Mitten fever

 A couple of weeks ago I stitched my first mitten by Cross Eyed Cricket and really enjoyed having a small, colorful project that could be finished in a few days. This past weekend I decided to stitch another one, which I finished up yesterday--it is Cardinal Mitten, and was a freebie handed out by shops:

There are a couple of new CEC designs that I ordered last week and one of them has what looks like a mummy mitten, so I'm already planning to have that be the next one I stitch.

Last week early voting started here in Wisconsin so on Wednesday I went with a couple of friends (in case the line was long, which it wasn't) and voted for the first time since 1992. Ink Circles has a little freebie which I stitched up last Monday, so I didn't even need a sticker:

The final part in the Quakers in Scotland SAL by Tempting Tangles has been released, so here are a few photos of the full design:

The charts will be available for a bit longer then will disappear for a time until the entire chart is released at some point in the future (usually at double the SAL price), so grab the charts now if you think you'll want to stitch this.

Finally, here is the up to date temperature SAL:

I had stitched the border last December and I've worked on it almost every day this year so it was surprising when I sat down with it one day last week and a missing half stitch just jumped out at me:

Of course it's at the very bottom so my eyes wouldn't have had much reason to stray down that far until recently, but I still thought it was surprising.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!

Starlet by any other name

 Just a quick post to share the newest Mirabilia release, Starlet (MD172). I was surprised to see the name, because when I stitched her the title was The Red Carpet-Violet, but there was already a Violet pixie so maybe they thought the original name would be confusing. Regardless, I think she's very elegant, and reminiscent of some of the earlier Mirabilia designs (especially Rose of Sharon and Rose Arbour):

She only uses DMC floss and one pack of beads; there are a few beads in her hair and then a couple of "strands" in the pink wrap on the right side and at the bottom.

This is one where Nora decided on some changes to the skin after it had been stitched, mostly on her face and her back. Here is the original version:

And after the changes: 

I wonder if some of the shading was a result of being on the red carpet, with flash bulbs popping...?

She was a nice one to work on after Princess Elliana, which had 63 floss colors and a lot of different beads. I'd like to stitch her for myself at some point, though I'm thinking I'd like to make her a redhead.

Hope everyone has a great stitchy weekend!

A Little Sugar (Skull) Mitten

 Last Thursday I finished the Mirabilia model I've been working on; it was approved on Friday and I sent it back that afternoon so I thought I'd take the weekend to stitch for fun before getting back to the Rosewood Manor model. As it turns out there was a brand new free chart from Cross-Eyed Cricket last week (found here) so I printed it out, pulled the floss and some fabric and started it Friday night. I finished it yesterday and I think it's so cute!

The temperature SAL continues, with fairly nice weather still for almost mid-October:

The Mirabilia design scheduled to be released this Thursday is one I stitched, so I'll probably do a short post later this week to share those pictures. Until then hope everyone has a great stitchy week!