French Kitchen Garden

So I am still not done with part 1! Geeze, this is taking forever. I have been reading a whole lot lately so that explains part of it. Otherwise, I just feel like I am in slow motion when I am working on it. I am going to try my best to hang with it until I finish part 1. Then hopefully, I will be inspired enough to go ahead with part 2. I really want to catch up if I can... We are out of school today so I took all the kids to town for necessities. They actually did pretty well, considering. Tomorrow we have a cool church thing to do (food involved, lol) so we have a full weekend ahead. I am hoping to take a walk Sunday with my sister. yesterday, when I was speeding up and down the lass at school delivering messages I realized that I really miss walking! Plus I need to drop 5 pounds or so by August. 10 would be nice...but I don't torture myself. ;) Thanks for looking! Melissa PS I am doing a conversion for my French Garden, I only bought 1 silk the rest are similar variegated cottons or the recommended DMC option. javascript:void(0);

A little progress on Winter Faeire Dreams

Here lately, I have been reading like crazy! I am not sure what came over me but I have found myself unable to put a book down and do some stitching. I did make good progress on my sweet little fairy: I got kicked out of the Mira group on Facebook yesterday. :( I am very upset about it, but there is nothing to be done. They were forcing us to sign a roll call with a statement in it that I could not agree to. After trying to reason with the admins, and making a post to explain why I couldn't sign it (I just wanted my friends to know why I would be disappearing), I was booted, within 5 minutes. It was very disturbing and upsetting. I actually still can't believe that it happened. I promise I am not a trouble maker. I have behaved according to the rules the entire time I have been a member, about a year I think it was. I understand they needed to see who was still an active member but the way they are doing it, and refusing to back off the statement they made, is just plain nuts! They told me they didn't mean it the way it sounded, it was just a play on words. If that was the case I think they would have been willing to reword for me, and others who were bothered by it. Since they didn't, I can only assume they DO mean it and the group is heading in a direction I don't wish to be a part of anyway. But I will miss it! I was there several times a day, had friends and so enjoyed looking at, and commenting on, everyones pics. Power abusers..I thought of that this morning. "We can boot her for not agreeing with us so lets do". Thats what happened, basically... Oh well, whining aside! I am still going to stitch Mira's of course, I am planning to buy the new one ASAP. There are other places to share and see pics that existed before that group so I guess its time to go back to the originals. :) Thanks for reading, and sorry for the lengthy whine, I needed to talk about it. I will do my best to forget it and not bring it up again..lol. Melissa

Chatelaine Mystery 16

I decided to jump in there with Mystery 16, even though I am already doing Deep Blue Sea and Serengeti...and I must admit that at first it was really hard to hang in there with it but now that I am seeing real progress I love it! I worked out a conversion of variegated fibers in cottons, as usual. And am using all the called for DMC. Meanwhile, I am truly in love with The Siren and the Shipwreck... Must have!! I am thinking the chart next month, the materials the next...we'll see. :) I am also working away on Faerie Winter Dreams: And finally, Cmon Monde's Miss Paris: I've been a very bad blogger lately, lol! I am going to contrive to do better now. :) Thanks for looking at my work!

Deep Blue Sea, part 5

All I can say is WHEW! And, isn't it amazing?? :)

Thanks for looking!!

Melissa

Updates

Here is my progress on The Town of Halloween! Its fun to work on, just 2 colors. I love the simplicity of it. I will soon have a head on my witch, hee hee.

This design is called My Pretty, and is from the Halloween issue too. I am not using the yellow or red beads because I was hoping to keep it from looking to much Halloweenish, I want it to hang in the kitchen all the time. It goes fast! This is about 5 days work here.

Here is Serengeti! One elephant panel down, 3 to go. :) I am breaking from it for a while. I really have to get back to Deep Blue Sea.

Thanks for looking, and for the comments, they make my day. :)

Tea Dyed Fabric for the Town of Halloween design

I finally tried tea dying and I really love the results. :) I wanted something like this for this design and I think its going to be perfect. I didn't want it to be mottled, just smooth. And its only got the 2 colors, very cool! I can't wait to start but first I am going to finish My Pretty, also in the magazine. Oh and I am going to do Spiders Garden. There are soooo many awesome designs in this magazine!! Just Cross Stitch Special Collectors Halloween issue for 2012...get it, its worth it. :)

Blue Mr. Monster :)

I finished this guy in 3 days, and I love him he is sooo cute! I plan to make him into a flat ornament, wish me luck..I have never tried it before. But I found a great tutorial and I think I can manage it. He is from the Just Cross Stitch Special Collectors Halloween Issue. BTW, there are a couple other designs I have kitted up for stitching. :)

I used my own buttons..and changed a couple colors so could use only things I had on hand. Thanks for looking!