Ophelia: Second Post - Page 1 (Again)

So, the last time I blogged about Ophelia was April of 2012.  I'm sad to say that every time I started working on her I got frustrated with the 25ct, 2 over 1.  So, I decided to restart her, this time 1 over 1 on 25ct. magic guide, and, I must say, I'm much happier.

This time I took a picture halfway through the first page.

And the first page complete (again).

Project Stats:
Pattern: Ophelia
Original Artist: Jonathon Earl Bowser
Pattern by: Heaven and Earth Designs
Started Stitching: August 15, 2009
Restarted Stitching: January 1, 2015
Fabric: 25ct. White Magic Guide
Floss: DMC 1 over 1
Percentage: 2.32% complete
Pages: 1 of 54 complete
Stitches: 7840 out of 338,400 complete

Since I was over halfway through page 2, I decided to go down to page 7 instead, just to work on something "different".  And I'm already 40% through that page too.  As I said, I'm much happier with it now, it's easier to stitch and I don't have any problems with the coverage as of right now, of course the real test will be when I get to page 3 or 9, where there are really dark colors, but the darkish colors in these two pages are covering really well.

Faces of Faery 88: Sixth Post - Complete

Yes, you read the title correctly.  Faces of Faery is done!  Not only is this my first finish of 2015, but it is my first ever HAED finish!  And I even finished it before the end of the sale.  Okay, enough words, it's all about the pictures.

This first picture is finishing up three colors that were the bulk of the remainder of the purple, and the last two colors in the lips.

Then I continued and did a bit more, this is where it was Sunday night:

At this point I only had 16 colors left.  So I pulled them all to make sure I had them, I was missing three, and I put them in a pile.  The way I decided what color to do next was whatever I picked up.  And this is where I got to after work Monday night:

I had today off so, being only 10 colors and 800 stitches from finished, I worked on her, only pausing long enough to eat... kinda.  And here she is done!

I made her bigger so she's easier to see.  And because I just wanted to make her bigger.

Project Stats:

Pattern: Faces of Faery 88
Original Artist: Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Pattern by: Heaven and Earth Designs
Started Stitching: October 4, 2013
Finished Stitching: January 20, 2015
Fabric: 28ct. White Evenweave
Floss: DMC 1 over 1
Percentage: 100% complete
Colors Stitched: 89 of 89 complete
Stitches: 30,800 out of 30,800 complete

So I've been trying to be a good stitcher and not start too many projects, so I'm trying to keep myself limited to one pattern per artist of the HAEDs.  And I was kind of bad, I already started on the one that's to replace this, the next Jasmine Becket-Griffith.  Okay, I started it months ago.

Faces of Faery 88: Fifth Post

Happy New Year!  It only took slightly over a week into the new year to finally post.

I'm trying to finish up some of my active projects including scarves, blankets and pictures.

One project I'm trying to finish up is Faces of Faery.  I want to finish it for a framing sale.  I still have a ways to go.

I was tired of the lifeless white eyes, so I decided to work on some of the colors in her eyes, which is also some of the lighter colors in the dragon.

So, 11 more colors down and I'm past the 90% mark.  She's getting there.

Project Stats:
Pattern: Faces of Faery 88
Original Artist: Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Pattern by: Heaven and Earth Designs
Started Stitching: October 4, 2013
Fabric: 28ct. White Evenweave
Floss: DMC 1 over 1
Percentage: 91.01% complete
Colors Stitched: 65 of 89 complete
Stitches: 28,032 out of 30,800 complete

Faces of Faery 88: Fourth Post

I have actually been working on Faces of Faery 88.  I did notice the other day when I put the WIP pic next to the original pic that my evenweave cloth doesn't appear to be so even, the stitched image is taller than it is wide, and the stitch count is square.  A little annoying, but it doesn't look bad.

This pic, I was just adding more fleshy colors to her face and more of her neck is visible, plus her eyes are getting some stitches as well.

And, as I knew I would, I got tired of flesh tones and did the purple with the most stitches.

It kind of looks funny now.  The dragon's been white for so long it seems weird for him to be that dark purple.

Project Stats:
Pattern: Faces of Faery 88
Original Artist: Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Pattern by: Heaven and Earth Designs
Started Stitching: October 4, 2013
Fabric: 28ct. White Evenweave
Floss: DMC 1 over 1
Percentage: 83.01% complete
Colors Stitched: 54 of 89 complete
Stitches: 25,568 out of 30,800 complete

I recently got my shipment of fabrics from Picture this Plus that I ordered back in July.  I know, that was a while ago, but I did order a lot of different colors, and I didn't need anything quickly.  In it was the fabric for The Wolf.  I might work on that eventually, but maybe not until next year.

Dragon Boo: First Post

My apologizes, I've been absent again.  At least it's not as long as last time.  I got caught up on a few books, then my cable modem died so I had to purchase a new one, then get it set up with my internet provider.

I don't normally do very many seasonal pieces, but then I saw this one, and there are four more.  I thought they were cute.  And looking at the other three that goes with it, Dragon Love, Dragon Noel and Dragon Hoppy, and how small they are, I just couldn't resist.

I first changed the lettering for the "Boo" from regular black to the black high luster.

And so I added in colors that I found in my stash.

Then I had to buy two colors, I ran out of the light green, and I couldn't find my glow in the dark white, yep, the little ghost glows in the dark!

Now I just need to do the back-stitching and I'm not really in the mood to do it, so I'll finish it up next month.

Project Stats:
Pattern: Dragon Boo!
Pattern by: Dragon Dreams & X's & Oh's
Started Stitching: October 5, 2014
Fabric: 28ct. Eek! Cashel Linen
Floss: DMC 2 over 2, Kreinik 1 over 2
Percentage: 100% complete, minus back-stitching
Stitches: 1250 out of 1250 complete

The Lion: Third Post - Framed

I framed The Lion a while back, but just forgot to take a picture of it, and post about it.

I'm hoping to be able to frame the rest in a similar fashion.  Which, I will, unless the frame gets discontinued, I guess I should stitch the rest quickly so I can frame them similarly.

Just a short little post, but one project completely finished.

Nocturne: Fifth Post - Complete

I, once again, had the desire to clean up my WIP page.  This time I had some success!  I pulled Nocturne out from it's drawer and within two nights I completed it, makes me wonder why I took so long to finally finish it.

It's always interesting going from 28 ct stitching to 14 ct.  I always feel like the stitches are way too big, especially when I'm doing 14 ct on 28 ct.  I start thinking, maybe I went over three instead of two.  And toward the end I actually did on two stitches, but I caught that before I even crossed them.

And as I've been doing with this piece I've taken a picture one dragon at a time.  First dragon:

Second dragon:

Third dragon (and complete):

So, one off of my to finish list, and one added to my to frame list.

Project Stats:
Pattern: Nocturne
Pattern by: Fire Wing Designs
Started Stitching: May 29, 2013
Finished Stitching: October 3, 2014
Fabric: 28ct. Lunar Cashel Linen
Floss: DMC & Weeks Dye Works 2 over 2
Percentage: 100% complete
Stitches: 8,799 out of 8,799 complete