More Small(s) Triumphs!

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Date30 Jun 2017
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I finished my June Smalls SAL: isn’t she a sweetie?



I love it so much I bought the companion pieces which are a Santa and a bell.

I FFO’d my June Noel ornament for the ornies blog:


This is such a versatile design I will definitely make it again. So next time hopefully the finishing won’t be such a mess!!

Here’s my small from last month FFO! I found a really good frame I think but I think I want to change the color. Hmmm….

And…drumroll please…here is Petit Coeur Bleu with the ribbons! Lovely!


This would have been worlds easier if the chart had been a bit better with the placement of the roses. I think the chart was actually off by about 2 spaces in the up/down centering of the ribbon work. It worked much better to just eyeball it. Nonetheless I am really pleased with this little heart! And I think someday I will make some more of them. The ribbon and thread was really generous so I can even use this color way again. Good thing, the ribbons were fun but I need practice to make them look better!

Small Triumphs in Blue

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Date24 Jun 2017
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I’m winning against the pile of projects! I got those bands completed on Heirloom Christmas before July like I hoped. Yay! I even started the next band which is the 3 Wise Men:


I love this project. It is so beautiful. Here’s a close up of the bands section I completed:


The last stitch I learned, the green interwoven stitch with the gold beads, is stunning.  It was not hard at all (but I did need to be awake to do it!). I’ll put this aside now and take Joyful World on vacation. But I can’t wait to get back to it!

The floss stitching is done on Petit Coeur Bleu. Now I have to learn the ribbon stitches. I’m nervous about it for no reason.


The Atalie silk floss is so pretty. I think if I do this again I might pick something richer. But the great thing about this design is how it lends itself to so many colors. I have seen some stitchers do it over and over again in a veritable rainbow. What a good excuse to go shopping for ribbons and floss!

I finished my ornament for July. Isn’t it cute?!  I better get the June one done!

And I finally went back to the birth record by Sisters and Best Friends which I finished last year. I wanted to add a star charm on the moon and I finally found the perfect one so here it is all framed.


I love this piece too. It was quick and the colors I found turned out perfect. The dark blue is Auntie Dee and the rainbow silk is Glowing Embers by Caron Waterlilies.

I’ve got a short week this week to finish up a few things before vacation. I’ll check in on Friday with whatever I accomplish!

Starts, finishes, and right in the middle: not in that order.

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Date12 Jun 2017
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I picked up the Heirloom Nativity last week. I’m trying to get the bands done between the shepherds and kings before July. Then I will be about half done with this thing if you don’t count the hardanger at the bottom. That will feel like an accomplishment! 


I need to add the beads to the lace, finish the vine, and figure out the stitch between the scotch stitch and the vine. It seems complicated-at least too much to do when I was tired watching tv.

I love the Gloriana Bellagio (rainbow) silk! Gorgeous!

Last week I finished April for Joyful World-except for the ground. Still thinking how I will approach this with a different specialty stitch in the ground on each month.

I also finished the stitching on the little snow girl:


Just need to put her together.

I started my Facebook Smalls summer challenge, Petit Coeur Blue by Atalie. This is small-it’s in a 4″ hoop.


This silk is lovely too! It’s from Atalie called Bora Bora.

I started my next ornies SAL-the theme for July is animals and this is Mill Hill’s Cat in the Box. 

It’s got a lot of blue. So far not as interesting as many of the other ones I’ve done but I know the end result will be cute. I have 3 Mill Hill ornaments with cats- they are all orange cats so they remind me of my cat Kiwi. That’s why I got them.

I declare this week FFO week! Let’s see how much damage I can do to the stack of FOs!

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I am an “old” stitcher and a new blogger. My grandma taught me to cross stitch when I was 7 and I’ve had a project (or many!) going since then. While I appreciate (and would like to try) all needle arts at the moment, I mostly cross stitch and I really enjoy learning specialty stitches for counted embroidery. A lifetime ago I studied French and art history but now I fit my stitching around a busy life raising 4 young kids with my wonderful husband. Thank you for spending some time at my blog!

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