Come Happy Dance with me
This is my blog for Finished Projects. To read about the stitching process and join in with the Blog Hops I organise come over to Serendipitous Stitching (link in side bar). In the mean time I invite you to "Come Happy Dance with me"
Wednesday 10 April 2024
07. Cricket Collection Spring
Monday 11 March 2024
06. The Sweetheart Tree September Strawflowers
Tuesday 5 March 2024
05. Rainbow Hunter Cheshire Cat Bottle
Monday 19 February 2024
04. Just Nan Snowberries
Wednesday 14 February 2024
03. Rainbow Hunter Alice in Wonderland Bottle
Thursday 18 January 2024
Sunday 14 January 2024
01. Cottage Garden Samplings Year in the Woods The Fox
The Fox
Stitched over 1 on 25 count Cirrus evenweave from Chromatic Alchemy
Thursday 28 December 2023
19. Just Nan Special Delivery
Tuesday 5 December 2023
18. Just Nan Angel Ornament
Just Nan - Angel Ornament
Complimentary chart with Angel Flowers sampler
Thursday 28 September 2023
09. Nora Corbett Taurus
This is the second of the Zodiac Girls designs from Nora Corbett that I have stitched. She is Taurus, of course:
When I saw that Sparklies did a range of fabrics named after the Zodiac signs I knew they would be perfect for this series.
Wednesday 1 March 2023
03. Amanda Butler London Houses
Monday 30 January 2023
02. Amanda Butler Harrogate House
Wednesday 11 January 2023
01. Stitchonomy Christmas Banner
Some people in the group were using black fabric and it looks amazing
I do intend to stitch the full design on black fabric in the future.
Friday 16 December 2022
19. Amanda Butler Edinburgh House
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Wednesday 14 September 2022
13. Hands on Design Snail Slime
Wednesday 31 August 2022
12. Just Nan Mermaid Heart
Sunday 28 August 2022
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.
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!