Stitch From Stash December

My last post for Stitch From Stash.

 

I'm not joining next year as I have plans to buy a lot of threads and fabric for charts I have and want to stitch next year.

 

I'm glad I was in the group this year. It made me think and ask myself "Do I really need that?" Most of the time, the next day when I went back to the chart or kit it was a no. So I know I saved money this year and that's why I joined. I also got a free chart out of it so not bad. 

I wish everyone who join's in 2015 all the best.

I've been so busy with non stitching stuff, I don't have much to show you. I did need away from my needle for a while so it's all good.

I've been stitching a Santa by Joan Elliott, it was from a bonus book last year with cross stitch crazy mag. I've put it into a coaster I found in my stash. Now I can have a little bit of christmas all year round.

I've changed the greens to what I had in my threads and the Kreinik from 028 to 102 as I think it looks better, I'm more a silver girl at heart. 

This month I've spent $50 on the 3 charts and threads for the storykeep.

I don't think I will be posting until after Christmas so I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I hope it's a good one with lots of family and friends.

 Happy Stitching!!!

Stitch From Stash November

I know this is a bit early but with the way November has been going for me I thought I would post stitch from stash now.

Start of the month I stitched The rose of Sharon which I'm going to give as a 80th birthday gift next November 2015. Right now I could only stitch a little as I could not get into her. 

See that's the thing this month I want to stitch but.... I found I just sit there and looked at my stitching not do it.

So next I got out my QS April Fairy and did a little on her

It's not much if you go back to my last post of her.

I thought a new start would help, see I want to stitch I just could not find what.

The new start is Faces Of Faery 164 Which will look like this one day

As you can see not much before I put this one away again too

(I'm not sure which way is up in the photo sorry)

Got out PR Sal and yay I found it, I found the one I want to stitch and not just look at. Happy Dance!!!!

Step 11 is all stitched as of tonight but for the beads.

With all this going on I've been playing bubble Witch 2 thinking I need time away from the cross stitch but I kept going back for more. So it's been fun and games. I think I will keep going on the PR Sal, maybe it's because it's like stitching little one's and not one big chart, I don't know.

Last posting I was telling you about my friend who is down on her luck and I was looking for something to stitch her. Well update, I got together pictures of anything and everything I would stitch and got her to pick one out of maybe 20 pictures, showed her the 3 I've shown you and she want for something I never would have picked for her.

Storykeep Seasons Spring

She told me it's calming and looks like it tells a story. I have to say it is pretty. So I will wait until HEAD has a christmas sale on and hope to stitch it next year.  

The best thing is she still has no idea why I'm asking her to pick a picture. I've told her she will have to see next year so it will be a true gift that she does not know anything about.

That's it for now If I get another PR Sal box done I will post again or I will just go back to bubble witch 2 which is a very good game. Happy stitching

Stitch From Stash October

It's been hard without my dog Zac. All the little things. Like the door bell, it was never used until now. I'm still watching were I walk around the house as he use to be right in the middle of a room and you always had to step over him. I''m still walking and so many people have asked me where my dog is and it's like who are you yet they know Zac's name. I'm sick of people asking me when we are going to get another one. It's tooooo soon people. 

Cross stitch has helped in a big way for me.

i've been stitching A Chaffinch In Summer and got it all done and even framed.

Before the backstitch

All Done and with beads

I also got my wip The Good Life out and finished it.  It's been a Wip for about a year. I''m going to put it with a photo of Zac that I love. 

Where I stopped stitching it

Before backstitch

All done

So now it's getting framed.

All the above was 14ct fabric so when I started stitching the PR Sal Steps 10 and 6 it was weird,

18ct is so small after 14ct, it took time to get use to again.

Again no beads yet. 

It was also my birthday on the 5th October and as it was only 5 days after Zac...... I did not feel like doing anything but I did get same very nice gifts.

# Money

# Chocolate

# Pandora bracelet and the 3 charms

# Secondhand book by Joan Elliott one I don't have so that was cool

# And I got a chart I've been after for many years it's called Once bitten and if I had the money I would buy everything for it and start as soon as I could. Maybe next year.

