The Girl that Stitches

Home is Where the Magic Is! Here is the progress made on the Home is Where the Magic is Storykeep.  Colette is still working on this one! Artwork Reminder: Previous Progress: Current Progress:   Spirit Of Flight Progress I've finished another page on Spirit of Flight!: Reminder of Artwork:   Previous Progress:   Current Progress: I hope everyone is staying well and getting lots of time in for crafts and family! Happy Stitching & Diamond Painting! xxx

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 ...

A Year of Progress I did manage to finish that last row on Treasure Hunt for my 2019 goals after all! Treasure Hunt Bookshelf overall: Treasure Hunt Bookshelf Last Update at the Start of December:  Progress 20th December: Treasure Hunt Bookshelf at the end of 2019:   Nocturne Progress  Nocturne at the start of 2019: Nocturne at the end of 2019: Spirit of Flight Progress Spirit of Flight at the start of 2019: Spirit of Flight at the end of 2019: Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and all the best in 2020! Happy Stitching & Diamond Painting! xxx

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

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...