First Photo Week.

Well welcome to our start of the weekly photo updates. I am excited to be back on the blog, so soon. I won’t be as photos heavy as you may want. I will try this format out for a while and see what happens.

I bought this lovely kit at Joann Fabrics, just yesterday actually. It is a kit by Janlynn called Heavy Going Grizzly. It’s not the whole picture do to the fact that it had a sticker in the middle of the image. I will be adding this to my stash until I have completed some of my WIPs. I will be showing any new stash buys at the start of my weekly updates unless it is a serious haul then I will try to do a haul post as soon as I buy it.

I started working on an alliance, as well as a horde symbol from World of Warcraft, yes it was a fresh start.Though I am making it as a gift from my boyfriend so I thought that it would be alright to stretch the rules a little. I plan on having them framed together but maybe not, it will be up to him. I’m sorry that the progress isn’t very much but I haven’t done a lot of stitching with Easter weekend, and other things in life.
Alliance/Horde / Pattern found Online / Unsure / 14 Count left over Aida / 4 Colors each (DMC)

The finish of the Anniversary sampler, more  on it in a later post with hopefully better pictures.
Celebrating Anniversary Record by Dimensions / 12″ x 9″ / 14 Count Ivory Aida / 17 Colors (provided)

The finish of Harvest Home. Just like the Anniversary Sampler, this will have a spot in the Friday Finishes.
The Song Of Harvest Home from Cross-Stitch & Needlework November 2013 / 7.375″ x 9.125″ / 28 Count Antique White Monaco / 9 Colors (DMC)

Thank you so much for reading/looking through my first Photo Update. It means a lot for all of you to take the time to look at my blog, I hope you all enjoy it just as much as I do. Thank you again.

Mars.

And Hearts are Warmed.

As you all can see, I have mostly finished the Warm Hearts Ornament. It was a joy to stitch, the kit came with the floss on the presorted card, the chart is bi-colored (with red and black), and the plastic canvas makes life so much better. Though it was a blast, I am glad it is mostly complete minus the felt backing, the cutting out, and the string that is used to hang it. Although those are small things that will take no time to fix, if I'd take the time to do them, it still seems incomplete. I am very sorry for the poor lighting, I took this picture in a dim light room at night on my iPhone. I will try to be more aware of the time of day next post. I know it took a bit longer then I had imagined, this kit should not take more than 2 weeks for a laid back stitcher and I'd guess a week at most for a fast paced stitcher. Although those are just guesses, I think this would be great for the weekends leading up to Christmas. By the way, does anyone have an ideas on the felt backing color? 

Mars.

Project Details:
Pattern: Warm Hearts Ornament by Dimensions
Size: 2.5″ x 4.75″ (6.35 cm x 12 cm)
Time: started 10-5-2013 finished 10-21-2013
Fabric: 14 Count Plastic Canvas
Colors: 14 Colors (provided)

Oh, Sweet Fawn

The first cross stitch, I ever worked on/completed. It was a kit that I had picked out from Joann Fabrics, one day while shopping with my mother.  With her advice and much need help I started working on it. This is what it looks like currently, it sits in a box with some other finished works of mine. It was never washed or ironed, pardon the wrinkles and the stains. The picture was taken just recently, on my iPhone.

Mars.

Project Details:
Pattern: Sweet Fawn by Jiffy
Size: 7″ x 5″ (18 cm x 13 cm)
Time: started 2010 finished 9 – 2010
Fabric: 14 Count Light Blue Aida
Colors: 14 Colors (provided)