Sleeping Beauty

This past Monday I finally had a day off from Clinic and joined Juls at her house for a stitch in. It was like being in a candy store our stitching appetites are so similar! She pulled out a few WIPs to show me and I fell in love with Mirabilia's Sleeping beauty all over again. I immediately went home and pulled her our from the recesses of my closet. As I fell into the easy rhythm of stitching I realized she had never been posted, with shock I realized I have not worked on this project since before we started the blog (2009)! Long overdo for some attention, I post my "before." The Maiden

IHSW Trick or Treat Fairy

I cannot believe this is my 3rd Hermit and Stitch weekend! I am starting to get the Halloween bug, and may have purchased several new charts from my LNS market run last week, so I decided to work on Trick or Treat Fairy by Mirabilia. Hopefully I can finish by Halloween, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this one (always motivating!). Note: I have no idea why she is headless, but it humors me none the less! The Maiden

A Fragile Beauty

It was a rare rainy day in Las Vegas 2 weeks ago when I pulled into the cross stitch store for a piece of Lugana. I had been feeling poorly (stress, flu, work drama) and decided to be a little indulgent and start another HAED. I bought a piece of 28ct Lugana "Little bo peep" and headed home to stitch to my hearts content with only one rule: tent stitch or not at all.

Many know my struggles with tent stitching, but I told myself I could not have this pattern unless I tent stitched it. So with my needle threaded with 2 strands of DMC I began, and hated it. However, I pushed through, driven by my rule and after several hours I figured out how to get the look I so desired: a snap frame and tight, tight tension.

So after 11 days of stitching I present page one! The Maiden

Bird of Paradise 11-Courtney Collection

Didn't want you to think I haven't been stitching all along. This is a new start (have about 4 sittings in on this one). I was hoping to have done by the time I go back to work (school) in August..but we shall see. I have started a couple more besides, but those will have to wait. As soon as I get back some that are at the framers I will have quite a few to post. The Crone

Most outragous quilt of all "Wild Flowers"

Took two summer vacations just to cut out all the pieces. My friend's mother has the big Bernina that does the embroidery so that was a blast to get to play with. This will hang on my bedroom wall (too many puppies sleep on my bed for it to EVER end up there). Since I didn't put up the five quilts I made for Xmas this year..thought I should get these on before I gave them away or something silly like that.

Avatar Quilt

This was going to be a "Blended Borders" quilt, but the colors were so outrageous that it would have just been too much. The maiden and I both call this the Avatar quilt because it totally reminds us of the plant life on Pandora. You go James Cameron. The Crone

Still have some binding to do.

Stitching and quilting...

This pattern is a fussy cut quilt called "Focal Point by Sew Be It. It has been done for sometime, so thought I would add it to the many postings lately so that my fellow stitchers know that I didn't fall off the face of the planet. The Crone