Mermaid Finish!

I finished Mediterranean Mermaid by Mirabilia! Happy Dance time :)

She was done on Vintage Antique Green Belfast (The fabric is actually a light, minty green-not gray). Enjoy the pictures!

Last week, my kit for Moyland Castle finally arrived. Yay! Just in time for IHSW this coming weekend (I will be working on the castle). Hopefully, I will get a lot done since the next part will be released at the end of the month. A picture of the silks and beads (there are close-up shots of the silks and beads in the Moyland Castle album- clickable on the right)

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Mermaid update and a finish

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

I worked on Mediterranean Mermaid last week. She has a lot of hair! I kept stitching and stitching, and still more hair. I love the blue highlights she has though. Anyway, she is not quite finished yet. I still have to put some beads on her tail and fins. Hopefully tomorrow I will be finished. Below is a pic of some of the beadwork. She has some gorgeous crystals-so sparkly!

Last week I finished a quick little stitch-February by Lizzie Kate. I put a fabric border on it and hung it up in my kitchen.

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Mermaid Update

I hope everyone had a good weekend!

Last week I worked on Mediterranean Mermaid. I made some progress, but one night I fell asleep at 8:30pm. In my defense, the tornado sirens woke me up that morning at 3:30am, and I could not fall back asleep. Another night, I went to a glass fusion glass with some friends, and I made a glass plate and pendant. I will try to post a picture when I get it back. The class was a lot of fun. Anyway, below is a picture of Meddie. I am getting towards the end :)

This morning I was happily stitching away on Japanese Garden, and then I went to thread my needle with Mississippi Mud from Thread Gatherer Silk N Colors, and it had the zebra stripe thing going on. Instead of being a smooth dark brown the color alternated between dark and light brown, and the same thing with the green. I looked at the rest of the skein, and it appeared to have the zebra stripe. What I don't get is that I have been using the same skein of thread, and up until now, the thread was fine (I received my kit last March or so). I do not care for the effect in my stitching (the colors seem a little off), and I am going to order a new skein hoping that it turns out better.

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Mediterranean Mermaid Update

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a relaxing weekend, and it was nice not having to travel out of town. Yesterday, I made a coffee-pecan torte with coffee-flavored whipped cream. The great thing about the dessert was that there was no flour in it. The cake was ground pecans, eggs, and sugar. It was yummy!

My newest niece was born last Thursday. She weighed 8 lbs and 1 ounce, and has the cutest, chubbiest cheeks. I can't wait to meet her (probably next week)! I guess I should go ahead and finish up the baby sampler : )

I worked on Meddie last week. I love the greens in her tail, and she is so sparkly!

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Mermaid and ornament

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I had a pretty bad sore throat and headache : (

However, I did finish-finish my Christmas ornament that will be a gift. It took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to finish the ornament. I stared at it, and I stared some more before inspiration finally hit me : ) 

 Next up, my progress on Meddie. She has lots of metallic thread and bling (all the empty spots)!

My December stitching goals:

1. Finish LHN's Baking
2. Work on Japanese Garden (I would like to finish the top tree and start the right corner)
3. Work on Mediterranean Mermaid (hopefully I can finish her tail)
4. Maybe work on another Christmas ornament if I have time

Lastly, I was playing around with my new camera and took several more pictures of my violas. They have such pretty purple flowers, and I love taking pictures of flowers. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Mediterranean Mermaid Start

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend (or great weekend)! My parents, hubby, and I drove from Alabama to Chicago and then on to Green Bay, WI for Thanksgiving dinner. While in Chicago last Wednesday, we had lunch at Wilde. They have great gluten free menu options, and my dad and I both loved their gluten free hamburger. It's a rare treat for us. On Thursday and Friday, we were in Green Bay and visited with my family. We also stopped at the Packer Pro Shop and picked up a few Green Bay things. On Saturday, Hubby and I had dinner with my sister-in-law and her hubby at Girl and the Goat. YUM! This restaurant also had great GF menu options. For dinner, we had scallops, ribs, chicken, goat carpaccio, confit goat belly, and a mushroom ragout (just to name a few). My sister-in-law had to make reservations back in August to get a table, and I can see why.

Well, enough of the food and onto stitching. I have made some progress on Mediterranean Mermaid, but not much since I have been out of town. I am stitching her vertically (head at the bottom, tail on top), and I started in the center. She looks like a blob of blues and greens with pretty metallic thread right now : )

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