I didn’t end up getting much stitching done yesterday, and still haven’t finished my little snowflake ornie … I forgot I still had my Love freebie sitting on my bedroom lapframe, so rather than removing it, I decided to put the final stitches into that one instead … and now the snowflake ornie is in its place ready for finishing off this week (in fact I may try and put a few stitches into it tonight). Apologies for the poor piccie, but I threw it on the scanner instead of trying to take a photo in grim evening light.
“Love” freebie by Plum Pudding NeedleArt
Stitched on 32ct cream Belfast linen (I think) with DMC
Yesterday I tried to take some photos of Lizzie*Kate’s Boo Club all finished and in one piece … unfortunately I now notice that my “in one piece” photo is a bit blurry, so I’ve done a bit of a cut-and-paste job in three sections instead. I didn’t have many of the recommended threads, as I don’t have a great stock of WDW or GAST threads to work from, and I wanted to stitch from my stash as much as possible, so I substituted quite a large number of threads in this piece. The details are at the bottom of the photos.
“Boo Club” by Lizzie*Kate
Stitched on 32ct Pipi hand-dyed linen by Countrystitch
Using a mix of recommended and substitute threads as follows:
Recommended ~ My Choice
WDW Mascara ~ WDW Mascara (but DMC 310 in the border)
WDW Whitewash ~ WDW Whitewash (but DMC white in the border)
WDW Taffeta ~ DMC 3740
WDW Guacamole ~ Crescent Colours Eve’s Leaves
WDW Purple Majesty ~ Needle Necessities 195 Coronation
WDW Carrot ~ DMC 3853
WDW Havana ~ WDW Havana
WDW Ocean ~ DMC 3809
GAST Tomato ~ GAST Burnt Orange
GAST Butternut Squash ~ Crescent Colours Finley’s Gold
GAST Ohio Lemon Pie ~ GAST Ohio Lemon Pie
GAST Forest Glade ~ GAST Forest Glade
The rest of the weekend has been spent helping Katie to set up our new flat electronics, and putting a Beef and Red Wine casserole into the slow cooker – I love winter for ‘slow cooker season’ 😀
And now I think I’ll sign off, and jump into my PJs ready for an early night – time to catch up on a few taped Cold Case shows, and perhaps a few more stitches into that little snowflake ornie (although it’s very hard to see the holes in the fabric this time of night).
Feather Stitching 
Two great finished there. I love those little eyes on Boo Club :o)
Both are lovely, but Boo is spectacular – congrats!
Very cute, Anne! If you hadn’t said anything about the colours, I’m sure nobody would have noticed you didn’t use the recommended ones! Who cares anyway? It looks great. But I guess if someone else is looking at it and like you, didn’t have all the recommended threads, they would get a good idea from yours what substitutes they could use.
The ‘Love Freebie’ is pretty – will you use it for something else? Where do you get all these freebies from – magazines or online? Just curious. I have looked at the freebies on various online sites, but don’t find much to appeal. I don’t buy many cross stitch magazines, so I probably miss out on some good stuff there. Never mind, I’ve got heaps to keep me busy 😉
That little freebie is just SO cute! 😀
We used to watch Cold Case religiously, till they introduced a boyfriend for the main character – it just seemed too unbelievable and we stopped watching it.
Hello it is too good-looking I like very much!
Best regards mary
Both of your finishes are lovely. Boo Club look awesome.
Everything is scrumptie, Anne, but could I just take “Boo..” home with me!?? 😛 Love and hugs
I agree with everyone else very gorgeous… But where are you???? I have logged in everyday and you aren’t here… Is everything ok in anneland???
Sharon – Melbourne