Happy Dance - Miranda

Started: 10/2/2018

Finished: 11/2/2018

This is the third project in the Hocus Pocus Trilogy from Mill Hill.  It's stitched as charted with the materials in the kit.  The only change I made was to use two strands of floss instead of three since I like the coverage and being able to use the loop start.

The other two projects are Mimi and Muriel, which were finished last year.

Mimi

Muriel

 

Because I lost the instructions (and never did find them), I had to order a new kit and I'm offering it as a giveaway.  It's a complete kit as I used the instructions only.  

Please comment on this blog entry only.  If more than one person wants it, I will draw a name on Sunday, 11/10.

Halloween through the Years

Janice posted some memories of previous Halloween costumes on Facebook this morning, so I thought I'd do the same starting with 2012.  In 2008, she was a pumpkin.

Tinkerbell in 2009

Cinderella in 2010

A butterfly in 2011

A pirate Princess in 2012

Rapunzel in 2013

Elsa in 2014

 Mal from Descendants in 2015 (Janice was Malificent)

 Cat Woman in 2016

A Witch in 2017

And finally, Picachu in 2018

I wonder what she'll be next year!

Happy Halloween

I hope everyone has/had a Happy and Safe Halloween today.  Here are some Halloween related activities.

Devin had to work late on Monday, so Janice and Kyleigh carved their pumpkins.  Kyleigh did Batsy and Janice did Picachu.

Kyleigh and Janice went to Treats in the Streets in the Orange Circle on Thursday with a friend and her daughter.  The expression says it all.

Don't worry, she got plenty of candy!

Friday night was Trunk or Treat, a Friendraiser at the Ronald McDonald House in Orange.  I worked the sign-in table for volunteers and then joined Devin, Janice and Kyleigh for fun games and goodies.  The lady next to me stayed at the house when her daughter was born a year ago and came back to help out.

Both  the Ghostbusters and Wild Wing (the Ducks mascot) were there.

And finally a group picture. Kyleigh is Picachu if you don't recognize the costume.

Finally, two more pictures that are Halloween related.  A selfie of Janice and Kyleigh

And a couple of pumpkins I found on one of the blogs I read this morning.  I have no idea where the picture actually came from.

Happy Dance - Witchy Jack

Started: 9/6/2018

Finished 10/1/2018

This is from the Just Cross Stitch 2018 Halloween Issue.  It was stitched on white 14-count Aida in the called for DMC.  This is another piece that required a lot of frogging and one major unintentional customization remains.  I doubt if you can tell what it is without comparing it to the chart though.

This was stitched for WOCS for a SAL using a Halloween charm pack.

October Catch Up Post #3 - Halloween

Every year our church and school host a Fall Festival at the school where the kids can go trick or treating through the cars and play games.  This year in honor of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's posting his 95 theses on the church door, the children got to do that too.  Kyleigh went with Chad (her father) so this is the only picture I have of her at the festival.

In this picture, she's a Halloween princess, but the costume is actually that of a witch.

On Halloween, Devin, Janice and Kyleigh all get dressed up and go trick or treating.  Kyleigh was a witch.

She has a Next Generation 18-inch doll that is one of her favorite toys.  At one of the boutiques we went to this year, we found a similar Halloween costume for her.  Here she is with the doll.

Devin and Janice did a couple costume this year.  Devin is dressed as Bob Ross, the painter of "happy trees" and Janice is one of his paintings.  Incidentally, she painted the painting on her shirt herself.

Happy Dance - Wanda's Hat

Started: 9/21/2017

Finished: 9/22/2017

This is Wanda's Hat from the Mill Hill Autumn Harvest Collection.  It's stitched as called for with the materials in the kit, except that again, I used two strands of floss for the cross stitch instead of the three called for.

It's not a very good scan and looks much better in person.

I had planned on doing a bunch of Halloween ornaments and mounting them to my kitchen window, because they wouldn't be seen from inside the kitchen.  Unfortunately, I've realized that this won't work because I'd have to mount them on the outside of the window which would most likely lead to disappearing ornaments.  So it's back to the drawing board.

Catch up Post - Mill Hill Finishes

Frankenstein

Started: 6/4/2017

Finished: 6/9/2017

American Pie

Started: 7/20/2017

Finished: 7/26/2017

This one will have a magnet added to the back of it and will go on my refrigerator with the rest of my collection of Mill Hill food.

Down the Chimney

Started: 7/27/2017

Finished: 8/2/2017

The hanger is made from leftover beads.

Clock Shoppe

Started: 6/13/2017

Finished: 8/3/2017

This is the third Christmas Village building that I've stitched so far.  I plan to stitch them all eventually.  It's stitched on 14-count pewter Aida with the called for threads.  This took so long because I accidentally dumped out one package of beads and had to get replacements.

This catches you up on all my missing Happy Dances.  I've now finished 20 projects for 2017, but as you have seen, most of them are small.  I do have some WIPs that I've worked on some, but I'll save those for the next time I stitch on them.

Two Finishes

Started: 2/2/2017

Finished: 2/7/2017

This is Muriel, one of the Hocus Pocus Trilogy from Mill Hill.  She's stitched as charted on the tan perforated paper with the threads provided.  The only change is that I use two threads for the cross stitch instead of the three called for.  This is my February stitch for the Trick or Treating All Year Long SAL on Stitch Mania.

Started: 1/30/2017

Finished: 2/8/2017

This is from the Crazy Kids section titled Woodland Friends from an older issue of Cross Stitch Crazy.  

It's stitched on white 14-count Aida with the called for DMC threads.  I did make a change though.  The flowers on the left were supposed to be stitched in grays, but I didn't like the gray so I changed them.

This will be going to WOCS as part of their Bunnies SAL.

Happy Dance - Mimi

Started: 1/1/2017

Finished: 1/16/2017

Mill Hill - Hocus Pocus Trilogy

Stitched with the materials in the kit.  I plan to stitch all three in this series over the next few months.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet though.