Thursday, December 31, 2015

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

More petals

Worked a lot more petals today and all of the sequins and beads are in place on all the petals.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Flower Center

All done!  I finished up the entire beaded center.  I am going to work more background sequins and bead and then resume stitching petals next.

Monday, December 28, 2015

Beading away


It is going to snow today!  It has been such a balmy December in Michigan, but snow is on the way and maybe some freezing rain too.  I decided to stay inside!  I am beading the center of the flower and making great progress!  About half done!

Sunday, December 27, 2015

The Flower center

 I did a bit more on the petals on the left and added more sequins and beads to a lot more of the other petals. The center of the flower was calling out and I started beading the center.....it will all be beads and crystals.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Top left


The top left portion of the pointsettia is stitched!  I notice more sequins show up in this photo.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Busy, Busy!

I can certainly tell it is Holiday Season!  Things are really busy at my house as  I am sure they are at yours!  I am stitching a little bit but not much to show you right now.  I did finish this custom stitch guide for a gal and it is available if you are looking for one.  Tombstone Tish is by Leigh Designs and is  number 5015.    Details are on the tab for guides above.

Meanwhile, I am off to cook and clean and wrap presents again!  Back soon with an update on the stocking!

Friday, December 11, 2015

Starting the petals

The top half zig zags are done.  The top set of berries are done, and I have started working on the poinsettia petals.  I had one stitch in mind that did not work so I did the ripit stitch and have restarted!

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Monday, December 7, 2015

Friday, December 4, 2015

Zigging & Zagging

I am working down the body of the stocking and stitching in the zigs and the zags!  All the berries and vines are done in the top left of the stocking too.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Hat Trick

Hat Trick is by Blue Moon designs and I just finished writing this stitch guide.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Monday, November 23, 2015

Row after row

I am working on the cuff which will take a while, but I make progress everyday!  This area is 3 x 9 inches so it will take a couple of days!

Friday, November 20, 2015

From the top down

As with most stockings, I will be working this from the top down.  I have started at the cuff and worked the green triangles and am putting in the background as well.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Green Poinsettia Stocking

 Next going on the bars is Green Poinsettia Stocking by Machelle Somerville!  This is a 10.5 by 19.5 stocking on 14 count.   It is available in your shop now.  I will be writing a guide as I go and I have pulled all the threads too!
More of Machelle's designs can be seen at:   http://www.fleurdeparis.com/products/10Browse.asp


Wednesday, November 18, 2015

The left side is done

The left side of the water is done!  This piece is finished!

Thanks Machelle for a super design!  Machelle Somerville design MS046 distributed by Fleur de Paris and available through your LNS.  The stitch guide will be available soon!

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Starting the water

I am starting the water and have laid in the base thread on both sides!  I still have a little bit of the last branch to do, but wanted to get this going too!

Monday, November 9, 2015

Friday, November 6, 2015

Thursday, November 5, 2015

In the center

I am working on the branch 4 and 5 in the center and have worked part way down the trunk as well.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Made it!

 All of the background on the left side!
All of the background on the right side!  Moving on!

Monday, October 26, 2015

Almost on the right side


A few more rows down the right side.  I am hoping one or two more days on background and it will be done.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

More down the left side

I have made it across another row and then concentrated on the row on the right side.  Almost down to the bottom!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015

Another one across

Today's progress shows another row finished across to the right side....moving into another color!

Friday, October 16, 2015

All the way across

 I have added more rows of the background and finished the moon.  I took 3 photos
 so you can see the entire piece, up close, from left to right.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Here and there

I started row 4 of the background and worked over to the moon.  I have quite a bit of the moon stitched in!

Monday, October 12, 2015

Row 3

 Row 3 is worked all the way across!
 A closeup of the left corner gives you a better look at some sheen....and the one below is the right corner.