Girl that Stitches

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

Spirit of Flight Progress I've finished another page on Spirit of Flight.  She finally has most of her face! Reminder of Artwork by Josephine Wall:  Previous Progress:   Overall Progress:  Page Finish Close: Another Diamond Painting Day Colette (My Mum), Laura (Sister) and I had another diamond painting day the other week.  This gave me a chance to get stuck into the next page of Spirit of Flight. I have to work this top page upside down due to the size.  I've been changing orientation depending on the page location.  There is lots of confetti on this next page!: Colette and Laura working on their wips!: Colette working on her current diamond painting: Laura working on a small wip: On the day, we took an overall picture of Spirit of Flight,  putting it into perspective how big it will be and how much is left to complete!  My Dad is helping hold it and the photo credit goes to Colette! We're planning anothe...

Spirit of Flight Progress I've finally finished the page I was working on and started the next!  There are two more pages to go to finish this column, which I'm aiming to do by the end of the year. Spirit of Flight by Josephine Wall:   Previous Progress:  Mid-page Progress, working on her hand: Page Finish:   Overall Progress: Butterfly for September The Butterfly for this month is call the Marigold Cottage Butterfly.  Small Marigold Cottage Butterfly: 67 stitches by 81 stitches, 15 DMC colours Marigold Butterfly: 150 stitches by 180 Stitches, 14 DMC colours   Threads used: Happy Stitching & Diamond Painting! xxx

A Little T-Shirt Yarn Over the past couple of months, I've been cutting up t-shirts for another t-shirt rug.  It will be a gift for my Sister (Laura) and her Husband, who are due to have a baby at the end of the year.  The rainbow colours will tie in nicely with their Nursery theme.  I'm very excited to be an Aunt! Here is the yarn...well... most of it... I may have overfilled despite the instructions on the box lol ;) First couple of rows: Current progress:   I've been a bit lazy with weaving the ends in!  This will be smaller than the first rug I made a few years ago.  Laura tells me I've still got heaps of time to get it done.  I tell her she will still be saying that when there are two weeks or so left lol! A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies Laura and I were discussing what a group of butterflies is referred to as... They can be sometimes called a swam, but really I think that term sounds like it belongs better to bees or wasps....

Spirit of Flight Progress I'm halfway though this next page on Spirit of Flight by Josephine Wall. Spirit of Flight:  Previous Progress: Current Progress   Master of Flight The butterfly for this month is called Rainbow of the Valley.  This is the sixth butterfly in the series I'm working on! Regular Butterfly; 110 stitches high by 181 stitches wide (all full cross): 24 DMC colours: Small Butterfly; 49 stitches high by 81 stitches wide (includes fractional stitches), 25 DMC colours:  Happy Stitching! xxx

Nocturne I've finally finished page 9 on Nocturne by Dahlig (regular HAED chart).  She looks much better with her whole face complete! Previous progress:  Current progress: Butterfly Catch Up Afternoon Tea Rose Butterfly Since I missed posting last month, here is the Afternoon Tea Rose Butterfly released back in April; 129 x 181 stitches, 22 DMC threads, full stitches only      Small Afternoon Tea Rose Butterfly 60 by 81 stitches, 23 DMC threads, includes back stitching and fractionals as well as full stitches Jasmine Leaves The butterfly for this month is Jasmine Leaves:  131 by 181 Stitches, 19 DMC threads, full stitches only   58 by 81 stitches, 19 DMC threads, includes back stitching and fractionals as well as full stitches Happy Stitching & Diamond Painting! xxx