I'm a bit sad to say that I haven't worked on LoM for the past few weeks, but I'm hoping to be able to spend a little time on her next month. I made a small start on a Mirabilia model that I need to get back to but I wanted to get caught up with a couple of SALs and I also took a week to stitch a small-ish model for Sue Hillis that will be released at Market in a couple of weeks.
Speaking of models and Market I see that one I stitched for Rosewood Manor quite a while ago will finally be released there:
I loved the colors in this one, which I think were Weeks Dye Works. The vase looks very cool, but it's pretty big and was a lot of stitching (though easy to count and fill in with only two colors, compared to all the colors and designs within the flowers).
I did finish Heart in Hand's Big-Hearted Tiny Town a couple of weeks ago. I'm not usually a big fan of pink but it does work very well in this design:
I wanted to get this one done so I could send all three to the finisher who will be making them into drums:
When I see all three together it makes me wish I had stitched Christmas on 36ct fabric like the other two (or at least 32ct instead of 28ct)--it looks so big in comparison! But as more are released in the series I'll try to get a variety of fabric counts in there so there'll be some of every size.
I almost got behind on The Rooky Wood SAL (which might have been the death knell for staying with this and getting it done on schedule!); I did manage to stitch part 10 right before part 11 came out last Thursday, and then I did part 11 right away so I've made it past the halfway point now:
Since I knew I'd be receiving part 3 of the C. Votta SAL this morning I didn't feel like pulling the model out for just a couple of days so I decided to play around with another Tempting Tangles SAL,
Dragon's Blood Mandala Mystery. It calls for one color of thread; the model uses Dinky Dyes Fireside silk but I wanted to add a bit more color so I chose Waterlilies Arabian Nights, as well as a touch of braid and a few beads for some sparkle:
My plan now is to spend today and tomorrow completing part 3 of the C. Votta SAL, then getting back to work on the Mirabilia model for at least a couple of weeks of uninterrupted work.
Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!
