WIP "By The Sea" #2

Detail:

Entire piece, work-in-progress:

This is about three weeks of stitching on this piece. It's definitely more abstract than a lot of things I stitch. I am really enjoying the gentle colors and my laying tool is getting a workout.

February Stitching Review

February Stitching Review

Finished in February:

Carlene Harwick - "Royal Wind" charted canvaswork design (Workshop-by-mail)

Melissa Shirley - Easter Egg painted canvas - bunny with boat
Melissa Shirley - Easter Egg painted canvas - bunny at house

Here are the ones I have in progress:

Amanda Lawford - Royal Santa (huge)

David McCaskill - By The Sea Line Drawn canvas +threads (Started Feb 2010)
La-D-Da - Eve cross-stitch

KS Designs - Washington Miniature Stocking Ornament (with whale doll) (Started Feb. 2010 as car project)
Needlepoint of Back Bay - Fruit Rug (Square 2 of 12) painted canvas with wool threads
Painted Canvas - unknown designer - Craftsman design (working on this as I buy the wool for the rug) (Started August 2009)
Summer Truswell own design - Sunshine & Shadow charted canvaswork
Summer Truswell own design - 1st house line-drawn canvas embroidery picture
Summer Truswell - purple gift box

Kitted and ready to go:

Mirabilia - Sleeping Beauty (needs fabric)
Red Owl Stash - Cupcake Ornament (charted canvas +threads, etc)
Shepherd's Bush - Winter Dreams Sampler
ST - Moss Circles - needs canvas (Only stitching if class proposal is accepted)
ST - Drunkards Path - (only stitching if class proposal is accepted)
Summer Truswell - Whitework Ornament
Teresa Wentzler - Noah's Ark
Santa with Bears Christmas picture (kit)

Painted Canvases to be stitched: (no threads)

A Collection of Designs - Snowmen decorating tree star ornament (6" tall)
Amanda Lawford - Nutcracker Santa (18")
Amanda Lawford - Floral with black pillow
Blue Dogwood Designs (Kay Fite) - Ferry Ornament
Blue Dogwood Designs (Kay Fite) - Pike Place Ornament
Chameleon Design - Round "Hunt" pillow - 16" across?
Chameleon Design - Heart with Key pillow - 12" across?
Elizabeth Turner - Christmas Photo Frame
Mary Engelbreit - Christmas Heart ornament
Madeline Lake - Snowman
Madeline Lake - Blackbird
Madeline Lake - Sailboat
Madeline Lake - Rooster
Needlepoint of Back Bay - City Frog frame weight (large)
Needlepoint of Back Bay - Monkey eating fruit
Needlepoint of Back Bay - Celtic Knot
Needlepoint of Back Bay - Iris Four-Way
Unknown designer - botanical fruits rectangle (for bolster?)
Unknown designer - Hanging ornaments
Unknown designer - Woman with boy and spyglass
Unknown designer - Paisley pillow
Unknown designer - sports cumberbund (to make into an ornament)
Unknown designer - stained glass egg #1
Unknown designer - Floral motif repeat
Unknown designer - stained glass egg #2
Unknown designer - phoenix egg

2010 Goals: Keep up with the MTP program. Finish Melissa Shirley egg works-in-progress. Make progress on all other works-in-progress. Finish Eve UFO.

February Goals: Finish Royal Wind.

March Goals: Finish both Melissa Shirley Easter egg work-in-progress canvases. Since I finished those in February, here are new goals

March Goals: Progress on canvases: David McCaskill "By the Sea", Washington Whale Stocking. Catch up on finishing. Progress on Eve.

2011 Goals: Finish MTP Program, receive Journeyman and Fellow levels. Finish large Royal Santa.

2012 Goals: Teach final class at MTP, receive Master level.

WIP "By The Sea"

I started this piece last week - it is a line drawn canvas and the stitch guide is pretty thorough - although it came out in 2000 so the stitch diagrams are hand-drawn old style!

It's coming along!

Detail- the purple ribbon has a couched edge added later and the purple diagonal is in-progress.

Hearts Gone Wild Detail

This picture is for Jan, who is having issues with the hearts on her border. I didn't stitch this piece; it was stitched by a client for whom I finished the design into a pillow. Hopefully a bigger picture helps!

Two Melissa Shirley Easter Eggs...

These two canvases have been in my stash as work-in-progresses for quite a while! I really love Melissa Shirley's designs and these are quite charming.

I stitched the bunny with the boat completely in tent stitch and basketweave. I wanted to use only hand-dyed six-strand cotton only from my stash, but I added in just a touch of Kreinik metallic on the boat for the metallic paint.

Threads Used:

Dragon Floss – 11 Sunlit Waters

The Dye is Cast – Moonlight, Lemonade

Seaside Treasures - Moondark

Weeks Dye Works – Onyx, Pebble, Deep Sea, Crimson, Oak, Saffron, Sophie’s Pink, Sage, Emerald, Tin Roof, White Lightening, Emerald, Butter Bean

For the Easter Bunny House (surrounded by Jelly Beans!) I used a variety of specialty threads and stitches and just had a bunch of fun. The bunny is Wisper fuzzy thread!

Threads Used:

Au Ver a Soie yellow

Brown Paper Packages Silk N Ivory - Lime

Caron Collection Impressions – 3017 Gold, Watercolors Dark Red Overdye

DMC Floche

Dragon Floss – 11 Sunlit Waters, 12 Misty Vapours

The Dye is Cast – Sunbaked, Apple Blossom, Bright Leaf, Fuschia, New Grass

Kreinik Silk Serica 4163 Moss

Needle Necessities – 1481 Lavender

Rainbow Gallery Wisper

Weeks Dye Works – Onyx, Camelia, Pebble, Cactus, Scuppernong

Both are finished with green silk dupioni and the color really matches on both of them - it looks odd in the boat picture but it really goes with the greens in the grass. Fun!

Royal Wind by Carlene Harwick

"Royal Wind"

"Royal Wind", designed by Carlene Harwick, is an ANG Workshop by Mail. I believe it is available until June 2010.

I stitched this piece in January and February 2010. Color changes, small design changes, and all the mistakes are mine alone. ;) Stitched on congress cloth with DMC floss and spools and spools and spools of Kreinik Metallics.

Swim-A-Thon Sponsorship - Want an ornament?

We would really appreciate it you would consider sponsoring Victoria in her upcoming Swim-A-Thon. We have a couple months to collect sponsors - It will be held on Saturday, April 17th, 2010. The swim team needs to raise money to resurface their pool this August.

Last year Victoria swam 100 laps; the maximum they are allowed to swim is 200 laps. You can sponsor her on a per-lap basis (.10 a lap would be $10 if she swam 100 again, .25 a lap is $25, etc.), or you can make a flat donation to her sponsorship.

I would like to thank the folks who do sponsor my daughter, too. Everyone who sponsors her will get their name written on a slip of paper and I will put it in a bowl and have Victoria draw a name. That person gets to pick any ornament from the 2009 Just Cross-Stitch Ornament issue and I will stitch and finish it for you as my gift. See pictures of the ornaments at http://anitas-stitching-addiction.blogspot.com/2009/09/pictures-of-2009-just-cross-stitch.html Alternatively, I can stitch a whitework ornament for you of my own design. If you don’t want a stitched ornament from me, that’s ok, too, you can still sponsor her!

Donations are tax deductible as our swim team is a registered non-profit.

Please e-mail me at me@summerlouise.com or send me a message if you would like to sponsor her and I will send you the information.

Thank you! Summer