Soo even thou it was/is a sad time I did very well for my birthday.

Before I forget I did not spend any money for stash. 

Being October I would also like to wish everyone

 Happy Halloween! And that's it for this post.

Stitch From Stash September

The story of September is I had a plan.... Ya right like they always work out ....not. 

My plan was to stitch and only stitch the PR sal all of September....

I got the top all stitched up

Step 4

Step 8

And almost Step 10 as you can see here...

Now beading I always do last as I find the thread hooks onto the beads as I'm stitching.

So back to the story. I found out about the free Joan Elliott fairy (See her blog if you have not got it yet)

and thought I would start stitching my wip Autumn Fairy.

Before

After

Then I got sick for a day or so, think it was something I ate. I could not stitch so started to put the DMC threads onto cards as I do, so much easier to use this way

For Earwen, lots of gray in her

The Rose of Sharon

So now I want to stitch The Rose Of Sharon Stitching on 18ct "Dirty" Aida

There is not much because then I hurt my back, nothing mayor just hurt for a few days. I did lots of walking and put on lots of heat cream. It took 3 days to just do her hair because it hurt to sit and stitch.

So because I could not stitch I started to look at the cross stitch mags I have and charts I've kept over the years. I have so many mag's that has a Joan Elliott fairy/angel in it.

   

As I was looking at charts one jumped out at me, I kept it for a gift and so now I'm stitching it for Christmas, it will go to a good home. It's from  Cross Stitch Collection Issue 223 June 2013 and called A Chaffinch In Summer.

Here is what it will look like:

And So Far... I'm stitching on white 14ct Aida.

Hope to do more this weekend.

So thats the story of September so far.... I hope the rest is better.

I will say I'm all better and back stitching again.

I almost forgot Amount Spend: $5.00 Thought I had all the DMC for my bird but no. Everything Fabric most threads I had in my stash.

So Happy Stitching!!!

Stitch From Stash July

hi, 

Yes the Passione Ricamo page it gone, sorry but I will still put up photo's. 

For those that don't know, I've changed it a little and after stitching the castle and not liking it I've made it more mine. so here is so far.

 

 

It's not much but I did have to unpick a lot of the castle.

I also stitched a little on QS April Fairy 

And in June I got the August Issue of The world of cross stitching and stitched Some bunny to love Ballerina, I've made it into a birth thing as my niece Chloe's daughter turns 1 in Sep. This was a joy to stitch. It took only 3 days I think to stitch.

And then there is my QS opal fairy/fairy wishes

So that's it on the stitching but I would also like to tell you I won the may stitch from stash and at the end of june I got this kit in the mail, it's now also part of my stash.

 

 

I'm also thinking of kiting up a chart the thing is what one maybe you can help me pick? 

Just tell me what number pic you like, in comments and I will let you know what everyone went for.  

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Happy stitching and please what chart should I start? HELP!!!

Stitch From Stash June

Hi, I've gone into the Passione Ricamo sal and have stitched step 1. 

I have made a page up the top and all photo's will now be there. 

I've asked Mel and she has told me everything for the sal will not go into my stitch From Stash $$$ so a big thank you for that. The fabric was from my stash but I had to get DMC. 

I've also stitched a page on my opal fairy, only 1 and 1/2 pages to go. 

So Spent No money on stash for June.

Happy Stitching!!!!  

Stitch From Stash May

Fairy wishes, Only 2 and a bit pages to go and she will be all done. YAY! 

No $$$ Spent for stash. Happy Stitching!

Stitch From Stash April

Hi all, well not much stitching this time round as I've been sick. 

So I've been stitching Fairy wishes still.

I'm thinking I will keep going untill she is all done. Have to see.

Still page 3

On the Stitch From Stash note Amount Spent: $16.95. I got a kit from The Fox Collection. It's so cute.

It's called Ducklings and I hope it will not take too long to stitch.

So I hope you all eat lots of chocolate and hot cross buns yum!! 

Happy Easter!!!!!

 From Stitching Angel.