January 2023 first post

 Hello stitchers! 

Welcome to my first post of the new year!

Let's start with SQ, that's got some well deserved attention and love in the last few days of 2022.
I started this cross stitch project the 1st of January, 2017 and it has a long way to go before it will be finished, but that's not so important at the moment since i always enjoy stitching the Queen, never feeling the burn out.
Let's only hope that soon she will be finished, washed, ironed and then framed and hung on the wall.
What follows is the most recent pic I took of this colorful wip, that's filling with varing pink and red hues. 

For WWAVMC, let's just say that, while SQ was out of the drawer, the main focus project of the last year was a bit overlooked on. Don't worry! The stitching will be finished hopefully in a short span of time. I'm assuming at worst the first days of the coming February.

I completed more than 243000 stitches and completed 141 colors out of 234. Not bad, if i say so myself...

Last but not least, i got happy mail! I oredered and present myself the 35 skeins of the "newest" colors that DMC put on the market in 2017. I got the package from a great deal on AliExpress, amd i'm not scared to say, or write, it.
The colors are lush and shiny and match the originals; the softness of the skeins are incomparable to those of the French brand. I'm quite pleased with what i received.
Have a look at these beauties: 

Well, that's all for now!

                            See you soon, 

End of September update.

 Hello stitchers!

Finally the weather is more chill, meaning that the cold will be here soon (I hope). The start of a new seasons has something magical when you can feel it in the air.


I'm here today to show you my latest progress on my haed wips.
Let's start with Spiders Queen:  

This pic was taken at the end of July and shows the first and second row of pages completed.

Here is where SQ is at the moment, with more 310 and 3341, plus a bit of other red and orange colors in between, added.
Those nails, even though they still are in the initial stage of the stitching are quite impressive in size!

Let's now continue with WWAVMC:
 

More partial diagonals have been stitched, with many, many colors and confetti stitches... Totally worth it, if I so myself. 

The flowery bush is a bit slow-going, but the window's frame and the background are a bit less time consuming because there's less colors changes. In the end it's a nice compromise.
(The pic doesn't make justice at the piece, at all).



What are your stitching plan for this autumn/fall season? 
I still don't know if there will be new seasonal start, but for now I'll be stitching and enjoy it at best as I can, for sure.


Be and STAY safe everyone!


                                                                              See you soon,

The Queen is back.

Hello stitchers!

After completing another diagonal on wwawmc, i've decided that it was time to bring backin rotation Spiders Queen.
In the last couple of days i've worked on both wips and i'm happy with how they are coming up.

Eight months has come and gone since the last time i worked on SQ, it was a little "strange" switching from working full corsses to tent half stitches. It's like in the meantime i've lost the habit to tent stitch so i'm not so quick as i would like, but the progress so far is making the process still enjoyable, thus i'm not complaining too much.
I'm filling all the white spaces left and working on adding the colors needed on the second eye.

It's nice seeing some "0" on Pattern Keeper for the first time!


Soon it will be the 5ooth day on working on wwavmc and even though the end is far away, i'm still hoping for a near future finish, (a couple years from now will be good, from my point of view).
After completing the last diagonal i've started the next right away. I still can't put wwavmc away.

Both projects now are at just over 37%, it' interesting.
I'll try to stitch on both my big haed wips, alternating them... If only the want for a quick, nice finish is tormenting my thoughts since last week. Let's hope i can stick to my own rules!

                                               See you soon,       

How time flies when you're stitching...

Well it's been a while since the last post...

Been busy stitching and searching myself in those last few months.
Did i find what i was looking for? Probably not, so let's skip to the point of this post: i've been stitchin a lot (in all honesty i'd spend every single moment with a needle in my hands and the beautiful threads... If only that would be possible). 

Let's now take a look at the progress made.

• Leo 

Finished on March, 8 2018. I'm so happy with the result and honestly it looks so much better in real life than it does in this photo.
*Pics of the framed piece to come (hopefully soon)!

• Last Minute project for Christmas 2017

I almost forgot to post this but better late than never, right?

It was fun stitching with three threads, as i already knew the feeling and the outcome it's not so bad with the 3D looks.
It was so much easier than stitching an HAED but I needed it.

• Night Moves

As I'm typig this post I'm prepared to do the #60daysofHAED challenge after partecipating in the #30daysofHAED hosted over Facebook.
The first challenge was easy, focusing one month on only one project it wasn't so hard in my opinion but with this new challenge (that starts April 24th) we will see... Maybe I can commit on stithing Night Moves on 60 days or maybe Spiders Queen will scream at me for attention (I negleted her since having completed the first page so long ago) after the first 30 days... Who knows what will happen?
Returning on the subject at hand: on Night Moves I've surpassed the halfway point and I'm very happy about how it's coming along.

See you soon,

Almost the end of 2016.

Hello!

How time flies sometimes! Stitch after stich and in a blink of  an eye... It's almost the end of December.

Let's start this wrap-up post with a last minute project.

Yes, this is a Christmas related project started at the end of the year. *yikes*
The photo is covered because it's a surprise, but in the next year I'll show you the result.
The floss isn't DMC, but for a kit it's not so bad. The final effect of this pattern is a 3D feeling as the directions tells you to use 3 strands of floss.


As for the other wips:

• Leo. 

This is where I've stopped in November, with a bit of the first lion's leg finally showing.

• Night Moves.
  Pages 1, 7 and 13 are done, for a total of 17760 tent stitches. 

For now that's all...
If only I could I would  stop to look (only for a short period of time) at the HAED patterns who are waiting to jump in my ever-growing wishlist.





I wish you may find happyness, health, love and many, many stitches (and progress with your favorite crafty hobbies) in the next year. 

Happy holidays!

See you soon,