Wednesday, January 27, 2016

another little finish!

It's been a while! But I was away from home for a bit, attending my brother's wedding in NJ this weekend... and yes, got totally buried by the snowstorm! The wedding actually got delayed by one day since the original date was the day of the storm. All worked out great, though, everything was lovely and it was a small, intimate gathering.

And then my flight home got delayed by seven hours without warning... but hey, I did a lot of stitching at the airport. :p

Here's another little Mill Hill kit, Yellow Swallowtail:


This one was very heavy on the beading! I finished the stitching and kept looking over the chart to make sure I hadn't missed anything, because it was only about half stitched! I know it's a bit hard to tell in the photo but a lot of the black and yellow areas are solidly beaded.

I think this is the last MH butterfly I'll be doing... there are others but I'm not super fond of them. Now I just have to take the three I've finished and turn them into something. Not sure about the whole magnet idea. I don't like the idea of leaving a stitched piece, especially one that's done on paper, in the kitchen where I might touch it with wet/dirty hands by accident. Hmm.

I picked up Fatum again but since I just got home, there isn't much to show yet. Next time. :)

11 comments:

  1. Maybe you could turn them into needle minders! I'm not sure how big they are but it looks great! Even a cute little 3 section long frame would look great :)

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    1. Hmm, that's a good idea! If I could find something with small openings, or maybe I could cut out the butterflies and mount them on larger paper so I can be flexible with the frame...?

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  2. That's another lovely finish. Sorry to hear about the delays and disruption due to the weather but glad everything worked out well in the end. :)

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    1. It all worked out great... bad weather prevented me from having to make an awkward visit that I wanted to avoid, haha! :D

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  3. Wow another sweet finish
    Sorry to hear about all this
    Big hugs x

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  4. So lovely, this little butterfly.

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  5. Glad you're back safe from your trip & enjoyed the wedding.
    Beautiful butterfly stitching!

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  6. I'm glad the storm didn't totally disrupt the wedding, it will be a story to tell their children one day!
    The beaded butterfly is lovely.

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  7. Beautiful finish! Love all the bead work.

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  8. Nice finish! How about turning them in to needle minders?

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  9. You should frame the butterflies in a shadow box as if they were 'specimens'....sort of like Victorian style in a way.

    I didn't realize you could stitch in an airport. I know when I went to CA last summer, I brought stitching with me, but I kept it in my check-in bag as I wasn't sure what was allowed in the airport.

    Glad they were still able to have their wedding :)

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