WIP UPDATE: November Quilt by Paula Vaughan

Hi Stitchy Friends!

I have completed 10 hours on my Paula Vaughan November Quilt. If you missed my post on how I rotate through my wips you can read that here.

I started this piece in the fall of 2016 and up until this rotation I only worked on it for the one day that I started it and about an hour for a SAL last Fall :(  I have quite a few wips that are that way unfortunately so I am glad that my rotation is working for me and allowing me time to work on a variety of my wips :)

Here is my starting picture:

Here is my ending after 10 hours of work:

I worked on the quilt area of the design as this is the part that will take the longest. It is full of fractional stitches so that makes it slower going. The wagon is all full crosses and the majority of the background is half stitches so once this quilt is done it will go pretty quick I think. Loving this design so far and there are a few more of the quilt designs I would like to stitch from this booklet. The book that this pattern is found in is called Quilts For All Seasons. This is what the November Quilt will look like finished:

Did you see my cute little Squirrel minder? That is from No Name Needle Minders on Facebook :)

Next up in my home rotation is to compete the next 2 rows on my HAED SS MC King Coda Story Teller by Aimee Stewart. Lots of black in them so they should go pretty quickly as there will not be a lot of color changing :)

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stitching!
Laura

Design Details:
Name: November Quilt by Paula Vaughan - Quilts For All Seasons
Fabric: 32 Count Cream Belfast from Zweigart
Stitched:2 over 2 Full Cross 
STARTED: September 7, 2016
Needleminder - NoName Needleminders on Facebook

WIP UPDATE: HAED Dreamer Max Colors by Nadia Strelkina

Hi Stitchy Friends -

I have completed my two work week session on my Heaven and Earth Design Dreamer in Max Colors by Nadia Strelkina. This one is full of confetti on the first page due to the beautiful tree and the leaves so it is a lot of color changes and a lot of colors where there are maybe 1 or 2 in that area and that is it. Slow going but will be well worth it in the end! Here is my Beginning and ending pictures and what this beauty will look like finished.

Beginning: 

Ending: 

What this will look like finished:

Next up for my Two Work Week rotation is my HAED New Girl 3 by Bec Winnel. I am close to having 2 more pages complete (less than 100 stitches) so that will be exciting!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stitching!
Laura

Design Details:
Name: Dreamer by Nadia Strelkina Max Colors charted by Heaven and Earth Designs
Fabric: 28 Count White Lugana
Stitched:1 over 1 Full Cross 
STARTED: January 22, 2017 
Needleminder - Heaven and Earth Designs - Little Blue

Mill Hill Angel With Cardinal by Jim Shore

Good Morning Stitchy Friends -

I realized that I had not posted the Christmas Ornament that I made this year for my Grandma's remembrance ornament. I posted the one that I finished for my Grandpa a few days ago. If you missed that post you can see it here.

As I mentioned in that post I have been making a Christmas Ornament each year in honor of my Grandma and Grandpa since they have both passed. This is the second year that I have done this and this year I wanted both of their ornaments to feature a cardinal. For Grandma's ornament I chose to stitch the Angel With Cardinal Mill Hill Kit by Jim Shore.

I did make a small modification to this and changed the eye color to a hazel green like my Grandma's eyes were.

Here are a few progression pictures and then my finish:

I still need to fully finish this one as well so I will post a picture of that when I get that done. This was my very first time stitching a Mill Hill kit and I think it turned out beautifully! I will definately be stitching more of these!

Thanks for stopping by!
Laura

Design Details:
Name: Angel With Cardinal by Jim Shore - Mill Hill Kit 
Fabric: 14 count perforated paper
Stitched: As charted in the kit
STARTED: May 17th, 2017
FINISHED: June 19th, 2017
Needleminder - Gina's Unique Boutique