Her back fin is mostly done!!!
Life gets in the way of stitching….
March 29, 2010 at 11:12 am (Uncategorized)
But I have updated my things for sale page if anyone wants to poke their head in.
I didn’t get so much done…
March 28, 2010 at 12:07 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Cirque des Carreaux, experiments in dyeing, ink circles, mirabilia, Waiting for Ships
I managed to spill coffee on the edge of the fabric – not the stitching thank goodness, just the fabric, so it spent the day being washed and drying. It was rainy so it took quite a while to dry. I managed to get part of her fin done though…
While it was drying I did a little Cirque des Carreaux
And worked on dyeing a little more – trialed another combo for a friend- so here are the two
Another go at dyeing… now back to Waiting for Ships…
March 27, 2010 at 11:04 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: experiments in dyeing
This is possibly for a friend:
Pictures!!
March 26, 2010 at 12:37 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: experiments in dyeing, mirabilia, Waiting for Ships
Page one is all done… bar the beads of course!!
And here are some more trials with dyes – each piece is about 7 by 9 inches, 14ct aida, just so I can try colour combos… anyone want one of these as a 14ct fat quarter?
No stitching still…
March 25, 2010 at 11:25 am (Uncategorized)
Oh no… I am having a three day stitching drought 😦
On the other hand, my metre of linen, evenweave and half metre of aida all arrived today. They were very bright white, and when I put them through the wash the water came out a little blue, so I wonder if they were dressed with an optical brightener. Anyway, they are washed and ready to be cut up, edged and dyed on the weekend… or maybe tomorrow.
I guess life is getting in the way a bit this week – I have a house inspection tomorrow, so things have been put away and tidied up…
And my deal with myself was I could think about a final order for the month of something if I got the house organised for the inspection – I really dislike cleaning even though I do it every week and an inspection requires just that bit more attention to detail… I am tossing up between Rosewood Manor’s Language of the flowers and Ink Circles Quaker Floral puzzle, or both…
No photos today…
March 24, 2010 at 11:26 am (Uncategorized)
And very little stitching…
That said, I have done about 100 stitches on Waiting for ships, finished the cover for my ottoman and done some general repairs on clothing.
I keep eyeing off Rosewood Manor’s Language of the flowers. I don’t *need* it but it is ever so pretty.
My Enchanted Fabrics order is a work in progress now. Lori emailed me and I am converting one to Lugana as she has run out of Monaco. Which means YAY 32ct.
What a difference a few minutes makes!
March 22, 2010 at 11:20 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: hdf, stash
I received my HDF order today – 3 spools of Peacock crowns, 2 of BeCherished and 1 of dragon heart. I took two photos, about 2 minutes apart (if even that) and check out the colour difference!!!
Over half done… YAY!!!
March 21, 2010 at 12:48 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Cirque des Carreaux, ink circles
So I am still stitching Cirque Des Carreaux. The goal was to get the middle two pages done, which I a have almost achieved and then I will go back to Waiting for Ships. So with a little over a page and a half left, here is my cirque:
I have ordered some white linen and evenweave to dye. I have pink, coral, navy, mid and light blues, turquoise, green, and peach dyes to play with at the moment. I think there might be one or two more colours, but I can’t recall off the top of my head. What colours do people think I should try in combination?
Cirque des Carreaux again…
March 19, 2010 at 3:01 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: Cirque des Carreaux, ink circles, stash
I think its slightly more than half done now 😀
Passione Ricamo Fairy of Dreams pattern, beads and metallics- Pretty I think!!!
And some of the other things:
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