WIWO - 2/29/2016

Last week, I stitched exclusively on the Disney Princess Clock from Clouds Factory.  It's turning out to be a fairly quick and easy stitch except for the white confetti stitches and Mulan's flower, both of which need some fixing.  There's also a mistake in the upper tower, but I haven't decided whether to leave it or fix it yet.

Here's where it was last time:

 And here's where I left off yesterday evening:

Serving...

Wednesday evenings during Lent, our church has a soup supper before the church service.  Tonight the meal was served by the second grade Cub Scouts and Brownies.  The second graders also sang during the service.  I "stole" this picture from our church's Facebook page.

WIWO - 2/22/2016

It was a really good stitchy week this time.  In addition to the two finishes posted below, I also had two mini-finishes and one start.

My first mini-finish was Paris which is the February part of the Pumpkin Passport.  It's being stitched on an old piece of 28-count Jobelan, but I don't know the color name or who dyed it.  The only change I made was accidental.  In January, I accidentally stitched the top scalloped border in the same color as the bottom border, but it was supposed to be done in a light pink.  I discovered the mistake when I looked at other stitchers' work, but decided I liked it this way so didn't frog it.

Started: 2/17/16

Finished: 2/18/16

Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery

My second mini-finish is February's postcard.  It's also Paris this time.  It's being stitched on 16-count Aida in Haven from Picture this Plus.  I did make a few changes on this one.  I've changed the borders from white to blue (797) and added my initial to the cafe sign, changed the top of the Eiffel Tower, used two strands of black for the backstitching on the sign post, lamp pole and table and chairs to make them stand out more.  The backstitching around the lamp itself and the post mark is in one strand.  I also changed the stamp from 797 to 3760 because I didn't think the backstitching would show up on the darker color.

Started: 2/18/16

Finished: 2/21/16

Clouds Factory (Postcards from the World)

Finally, my start was enabled by a post on the Stitch Maynia Facebook page.  One of the members posted her started of Clouds Factory's Disney Princess Clock so  I looked up the pattern Disney Princess Clock. 

Since I have a princess loving granddaughter with a birthday coming up in March, I decided to stitch it for her.  I'm doing this on 25-count Lugana in Blue Diamonds from Silkweaver (2 over 2) that I found in my stash.  I started with the castle and so far has been an enjoyable stitch.

 

It's Cookie Time

Kyleigh is a Brownie and her troop is currently selling Girl Scout cookies.  They had their second booth sale this morning and sold 55 boxes in front of a grocery store.  Since I'm one of the cookie mom's, I'm attending all of the booth sales.  We took this picture during a short period of inactivity.

Kyleigh is the one in the middle on the left.

Happy Dance - Snowman in Jar

Started: 2/15/2016

Finished: 2/17/2016

Cross Stitcher Magazine #297

 

 This was stitched on Dwarf 18-count Aida from Picture This Plus with one strand using the called for DMC.  

 

The original design by Durene Jones is below:

Instead of stitching the background, I stitched it on Dwarf 18-count Aida from Picture This Plus with one strand of the called for DMC for the rest. I also eliminated the jar and just stitched the design.

This is my February ornament for the 2016 Christmas Ornie SAL.  The theme this month is Snow.

Happy Dance - Snowman with Guitar

Started: 2/11/2016

Finished: 2/15/2016

Cross Stitch Christmas Favorites

This was stitched on Dwarf 18-count Aida from Picture This Plus with one strand using the called for DMC.  There are a few modifications to the backstitching, but otherwise, it's stitched as charted.  

 

This is one of a series of snowmen playing musical instruments.  I chose this one because my granddaughter received a small guitar for Christmas and this is for her.  

She was here tonight and wanted to know why it said 2015 when I didn't stitch it until 2016 and I told her that it was her 2015 ornament because she hadn't gotten one yet.  BTW, she approved my choice and thought it was a great idea to be able to look at the ornament in future years and remember the guitar.

WIWO - 2/15/2016

This week I had two finishes which you can read about in the posts below.  Once I had finished with them, I started this snowman with a guitar.  It's being stitched on 18-count Dwarf Aida from Picture This Plus.