Stuff

Haha, I'm out of witty titles! Hope you're all fine, staying cool. It's hot out there! 

Today, I have WIP progress, a small finish, and the FO parade continues. Let's do this!

Here is Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler by Shakespeare's Peddler. I have filled in the cartouche with GAST Oatmeal and promptly misplaced the graph, ugh....

Misplacing floss or graphs seems to be my MO! 

So! I've moved onto Summer In The Country. Take a look at the model on the chart. Flowers aren't dead, the stream has water in it, and the woman has a full length dress on! If that's summer, I want it!

It's so pretty. I'm using the called for Parchment linen but in a 36ct. The top border and the words represent the 1st page but there's more to fill in at the house and below that a sheep. I'll stitch on this for the remaining days of this month. Once I find the graph for the Halloween sampler, I'll work on that also. Changes are a coming though for August and I'll let you know what I'm up to the last week of this month.

That's my progress. My finish is Open If You Dare by Lucy Beam Love In Stitches...

On a leftover piece of Legacy/PTP, I have yet to cut the extra length of fabric since I want to be sure to have enough to mount on my papier mache coffin. I bought it a couple years ago, painted it back. I need to wax it next. The skeleton will fit though! There was beading for Mr Skeleton but I left them off. I do plan to use bright green beads for his eyes. In the middle of his black eyes is a space for beads. 

I am going to enjoy decorating that coffin inside and out😍materials being considered is off white satin that I'm going to diamond-tuft for inside the coffin, and dried moss that the Mr will lay down on! You'll just have to tune in! September that'll happen; it's just too hot to do anything right now.

Last but not least is my FO parade. Here are the last of my smalls. I will do my best to remember who and what and from where!

Starting from top clockwise is Merry Chrismoose from a JCS ornament issue. This is the one that set off my idea of a Chrismoose tree! Merry Winter is from Homespun Elegance, using Gloriana silks. At bottom is Love from JBW, and Snowy Day is a freebie from maybe Cricket Collection or Waxing Moon.

Top left, clockwise is a Prairie Schooler from a JCS ornament magazine. I love the fabric I stitched it on. I wish I could remember what it is. Next is Comfort & Joy, from a Primitive Punchneedle and Primitive Stitching magazine. Double is a LizzieKate, not a freebie but might be from a mystery sampler from some years ago. Last is a Trilogy or Bent Creek design. I used the 28ct WDW checkered fabric, 1 over 1, and boy, was that hard, lol! The 28ct Riviera linen works better for these 1 over designs. It sure is cute though.

Last of the todays parade...

Top left clockwise, a carrot from Cricket Collection on either Carrot or Tropical Orange linen. It's high to FFO this. Next is a Christmas ornament from a JCS ornament magazine. Below that is Peace by BBD, also from a JCS ornament magazine. The heart is found in the February 21 JCS magazine. It's a tiny little thing.

As usual, if you'd like to know more about a design, ask in the comments and I'll look for the particulars.

That's it for the parade. The next one will be medium sized.

Non-stitchy news is It's Hot! Things don't cool off around here until the end of September. Patience, grasshopper! I'm just glad my arm is doing great and I'm back to my usual level of stitching❤️ 

Alrighty! Take care everyone and we'll see you soon!