Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Mega Madness!

I joined an October "challenge" hosted over at Pull the Other Thread. The goal is to work on some mini's. Rule 1: You must post on your mini progress once a week in the month of October. It doesn't matter what day so long as you have 5 posts by the end of the month. I think I can handle that. I post on a weekly basis (Wednesdays), and this will hopefully get me caught up with some ornaments. 

 The following are some options I think:

 - Back to my biscornu (front is below)
- Little House Needleworks ornament(s) (options: Winter Forest, 6 Little Cardinals, Gingerbread Village,    Gingerbread Man) 
- Mill Hill Kits (I've already started two of them)

I didn't work too much on my Halloween project, I did add some more letters and started some colors:



I mostly worked on this little biscornu in the car on our drive to the other side of the state to visit some friends:


I'm using all Victorian Motto Sampler threads and they are a pleasure to work with. I think I'm going to go broke purchasing things from her. I haven't decided on a back pattern yet, but I think I'll get around to that in October and it might end up a gift to someone for Christmas. We'll see.

I also got a lovely "surprise" in the mail. Another blogger (Kate) was destashing and I requested a few Cross Stitcher issues (Oct & Nov 2011) so they came in the mail yesterday:
 

I think I'm going to make a deer in the Nov 2011 issue for a friend's child, and maybe some of the purple ones in the Dec 2011 issue.

Yesterday I was able to go to JoAnn Fabrics and pick up some backing for two of my projects plus some orange thread.


I'm hoping to have a "Finishing Friday" some day soon! I am making the Jolly Jack into a standing folder thing. It'll be my first time and I'm kinda worried about the cardboard stuff I bought. I think it's going to be too thick. I'm going to use this tutorial from the Twisted Stitcher. Does anyone have any experience with making them? If you have any hints, I'm all ears! 

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18 comments:

  1. Pull the other threadSeptember 24, 2014 at 8:52 AM

    Thanks for joining in with the Mega Mini Month Madness. Love your progress on Halloween and your Biscornu. Lovely new stash :)

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  2. Anna van SchurmanSeptember 24, 2014 at 9:25 AM

    Your Halloween piece is really cute. If you bought matboard, you've got the right thing. You need something very sturdy for those standing pieces.

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    1. Brenda ASeptember 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM

      Hmmm I don't think it's called mat board. I got it in the kid's supply section of JoAnn's. It's thicker than mat boards for picture framing. I couldn't find any mat boards without holes for photos.

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  3. AnnieSeptember 24, 2014 at 6:31 PM

    Love that Halloween design!

    I use comic book cardboard. You get it at comic book stores. Comic book collectors store their prized comic books in plastic bags with one of the boards inside to keep the book from folding. It's the perfect weight for these things in my experience. Vonna's tute is fabulous!

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    1. Brenda ASeptember 25, 2014 at 7:32 AM

      Oh!!!! Good to know! Every time I got out for lunch I pass a comic book store... hmmm I might be stopping today. :)

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2014 at 10:22 AM

    Awesome! Love, love, love your photos. Your stitching is so neat and tidy ^_^. Here's to posting every week.

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    1. Brenda ASeptember 25, 2014 at 11:15 AM

      Thanks! I'm trying! I've been successful for a couple months now!

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  5. CarolSeptember 25, 2014 at 11:10 AM

    The Halloween WIP is getting cuter and cuter--I really need to pull my own out and start stitching :)

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    1. Brenda ASeptember 25, 2014 at 11:15 AM

      Oh yes! You totally should. I think it's a group effort. I'm hoping to finish it this week!

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  6. Michele B.September 25, 2014 at 12:50 PM

    Hi Brenda - thanks so much for your comment on my blog and for the compliment on my Music piece. It was very relaxing to stitch without any color changes, and I liked picking out the charms for it. I stitched Happy Halloween recently - loved doing that one too!

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    1. Brenda ASeptember 25, 2014 at 1:27 PM

      I totally missed yours! I'm went and checked it out, it looks awesome! And I totally agree with your assessment of this year's issue. Not as compelling. :(

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    2. Michele B.September 25, 2014 at 2:06 PM

      Your emails from my blog are set to go to noreply-comment@blogger.com instead of your email address so I can't email you back (if you want to you can change this in your blog settings). I will probably finish HH as a pillow - it's too big for a pinkeep and I'm not sure what else to do with it, Of course my finishing pile is huge so who knows when I'll get to it!

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  7. Leonore WintererSeptember 27, 2014 at 3:32 AM

    That Halloween design is SO awesome, I'm totally in love with it and can't wait to see it finished. Also looking forward to your smalls posts in October and the 'finishing friday' ^_^

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    1. Brenda AOctober 1, 2014 at 11:13 AM

      Thanks!!! I really love it too. I'm having a hard time deciding on what to work on now. :) Might be a good problem to have I think!

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  8. RuthSeptember 30, 2014 at 6:25 PM

    See you in Mega Mini adventure land -- I hadn't remembered my Mill Hill kits.... hmmmmmmm. Keep up the beautiful stitching - it all looks great.

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    1. Brenda AOctober 1, 2014 at 11:12 AM

      Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to see what you're going to work on in October! :D

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  9. PreetiOctober 8, 2014 at 2:32 AM

    Your Halloween design is very nice ! I am with you for mega mini SAL :)

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