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flowerofscotland

nmm wrote: »

Lovely updates everyone, nice to hear from you Louise

Latest BD update, I managed to get lots done with having no electric on Sunday, maybe it should happen more often :rotfl:

Beautiful update on Beautiful Dreamer

No electricity during the day - ideal for stitching

flowerofscotland

Coxy11 wrote: »

Hello all,

Fos - love the latest updates, especially the honeycomb fabric.

Nmm - great progress on BD.

Went to ikea this morning with DS2 as his school is shut for polling. Wanted to get DD her wardrobe but the packs were too heavy to lift Did pick up a £4 frame for the stockings though so not a completely wasted journey :rotfl:

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Have finished the housework I wanted to do, so I plan to stitch this afternoon - bliss.

Coxy

The frame really sets off the stitching - it looks almost like a photo (that is a compliment )

What a shame it will be put away until Christmas (I assume)

mrs-moneypenny

stockings looks beautiful all framed up coxy

blue_eyed_girl

flowerofscotland wrote: »

I managed to get some stitching done at the weekend while enjoying the wonderful sunshine

image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

As well as the above I also started on another piece - I found this chart in my stash together with a piece of "honeycomb" design evenweave. The chart uses DMC (which I already have and best of all I am using up left over lengths from previous projects :money:) plus 2 shades of hand dyed thread (green and pink) - for these I am using threads I already have, not the ones called for.

This is the chart
image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

and this is what I stitched at the weekend (have done a bit more since)

image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

Am looking forward to another long weekend where I should be able to find some quality stitching hours - hope everyone else does too.

Love your pics fos. I have never seen honeycomb evenweave before - it adds a lovely touch.

nmm wrote: »

Making great progress nmm. :T

Coxy11 wrote: »

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Coxy

Frame and mount really do those stockings justice Coxy. I love Ikea frames.


b_e_g

flowerofscotland

This is where I bought my honeycomb Evenweave sewitall
http://sewitall.com/webshop/evenweave-fabric?limit=20&limitstart=80

It comes in 28, 32 and 36 Evenweave plus 14, 16, 18 count aida

Great service, products and prices make this site one of my favourites

blue_eyed_girl

Cannot get sewitall to load up fos. Might just be Chrome playing silly so and sos. Thanks anyway - will check it out later.



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Ayeshalush

It's not working in Safari either b_e_g. Must be the website that's down.

Ali
xx

blue_eyed_girl

Ayeshalush wrote: »

It's not working in Safari either b_e_g. Must be the website that's down.

Ali
xx

Thanks Ali. Off to bed soon so will check it out tomorrow.


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*Louise*

Coxy - that frame is just perfect for those stockings :T I love IKEAs frames, [STRIKE]pity[/STRIKE] good that I'm not in there more often

FOS - Great progress there, I haven't seen honeycome print fabric before, it's really nice

Nmm - The end is in sight!! Looking forward to seeing the whole pic at once :j

Just sharing my small finishes for the past month - not up to tackling big stuff at the moment.

One of the teenage girls I work with asked me if there were any Unicorns at Edinburgh zoo (seriously!) So I have stitched this for her. :rotfl:

blue_eyed_girl

flowerofscotland wrote: »

This is where I bought my honeycomb Evenweave sewitall
http://sewitall.com/webshop/evenweave-fabric?limit=20&limitstart=80

It comes in 28, 32 and 36 Evenweave plus 14, 16, 18 count aida

Great service, products and prices make this site one of my favourites

Just checked in this morning and everythings seems to be up and running now.

Wow what a great choice of fabric. Have bookmarked site for future reference as I am still on a stash buying ban and have been good so far this year


Have a good day everyone


b_e_g