Lost Dragon Sampler: Third Post - Framed

Here's the first of the most recent batch of framed pieces.  The poor lost little dragon.

I decided to frame this one and Tales of Wonder very similarly, I'll post that in a few moments.  I used one of the same green "suede" mats that were used on Messy but Mine! and No Late Knight Snacking.  I did have a gold mat in the middle, but the only gold that really seemed to work was out of stock.  So the woman helping us came up with the fillet.  The bottom mat I decided to go with a brighter green to try to highlight the color in the picture.  The frame is a wooden frame with a bit of gold brushed around the edge.

Now let's check out Tales of Wonder...

Lost Dragon Sampler: Second Post - Complete

I realized that yesterday I was too hurried to finish my post so I could continue working I didn't really talk about the piece much.  This is by Dragon Dreams, I only found them a few months ago, but they completely rock!  I'm sure you can tell since I've already done two of their other charts.  This will be the first piece that I won't really be changing anything, except the fabric.

The first time I saw this what came to my mind, obviously, were the lost pet signs you see posted every once in a while.  So I thought, if I was making a sign for a lost pet in medieval times what would I use?  No, cross stitch, did not come to mind, but parchment did.  So I went looking at a few of my normal haunts and found a piece of 28ct Cashel Linen called Legacy by Picture this Plus.  The description calls it "a light parchment color."  Perfect.  It's sometimes difficult to see in the pictures, but it looks pretty nice.

Anyway to the pictures!

Here's where I ended last night, okay early this morning, I think it was 1:30am, maybe 2am.

I skipped the part with the beads since I use a hoop and they wouldn't play well with the hoop.

Then I completed the little guy this morning!

And I just finished it about a half an hour ago.

I accidentally made the small wording off by a half a stitch, but you can't really tell so I'm happy with it.  I can't believe it only took two days to stitch.

Project Stats:
Pattern: Lost Dragon Sampler
Pattern by: Dragon Dreams
Started Stitching: February 6, 2013
Finished Stitching: February 7, 2013
Fabric: 28ct. Legacy Cashel Linen
Floss: DMC 2 over 2, or 1 over 2 Kreinick #4 Braid

The thread was supposedly delivered today for Samurai, I'll have to go home to make sure, probably this weekend.  Until next time!

Lost Dragon Sampler: First Post

I know, I know... I was going to start Samurai.  However, I found out that I didn't have enough thread.  I was going to start anyway, but realized the new thread I purchased might not be close enough in color due to different dye lots so I ordered two more and will start when they get here.

In the meantime I started on my Lost Dragon Sampler.  And what better way to start than with this line:

Pressing on I did this:

Then this:

All of this was done today.  I think I'll be done tomorrow or Friday at the latest.  It's still early so I'm going to continue working on it tonight.  So no more talk from me, back to work I go!

Project Stats:
Pattern: Lost Dragon Sampler
Pattern by: Dragon Dreams
Started Stitching: February 6, 2013
Fabric: 28ct. Legacy Cashel Linen
Floss: DMC 2 over 2, or 1 over 2 Kreinick #4 Braid