Stitch Maynia 2018 Starts 8 - 14 / Gifted Gorgeousness May 2018

Image from Princess Sassy Pants website

Week 2 of Stitch Maynia 2018 has been and gone and my new starts have been continuing as planned for the most part...

Start 8/18 - 8th May 2018
Start #36/2018
Queen's Heart
Just Nan
Fabric: 28ct Opal Lugana - studio sessions piece / Colour Cascade Fabrics
Thread: DMC as charted

Start 9/18 - 9th May 2018
Start #37/2018
Jasmine Mix
Just Nan
Fabric: 32ct Opal Belfast - "Year of the Rooster" Limited Edition - Jodyri Designs
Thread: DMC as charted

Start 10/18 - 10th May 2018
Start #38/2018
Tabby Cat
Mill Hill Kit
Fabric: 14ct perforated paper (kit)
Thread: DMC (kit)

Start 11/18 - 11th May 2018
Start #39/2018
Old Glory
Little House Needleworks
Fabric: 28ct Lugana "Dapple" Picture This Plus
Thread: DMC

Start 12/18 - 12th May 2018
Start #40/2018
Nothing But Tea
The Sampler Girl
Fabric: 28ct Evenweave coffee dyed (base fabric was light grey)
Thread: "Masquerade" Jodyri Designs

GG SAL hosted by Jo (Serendipitous Stitching)

The next couple of starts also fall into the GG category for May....

Start 13/18 - 13th May 2018
Start #41/2018
Mother's Day Bookmark
Kate Knight
Source: Free Gift from Cross Stitch Crazy
Fabric: 14ct Aida (kit)
Thread: DMC (kit)

Start 14/18 - 14th May 2018
Start #42/2018
Proverb's 3-4
Paola Gattiblu
Source: Giveaway Gift from Kaye (Kitten Stitching)
Fabric: 28ct Evenweave coffee dyed (base fabric was light grey)
Thread: "Blue Moon" Jodyri Designs

I love these 2 Gatta (cat) designs... they are so gorgeous and I do plan to stitch them both..... Thank you Kaye :o)

Til next time, have a great stitchy week... take care and happy stitching xx

Because I love this picture so much I am going to keep it at the bottom of every GG post.... Miss Mouse is the most loving puppy you could ever have... her love is a gift to us so I think it is quite fitting that she is in my 2018 GG posts!

Jo from Serendipitous Stitching hosts the Gifted Gorgeousness SAL.  The GG SAL is about stitching charts/kits or using fabrics & threads that we have received as gifts, won in giveaways or anything that is intended be a gift or giveaway prize... or anything else that you can loosely use the word "gift" for!!  If you wish to sign up for this SAL, click on link here, or the button on my sidebar and you will be re-directed to Jo's blog.

April 2018 Stitching Update

Image from Princess Sassy Pants website

Look!  I'm on time this month!!  So besides the projects that you have already seen over the last few days, what else did I have in my stitching basket for April? Not much actually... 😉

April Starts: 2 (Holly-Word Art & Aladdin block)

April Finishes: 2 (Ete & Dream Big - as previously shown in my GG post - link is here)

WIP Updates

Reindog - Mill Hill Kit
Started: 12th February 2018

Tulip Time - Just Nan
Started: 4th August 2017
Fabric: 28ct Lugana "Malva" Chromatic Alchemy (gift from Tiff)
Threads: DMC as charted

(I meant to include this one in my GG post for April as the fabric was a gift from Tiff)

"The Bookshelf" - Little House Needleworks
Started: 8th January 2018
Fabric: 28ct Opal Lugana "Gaia" - Under The Sea Fabrics
Threads: DMC as charted

Holly-Word Art - Ursula Michael
Source: World of Cross Stitching (issue 223)
Fabric: 28ct Opal Brittney "Woollen Mittens" Jodyri Designs (Nov 2016 Ltd Edition)
Threads: DMC

Boo Club - Lizzie Kate
Started: 1 January 2018
Fabric: 28ct Lugana (studio session -Wicked Garden) Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC & Weeks Dye Works, GAST

Sad face... I didn't quite manage to get the "Spider" block finished last night on Boo Club so I will need to give that some more love on Friday.

The WIPs above have all received some more attention since their previous updates this month so I thought I would show them today... after all we need to have pretties in an update post!! 😃

And last but not least, here's my little bar graph for April....

