No models in the house!

Last Friday I sent a model back to Karen, and for the first time in a long time I don't have any models in the house; I feel so free! :D

I celebrated by making a new start on a chart I recently won on eBay, Three Amigas by Prairie Moon. It is part of their Crypt Club series, which unfortunately I didn't discover until after they were OOP and therefore fairly expensive to buy. I'm hoping to be able to trade the ones I finish for others in the series, so fingers crossed!

For the Amigas I went stash diving for some brighter colors--just because they're dead doesn't mean they can't be colorful!

I started it last Friday and made some good progress over the weekend, using PTP Haunted Edinburgh:

In other Halloween stitching I finished the hardware shop in Spook Town Square; here it is before the back stitching:

And after:

Saturday I finally got around to applying a sealant to the silver charm for Lady Mirabilia, so I was able to attach it yesterday and I'll be taking her to the framer today--going to be a long 2-3 weeks!

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

Lady Mirabilia is done!

I stuck with her through that "hard to push through" phase and now she is done and I couldn't love her more (well, until I get her framed)!

I really love the symmetry that this one has with the first Mirabilia I ever stitched, Villa Mirabilia. They both feature elegant ladies, arched borders, banners at the bottom and even have Mirabilia in the name:

I finished Villa around 22 years ago (before I kept track of things like finishes!), and I still get as much joy stitching Nora's gorgeous designs as I did then; pretty amazing, as I generally get tired of things after a period of time.

The butterfly charm used in Lady Mirabilia is silver and apparently might tarnish over time, so I need to seal it with something before I attach it. I've ordered a metal protector, so I will take it in for framing once that is completed.

Speaking of framing, I got Nora Corbett's Miss Solar Ellipse back and I absolutely love her, as she's so bright and cheerful:

I'm planning on getting back to my barely-started Rosewood Manor model this week, but I took the weekend to work on my neglected Spook Town Square by Glendon Place. I was hoping to be able to finish the hardware store, but couldn't quite make it:

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!