Swans & Shears

So far I'm keeping up with this mystery SAL from Tempting Tangles, and hoping to stay that way! This is parts 1 to 3, using some Silk'n Colors, RG Petite Silk Lame Braid and a few crystals:

Part 4 will be released at the end of this week, so I'll probably take the weekend to stitch that.

Yesterday I started the Mirabilia model, so I'll get an idea of how long it will take after I work on it for a bit. And I still have a Rosewood Manor piece waiting in the wings, so those should keep me busy for a while.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

It's done, it's done!

Yes, I'm shouting, because last night at about 6 o'clock I put the last stitch into Halloween Quaker! The chart is from Lila's Studio, the fabric is Fall Foliage Belfast from Enchanted Fabrics (no longer in business) and the floss colors were picked from my stash--about 95% are Silk'n Colors by The Thread Gatherer:

The threads that aren't Silk'n Colors are from Rainbow Gallery; I used a few colors from their Petite Silk Lame Braid, including white glow-in-the-dark for the ghost (but I couldn't get a picture of it glowing):

I also used Rainbow Gallery Wisper for the spiders, so they are creepily hairy, and Petite Treasure Braid for the web:

A few more pictures:

After I finished last night I spent some time returning all the threads to their proper places in storage; it took a while considering this is what I started with!

So now my table is clear and I'm almost ready to start the Mirabilia model that's due in a few months; I might just take a couple of days to stitch part 3 of the Tempting Tangles Swans & Shears SAL that was released a few days ago.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

More Halloween Quaker

I've been continuing work on Halloween Quaker, and have made good progress; I'm starting to think I could finish it up in the next couple of weeks. Here it is as of this morning:

I'm really happy with the way the upper right corner turned out:

And the little village, which was a large part of the reason I bought the chart in the first place:

I also stitched part 2 of the Tempting Tangles Swans & Shears SAL, and the colors I've chosen have taken a decided turn towards Valentine's Day:

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!