Four Fine Finishes :D

Sorry about the title, couldn 't resist the alliteration...

I've been way behind on my Bride's Tree SAL - I got stuck on June's 'fruit' theme - I wanted some small cherries, hopefully slightly realistic looking. For some reason, a pattern like that, free or purchased, I just couldn't find.

So I kinda winged it, and here are my Cherries:




I finished them easily, in a day, because they are tiny, so I decided to move right on to July's 'fish' theme. The Bride's Tree blog had a link to another tiny pattern, so here's my fish:

Done in less than an hour! And I adore him! I think he's so cute - I want to make more, lol! I've got special finishing ideas for both of these, so I wanted them to be tiny.

I finished this month's ornament kit a few days ago:





I think this makes seven this year.

And ...finally!
Here he is, in all his completed 10,000 stithes glory...




Spike!

My favorite-est vampire ever!
Patten: PC Stitch, from an online avatar pic
Stitched with DMC on 14ct antique white
About 8x8 inches square. Finished on 8/27/10

Now... what next? I think I'll do a motif on Mary and dig out my Angel of Grace...

Black, Black, Black...

I got lots of the black done on Spike - I didn't even work on any of the other colors for a while. I have now, but it was after I took this pic. I'm hoping to show him off finished, soon :D

Here's my latest Bride's Tree ornie - this one was for May or June... the theme was 'Birds'. The next theme I'll be doing is 'Fish', but I haven't found any small fish design that I like yet.

And here's my start on the July-December SAL at HAED - 'SK Sunny' by Myka Jelina. Once again, she will be for my sister when she's done. She's much bigger than the Mermaid that I'm working on; wider and a whole lot taller.

I'm trying out gridding for the first time with her! I can't remember where I saw this style of gridding explained, but it's supposed to pull out very easily. I didn't have the nerve to actually mark the fabric with dressmaker's markers like some people do; her skin is all stitched with B5200 and with my luck it wouldn't fade and would show through forever. Here's what she'll look like done:

Little Things

Here are some of the little things I had done.

Another Christmas ornament (still working on all those little kits):

Two very small additions to Mary Wigham:

And a 'chibi' style pic of Snape, pattern from PCStitch. I've stitched all the black on him first, just to see how that went. (Pic was used with artist's permission)

I've been working away at the black on Spike but I don't want to post another pic of him until I have more done. I've also been working on HAEDs - my new SAL SK and a big project. I've also finished another Bride's Tree ornie, but I forgot to take a picture of it.

I Did Not Die...

I just vanished for a while!

Had some dental problems and I've been really busy besides that.

I've got a little progress to show though -

My Mermaid has a completed face!

And Spike nearly has one, too!

I'll show off the few little things I got done tomorrow or the next day.

Some Progress

Here's my mermaid after her monthly 10 hours:

She's gone from looking like an alien to looking like she has leprosy O__o

And here's my 'fanart' of Spike after his first 10 hours in a looooooooooong time:

I finished the dark green background and I've moved on to his face and the seemingly vast expanse of black that I have to stitch :D I'd say he's very close to being halfway done if he isn't already. He is one of the six projects I want to try and finish this year, and I've moved him up to be the 'focus' of my rotation now that Going to Market is done.

I'm working on Angel of Grace now! I should have a pic of her soon!

Going to Market

I finished it!






'Going to Market'
kit by Dimensions
finished size 8x17


I think the 'JPeg bug' ate the pic just a little, since you can't see the detail on the dress. I'll try again when there is more sun. There was a LOT more backstitching than I expected - I forgot about all the little polka-dots on her dress that had to be outlined - then had to have a french knot added to most of them.

I finished it on Saturday, the 8th, just in time to show Mum for Mother's Day. She doesn't actually get it until it's framed, lol!

I Forgot!

I've been really busy, and I forgot to post these two!

Bride's Tree for April (the theme was Rabbits):

This is a freebie, from Krenik, I think. It's tiny!

Ornament finished in April:

Again, one of my little kits that's been in a drawer for years. Called 'Santa Ho Ho' on the back...

I've got a lot of catching up on blogs to do, too! Yikes! Forgive me if I haven't commented lately! I will soon!