21. Fiona Baker 3D Haunted Mansion

 

Fiona Baker 3D Haunted Mansion

Stitched on 28 count Purple Linen and Blue Linen

Published in World of Cross Stitch magazine

19. Amanda Butler Edinburgh House

 

Amanda Butler - Edinburgh House

Stitched on 28 count grey evenweave

First in a series of 13 for Cross Stitcher magazine

18. Jardin Prive 12 Days of Christmas

Jardin Prive 12 Days of Christmas

Stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue Linen

I started to FFO them as ornaments

 

17. Stitchonomy Cabinet of Curiosities

Stitchonomy Cabinet of Curiousities

Stitched on 28 count Tan evenweave

I made a few minor adjustments but mostly stitched as charted.

The finials and decorative centrepiece came from another member of the FB group

The font came from Lord Libidan

I added beads to the Eye of Newt and the Mushrooms

The spider web was rotated 180 degrees and a charm added

The chains on the scales are metallic chain stitches

I added beads to the Herbs and the Tooth Necklace

Rotated the Bats by 180 degrees

Recharted the Skeleton Hand to over one

Used Satin Stitch for the Blood and Heart

Stitched the Butterflies over one

 

Tweaked the colours in the Unicorn's mane

Bead and metallic chain stitch to the Amulet

Changed the Eye to match my own eye colour

The Book pages are straight stitches

Extra swirls added to the Hour Glass

The Cat's body is blended grey/black

Beads added to the Jar of Tears

Ball Feet added as per another member of the FB Group

Charm supplied by Alyssa

15. Just Nan Scream House

Just Nan Scream House

This design was my "unicorn" chart for so long and I was lucky enough to nab one in a destash post.

Front Door

I used a little key to hold the ribbons in place.  

A witch would keep her spare key on the roof, not under her doormat!

  

Spider Charm on the roof

I started stitching for Dark October 2020, continued in 2021 and actually finished the majority of the stitching then.

Just a base left to be completed this year.  Which is why the tombstone says MMXXI.

  

Once I completed the stitching, I had to mount 18 pieces onto thin card, whip stitch them in pairs and then attach the roof pieces to the walls and the walls to the base.

Inside the house there are more delights

Netty Nightshade

This was a piece of chenille fabric sample stitched in place

This is the needle minder from the Stitchonomy Cabinet of Curiosities.  

I stuck one magnet to the inside of the paper when I mounted this wall.

The other magnet is this side as I can change the needleminder if I want.

14. Just Nan Miss Stitchy Witchy Mouse

 

Just Nan - Miss Stitchy Witchy Mouse

Stitched on 32 count grey linen

13. Hands on Design Snail Slime

 My eighth finish in the Scary Apothecary series.

Snail Slime

Stitched on 28 count linen in Radioactive by Chromatic Alchemy

I used the DMC conversion and stitched the potions in DMC Satin rather than cotton and metallics.

12. Just Nan Mermaid Heart

 

Just Nan - Mermaid Heart

Stitched on 32 count grey-green linen

The skein of DMC 926 is to try give a colour match to the linen which refuses to photograph accurately

The embellishment pack came with the mermaid and seahorse charms.

Framed in a box frame I painted myself:

11. Nora Corbett Virgo

 This is my purple conversion of Nora Corbett's Virgo.

I started with the fabric from Sparklies with the perfect name - Virgo.
I chose a 32 count Murano which is my favourite for Nora's designs.

I started with the dress which is charted for 414 and 415, shades of grey rather than the blue it looks on the cover photo.  I changed those to the lavenders in the new colours - 25 to 30

Her skin is as charted.

Her hair was the biggest change, I went for the 550 family of purples.

The Caron colours have been changed to two Stef Francis threads, one silk and one cotton.
I used the silk for the butterflies and backstitched in silver metallic.

I also used the silver metallic for the antenna, which I backstitched,
then whipstitched to hide the places where it entered the fabric.

The wings are now a purple blending filament with a touch of green satin in the "eyes".
I used a DMC Satin thread for the satin stitch!  Then surrounded them with purple beads.

The larger beads have stayed as charted but all the others have changed.  For the necklaces I stitched over the gaps left in the design for beads and simply strung them on thread and tacked down at intervals so they hung more naturally.

The lowest strand of beads was charted with squares of stitching with a bead in the middle.
I used sequins held in place with a bead.

Once I had finished her and taken loads of photos I decided that I needed the pearl earring to be more dangly!

Here's how she compares with the original:

Professionally framed: