63. Just Nan Autumn Typography

This is Just Nan's Autumn Typography, a newish design (2012) and the first of four (not surprisingly!).

I stitched it on 32 count Tobacco linen.

I used a DMC conversion from the charted GAST.

Close-up of the over 1 animals:

 And the moon in the corner:

And one with a flash to show the fabric colour better:

I made a couple of changes, most notably making the squirrels red and stitching them over 1 having recharted them myself.  And I changed one of the pumpkin's colours too.  But there is one larger change I made.  Can you spot what it is?

Do you see it now?  The vertical word in the middle of the photo says "Awesome" instead of "Autumn".

Framed:

Companion to 

Winter Typography

Spring Typography

and

Summer Typography

62. JBW Alphabet Cat September

The charm for this month is a lovely acorn pin I received from Shirlee some time ago.  The fabric is a tan 28 count evenweave and the thread is a Stef Francis variegated.  I was going for an Autumn Leaves effect.

61. Joan Elliott's Four Seasons for a Birthday Card

Karen and I decided to have a Joan Elliott Card Exchange for our Birthdays.

I chose the hands from the Four Season Fairies for my piece.

Stitched on 28 count evenweave from a Crafty Kitten grab bag.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

60. Mirabilia Round Robin Lilly of the Woods

This is my piece for Andie's Round Robin on the theme The Dreamers.

And here is the whole piece:

The top space is empty for Andie to stitch Sleeping Beauty, then it's followed by The Dreamer stitched by Orchid Julie and Sleeping Princess stitched by Karen Stitchy Woman and finally my Lilly of the Woods.

59. Julia Lucas Trick or Treat

From Just Cross Stitch Hallowe'en Special 2013

Julia Lucas Designs

Stitched on 28 count black evenweave

58. Broderies Passion A Petit Points

Needlecraft Haven July Challenge

Freebie from  Martine at Broderies Passion

Stitched on 18 count evenweave using Purplinky from Jodyri Designs

57. Dragon Dreams Eighth Dragonlet of Christmas

On the Eighth Day of Christmas my True Love sent to me - 

A Dragonlet Crying over Spilt Milk

The eighth in a series designed by Dragon Dreams exclusively for their Facebook page

Stitched in DMC on 28 count green evenweave.

56. Carton-Marie Couer en Boite card

Couers en Boites from Carton-Marie

I selected one motif from the bigger sampler and stitched it over 2 on 28 count white evenweave for my cousin's wedding card.

55. JBW Alphabet Cat August

August's cat is stitched on 25 count yellow evenweave with a sunflower button.

54. Carton-Marie Couers en Boites

Couers en Boites from Carton-Marie

Stitched over 1 on 28 count white evenweave for my cousin's wedding.

53. Joan Elliott June Wizard

This is the June design in the Joan Elliott Diary which was the cover gift with World of Cross Stitching magazine last year.

I made a few changes to the threads, mostly changing plain DMC to the metallics, in the stars, swirls and the orb at the end of his wand.  I also changed the confetti around the swirls to beads.

The fabric is a Crafty Kitten grab bag piece of 28 count linen.  Quite a loose weave so I had to be careful with the beads and metallics not to pull the threads of the linen out of shape.

52. Dragon Dreams Seventh Dragonlet of Christmas

On the Seventh Day of Christmas my True Love sent to me - 

A Dragonlet a'swimming with a swan

The seventh in a series designed by Dragon Dreams exclusively for their Facebook page

Stitched in DMC on 28 count green evenweave.

51. Mary Cherry

The Small Boy loves numbers and counting rhymes, in fact you can track him round the Playgroup Hall by the sound of his Keyworker's voice reciting 1,2,3,4 as she goes!  I found this beautifully illustrated children's Nursery Rhyme book and knew I'd found the inspiration for her end-of-term stitched present.  Here is the illustration that inspired me:

I just sketched her onto graph paper then backstitched onto 28count linen.  I added some little beads for the cherries and now I have to frame her.

50. Birthday Card

This is my block for a secret quilt project we made for Nicola's 50th Birthday.

I took a motif from Scarlet Letter's English Transitional Sampler.

You can see more of the quilt

here

49. JBW Alphabet Cat July

July's cat is stitched in sunny yellow on a piece of Summer Sky 28 count evenweave from Crafty Kitten 

48. Shepherd's Bush Bilberry

I stitched this piece on 32 count Antique White linen.  They didn't have Ivory so originally I tried Antique Ivory but it was far too dark.  This is perfect.  It only took a few days too.  I have framed it in a nice dark wood frame from a chain store (Wilkinsons for the English) which came with a mount.  I looked up "bilberries" on Google Images and found a nice woodcut of bilberries which I copied onto the corner of the mount using felt tip pens.

Companion to Mulberry

47. La Di Da Rose is a Rose

Rose freebie from La D Da.
Stitched on 18 count linen for the Needlecraft Haven July Challenge
Finished into a little bag.

46. Mirabilia Round Robin Shimmering Mermaid

My Mermaid is Shimmering Mermaid for Karen's Round Robin.  She is beautiful with her lovely free-flowing hair.  Karen stitched the shells and seaweed first then specified which parts of the mermaids to stitchso they are not confined to boxes but float on the sea of her fabric.

And here is the full piece, only one block to go.  This is a Large Mirabilia RR, each block is 5,000 stitches rather than the usual 2,500 so we have been given longer to stitch each round and there are three groups of four stitchers.

Final completed piece:

45. Stitcher's Hideaway Hear the Sea Call

Hear the Sea Call by Stitcher's Hideaway

The chart was a prize from Riona of Oubliette, 

the fabric is Summer Sky by Crafty Kitten 

and the hand-dyed thread is from Jodyri Designs.

I sourced some little mother-of-pearl fishes from an Ebay shop, the shells came from some old trim in the craft box and the abalone type stones came from the local craft shop.  I framed it in a simple raw wood box frame. 

44. Thread Pickerz Heartz SAL

This is another FB exclusive, the Heartz SAL from Threadpickerz.  They released two hearts every Sunday for eight weeks.  

I stitched them on 32 count plain white evenweave using a rainbow artificial silk from De Havilland threads which has been in my stash for over 15 years!  Just waiting for the perfect design.  

The first heart was charted as a solid heart to show off the variegated threads people were using.  I changed it to show our initials, mine, hubby's and the boys'.

 I've framed the hearts in a simple raw wood box frame: