Crazy January Challenge ~ Day 9

I am really excited to start the piece for Day 9.  It is a companion piece to one I stitched in the fall.  It is by Dragon Dreams, and were free charts back several years ago titled ~ The Rune Keeper.  It is a grouping of 12 small 40x40 stitch pieces and has a mythical theme to it…A Knight ~ A Sword ~ A Crown ~ A Dragon ~ A Fair Maiden…you get the picture.

I am stitching it on 28 Ct. Angel Blush Cashel linen using the called for DMC and Kreinik Metallic threads. 


And here is the tiny amount of stitching I managed to complete for the day.


  (I did have to stop and order the Kreinik threads since of the 25 some odd colors I do have ~ I didn’t have the required colors…123Stitch loves me!)

Crazy January Challenge ~ Day 5,6 & 7

I know, I know!! You are supposed to stitch one project per day and then post your progress daily .

I just can’t get that organized .. or rather I hate to stop stitching to take snaps and post them!!  I’d rather be stitchin’ .

Anyway, day 5 is I believe going to be one of my favs.  It is Glendon Place’s  Web of Stash.

I am stitching it on 28 Ct. Sand  Cashel Linen with Weeks Dye Works overdyed threads.

 

And my 1/05/11 progress:

Day 6 is another cutie and from one of my favorite movies:  Wizard of OZ.  It is by Glory Bee and is Flying Monkeys.  I am stitching it on 28 Ct. Lime Cashel Linen using DMC threads.

The snap of the chart is somewhat misleading as it is a snap of the piece in a hand painted frame.  The actual piece is only the part in the middle square of the following snap:

And progress on this on is:

Now Day 7 is a really fun stitch and I just Love Love Love the yummy silk threads it is stitched with.  It is La-D-Da’s  Something Wicked.  It is stitched on 30 Ct. Carrot  Cashel Linen using Splendor Silk Fibers by Rainbow Gallery.

And a days stitching:

I am anxious to get back to stitching on all these starts!

Crazy January Callege ~ Day 4

Day 4 began with stitching on Be A Witch by Shepherd’s Bush.  I am stitching it on 28 ct. off white evenweave using DMC floss.

Crazy January Challenge ~ Day 4

 

Day 4 began with stitching on Be A Witch by Shepherd’s Bush.  I am stitching it on 28 ct. off white evenweave using DMC floss.

Crazy January Callege ~ Day 3

I have gotten behind in this Challenge, as I spent yesterday (well most of the day) at the dentist.  HunnyB and I both had appointments for our annual tooth & gum scrubbin and we were there most of the afternoon.  I know this sounds like it took jack hammers and sand blasters to do a thorough job, but I guess our dentist was just really busy!  I spent the time waiting reading Living Dead in Dallas by Charliene Harris.  I just love her “Sookie Stackhouse” vampire books.

Here is my day 4 start (and near finish) for the Crazy Challenge.
I selected I Don’t do Frogging by The Cats Whiskers.  This is 2 little frogs that will be stitched together to make a scissors case.  Here is a snap of the pattern:


...and a snap of my progress:

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Crazy 15 Challenge ~ Day 2

 

Ok, here it is…Day #2 of the Crazy 15 Challenge.  I selected Paws and Stripes by Stitchy Kitty.  I am stitching it on 18 ct. baby blue Aida.  I haven’t stitched on Aida in so long that stitching over one is driving me bonkers! 

Here is a snap of the progress I made while watching the Football Bowl games on Sunday.

Crazy 15 Challenge–Day 1

Well, it has begun.  This Crazy thing I have gotten myself into. 

January 1, 2011 in the Jackson household started out as a lazy day.  While HunnyB watched the football Bowl games, I started my first project, The Witches Wheel, by Glendon Place.

Isn’t that “Solar” fabric gorgeous?  I thought I would get more done on it in a day, but alas, the frogs had to visit for the new year.  I was off one thread count on a part of it and had to rippp-it out. Hopefully this wasn’t an indication of what the year is gonna be like!