Fire Wing Friday

Well my supplies for Fire Wing's Singularity that I ordered during Nashville finally arrived yesterday. (dyeing time plus international post causing the delays). Marilyn and Shari from PTP were wonderful - they supplied everything needed for this design except the needle and DMC 310.

I've joined the FireWing Friday SAL on the PTP group and this is the piece I'm doing. Everybody in the SAL works on a FireWing design of their choice on Fridays.

Well let's see, Friday morning I woke at 4am (goodness only knows why) so I got up and spent some time on my model stitch job, then became a librarian from 8am until 6pm, then went shopping then finally home and dinner. Picked up this kit with great enthusiasm and got maybe 20 stitches in it before I fell asleep with the needle in my hand.....

I'm such an energetic party animal !!!!!

Oh just so you know, the bit I did was the silvery strip just under the dragon's head, leading from her chin and back up to the right.

Gothic completed

Well I did *no* stitching over the weekend, then a blitz Monday night and then nothing since - poor FireFlower is feeling neglected .....

However the stitching I blitzed on Moonflower Monday night was to finish Gothic. Pics here:

She's finished, washed, ironed and ready to go to the framer's on Friday. I was thinking of a thin but intricately carved dark blue or black wooden frame. Paul suggests with a thin line of silver on the inside edge. Any thoughts?

Mel's Late Monday update

Well I was hoping to report a finish today - but it was not to be. Had Paul around all weekend and spent my usual sunday morning stitching time, finishing book one of the Dresden Files! Gotta hunt down book 2 now ..... Teegs thanks for the heads up -I am loving this series! Liked episode one of the TV series too .. I love the way they've altered Bob for the TV series - Harry himself looks too grungy for my taste, but I love Bob - can I take Bob home ?????

Anyway I'm loving stitching this design and I've been playing with my stitching technique to get a better look from the variegated. I altered the direction of my stitching from horizontal to vertical to diagonal to try and keep the mottled shading moving smoothly around the design - and try to minimise the stripy look. Pics here!

Please guys - honest feedback - was taking this extra time worth it in the outcome? Does it look any better for me taking the extra time to change the flow of the stitches?

Anyway will hope to finish this next Monday!

Froggies !!!!!!

Ever stitched the same line of stitching four times and each time it wont line up and then you realise that the line you are comparing it against is the one with the mistake ????

Anyway its after midnight but I've finally finished the outline for this piece - having stitched the equivalent of the whole thing at least twice :)

Now just to fill in the middle - no thinking required and then attach the charm and we are finished.

The froggies didn't worry me - cause I still have broadband !!! YAYYYY !!!!!

WIP - Gothic

Over on the PTP yahoo group they've decided to do a FireWing Friday so we can all stitch on Eva's designs as a SAL.  I half-jokingly added "well then, lets do a Moonflower Monday too!"

So last night being Monday, I pulled out an old Moonflower WIP and started working on it.  I started Patty's Gothic last year, but made a mistake right at the
beginning and put it down without frogging!  So last night I pulled
this back out of my UFO pile.  I finally found my mistake and frogged
and re-stitched.  Phone calls then interrupted me and I got no further
for the evening.  But I just wanted you to know that I did stitch on a
Moonflower project on a Monday :)

Fire Wing Designs

http://www.picturethisplus.com/html/fire_wing_designs.html
For those who like dragons! I *must* add her latest "Singularity" to my stash as soon as its released at Nashville next week!

WIP - Cirque des Cercles

Inkcircles design

Hand Dyed Fabric Stash

32ct Linen

This is the material I want to use for Cirque des Cercles.

Hand dyed fabrics in my stash