I went back to my family’s house for Christmas and my Mum
pulled out my finishes that have been kept from when I was first
starting, through high school and beyond. I, of course, had to take
photos of different pieces I have done. First piece ever -
Bluebells – this was stitched when I was about 10 or 11. I was self
taught and so not all the x’s went in the same direction…
The centre marking was drawn on
in pencil.
I *think* this was my second
piece:
In about year 10 or so (14
years old) I started the whales. I didn’t know about finishing
then, so I am not sure how I am going to finish it as there is no
fabric to do anything with. I am thinking about stitching it to a
scroll somehow…
And a few other bits and
pieces:
I don’t have all my pieces I
have stitched photographed. I did a heap of Australiana ones in
1997 and they were all gifts. I have done a few for my sister and
her children too. Unfortunately though, someone has lost the
birthday sampler I did for my oldest nephew. He is very upset about
it
I have decided that I
am going to stitch him another piece from the same collection – the
Ocelot – seen here: Ocelot
While on holidays I did get a little stitching done: A bit of Fairy
Moon:
And Papillon Creations
MSAL: 
A walk back through time…
January 5, 2011 at 11:54 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: Fairy Moon, finish, mirabilia, MSAL, Papillon Creations, wips
Part 6 and 7
October 13, 2010 at 11:14 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: MSAL, Papillon Creations
Cross stitch on the left is done….
October 3, 2010 at 12:06 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: MSAL, Papillon Creations
Part 5 is done!
October 2, 2010 at 3:21 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: MSAL, Papillon Creations
Fabrics, giveaways and mystery stitch alongs
March 10, 2010 at 3:41 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: experiments in dyeing, MSAL
So just to remind everyone, I still have my giveaway going if you want to join.
I have been thinking about fabrics and trialing dyeing colours etc. and had an idea, again if anyone is interested (and please comment and I will get back to you)… anyway my idea was while I am learning to dye, if anyone wants any particular colour combo, I will dye it for you for the cost of the fabric and postage and handling.
It may take a little while as I have to source some fabric and dye colours but there is no point in me trialing lots of colours and keeping them for myself as I will never get around to using them all!!! But I do want to experiment.
I am stitching a mystery stitchalong based on a vague idea about a quilt:
I like it so far. Not sure where the next part will take us though
Mix mash
February 6, 2010 at 12:39 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Cirque des Carreaux, ink circles, MSAL, Papillon Creations
Today I added a little to Cirque des Carreaux and was reminded again how much I like this colour combo. I think I want to do something similar but with pink thrown in for good measure…
And I finally unpicked and started to restitch my part 4 of Papillion Creations MSAL Castles in the Air. I am not sure where she is taking this. I am 4 parts behind once this is finished, but they are small parts so shouldn’t take long to do.
I feel silly…
December 6, 2009 at 12:12 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: mirabilia, MSAL, Sleeping Beauty, Wiehenburg
I made the most stupid mistake so my Spot sampler is soon to be frog city
Just added one extra row of stitches in and so it is all miscounted now. I will have to frog it…
I asked people what I should focus on finishing in 2010 so they all suggested Sleeping Beauty as she is mostly done so I have added about 1200 stitches to her blanket over the weekend:
Before the weekend:

Also have to frog the Papillon Creations MSAL – Castles in the air. The Peacock is in the wrong place
Wiehenberg Mystery Sampler
December 1, 2009 at 12:01 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: MSAL, Wiehenburg
Mistakes and Brambles…
August 4, 2009 at 11:56 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: ink circles, MSAL, Papillon Creations, The Bramble and The Rose
I have stuffed up my MSAL so I have to unpick the first peacock
Its one row down and a few rows too far to the left. So that has to be unpicked with the flowers and backstitch
So I am stitching one side and unpicking the other… and its going slowly. Oh well. This is how it looks at the moment.

Papillon Creations Castles in the Air
July 29, 2009 at 1:04 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: MSAL, Papillon Creations































