Finish #10 and Finish #11

Sarah Spurr from Carriage House Samplings.  Used the suggested dmc flosses.  I outlined her face and arms so they didn't disappear into the fabric.  And it's lovely once I did that.  Changed the name and date to personalize it for me.  Finished size is 5 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches.  Stitched one over one on Laurel Green Lugana 28 count.  And just for the record, Laurel Green is not green at all but more like cake batter.  And it's finish #10 for 2022. 

Finish #11 for 2022.  Happy Christmas from Prairie Schooler.  On 25 count Black lugana, one over one.  Changed the flosses, skipped the text, the squirrels went from red to gray.  Changed the sleigh to gray instead of green.  Measures about 4 x 5.25 inches.  I know the changes started cause the bell being the same color as the reindeer didn't seem right.  So those bright yellow houses should again be reindeer brown.  But brown houses seemed kinda drab.  But if you are seeing this and considering the colors... oh no, my colors for the red and yellow....  not the suggested colors at all.  But it IS completed now.

Finish #9 for 2022

Ink Circles - The Red Ship of Lesser Commitment.  Finish #9 for 2022.  Used more than one skein, but less than two of dmc 938.  One over one, on 28 count China Pearl Jobelan.  It was a new start and I stayed with it till it was completed.  We are not counting, but I think it is my third new start and finish so far this year.  The point is NOT to make the already started pile larger.

Yep, number 4 is the smallest, and is turned sideways on the fabric.  But it's a bit hard to tell scale, so...

Big Red Ship - the largest is 12 inches wide x 14 inches high.  March 20, 2021

Modestly Sized Ship is 10 inches wide x 9 inches high.   April 5, 2021

Small Ship is 6 x 6 inches.   March 8, 2022

Smallest (today) is 4.5 inches wide, and 5.5 inches high.   April 26, 2022

Dates after are finish dates, two last year, two this year, almost a year apart.  Who knew that March and April were Ink Circles Ships months for me?  For me, this series is completed.  I liked it and enjoyed it, but I'm out of fabric.

I had picked up Sarah Spurr, and was filling it in when I picked up that ship stuff.  It's was so close, and looked like the below photo when I picked it back up again.  Leaves on tree, hand flower leaves,  and the light part on the bird ( which doesn't really show ) got filled in... , then I started a boat..., so now back to Sarah again. 

Finish #8 for 2022

Plum Street Samplers - Salem Sisters 3.  Finish #8 for 2022.  Done on Cameo Peach 28 count jobelan, one over one, using the suggested fancy flosses.  I think I last worked on this 8/22/2018. 

Above is where it was when I picked it back up again.

Plum Street Samplers - Salem Sisters 1.  This was completed some other year, but I added the cats at the bottom, per the pattern.  Originally, I omitted the cats, but the plan was to do all three Salem Sisters designs on this fabric, but turns out, it's not big enough.  I tried to add floss to the block letters to make the 'A' 'T' and 'S' more visible, but neither the black or the orange worked, so need to match the thread in the fabric maybe.  A project for another day.  It bothered me when I originally completed it too.

I also have the Salem Sisters 2 pattern and floss.  I grabbed my fabric stash, just to find a cream, or white to start it.... but no fabric screamed " USE ME !".   I also got in that newest Ink Circles littlest Ship pattern.  I wanna start that kinda.  And I was also working on 'Sarah Spurr' from 'the pile of started stuff ', and I am close to another finish.  But for some unknown reason, grabbed this Salem Sisters from the pile, and it got finished first.  It doesn't really matter which order things get done.  But there is a bit of a trick when I am trying to finish things from that already started pile, and two new things nearly get started.

Finish #7 for 2022

 Midsummer Night Designs - Remembrance.  Finish #7 for 2022.  On a 28 count lugana Colour and Cotton fabric of the month May 2021, Garden Path.  One over one, using the suggested fancy flosses.  I omitted the personalization dates and initials.  I did not forget the left side two bottom flowers.  The pattern has initials there instead.  This month randomly, my friends mom died..., so I considered using her information for this, especially since her funeral service is this week.  But instead, I'm gonna just call it a finish for now.  I used the Threadworx fancy floss suggested for the text.  It finished out to be about the size of a postcard, so it's not very big. 

Finish #6 for 2022

 

Finish #6 for 2022.  Courtney Collection - Pelican (reversed).  Stitched one over one using dmc 938, used 7 skeins, on 28 count PTP Doubloon.  

Just to show the project completed.  The bottom one is the original pattern version, and the top one is the reverse image that I just completed.  Same cut of fabric, same floss, both took 7 skeins of dmc each.  The bottom one looks a little wonky on the side, but they just are not laying flat.  It's really easy to get a mirror image pattern, and a good copy shop will not charge extra to do it.  

This was the first time I did a mirror version. And it's still my favorite.  The only ones I have framed and on the wall.

And also Beasties. These don't look like they match, but they do, it's just a weird photo.  I also have the original version of Knightmare done, and plan to do the mirror version.  And I'd like to do Mermaid's Folly in the mirror version too, but that's a big sucker, and I only have the original version done so far. But if you have a designer you like - doing mirror images - kinda fun. 

Working on the final page.

 

Courtney Collection - Pelican (reversed).  Finished two more pages, and on the last page.  Trying to get another finish.  Below is what it looked like when I picked it up this time.

Finish #5 for 2022

 

Ink Circles - Forests of Sumatra.  Finish #5 for 2022.  Done on a Colour and Cotton no name fabric of the month.  One over one, using Gloriana Silk - Cranberry.  I am gonna say it took almost 3 skeins, but that could be wrong.  It finished to be smaller than a sheet of paper.  It's on a smoke gray fabric but the lights wash out the photo. I have now completed Dragons and Forests, and I have the pattern for Squirrels.  Oh, and this might be a 28 or 32 count lugana. 

Just as a reference, the photo of Dragons completed using the same silk floss, but on a different fabric.