I'm a big tease...

Mostly because of lack of time, or something like that...
Here is my first Easter ornie, front and back. I had loads of fun designing this. I actually ended up designing as I stitch !

Technical details: stitched on my green marbled 32 count linen, over 2. The 2 pieces are sewn in "biscornu like" technique, incorporating seed beads. The cord was hand made with the orange and yellow threads of the design.

As I merrily created on the go, I took pictures and prepared notes for you. I guess this is the part justifying paying the designers for charts: the charting and pdfing part. Meaning I have quite some computer time to spend before I can get the chart out.

I guess I should ask for a better charting software for Christmas ;)

I am already planning on doing more: getting a real egg shape (here it's more of an oval), and more designs. It will be fun.

With DBF leaving today, and Mom coming tomorrow, stitching time is a bit reduced, but... you know how it is...

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Une mise en bouche seulement (ie. le produit fini sans la grille !!!) car j'ai pas vraiment le temps.. J'ai pris les photos pour le tuto pour faire l'oeuf, a la maniere des biscornus en fait, avec des perles en prime.

Il me faut bien du temps pour faire la grille, le tuto, mettre en pdf, tout ca... je vois maintenant pourquoi les designers sont payees pour leur boulot ;)

J'ai cree surtout en brodant, ce qui etait tres fun, et j'ai encore d'autres idees pour en faire d'autres !!!

Evidemment, avec DBF partant aujourd'hui, et maman arrivant demain, ya pas trop de temps, mais bon.. c'est la vie !!!

I'm on a roll

This is a Drawn Thread freebie, "Tree fob".

I used a Needle necessities for the green, and red DMC variation around (+cord).

Red and irridescent beads on the tree, and old sort of bronze beads around.

Oh, and I stitched on that great 40 count linen Lili gave me for my birthday...

It looks like a gem...

Pendibulle and Simply Snowdays update

I was surfing around, and I found an interesting website: Christmas ornaments stitch along blog. People coming together to show their ornaments... very inspiring. They also have links to tutorials, and that's how I found the idea and method to make a pendibulle. This blog is also worth a visit, loads of ideas and lovely stuff.

So I decided to try and make a pendibulle. I used a piece of blue aida, and designed a little thingy myself. Any ressemblance to something seen elswhere is only subliminal (I get influenced by what I see on the web?).

And it's also time to show you a picture of Simply Snowdays. As you can see, I'm in blue mode at the moment...

I'm glad you liked my personalisation of Garden Pleasures. I can't help but wonder if anybody is strongly against it, but keep it quiet ;)

Jenn, I can only advice you to stitch LHN designs (I love them). Why not try the ones in JCS ornaments magazines? They are small, and you will have an ornament at the end ! Otherwise there are patterns of all sizes, even very small ones.

I don't really like finishing stuff. I'm happy to say I got into a nice routine: week end finishing, spending time in the carftroom with the music on and no clock.... I have to say that the fact that it's dark when i come home after work isn't attracting me to my craftroom, where the light isn't so good. Maybe I should buy another halogen...

I framed projects, but I don't know where to put them in my house, that's the only thing... At least ornaments have a purpose !!! ;)