Friday, 19 February 2016

2nd finish and a new start

I've set up a facebook page to complement the blog but I've yet to come up with a profile picture for it so I'll have to have a think on what I want.

The cross stitch crazy 2016 page on facebook is holding a series of SALs over the year, you could sign up up to as many or as little as you want. I signed up to their mermaid SAL and picked Little Mermaid by The Snowflower Diaries. I missed out on the first month as I was away so I started at the beginning of February but got carried away and have also finished it!

Little Mermaid by The Snowflower Diaries
I switched some of the recommended colours out, I used some of my ThreadPickerz silks, The silks I used were verdite, blue lagoon and burnt spice. They were an absolute delight to stitch with! I decided to omit the charted wording.

I started HMS Victory which is stitching up nicely, I have finished the water so it's now on to the hull which is probably the most complicated part as it's full of fractionals and horizontal/vertical stitches. 



My fabric arrived from Colour Cascade Fabrics in Australia and they are beautiful. Unfortunately, the mystery chart I had intended for the pink on the right has a lot pink within the chart itself so I'll have to find another use for it.


Unfortunately when attempting to make the fabric on the left colourfast, a lot of the dye has come out so is now a deep pink. As it was meant for a year long project with white threads, I didn't want it to bleed. Never mind, you live and learn.

I better start on the next chart for the Daily Cross Stitch SAL...I love how HMS victory is stitching up though.


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7 comments:

  1. Justine20 February 2016 at 06:52

    What a sweet mermaid! Is that a Heritage Crafts kit of Victory? I stitched a kit from that range a couple of years ago. The horizontal and vertical stitches are really effective!

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    1. Emma Louise20 February 2016 at 13:17

      Thank you. It is the chart from heritage crafts...much cheaper than the kit! When I come back to those stitches I think "damn! I've done it wrong" :P

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  2. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname20 February 2016 at 09:58

    I love your Snowflower mermaid, she's so sweet!
    Shame about the fabrics but I'm sure you will find something suitable for them. And now you can go shopping again!

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    1. Emma Louise20 February 2016 at 13:18

      Thank you :) Haha! That's certainly a good excuse although I don't know of anyone whose hand dyed fabrics are colourfast so I may just use the dark pink for the white thread project after all.

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  3. Sarah in Stitches22 February 2016 at 11:50

    Lovely stitching! And those fabric colors are beautiful - I'm sure you'll find a use for them :D

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  4. Mii Stitch22 February 2016 at 12:27

    Sweet little mermaid finish :)
    Sorry about the fabrics, but I am sure you will still find a good use for them.

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  5. Keebles22 February 2016 at 18:19

    Congrats on the finish! I've got some silks for a particular project, but I'm terrified to use them...partly because they were so expensive and partly because I've never worked with them before!

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