Progress of a WIP: Autumn Fraktur by Plum Street Samplers

I have been working on Autumn Fraktur since May 30th, 2015. This cross stitch reproduction design is by Plum Street Samplers and has been a real joy to stitch. I am stitching it on 36 ct. Antique Buttercream Linen. I guess this would have qualified as an entry in 2015's Stitch Maynia which is though a Facebook group run by Garrett (Coffee Stitcher) and Katie (The Stash Queen).

I am calling this Progress of a WIP so you can see how the design grows as I stitch it. And if you didn't know, WIP stands for Work In Progress.

I did work on it a bit in 2015 but I think I have done most of my progress in May of 2016.

I found most of my photos in my Facebook feed and so I want to thank them for keeping all my photos safe and in a place I can find them.

I must have had a big jump in progress here. Wee! I have to admit that I think the WIP stayed at this point just put away in my stash until May of 2016.

Making progress now. I had talked myself out of working on this many times because this fabric has very tiny holes. And my eyesight was straining to see it. Of course, allergy season didn't help matters any.

It is always nice to see progress and I was happy to get to this point.

Yep, there is the bird starting to appear.

All he needs is a head now.

Finishing up on that flower on top right.

Here is where I am now. I have completed the bottom waves and am now moving to the left side of the design. I hope to get this project finished in May 2016. I have worked on it every day in May thus far. The colors are really popping for me and I just love how they look with the fabric.

Bye for now. More progress in a different post when I get to the end.

Much love,

Toni

123 Stitch Haul

I really haven't spoken much on here about my love for counted cross stitch, but I thought I'd share with you my most recent 123stitch.com haul. 123stitch.com is a company located in Utah that has more than just stitchy stuff, as I like to call it. They also have scrapbooking, and other craft items too. So, definitely check it out if you are a crafter of any type, crochet, knitting... yep, they have it.

Left is Buttercup and right is Violet from the pixie collection by Nora Corbett

These patterns are designed by Nora Corbett and are a part of her pixie collection. They are smaller patterns than her big pretty ladies under the Mirabilia name. I like them because they are not so overwhelming to me and seem a lot easier to dig into as a stitcher. Definitely check out all the Nora Corbett patterns. They are definitely a favorite of mine.

As you can see in this pattern called Bubbles, I have all the floss (aka colored thread) for this project as well as fabric. It is peeking out from behind the pattern. We call that "kitting up" a project. That means I am all ready to go to start this whenever my stitchy bug gives me an itch for a new start.

Here are a few patterns I just wanted to add to my "stash". I think they are cute. I even purchased fabric for Sleepy Hollow and Get Kraken. Those are the two patterns on the bottom at left.

This photo is a bit blurry. Sorry about that. I have two of the seasonal banners from County Cottage Needleworks, an October calendar girl and two other patterns I thought were just cute and they fell into my shopping basket.

This Spruce Mountain Run has been in my stash since the beginning of my stitchy career. And I finally decided to buy some fabric for it. I am excited to start it soon. 

Hope you all have a great stitchy day.

Toni