It's time for everyone to have a time-out... Let's share the latest project you've seen that's calling out to you.
For me, I just discovered a small photo of Martina Weber's "Christmas Mystery II" and fell in love/fibre lust. It's on this page...(You have to scroll way down, and I couldn't find any other more close-up pictures that showed the whole thing.)
Sue
Well, it's not NEW by any means, but I've gotten on a Marbek angel kick, and my reward for getting through six weeks of daily rush transcripts is that I have already kitted up Bethany Angel. The minute I read "we, the jury, find Mr. Slasher guilty as sin", I start Beth. :) She has a peach dress, so I'm doing her on peach fabric. I *think* the contrast is good enough, and if not, well, then I backstitch around the dress in a light brown so it doesn't blend into the background.
(In California, on death penalty cases, the lawyers are entitled to each day's transcript at the beginning of the next day.)
I also promised a friend MLI's Dance of the Roses for her 50th birthday in August, but Bethany is for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, so my reward comes first.
Just won two Ebay auctions, one for the Stoney Creek chart containing "O Holy Night" and one for the amsterdam blue linen for it.
It's a lovely nativity scene, and has been tempting me in kit form in catalogs for about a year!
Caryn
HMMM - I have several things I want to start. I may just put Miss Gertie Bird on the lap frame and go for it. Since it is all DMC, I won't worry about the effect of my hands on anything "nicer"....
Cheryl
Karen - are you EVER going to get that Holiday Snowglobe done?? Seems to me I have seen that in your sig line for years....
mag
I'm on a sampler kick and I'm yearning for an intricate band sampler. Any suggestions???
Lucille
>The angel on the cover of last month's CrossStitcher mag. I'm doing it on a
16 ct. irridescent white aida, and I'm going to use Swarovski 3mm crystal beads for the halo & 2 black crystals for the eyes.
For me it's Sampler Cove's Spanish Rouge:
sue
I did a Celtic band sampler from Homespun Samplar that's lovely and was great fun. I stitched it in silks. It hangs in my living room.
Photo here:
"Open Heart" by the Drawn Thread or almost anything by Indigo Rose.
Elizabeth
That is the one I am currently working on. I Changed the threads to Gentle Art Sampler threads and It is coming out great. I'm about 3/4 of the way finished.
Bobbie V.
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I've been leaning toward something from The Drawn Thread. I already own the chart for their Souvenir Sampler but that one will require lots of time to do properly. This time I'm leaning toward one of the smaller ones with lots of different stitches.
But thanks. So far I've seen several that are great.
Lucille
Lucille -- how about "the Desiderata Sampler" by Indigo-Rose -- i have that kitted up and waiting
and Caryn -- i too fell in love with O Holy Nite -- i sat and watched it for over a year before i bought it --
both are amongst the ones in the "next" bag to start -- but i must finish 2 first -- i have 1 color in the leaves and the vine to finish one and then i will start back on the millenium sampler
although my time for personal stitching is a little short with scrambling to get Christmas gifts done ... i am hoping to have a sewing/stitching marathon this weekend
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Stoney Creek - O Holy NIght Anybody have a link to this? I'd love to see it - I like a lot of Stoney Creek designs!
I know and love The Drawn Thread but for whatever reason I was totally unfamiliar with Indigo Rose. Now I'm not sure whether I should say thank you for introducing me to them or why did you do that, you gave me a problem. :^)
They do have some really nice pieces.
Lucille
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and love The Drawn Thread but for whatever reason I was totally
There are several really lovely Drawn Thread Samplers you could choose. The Indigo Rose patterns do not stay on her current list very long. One of my guilds is doing it as an on line stitch along starting in January and several of my local friends are planning on stitching it. I know one of my LNS has a teacher for another Indigo Rose pattern which is out of print but, Indigo Rose is going to make enough available for that one class. And the pattern is only 5 years old. The Essampler.com is another great place to see samplers as is The Scarlet Letter. You can just spend hours and hours looking at the samplers. Some are reproductions of antique samplers. EGA has some designs for sale on their website as well. These are reproductions of samplers in the EGA collection.
Now that you have been enabled to a far greater extent than you probable wanted you will of course, let us know which sampler you decide to do. Have you seen Marriage of the Minds? Just to add fuel to the fire.
Have fun.
Alice
You're not mistaken. It's on black fabric, so got set aside when I had a white cat visiting, and it keeps getting misplaced by cleaners who don't get it that it is SO possible to work on three things at once.
I *think* I've finally collected all the pieces in one place (because, of course, all bags of floss must be put in the same box, and all charts in another box.....), so that's going to be part of my 2007 Year of the UFO.
Hint, hint ... I did Christmas Angel on 14-ct Aida with gold threads woven in. By using 2 strands (instead of the usual 3 strands on 14), some of the gold underlay sparkles through her dress. It's there, but not screamingly there.
On 16, try a sample section with 1 strand and another with 2 strands (which is more typical for 16), and see if the iridescent shows through with 2 or if you like it better with 1. It *really* adds something to have that little subtle sparkle inside the angel.
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