Nicole's Needlework: Birds of a Feather

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Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Episode 40

FOs

Little Sheep Virtues Peace by Little House Needleworks - 28 ct. Tea/Coffee-Dyed Monaco and DMC (2 over 2).

4 Seasons - Winter by Lizzie Kate - 28 ct. Tea/Coffee-Dyed Monaco and Weeks Dye Works (2 over 2).

WIPs

His Eye is on the Sparrow by Heartstring Samplery - 36 ct. Doubloon by Picture this Plus and the called for cotton threads (1 over 2).

Manor at Peacock Hill by With Thy Needle & Thread - 35 ct. Old Town Blend and the called for cotton threads (1 over 2).

Little Sheep Virtues - Love by Little House Needleworks - 28 ct. Tea/Coffee-Dyed Monaco and DMC (2 over 2).

Sally Spencer by Birds of a Feather - 40 ct. Doubloon by Picture this Plus and Gentle Art Sampler Threads (1 over 2).

Stash
From Down Sunshine Lane - Plum Street Samplers Heritage Sampler and Hello Winter.

Several charts and linen from Silk Road Needle Arts and Golden Needle in Florida.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Stitching, Dyeing and Kitting

I have been stitching some. I finished up Sea to Shining Sea "Mountains." I plan to get "Midwest" started soon.

I also got out Bent Creek's "Seasons of Change Row." I would like to get this one finished up. It's too small to be a UFO! :)

Bent Creek "Seasons of Change Row" as of 1/20/08

And here is the fabric I dyed - click on the picture to get the whole story. :)

And here are some things I kitted. I would love to start one of these one day...

Birds of a Feather "My Betrothed Sampler"

Birds of a Feather "Sally Spencer Sampler"

Birds of a Feather "Happy Hearts Sampler"

Birds of a Feather "Bitter Flower Sampler"

I'm not sure if these are the exact fabrics I will use. I was just seeing how the threads looked with some of them. Well, I'm going to try to get some more stitching done tonight! Write soon! :)

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Warning Long Post - Lots of Pictures

I didn't stitch much yesterday. I spent a lot of the day organizing my stash, which is almost as much fun as stitching. I'm thinking of planning on stitching mainly samplers in 2009. I would love to have a sampler wall. I would love one like Diane Jourdan's of Sampler Cove or like Merumo's. They are both gorgeous! I have decided one sampler that I would definitely like to stitch next year is "Kind Fond Love Sampler" by The Sampler Company.

I decided to kit it up yesterday. My only dilemma was fabric. I didn't have any 40 ct. long enough. So I decided to cut up the fabric I had for "And They Sinned," which is 40 ct. Elegant Bean (coffee-dyed linen by Elegant Stitch). I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to stitch it anytime soon. I think I may have to wait until the kids are in college for that one.

While I was getting the threads together I noticed I was getting low on Thread Drops. I thought for sure I had another package, but I couldn't find them anywhere! I had bought some Comic Book Boards on ebay not too long ago. I learned about using comic book board through Jane Timmers. She had us use this board for our needlebook in her class.

I thought the board would also make great thread drops and it does!

Here is a picture of the one I made (#632). I think it turned out pretty well. I used some old scrapbooking supplies I had in stored away to make the ovals. I also got a few charts in the mail the other day from DSL. I've been on a Birds of a Feather kick lately. It's all Melissa's fault from Words and Blooms. I have recently discovered her blog and I love everything she stitches! :)

BOAF "Happy Hearts Sampler" and "Sally Spencer Sampler"

BOAF "Red Reindeer" and "Winter Sampler"

I also got "Yule Sampler" by The Primitive Needle. Here it is kitted up...

I kitted up "Red Reindeer" and "Winter Sampler" too. I hand-dyed some of the Elegant Bean last night using some tan Rit Dye. I think I may dye some more - I really like how it turned out.

BOAF Red Reindeer with threads and my own hand-dyed linen.

Wow, if you have made it to the end of this post you deserve a medal! Oh, I almost forgot, I ended up starting "A Bit of December" last night. Hopefully I can get finished today. Write later! :)