After two evenings at PT (my husband, not me) I was able to get the rest of the orange pumpkin done, I still have to do the rest of the cutouts and thee stem before he's done done though:
I took out my "big girl camera" for this picture. :) No lightbox yet though! It suppose to say Jolly Jack at the top, but I'm thinking I"m going to leave it out or change it to say Halloween. I'm not sure, clearly I'm not that far yet!
The girls on Instagram decided to hold a little cross stitch swap. I'm pretty excited about this one and the Christmas one I'm doing on another website. I'm debating posting it here. I don't know who follows both my instagram and my blog. I don't want my swap to know! Here's a sneak peak I already shared on instagram which won't do any harm. ;) I'm also going to go buy some Wisper thread. It's suppose to be fuzzy! I think it'll add a great dimension to the piece and I'm also going to personalize it. Then get my mom to sew it into an ornament. I took my sewing machine to be serviced over the weekend and it doesn't sound like I'll be getting it back for like 3 weeks.
I'm using Weeks Dye Works Blue Topaz and a 32 count Silkweaver linen in "Tropicial Breeze" that I had in my stash. It looks so awesome in real life! I got the pattern from one of the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament editions. I think it's from the 2008 one (from that eBay haul I had).
You can also see my preferred stitching highlighting method. I use an app on my iPad called GoodNotes to highlight across. I do have to scan in my charts and then delete them when I'm done, but the ability to zoom in makes it 100% worth it.
I also worked a bit on my Chatelaine. Just some of the decorative stitches which is why I do not have an update picture. Slow going. I have too many projects on the go at once, it's hard to decide what to work on. Who else has that problem?!
I feel like I follow so many cross-stitchers and seamstresses and knitters on IG who do swaps and i have no idea how they get involved! Is there some secret swap blog that I don't know about?!
ReplyDeleteI was following one and she randomly decided to host one, it was her first so she limited it to 20 people. She was thinking about doing a Christmas one if this one goes well. I think you just kinda have to pay attention. This will only be my 2nd swap. I have another coming up from the website I belong to for Christmas though! :) Find me on IG (xstitchhaven) and you'll see the tag sooner or later. ;)
DeleteOh! I added a link at the top of my blog page to so people could find me on tumblr and instagram! :)
DeleteThe pumpkin is looking so pretty with those colors! You might have a lot going on, but it's all such pretty stuff, I'm enjoying each and every one of your updates ^_^
ReplyDeleteAwe thanks!!! I do have ADD (not really, I just feel like I do). :D
DeleteYour pumpkin is looking great, and I'll love seeing what your new start turns out to be. The colors look wonderful (I really like blues), and am looking forward to seeing what you use the Whisper for, I've used that before when I wanted a fuzzy effect and it worked perfect.
ReplyDeleteThe wisper turned out really well! I had some help from the instagram ladies. Velcro really fuzzed it out for me! I can't show the finished product until my swap partner gets it though. :( It'll probably be a month or so before I can post it! Stay tuned! :D
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