So that's April done and dusted.... it was a good month for my WIPocalypse projects!

Til next time... happy stitching!

Late Gifted Gorgeousness Post - August 2017

I have been very remiss in posting for GG stitching for a couple of months.... but here I am at long lost with an update on no less than 3 x GG pieces!

Tulip Time - Just Nan
Started: 4 August 2017 (#48/2017)
Fabric: 28ct Lugana "Malva" Chromatic Alchemy
Threads: DMC as per chart
Fabric was a gift from Tiff (Tiffstitches A Blog)

I showed a start picture in my recent starts posts - I worked on this piece for another couple of hours after the challenge was revealed.

Dream Big - Country Cottage Needleworks

Started: 1 May 2017 (#37/2017)

Fabric: "Dawn of Spring" Jodyri Designs

Threads: mix of DMC, Weeks Dye Works & Jodyri Designs

Chart was a gift from Tiff (Tiffstitches A Blog)

The last time you saw it I was working on the rabbit using the Jodyri Designs thread "check name)

After a couple of days rotation in August it now looks like this:

Now I have just noticed that it would appear that I have never showed this start below... sorry...

Fur-ever Friends - Laurel Burch (Mill Hill Kit)

Started: 17 May 2017 (#41/2017)

Kit Fabric/threads: 28ct black linen with DMC

Chart was purchased using a gift from Linda (Stitching with my Furbabies)

I started this in May but haven't picked it up since... I really must do so soon as the colours are so gorgeous even if stitching on black is a pain in the you know what! 😏

Have a great stitchy week... and

Til next time, happy stitching

Jo from Serendipitous Stitching hosts the Gifted Gorgeousness SAL.  The GG SAL is about stitching charts/kits or using fabrics & threads that we have received as gifts, won in giveaways or anything that is intended be a gift or giveaway prize... or anything else that you can loosely use the word "gift" for!!  If you wish to sign up for this SAL, click on link here, or the button on my sidebar and you will be re-directed to Jo's blog.

Long overdue new starts update....

Image from Princess Sassy Pants pinterest page

I was going through my blog and realised that there are so many stitchy things that I haven't shown you yet!  So pull up a comfy chair, grab a cuppa and settle in for my New Start Parade!

Nantucket Rose - Lavender & Lace
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Whole Lotta Love" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Thread: DMC as per chart (#49/2017)
Started: 19 August 2017 (Nantucket Rose SAL hosted by Dena)

Castles in the Air - Long Dog Samplers
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "At Last" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Thread: DMC White (accents will be in gold or silver)
Started: 20 August 2017 (#50/2017)

Tulip Time - Just Nan
Fabric: 28ct Lugana "Malva" Chromatic Alchemy
Threads: DMC as per chart
Started: 4 August 2017 (#48/2017)
Guess What Challenge - Cross Stitch It's Fun FB group

Peacock Lady - Joan Elliott
Fabric: 28ct Opal Brittney "After the Rain" Jodyri Designs
Threads: DMC as per chart
Started: 9 July 2017 (#47/2017)
Joan Elliott July - FB challenge

Debi's Rose - Chatelaine (Martina Rosenberg) Freebie
Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Garden of Eden" Colour Cascade Fabric
Threads: DMC as per chart
Started: 2 July 2017 (#46/2017)
Colour Cascade Fabric SAL

Coffee Saves Lives - Heartstring Samplery
Fabric: 28ct Belfast Opal "Gold Digger" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: Hand-dyed threads as per chart
Started: 17 June 2017 (#45/2017)

Maidens of the Season Pt 1 - Mirabilia
Fabric: 28ct Lugana Opal "Silver Springs" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC as per chart
Started: 28 May 2017 (#42/2017)

Roccoco Ladies - Soda Stitch
Fabric: 32ct Belfast Linen "Fall to Pieces" Colour Cascade Fabrics
Threads: DMC as charted
Started: 16 April 2017 (#36/2017)
Stitch Maynia Tour De Designers SAL April 2017

The Porch Swing - Paula Vaughan
Fabric: 28ct Opal Brittney Linen "Year of the Rooster" Jodyri Designs
Threads: DMC as charted
Started: 26 March 2017 (#33/2017)

I think that's it for new starts other than the monthly SALs which I will save for another post...

Til next time, happy stitching!
Hugs xx