Friday, November 21, 2025

Row 3, box 3

The cauldron box....I stitched the grass at the bottom in Woven stitch with Silk Lame Braid 72. The background is horizontal brick with Silk Lame Braid 22. The utensil sticking out at the top is tent stiched with SLB 01. The rim of the pot is vertical long stitches in Threadworx 12, 911221 and I have started the Cauldron in Silk Lame Braid 65 in a bargello pattern over 2.

Thursday, November 20, 2025

This one is done

Row 3, box 4 is done. I finished by stitching the boots with Petite Very Velvet 626 in oblong cross stitch and then the black are long stitches with Petite Very Velvet601. The buckles and buttons are Radiance 13 in Happy Days.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Row 3, box 4

I started box 4 in row three and stitched the background with Radiance Wasabi. Then the socks are done in Kalem stitch with Silk Lame Braid 01 and Sprinkles 05.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Wrapped Mummy

The dark spots are tent stitched with Gloriana in Charcoal. The eyes are tent stitched with Neon Rays + 01 and 119 for the red and black. Then the rest is Petite Sparkle Rays 303 glow in the dark. The teeth are done in Silk Lame Braid 22, 25 and Neon Rays +300 glow in the dark. Then the rest of the mummy is wrapped in 7 mm River Silks 266.
The top half is done!

Monday, November 17, 2025

Spider box

The spider box is done. I finished the spider by tent stitching the head and red lines on the body with Silk Lame Braid 79. Then I used 3 strands of Wisper 128 to brick stitch the body. I added Mill Hill size 11 black beads for the eyes.

Sunday, November 16, 2025

A Spider

I started the spider in box 1, row 2. The background is skip tent in Radiance 13 Wasabi. The spider is stitched with two strands of Wisper 111, 99 and 101 so far in double brick stitches.

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Another one done

Row 2, box three is done. I finished the eyball. The iris is tent stitched with Silk Lame Braid 01 and the highlight is Silk Lame Braid 300. The iris is also tent stitched with Silk Lame Braid 69 and 69. The blood shot lines are Essentials Pucker up 646 in tent stitches. The blood drops around the outside are The Collection drop beads in Ruby.

Friday, November 14, 2025

More on box 3, row 2

More on the eye today....I finished the two different reds and then all of the white and pink center.

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Row 2, Box 3

Row 2, Box 3 is the bloddy eyeball. The background is Nobuko in Fyre Werks 70. The 2 reds around it are Silk Lame Braid 79 and 135 in tent stitches. The white and pink of the eye are Silk Lame Braid 24 & 81 in alternating Mosaic.

Monday, November 10, 2025

The next box

I have started box 4 in row 2. The dark areas of the skull are skip tent in Silk Lame Braid 165. Then I am brick beading the rest of skull using matte white and lavender size 11 beads. This is going to take a while but it will be a great skull.

Pick your Poison!

Pick Your Poison framed and hanging in the recipient's home. Pepperberry Designs purchased from The Wool & The Floss.

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Row 1, Box 1

I finished the eyes and mouth in tent stitches with the yellow and black Fyre Werks. Then I did a wrapped stem stitch with Fyre Werks 34. Just need to add the leaves.

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Row 1, Box 1

The last box in this row is started! The corners are tent stitched in Neon Rays +43. The orange background is Hungarian stitches in Neon Rays + Glow in the Dark 304. I started the black outlines in Fyre Werks 31 and the yellow is Fyre Werks 84--all in basketweave.

Friday, November 7, 2025

Row 1, Box 2 done

I finished the modified escalator stitch on the bottle. I added Sundance gold shimmer sequins anchored with a Sundance size 14 bead in color 318J for the bubbles in the bottle.

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Row 1, Square 2

This box has a background stitched in Petite Sparkle Rays 51 in Parisian ribbon stitch. The cork is tent stitched with two colors of straw silk.I have started the bottle using Neon Rays 33,84 and 90 in a modified escalator stitch.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Second box

The second box is done. I tent stitched the back of the snake and then did reverse tent for his underbelly. All Neonn Rays + and some are glow in the dark.

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Back on track

I removed all the stitches from yesterday. The head is tent stitched with Neon Rays + 144 and 300 glow in the dark. I added Freakin Green beads and then wrapped the long stithes on the tongue with more Neon Ray+ 119.

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Startiing box 3

I finished box 4 in row 1 by adding glow in the dark beads in eerie gray. Next I filled in the background of box 3 with horizontal double brick stitch using Neon Rays + 83. The mouth is tent stitched with Neon Rays ++ 74 and 80. The mouth is padded satin stitches and long stitches in Neon Rays 119.

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Row 1 Box 4 continues

I am working on the background with Neon Rays + in Woven Stitch and added a photo of how he glows in the dark.