Happy New Year!
It's 2020! I had a great Christmas Vacation. Pajamas, chocolate, Trivial Pursuit, Midnight Mass, and lots and lots of relaxing. Also, I decided to relearn how to play Backgammon. Tons of fun, very fast paced.
Wild Card Progress
On my last update, I drew my Wild Card. I have not drawn another project since December 16th, because I figured that since I was going to be on vacation, I would stitch whatever called to me.
The first project that I worked on was the Linen & Threads Mystery Sampler. The last time you saw it, it looked like this:
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Page finish! And I finished the first band of the sampler! That minstrel looks really great, the designer did such a good job. Looking forward to tackling the next band. The DMC 115 floss really makes it look like it's glowing.
New Start & Also a Finish
Yep, that's right, a new start. I was feeling very festive, and during the twelve days of Christmas I was able to start and finish this lovely chart from gazette94 (link to the blog here )
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| Festive! |
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This was such a fun, festive stitch! I did not use the called for colors. I have a drawer full of floss whose labels have fallen off. Their numbers are unknown, so I generally only use those colors when I do a small chart like this one.
I decided to make a few changes here and there. Instead of backstitch, I used french knots with Perle Cotton for the berries, and used a french knot for the eye also with Perle Cotton. Inspired by the blending of the Dimensions Gold kits, I stitched the leaves with a blend of two different greens, and I wanted to make the letters look like candy canes, so I blended white and red floss. Also, the snowflakes are stitched with three strands of white.
The fabric is from Hobby Lobby, 14 count (sparkly!) aida.
Next in the Rotation is...
Drum roll, drum roll, drum roll...
Contemporary Flag!
Wow! Haven't drawn this one in a good long while. The fabric is really a joy to stitch on.
Happy Stitching!
Marisol
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