Hi there Friends and Fellow Stitchers!!!
Well tonight I have finished the EMS Geranium Faerie! I am very happy with how she came out and I am loving the sparkle! I have 3 photos to show you ... one is of the faerie taken on the scanner so you can see her close up, one is taken with my camera so that you can see the sparkle in the pink areas & in her wings, and one of the whole piece that shows all of the faeries together, minus the last section that the last person will stitch.
So here she is!
I am very happy to have this faerie finished. And I'm pretty pleased with how she turned out. I was worried that she wouldn't fit in with the other faeires on the piece. But I think she looks pretty good.
I have a little frog to do and finish up the angel that I have started and then this round robin is completely done! :~)
Tomorrow (actually today after looking at the time), I will be starting my SAL with HAED Pale Rose. We will be stitching one month on & one month off. We had planned to start on August 1st, however, after my mother in law passed away, we postponed the start date to August 10th. So we'll stitch the rest of August and then off in September, etc. I'm excited to start it, but I think it will be a slow start.
Until Next Time,
♥ Margie ♥
Hello Everyone ~
It has been a hard few days, but at the same time, it has been a good few days, as weird as that sounds. We have been spending so much more time with my husband's family and it has been really great. The brothers are acting like brothers again. Our kids have been playing with their cousins and having so much fun together. I can't recall a time in the past where we have all hung out together so much and felt a true sense of family. The sad part is that it took a death in the family for this to happen. I just hope it doesn't change back to the way it was.
On a brighter note, I finally was able to bring myself to do a little bit of stitching tonite. Yes, I know it is almost 4:30 in the morning. Neither my husband or I have been asleep yet. But I finished the eyes and wings on the faerie, so I thought I would post an update and then try to get at least a little bit of sleep. I think this faerie is turning out really cute. Again, it's not very easy to see the sparkle from the blending filament in the pink areas and now also in the wings. Once I am completely finished I will post a picture both from the scanner and also with my camera so you will hopefully be able to see the sparkle that I've added to it.
So here she is ...
I don't know if I will be able to do anymore stitching on her within the next day or so, but I will try. If not, then I will work on her more in a couple days and hopefully get all the back stitching finished & she will be done!
Thank you all so very much for your kind comments and condolences. We really appreciate them from the bottom of our hearts.
Until Next Time,
♥ Margie ♥
Hi Stitching Friends!
Well, I pulled another all niter, this time however, I only stitched for about half of that time. During my stitching time, I was able to get all of the green areas finished. All I have left is the eyes, wings and back stitching!!! YAY! I will be so glad to get this piece finished and move on the the next one. I am having fun watching this piece come to life!
I used the iridescent blending filament on all the pink areas, and have decided to use the silver blending filament when I do the wings. I think that will look pretty.
So here is what my cute lil faerie looks like now ...
How does she look so far? I am really liking how she is turning out.
Well, I'm off to get a few hours sleep. Later on this afternoon, my husband wants to go to Buffalo Wild Wings, as it is 10 cent boneless wings Thursday. But I expect to have another update by this time tomorrow at the very latest with the eyes and wings done. I will post an update after that and before I start the back stitching.
Until Next Time,
♥ Margie ♥
Hi Everybody!!!
Well, I have made my first attempt at using blending filament on all of the pink sections of this piece. It's hard to see the sparkle in it with this picture, but in person it looks really pretty. When I finish the whole piece I will take a picture with just my camera instead of using the scanner and hopefully you'll be able to see the sparkle in it. I think this faerie is turning out pretty cute! I am really excited to be nearly done with the X's. Just the green sections and the wings and then back stitching left!
So here is the EMS Geranium Faerie so far ...
I think I am going to use the silver blending filament for the wings just so it's different then the pink areas.
So that is enough stitching for now. After I get a few hours of sleep, then I will get right back to it! Another update will be coming soon!
Until Next Time,
♥ Margie ♥
Hello Friends!
Well it's been a couple days, and I had some trying times while stitching the body of this cute little faerie, but at last here is an update!
Isn't she cute?! After I had gotten about halfway through stitching the body, I realized a mistake and had to take out almost all of what I had stitched for the body. But now her body is all stitched and it's on to the next section!!!
I am having so much fun stitching this piece. She is such a cute little faerie. I have decided also to add some sparkly Kreinik blending filament when I stitch the wings and the flower in her hair to give it an extra special touch. I think it will look really cute.
I'll have another update really soon!
Until Next Time,
♥ Margie ♥
Hi Everyone!
I am finally making progress on the first round robin that I became involved in. I am sad to say that I have been lagging for way too long on this round robin. The ladies in the group have been so wonderful and patient. And I am determined to get their pieces finished. I wanted to post what I've completed tonite. The theme on this piece is faeries. She chose the stitching area to only be 50x50 stitches and I found it very hard to find a piece that would work out. And finally the piece I chose I had to cut down quite a bit, but I think it will look alright. She is the EMS Fantasy Babies Geranium Faerie.
So here is a picture of what the entire pattern looks like.
Isn't she adorable?!!! Well in order to make her fit into the 50x50 requirement, I have had to cut off most of everything around the faerie, so that there is barely any flower in the top left corner and only a little bit of leaf in the bottom right. In fact, in order to not cut out any of the faerie, I am actually stitching 54x56. So I am hoping the lady whose piece this is doesn't mind that it's a tiny bit larger than what she asked.
I completed the hair tonite. And here is a picture of it.
You can see where the hair is just slightly above the marks. Again, I am hoping she won't mind.
I'll be posting another update again very soon, as I want to get this piece as well as the other 2 finished by the end of the month ... 8 days and counting! Wish me luck!
Until Next Time,
♥ Margie ♥
Hello Everyone!!!
Lil Stitch Devil is COMPLETE!!! I will be ironing & packaging him up to be sent to my friend in Canada so she can stitch the next section! Each person will stitch a different Lil Stitch Devil, although I won't know which one they are stitching until the piece comes back to me all finished with a total of 4 Lil Stitch Devils on it. There are a total of 8 Lil Stitch Devils designed by EMS. So there's no telling which ones they have planned. I am very excited about it & can't wait till my piece finds its way back to me in a few months.
Well without further delay, here is my finished Lil Stitch Devil with Bobbin!!!
At first I was going to do my signature in one of the darker reds. But I thought that with the location on the piece that I was going to stitch my signature, that it would look better to have one of the darker grays.
So now my Lil Stitch Devil is finished. Next I will be working on finishing the rest of the L&L 1999 Free Christmas Angel piece for the other Round Robin (aka Fat Bird) that I am in. Also on Monday I get to start my 1st HAED pattern!!! And of course I will continue to stitch my section of the Round Robins pieces that I get. Round Robin #1, Once the RR's are completely finished, I will work on stitching some holiday cards that I will be sending out in December to family & friends. It is such a cute pattern of a Sahuaro cactus with a Santa hat on top & xmas lights on it. Since we are in Arizona, I thought this would be really cute for holiday cards. It's a small & quick pattern, so it shouldn't take very long at all to stitch each one up.
Well that's about all for now! I'll post a progress picture of the Angel RR piece a little bit later on!
Until Next Time,
♥ Margie ♥
