Sunday, August 19, 2012

LNS plus Pictures

The Stitchers Garden was amazingly wonderful.  I learned so much about Medieval from Tanya and Chatelaine stitching, I was taking notes.  And the Shop Owner, was just so helpful.  But first some wips.
I babysit for my son's dog all week, so I had an extra bit of running around, his dog, does not like my cats at all -so the dog had to stay home.  So what does all this have to do with my stitching - well, while I was with the dog - I stitched on Witches - it took less concentration, so the first picture is my update on Witches.  This looks a little wrinkly, my next picture will look better, promise.  But the words are finished.  Excellent, I hate the word stitching.  I do want to finish this by Halloween, so I will be spending time on her each week.

And here is my very first WIP of  Medieval. This is the very center of the design.  If you can tell, it is a fountain and water will be shooting out of it, but I will add that later.  I am so proud of me, as I had never done Rhodes Stitches before - yes I am serious, and I learned something new..... Yes Sir, old brain, new stuff.   I did not even know there were stitches called Rhodes.  I also used petite treasure braid for the first time.  (purchased from Stitchers Garden).  What a wonderful High Gloss thread.  It was so easy to work with.....


This upcoming week, I am going to work a little on my HAEDs too.

This is the 1st HAED I ever started, it is a Story Keep and I only have the one page left, and as you can see I have traveled down to the bottom of the page.  I would like to see if I can do some power stitching this week on her.  We will see how it goes.   As Nikki mentioned in her blog, she stitches her HAED by column, this idea will work great for this chart, the lines of her dress go Down and I think working by column will work nicely.  So fingers crossed we will see how it goes.

12 comments:

  1. Oh I LOVE Witches! It looks great.

    Good luck with your HAED and Midieval this week.

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    1. I have an obsession with Witches. And this is a fun design to stitch, thanks for the comment

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  2. Congrats on learning some new things! Both your WIPs look great.

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    1. Thanks Meari, I always get a rush when I pick up something new

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  3. I've heard a lot of great things about Stitcher's Garden! I can't wait to go there some time (3hr drive for me!)

    Your WIPs look great and congrats on starting your first Chatelaine. You're going to learn a lot of new, cool stitches. Its a good idea to have a "doodle cloth" this is a piece of fabric you can practice some of those new stitches on before you go to the real thing!

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    1. Dani, will keep the doodle cloth handy I know I will need it, thanks for the idea. Stitcher's Garden is a great little shop - Come before the snow hits - are there other shops to stop along the way?

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  4. Congratulations Melinda!

    You are the winner of the My Memories software package! :) Please send me your email address and I will forward it to the company and they will send you all the details on how to get your free copy of the software!

    Faith
    FaithNchls@comcast.net

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  5. I love your Witches go Riding! Great start on Medieval Town Mandala! I can't wait to see more of both :)

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  6. Great progress on your stitching :) Love that little SK you are working on.

    Jen

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  7. Sorry for responding on this post, but I couldn't find an email addy for you. Re: the peaches... This was my first time doing them. So, if you've been wanting to try I say go for it!

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  8. Hello

    Your stitching looks lovely!

    I wish I had an LNS!

    Sally

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  9. The Chatelaine looks lovely, well done! Congratulations on learning a new stitch!
    The Story Keep looks good too and I am convinced the witches will be finished before Halloween!

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Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas.