Dog House

Hi my stitchy friends, how was your week? 

Miss black swallowtail is on hold. All the cross stitch is done, I'm just waiting for the post man to bring me the beads and then I will finish her. Looks like a December finish.

So I had to find something else to stitch for most of this week. 

You know when you get the "I don't want to stitch kreinik or half stitch, anything too big and on the list goes. That's what happened to me. What I didn't want to stitch was long but what I did want to stitch was a small wip that I could get a finish soon.

It took a while to find but I did. In my number 4 project bag of all places, why did I not just go thou my project bags in the first place. Oh well.

So what I stitched and tonight I finished was 

Dog House sampler by little house Needleworks 

I changed the colours as you will see but love how it turned out.

Here the chart picture again

My before 

And my finish.

Looks better in person sorry.

This week I've also been trying to work out how many cross stitch starts and finishes I've had so far this year. I've been finding it harder then I thought as I've stitched a few smalls I didn't write down because I did them in a day, or are from magazines. I'm not going over all my posts in 2018 but I'm very close with the numbers I worked out. Who cares if I'm one or so off right.

It got me thinking about 2019. 

I've made a plan that was about using the wheel but I've changed my mind on that. 

2019 I what to stitch what I want to, but I also would like to stitch from my stash. 

I know I'm going to buy new charts. Joan Elliott is coming out with a new set of fairys that will be a must have and I'm also collecting the songbird's garden series. I'm sure there's going to be more I will want to buy over the year to. 

Trying to find out how many new starts and finished projects I've had, gave me a new idea. One that I can keep all year long.

My idea is a money box.

Lol what I can hear you say....money box????

This is my 2019 plan, the last one I make I promise.

As I want to get my Wips done and the number down...

For every new start I do $5.00 goes in the money box

For every finish 20 cents (I also end up with a lot of them so this is easy)

A re start 10 cents (I have one or two I want to re start at some point)

And for every new chart I buy 50 cents

Everything goes in my money box and at the end of the year I just count the money to get the right number of starts, finishes and even new charts. 

I also can put down I saved money at the end of the year too.

It's a win win.

I can stitch anything I want to, it's just going to cost me a little more money to stitch a new start then A wip, which I'm hopeful that will help me stitch from my Wips.

I love my new idea for 2019 and you can join me if you want to, all you need is a money box and how much you want to spend on new starts, finishes, buying. You can put your own price on them and at the end of the year not only will you be able to count how you stitched for 2019 but you saved money doing it too.

Let me know if you do. Or what you think of my plan for 2019.

That's it for now. Until next week happy stitching!!

Start of rotation

Hi Stitchy friends. I know I'm posting sooner but I think it will be better for both of us. I will now be posting on Sunday's and Wednesday/Thursday's from now on. 

It's because I'm stitching on a different wip everyday, which I love doing but there's lots of photos with before and after its just better to make more posts. 

Thanks for all your comments that you take the time to give. I try but I can be a bit lazy myself about it.

Don't forget only a few days until my giveaway is closed so put your name in at the top.

On to stitching!

Sunday was Mini Pirate and I loved getting back to her.

Before 

Now

Monday Lilly of the woods

Before 

Now

Tuesday Epic storybook princesses

Before

And more border with a start on the good stuff 

Wednesday dog house sampler

Before

And now. I was so happy when it all lined up.

That's it for now. Today I stitch on sweet bears.

Happy stitching!

Big and Long Part 2

Hi stitchers, thanks for all your nice comments on my new starts.

This week was harder. Choices, choices, choices. I wanted to start everything and you will see by the end I just put in a few stitches to say it's a new start.

I also have had new start problems, threads that I didn't have or the called for was not anything like the picture. Fabric, the fabric I kited it up with was not working so changed it, and changed it again. You will see I re started one. 

I now have 60 Wips yap 60. 

Now my new plans is as I have 14 nice new project bags to do a rotation with 14 projects. Which I will be getting ready for today, why I'm blogging Saturday.

Photos will not show fabric that much because of light washout try next time sorry.

Let's begin 

Sunday Miss Black Swallowtail by Nora Corbett stitched on 16ct Aida Sea Spray, it a nice green.

Monday I had a bad headache and really should not have stitched but did. 

South seas mermaid by Mirabilia. I've had her kited up for years, lots of beads and pink fabric but never was sold on the fabric so never started her until now. Stitched on colour cascade fabric June 18 mystery fabric Lavenders blue. 16/18 ct Aida (later you will see her re started)

Tuesday I have so many magazine charts I want to stitch so why not add a few. 

cross stitch collection March 2015 butterfly fairy (mag) stitched on 14ct white Aida 

Wednesday just finished kiting her up with all her treasures Lilly of the woods by Mirabilia stitched on 16ct Aida natures dance fabrics by Stephanie. It's Browns and greens great for the woods or forest.

