Sunday, September 22, 2019
Designer Tracker: Brightneedle
Here is where I keep track of patterns by Brightneedle that I've stitched, or may want to stitch someday. Let me know if you've got any of these! Maybe we can stitch it together. :)
✘ Key West Sampler ~ Stitched! Finished 9/22/19, details here
☐ Garden Party
☐ House on Booberry Lane
✘ I Spy... ~ I've got the pattern, awaiting materials
☐ Orchard
☐ Route 100 Sampler
☐ Savannah Sampler
☐ Spooky Halloween
☐ Sweet Autumn
☐ Sweet Spring
☐ Sweet Winter
☐ Tall Trees
☐ Windy Hill
Blueberry Lane
☐ No. 6 Blueberry Lane
☐ No. 11 Little Ones
☐ No. 18 Flower Shop
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Key West Sampler
'Key West Sampler' by Brightneedle |
Start: May 26, 2019
Finish: September 22, 2019
Ramblings:
Colors are all based on what you can find in the Keys: the feral parrots (although it should be a chicken), the fishes, the Fleming-O house, the flowers. Letters are in 'Irish Cream' for the St. Paddy's Day trips I've had down there. :)
This was start 26/31 for Stitch Maynia 2019, pulled it back out to finish up for #SamplerSeptember. :)
Project Notes:
✘ Stitched with two strands on 32-count Belfast linen in Alluring Blue by Zweigart
✘ Added DMC 606 to parakeet's wings, eye is in DMC 310, beak is in DMC 3790
✘ Hibiscus is in CC Goldfish, Plumeria is in GA Raspberry Parfait
✘ Orchid is in DMC 33, Bougainvillea is in DMC 3808
✘ 'key west' is in TWX Irish 1063 Irish Cream
✘ Yellowtail Snapper (top right) is in Mo's Sale Precious Star and TWX 1144 Sea Treasures
✘ Windows are in TWX 1010, door is in DMC 3866
✘ Doormat is in WDW Moss, porch is in DMC 333
✘ Boat is in DMC B5200 & Mo's Sale Patty Cake, used a longstitch vs. cross stitches for rope
✘ Flag is made of satin stitches in DMC: 666, 740, 444, 701, 825, 550
✘ Blue Parrotfish (bottom left) is in GA Black Raspberry Jam
Thread Changes, from Gumnuts STARS:
174 = GA Raspberry Parfait | 193 = DMC 3727 | ||
235 = DMC 3608 | 293 = DMC 3804 | ||
464 = TWX 1010 Aloha | 486 D = TWX 1115 Coffee n' Cream | ||
626 = DMC 906 | 645 = DMC 906 | ||
646 = DMC 904 | 744 = Mo's Sale Precious Star | ||
746 = TWX 1105 Sunset | 748 = Mo's Sale Precious Star | ||
823 = CC Goldfish | 945 = DMC 3790 | ||
947 = DMC 3781 | 991 = DMC 3866 | ||
CC = Classic Colorworks/Crescent Colours | GA = The Gentle Art Sampler Threads | ||
TWX = ThreadworX | WDW = Weeks Dye Works |
Section of Oops?
✘ Flowers to right of house are lower than charted
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Thursday, September 19, 2019
Raccoon & Sunflower
'Racoon' from cross-stitch-pattern.net |
'Blackwork Flower (Fill) Pattern' from Imaginesque |
Start: September 10, 2019
Finish: September 10, 2019
Ramblings:
Made this for Connie. :)
Project Notes:
✘ Fabric is 18-count Oatmeal Aida
✘ Racoon is stitched with two strands, in DMC: 3787, 3799, & 3866
✘ Sunflower is stitched with one strand, in Gentle Arts: Picnic Basket & Weathered Barn
✘ Used ThreadworX 1105 Sunset to whip stitch shut
Section of Oops?
✘ Using a fabric that yellow doesn't show too well on?
✘ Began stitching raccoon in wrong orientation, added whip stitch along the top
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