SPOILER!! Lizzie*Kate Frightful Mystery Sampler part 1 finished

Don't scroll down if you want it to remain a mystery! I'm putting the picture from 123Stitch here so the picture of the finished piece doesn't show up on any thumbnails of this post:

I was really excited that L*K would have a new Halloween mystery design this year, so I ordered it as soon as it hit 123Stitch, and started it right away when it arrived last Monday. I chose Cauldron Belfast from Picture This Plus for the fabric, and I'm using threads from stash that are fairly close to the recommended floss. I did add a purple floss and a couple of DMC variegated threads to the mix, changed some color placement around and added some extra beads, so this isn't exactly what the design will look like if stitched as charted:

Really looking forward to part 2 now!

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

I can finally share

Two new Nora Corbett designs were released today, and are part of the Intriguing Insects series. This is Miss Queen Bee:

And Miss Honey Bee:

I'm looking forward to stitching them for myself at some point, to join Miss Moth and Miss Dragonfly, and the other two insects that I haven't stitched yet, Miss Ladybug and Miss Beetle. But for now it's back to "work"...

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

Made a new start

I took a break from model stitching this past Friday through Sunday to make a new start that was calling to me. I got a great piece of fabric from Ship's Manor that reminded me of a sea with underwater plants, so I went through Nora Corbett's mermaids until I found one that had colors that I thought went well with the fabric and decided on Luce Mia. I even had her kitted up already, so that meant it was even harder to resist starting her! So far just her face and hair are done, but the other colors still to come are a light green and aquas:

I also wanted to share a funny scene from the movie The Moon Spinners that I watched last week. As a stitcher it's always fun to see needlework or references to it in movies that I watch while I stitch (and it happens quite often since I like to watch adaptations of Jane Austen's novels!), but this one was particularly fun because it was two of the "bad guys" discussing it:

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!