Now Thursday I started to get a little crazy. Libra by Satsuma Street stitched on light blue 14ct I think fabric I got from Kay. 

Also Thursday I started Quaker Mermaid by Aury TM stitched on 16/18ct Aida colour cascade fabric behind blue eyes. This Quaker I had problems. Changed my fabric choice. And one of the called for thread Classic colorworks really teally was to be the darker teal you will see in the top corner but what I got was a pale blue green, more blue. Pale not dark. So what to do? Well in 2 of my stitchy boxes both times I got florimell silk floss called Sumatra which is very close to the darker thread in picture. So that's what I'm using. Happy joy! Problems fixed.

 

Friday was a re start on south seas mermaid as I still didn't like fabric but I do now it's on 16ct Aida fantasy blue by sew it all. I got about the same stitched. It's blue and white fabric.

Also Friday was Autumn fairy by cross stitch collection October 2016 stitched on the other half of natures dance 16ct fabrics by Stephanie 

To finish Friday off I started dog house sampler by little house needleworks I got from Kay, thanks again. I'm stitching it on a bit of the fantasy blue 16ct fabric I cut off. I'm changing the colors to purples and grays too.

Saturday today was a rush. Sirena by Lilas studio stitched on 16ct Aida Haunted I think it looks like deep water. It's more blue green then the gray it's showing.

Souris bobines  by collection tralala stitched on 18ct Aida white. I've changed the 2 blues in it as it called for gray tones and with the mouse it was too much gray for me. 

Next was a chart I just got in the mail I had to start stitching buddy by filigram stitching it on 16 ct summer wattle by sew it all (I love the colors in this fabric) started bottom.

And last one number 60 wip was the birds and the bees by ink circles stitched on 18ct Aida white with waterlilies thread.

That's it I'm done with the new starts for the year people! I say that but who really knows. 

Now I'm going to pick out 14 Wips and it will be one wip a day so on. In the end 14 Wips should get worked on 2 days a month. I'm liking the new project a day thing. 

Hope you don't mind the 7 day long posts, it will not be as long as this one. Only one project a day with before and afters.

Have a great stitchy week Happy Stitching!!!

Lots Of Stitching, Lots To Show

Hi stitchers, thank you for all your really nice comments. 

As per my rotation it's words week, but I have 3 extra projects to show and 2 more little finishes yay me.

Let's get started

My monthly one, I used weeks dye works harvest. It's very Autumn, just want I wanted.

Sorry for the shadow, I'm lazy and did not take a better one.

Lizzie Kate Holiday spirit word. I know I said all white was going gray but sometimes you need white.

I changed the white under stocking to gray too.

Lizzie Kate 3 little words 

Now for the extra 3 I got to stitch this week

ABC Stitch by Jardin Prive 

Before

And now, I stitched from the tree up. 

I was not really feeling this one, I love it but... so I changed.

Little house needleworks the home of a needleworker 2 is finished.

I did not stitch the top and bottom borders or the swirl thing. I got to where I stoped and thought I like this how it is. Even asked another and they said the same.

Here is a pic of it in full again

Before

And now finished 

I love it.

Sunday night I wanted to stitch but it had to be small. 

So in my stash I had a chart called stitching things 2 by homespun elegance.

So for photo it's in plastic 

I started putting dmc and the strawberry was brown no way, no thanks so I choose my own colors. 

Not like me to change colors on a chart but I had fun and love how it turned out. Yes it's a finish.

The only called for was the scissors dmc 3031, I was thinking of changing it to gold but I like it how it is. So bobbin brown is classic colorworks cocoa bean, the blue, purple is from my purple stitchy box silk n colors grape soda as are the buttons the strawberry, the green is week dye works holly and red is classic colorworks razzleberry the white bits ecru dmc and the needle dmc 535.

It's not as dark as the photo shows.

I'm going to use purple backing fabric the the lace both from the purple stitchy box to finish it. 

Maybe a pillow. 

That's it, until next week happy stitching!!!

A Little Progress

Hi stitchers, hope you had a great stitchy week.

Before I show you what I stitched on.

butterfly- June if you still would like the linen from my stitchy box could you email me your address to tigersactivewinter@gmail.com and I will send it in a week or so.

As for Kay thanks for going in for the linen. I will be getting another stitchy box this year that I know will have more linen in it so if you can wait until then it's yours, just send me your address to the above if you still would like please. I will keep it until I get the new box, and send the linen to you.

Now for my stitching this week

Spring Topiary Garden. Not a lot. When I got better I didn't want to keep stitching on it. I think because I started when I was sick. I will get back to it. Don't know when right now, so many things I want to stitch.

Before

And now. Love stitching with the waterlilies threads

Next I got out home of a needleworker 2

Before

And now, I think it looks better in person then the picture.

That's my week of stitching. Not much I don't think but progress. 

Until next time happy stitching!!!