Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Progress and a Haul

Hope January is treating everyone well! I've had a good one so far.

I won a Little House Needlework pattern from CJ over at Tea-n-Stitches! I think the card is handmade too, which is totally awesome!

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I also had $50 to spend over at 123stitch so I picked up the following:

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Watercolors and Wildflowers cottons for some hardanger, the thinner strands look like they could be used for cross stitch too. Has anyone used them?!? The Watercolors seem to be thicker than the DMC pearl #5, maybe I need to pick up some smaller count fabric? I don't know, I'm still trying to figure this hardanger thing out!

Some cute valentines day charts (the other one was out of stock, hopefully it'll come later this week), black anchor, a heart button for a different chart as well as some snowflake charms.

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This Weeks Dye Works fabric was on clearance too:

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Then The Drawn Thread released some new patterns that I just had to have:

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I bought the full kit for both of them. I'm hoping to do the Love Birds one for my husband for V-Day.

I also have some progress (this was as of Sunday afternoon), Plum Pudding:

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and Winter Wishes:

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I also purchased a LOWERY STAND. I'm so excited. It arrived Wednesday last week so I've been using it with Plum Pudding and trying out two handed stitching. It's been going well as long as I pick up the correct color. Whoops! I'll try to do a review for everyone if they are interested after I've used it more than a week.

Does any one else use a needlework stand?
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11 comments:

  1. Leonore WintererJanuary 21, 2015 at 9:02 AM

    You made some great purchases there, looking forward to seeing you start them. I'm also curious for your review of the stand, I'm still not sure if it would work for me or not, and since you use q snaps like I do, your experience will probably much closer to my own than that of people using scroll bars :)

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  2. JulieJanuary 21, 2015 at 10:17 AM

    Such beautiful things you purchased. I've used the watercolours in a cross stitch chart, just split it as you would DMC.

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  3. CarolJanuary 21, 2015 at 11:15 AM

    You got a lot of stash for your money, Brenda! I especially like the Drawn Thread charts that you selected...

    I've never used the watercolours threads, but they are so pretty... And I'm no help on the stand as I stitch in hand, but I'm sure you'll love it :)

    Enjoy this beautiful snowy day!

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  4. BrigitteJanuary 21, 2015 at 11:20 AM

    OH my, Brenda, what a gorgeous haul of new stash. This will keep you busy for quite a while. And wonderful new DT charts among them. I love her designs but still have so many of them, unstitched, that I can't buy any new ones, lol.
    I have never used a stand or hoop or q-snaps, I have always stitched in hand and it's the best way for me, I think.

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  5. BeccaJanuary 21, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    I have a Lowery stand. I used it when I was stuck in a recliner post surgery and couldn't use my knees to hold the frame. Then it got put in the closet for years, but recently I pulled it out again and I'm really enjoying it.

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  6. Emma/ItzyJanuary 21, 2015 at 5:21 PM

    Great haul!

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  7. Pull the other threadJanuary 21, 2015 at 5:57 PM

    Lots of love stash and what a wonderful win from CJ. I use a lap/table stand that I find very handy as the frame sits on the arms it means I can use all kinds of frame with it. I also have a floor frame but I don't use it as much as it takes up too much space and is a pain to put together all the time.

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  8. azwoolgirlJanuary 22, 2015 at 6:43 AM

    Lovely haul and your projects are looking great😊

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  9. Dani - tkdchickJanuary 22, 2015 at 9:20 AM

    So lovely to win a giveaway!

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  10. Mrs Milkybar KidJanuary 25, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    Gorgeous stash! I love Wildflower and Watercolours threads, they are some of my favourites :). I've used Wildflowers for Hardanger but also for cross stitch and as someone said above, the Watercolours divides into 3 strands that each work out the equivalent size to #5 perle.

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  11. JanetFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:31 PM

    Please give a review. I am thinking about ordering the Lowery stand too. Does it hold hoops well? Thank you!

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