Monday, June 11, 2018

Crab - start & finish!

Small projects are so satisfying. :)

This is Crab from Seaside Series III by JBW Designs, stitched on 30ct WDW Garnet with DMC B5200. As you can see, this fabric is noooot colorfast - I got a tiny drop of water on the left side back when I first purchased the fabric and it made a huge spot. It's a lovely fabric but I'm surprised that such a 'mainstream' dyer is selling stuff that's so easily damaged by moisture.


Anyway, cute design and a quick stitch! Next, I'm moving on to the last piece of the Dream of the Sea set by Hands on Design. Of course, I left the biggest part for last... :p

Monday, June 04, 2018

Farm Fob - start & finish!

Small start and finish today - Farm Fob partial kit by Lizzie Kate. The sticker on this suggests that the retail price was $15 (for chart, fabric, ricrack, beads) but I'm pretty sure I got it on clearance for a buck. There's no way this is worth $15.


I used the DMC conversion, which honestly looks better than the cover photo... and since I think this finished project isn't very nice either, just imagine how gross the model looked. The colors are so boring and uninspired and I feel like I should have made an effort to change/improve them more than I did, but eh. The motifs are boring too. The cow and pig didn't even have eyes charted, which was incredibly creepy.

Anyway, it's done and I'm glad it's done. And I'm extra glad I didn't spend $15 on this!

Friday, June 01, 2018

Tis the Season - start & finish!

I've had some nerve/tendon issues with my arm so I haven't been stitching much, but I did manage to start and finish Tis the Season by Blackbird Designs in May!


It's stitched with random threads from my stash instead of the pricey silk threads, and I made a bunch of small changes to adjust spacing to my liking. Still thinking I want to redo the snowflake near the bottom that's too close to "etre" but I dunno...

There's supposed to be a snowflake border along the top right, but I chose not to do it (at least for now) because it was very same-y all the way across and I didn't like how it looked. I may go back and add something else later to help square up the entire design visually. Or not. Maybe I'll take out the two half snowflakes above the cardinal (and the two at the left and right borders too?) instead.

Anyway, it's done for now and I'm going to let it rest before making any more changes!

Next up... stitching a bunch of minis in June, I think! I already have a small bag full of mini sized projects that I've been itching to get to. Time to DO IT. :p