No Late Knight Snacking: Third Post - Complete

Well, when I'm close to the end of the project I just can't put it down.  But on a good note... I found my knight! :D

And now time to finish it all off:

Yay!  If you look at the larger versions of the pictures you can see the sparkly on the knight.  I started to think that adding sparkly to the plumage would be too much, and after talking with my sister she agreed with me.  So no red sparkly, just silver.  But he did get more of a face.

I just giggle every time I look at the dragon's face.  He just looks so annoyed with the poor little knight.

Project Stats:
Pattern: No Late Knight Snacking
Pattern by: Dragon Dreams
Started Stitching: November 22, 2012
Finished Stitching: December 11, 2012
Fabric: 28ct. DMC Linen
Floss: DMC 2 over 2, or 1 over 2 Kreinick #4 Braid

I have no idea what I'm going to work on, or post, next.  So it will be a surprise... for both of us.

No Late Knight Snacking: Second Post

I worked a little bit on No Late Knight Snacking over the weekend and today.

Over the weekend I did a few greens:

Then I did whatever other colors I had on me at the time.  Even though I thought I had taken all the colors I needed.  I was actually very short, I grabbed the wrong bag.

Today I finished up all stitches on the dragon.

All I have left is my knight in shinning armor.  And back stitching.  I just really wanted to type that other part.

Project Stats:
Pattern: No Late Knight Snacking
Pattern by: Dragon Dreams
Started Stitching: November 22, 2012
Fabric: 28ct. DMC Linen
Floss: DMC 2 over 2, or 1 over 2 Kreinick #4 Braid
Percentage: 85.22% complete
Stitches: 1,735 out of 2,036 complete

Storykeep - Magical Arrival: The Sixth Post

It's been a while since I've posted on Magical Arrival, or any other HAED for that matter.  So here we go.

I've done quite a bit since my last post.  Mostly reds, actually I don't think it was mostly reds, I think it was all reds.

Project Stats:
Pattern: Storykeep - Magical Arrival
Original Artist: Anne Stokes
Pattern by: Heaven and Earth Designs
Started Stitching: January 31, 2012
Fabric: 18ct. White Aida
Floss: DMC 2 over 1
Percentage: 78.23% complete
Colors: 45 of 89 complete
Stitches: 18,599 out of 23,775

I'm going back and forth between working on this and No Late Knight Snacking.  This is one of the projects I want to finish before our next framing run, but I really want to finish before January 31, 2013.  However, my cousin's daughter really liked my Darth Vader Cookies, so, since I didn't have anything yet for her for Christmas, I'll try to stitch that up really quickly, but that won't be until Monday or Sunday when I get back home.

A Mother's Pride: Third Post - Complete

I love looking at cross stitches before the the back stitching goes in.  At first it just looks like a blob of colors running into each other...

Sometimes you can make out certain parts of the project, but once you get that back stitching in...

BAM!  It finally looks like something, and you have a completed project on your hands!

It took over two years and losing, then finding, the chart, but finally, it's all finished.  Yay!

Project Stats:

Pattern: A Mother's Pride

Pattern by: Dimensions

Started Stitching: June 15, 2010
Finished Stitching: December 5, 2012

Fabric: 18ct. Ivory Aida

Floss: Kit Floss various over 1

No Late Knight Snacking: First Post

Well, I've already finished the two colors that I said I'd do on No Late Knight Snacking.  That took me a lot less time to do than I anticipated.  I did have a small portion already completed, I was showing my cousin's daughter how to cross stitch, I gave her white Aida cloth and I was playing with this.  But even with the small amount to the left of the eye complete it only took me until 8 pm after yesterday's post.

On the left the front of the pamphlet for the project, on the right, my progress pic:

I'm using the same fabric I used for Messy... but MINE! to keep the same feel for both of them.  I'm toying with the idea of using silver blending filament in all of the knight's armor.  I found that the Kreinick blending filament works much better than the silver sewing thread I had used on Colombina and the black thread I used on Anthera.  I might also add some sparkle to his helmet plumage.

I also think I'm going to give the knight a nose and mouth.

Project Stats:
Pattern: No Late Knight Snacking
Pattern by: Dragon Dreams
Started Stitching: November 22, 2012
Fabric: 28ct. DMC Linen
Floss: DMC 2 over 2, or 1 over 2 Kreinick #4 Braid
Percentage: 39.73% complete
Stitches: 809 out of 2,036 complete

What I did find interesting is that there are less stitches in this entire piece, 2,036, than are left on A Mother's Pride, 2,176.  But I won't let that stop me!

A Mother's Pride: Second Post

One color, two symbols, down and one/two to go (oh yeah... and back stitching):

I'm torn right now.  I really want to finish this up, but I'm a little tired of beige and brown at the moment.  I'm tempted to take a day or two off to work on No Late Knight Snacking... but this is SO close!  The more I think about it the more I think I will.  I will only do two greens on it before coming back to this.  A Mother's Pride will get finished!

Project Stats:

Pattern: A Mother's Pride

Pattern by: Dimensions

Started Stitching: June 15, 2010

Fabric: 18ct. Ivory Aida

Percentage: 80.81% complete

Stitches: 9,162 out of 11,338 complete