After a mammoth amount of beading and watching season 1 of Pushing Daisies again, the mermaids are beaded, backstitched and a HAPPY DANCE!!!!!
16ct Aida Silkweaver Solo
They are done!!!
February 12, 2010 at 1:31 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: finish, mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
Mermaids and things…
February 10, 2010 at 12:39 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia, stash
The majority of my order arrived from 123-stitch the other day. I have to put in the order for the metallics for Shimmering Mermaid and then they are pretty much kitted up and ready to go.
This has been split up in Titania, Mermaid of the Pearls (which is waiting for one lot of metallics on back order), Lilly of the woods (waiting for the flower beads on backorder), Midsummers Night Fairy, Waiting for Ships, and Shimmering Mermaid sans metallics (I am really not sure how I missed them!!!).
Now I just need to decide on which fabrics from Enchanted fabric for these.
But before that, the mermaids- all the little x’s are done!!!
Tomorrow backstitch and beading.
I am going to choose Waiting for Ships for my next start.
I am tossing up whether to stitch her on:
Starquest
Or SeaScape
I think she would look good on either. SeaScape is a fat half though, so I am considering leaving it whole just in case I decide there is something big I want to stitch on it… but I am not sure…
One Mermaid done :D
February 7, 2010 at 11:32 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
Shiny 
The frill is gone…
February 3, 2010 at 12:12 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
Well done anyway
Just because i can…another close up of the beading
And then the tails were missing
January 31, 2010 at 9:50 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
I spent about 6 hours stitching today, as I managed to flood my laundry/kitchen and figured it would be safer all around for my house if I didn’t actually do anything!! It was supposed to be cleaning day and the floors are remarkably clean now!!!
Anyways, the stitching…
With beads in her hair….
January 30, 2010 at 12:56 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
I finished the beads in her hair after I took this photo
Going swimmingly
January 29, 2010 at 2:22 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
Their tails meet where they should, and for this I am very glad
Most of my order has been shipped. They apparently were out of 3 or 4 spools of metallics, so they will be shipped sometime in the next two weeks, which is fine by me. I would have been just as happy if they shipped them all together Oh well, its good
Still stitching the mermaids
January 28, 2010 at 12:27 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia, stash
I put about 150-200 stitches in mermaid 2 of metallic floss… its so pretty but I have to remember to cut shorter lengths. The tails now meet I had a bit of a panic as I thought I had a missing row or extra row on one of the mermaids and then realised I had miscounted. Silly! They line up so its all good.
Order is in for the beads and metallics that were missing for the miras that I posted yesterday.
My list of definite fabrics from Enchanted Fabrics has been decided I think. I was going to join her monthly program for a year, however, as she is closing I can’t do that any more, so I am going to get my 11 or 12 pieces instead. As well as the colour I listed last night my definite colours that I want are:
Abyss (mystique) (midsummer Night’s Dream)
cotton candy (flair) (Mermaid of the pearls)
Dragon’s mist (painted)
Fall folliage (painted)
Hocus Pocus (flair)
Ocean Depths (mystique) (Waiting for ships?)
Spring meadow (painted) (titania maybe?)
Summer glade (painted)
the ones I am tossing up for the other 3 are
Fairy Twilight (painted)
margarita (flair)
Violet Splendor (flair) (shimmering Mermaid)
Amethyst Daze (flair)
Berrylicious (flair)
The mermaids…
January 26, 2010 at 9:14 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
They are both growing. Lots of green shinies
Mermaids of the Deep Blue
January 24, 2010 at 11:18 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: mermaids of the deep blue, mirabilia
I have finished about 600 stitches over the weekend. I think you can see the progress on this one even after a few stitches.
