Yippee skippy! I finally finished my bovine, "Texas Longhorn" by Redbird Designs. Stitched on 32 count antique white Lugana with DMC and GAST "Bluebonnet" for the sky.
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Jun 21, 2008
May 7, 2008
My kingdom for my fabric!
Well, the serger at DH's work was broken. I was gonna have him just bring the fabric home, but Georgia-the-quilting-lady offered to take it home with her and serge it. So hopefully, I'll get it tonight.
Georgia is one of the "office ladies" at DH's work. She is an avid quilter but hates to cross-stitch. I'm an avid cross-stitcher but I hate to quilt. We both enjoy looking at the fruit of the other's labor. I stitch a Christmas ornament every year for the annual company Christmas dinner and Wacky Gift Exchange. Georgia loves these and goes to extraordinary lengths to make sure she ends up with the ornament. And, when our IH35 Stitchers group needed a bunch of cross-stitched squares made into a special quilt for one of our members, Georgia took care of that for us. So unless one of her cats gets my fabric, or DH leaves it on his bench, I will be able to start a new project tonight!
It's really painful to have something all kitted up and ready to go, but not have the fabric. I didn't want to start something else, so I just whined a lot and DH took me out to Lowe's to look at plumbing fixtures. That helped some.
Here's what I'll be starting, "Texas Longhorn" by Redbird Designs:
Georgia is one of the "office ladies" at DH's work. She is an avid quilter but hates to cross-stitch. I'm an avid cross-stitcher but I hate to quilt. We both enjoy looking at the fruit of the other's labor. I stitch a Christmas ornament every year for the annual company Christmas dinner and Wacky Gift Exchange. Georgia loves these and goes to extraordinary lengths to make sure she ends up with the ornament. And, when our IH35 Stitchers group needed a bunch of cross-stitched squares made into a special quilt for one of our members, Georgia took care of that for us. So unless one of her cats gets my fabric, or DH leaves it on his bench, I will be able to start a new project tonight!
It's really painful to have something all kitted up and ready to go, but not have the fabric. I didn't want to start something else, so I just whined a lot and DH took me out to Lowe's to look at plumbing fixtures. That helped some.
Here's what I'll be starting, "Texas Longhorn" by Redbird Designs:
Apr 15, 2008
February boot update
As promised, here is a picture of my February boot WIP. It is from Redbird Designs "Southwest Seasons." There are 12 months of seasonally-themed boots in the pattern packet. I love Redbird Designs as most of them have a Texas or southwest theme. And the designer designs out of McKinney, Texas.
Anyway, this is stitched on 25 count white Lugana with DMC and a specialty fiber for the boot vamp (not shaft). The pattern calls for GAST Cidermill Brown which I used on the January boot. I'm trying to find a different fiber for each boot. For February, I used Silk 'n' Colors Latte.
I should get February finished by this weekend. I have no idea what I'm going to do with all of these once I stitch all 12 of them. A quilted wall-hanging comes to mind, but I'm not a quilter. However, I do know one!
Anyway, this is stitched on 25 count white Lugana with DMC and a specialty fiber for the boot vamp (not shaft). The pattern calls for GAST Cidermill Brown which I used on the January boot. I'm trying to find a different fiber for each boot. For February, I used Silk 'n' Colors Latte.
I should get February finished by this weekend. I have no idea what I'm going to do with all of these once I stitch all 12 of them. A quilted wall-hanging comes to mind, but I'm not a quilter. However, I do know one!
Apr 6, 2008
Chucked a WIP, new project
I've been stitching on DH's "Bandanna Stocking." The more I stitched on it, the less I liked the fabric (14 count Aida). I just couldn't see it finished out as a stocking. So, as my distaste grew, I decided to do something about it.
I chucked the stitched-on fabric in the round file.
I then spent about half an hour online searching for something different to stitch it on. I settled on Silkweaver hand-dyed Classics Poltergeist and Sapphire Sky in 28 count Lugana. I'll stitch DH's on the Poltergeist, a medium grey with red and black (Texas Tech colors) DMC floss, and I'll do mine on the Sapphire Sky with DMC white and a brownish-orangey floss. As this fabric won't arrive for a couple of weeks, I needed something to stitch on. So I started the "February" boot from Redbird Designs "Southwest Seasons." It'll be a quick stitch, and then I may start back in on "Wild Things" for my MIL. Below is the "January" boot I did last year.
I chucked the stitched-on fabric in the round file.
I then spent about half an hour online searching for something different to stitch it on. I settled on Silkweaver hand-dyed Classics Poltergeist and Sapphire Sky in 28 count Lugana. I'll stitch DH's on the Poltergeist, a medium grey with red and black (Texas Tech colors) DMC floss, and I'll do mine on the Sapphire Sky with DMC white and a brownish-orangey floss. As this fabric won't arrive for a couple of weeks, I needed something to stitch on. So I started the "February" boot from Redbird Designs "Southwest Seasons." It'll be a quick stitch, and then I may start back in on "Wild Things" for my MIL. Below is the "January" boot I did last year.
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