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Friday, 20 November 2009

Sew Winter

Sew Winter - an alphabet, a winter scene, a sprinkling of snow flakes and a few shining stars. This tiny sampler is stitched 1*2 on 36ct steel blue Gander linen with AVAS Blanc Optique, Needlepoint Inc 407 (Forest Green), DMC Metallic Silver and hem-stitched with DMC 927.

The stitch count is the same as that of Sew Autumn - 97 x 78 - for those wishing to create a seasons bell pull or to stitch all four seasons on one piece of fabric.

This chart is now available *here* or by clicking on the CHARTS link in the sidebar.

Thanks for visiting - have a good weekend

Take care

Labels: iStitch Designs, Seasons, Sew Winter

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

A Parisian gift and a peek!

An envelope bearing a French stamp arrived this morning and inside was a lovely card bearing the famous Parisian landmark. Also enclosed were some beautifully made floss drops - just look at the glittering CR - how pretty is that? Thank you my dear *friend* - you spoil me!

Yesterday's post delivered the long-awaited AVAS Optique Blanc silk thread so I spent the afternoon stitching on Sew Winter. It's not finished but I thought you might like a sneak peek! I found one error on the chart which I have now amended. I hope to release this very soon.

A big thank you to Edgar for the two dvds that I won on his giveaway draw.

Thanks for visiting

Take care

Labels: Gift, iStitch Designs, Sew Winter

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Sunday, 15 November 2009

Natalia's Sew Blue

I heard from Natalia in Australia that she has now finished Sew Blue. She stitched it 1*2 on 40ct creme linen using Dinky Dyes Pacific Ocean 93, Ningloo 54 and Choco Latte 31 and finished it as a pretty pinkeep. Both your interpretations of Sew Blue and Sew Red are wonderful Natalia and thank you for allowing me to post your pictures on my blog. These patterns are still free but now only available as part of Sew Noel package *here* or click the CHARTS link on the sidebar.

The AVAS Blanc Optique silk thread I am awaiting on for Sew Winter has still not arrived and I have now ordered an HDF white silk thread as a backup in case the AVAS has gone missing. As soon as either threads arrives I will stitch Sew Winter as quickly as possible. In the meantime I will stitch up the model for Sew in Love for an early release.

No stitching at all this weekend as Georgia came for a sleepover last night and we spent yesterday afternoon playing with my punches, old Christmas/birthday cards and a blank sheet of paper and some glue to produce collages. We also tried some origami where we made two types of swan. I had forgotten how much I like origami so I think I will look to buying some proper origami paper as the photocopy paper I was using was a bit thick to make really neat folds.

Thanks for visiting

Take care

Labels: Georgia, iStitch Designs, Sew Blue, Sew Noel, Sew Red, Sew Winter

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Saturday, 7 November 2009

Shari's Sew Autumn

Shari sent me a picture of her finished Sew Autumn. The fabric is Chalice 32ct lugana; the thread is Dinky Dyes Nature/Autumn hues and she also told me that she ran out of thread and had to improvise with the border. Isn't this a pretty version? This chart is still available for free as part of the Sew Noel package here or click on the CHARTS logo on the sidebar.

Not a good stitching day for me yesterday. I started the Sew Winter model for the second time. I originally started this on a steel blue linen with an HDF natural silk thread which didn't look right so yesterday I used DMC S5200 which is white with a really high shine but ... this is one of the worse threads I have ever stitched with! It twisted; it separated and it fluffed up even when I used Thread Heaven. I stitched part of the border and two letters of the alphabet and, despite the fact that it looked quite nice against the blue, I had had enough so out it came. I have some AVAS Blanc Optique on order from NIAH for my third attempt so I hope this doesn't take too long to arrive and that it gives me the effect I am looking for.

I then decided to stitch a Christmas ornament. I sorted out a chart, the fabric and threads and started to stitch the border but, despite using 36ct linen, it was coming up enormous so I decided to make the border a lot smaller. Of course the design no longer fits inside the border so I will chart up the border into my Macstitch program and design my own centre.

It's a nice day today - the sun is out although it's a bit chilly.

Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend

Take care

Labels: iStitch Designs, Sew Autumn, Sew Winter

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