Monday, April 27, 2009

Another finish and a giveaway

I have another finish to show. It's La-D-Da's "The Ark." I love how it turned out. I stitched it on 32 count Sudden Storm by Silkweaver with the recommended DMC floss. Soon I will find a frame for it so it can actually be finished finished :)



You should definitely go on over to this blog and enter yourself in the wonderful grab bag giveaway that she is having for her blogoversary!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

My BBD sampler

The picture isn't great and I didn't have time to iron it because we've been on the road back home from Michigan and I just wanted to be sure to send it before the deadline. So here is my interpretation of Petites Lettres Rouges. It really is much prettier in person ;)

I used a piece of scrap linen from my stash and DMC colors 367, 368, 369. Green is my favorite color. I stitched my maternal grandparents names (Marie & Foster) and the year they were married (1946). My grandfather passed away in September or 2006, just a little over a month shy of what would have been their 60th anniversary. I still miss him everyday. I plan on giving this to my mother for Mother's day and I think I may try to finish it as a pillow.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Two posts in one week?

My friend is getting married this Saturday! I thought that rather than get her something from her registry (which I did for the shower) I would make her something :) I know that she doesn't read this blog, she doesn't even know it exists, so it's safe to show the present here. Her colors are iridescent raspberry and white, so I chose to use hot pink (light and dark) and white for the present. I sure hope that she likes it!


The design is from a wedding leaflet that I found at Hobby Lobby on clearance for sixty-three cents! There are three or four other designs in there. I can't remember the designer off hand and the leaflet is somewhere in my craft/guest room in the mess that will remain until I finish painting and decorating in there.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

A Finish Finish

Although not done by me. I had Mirabilia's "Scent of Old Roses" framed at Hobby Lobby. I am not as happy with it as I have been with the other framing I've had done at JoAnn's. I just don't think Hobby Lobby did as good a job at stretching the fabric as JoAnn's does. I'm sure it's partially my fault because I used LYI Wonder Invisible Thread to attach the beads so I asked them not to use any heat on it which means they couldn't press it like they normally would. Oh well, it still looks pretty! I have two more Mirabilia's (among the total six or seven) that I've used the Invisible thread on. I won't be doing that anymore :( I like it because I don't have to switch floss colors at all and I can attach all the beads at once instead of one color at a time but I'd rather have the final product look really good in a frame than just okay.


As you can see, it's still in the plastic. I am in the process of painting my craft/guest room and I plan to hang it up in there, so I'm going to keep it safe in the plastic until the room is done!


Here is a closer shot of the frame, I really like the detail on the inside. I normally keep my framing pretty simple. Usually two mats and a fairly simple frame. I figure that way they are more likely to fit with the decor of any room.

I've got other stitchy news but I will leave it for another day, except to say that I am working on the sampler contest at BBD so there will definitely be a picture of that soon. I figure that since I don't post often, when I have some news I should try to spread it out :)