Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Year of the Sheep(3) finished!

Here's my next Chinese Zodiac finish.  It's the third Year of the Sheep and I still have one more to do.  This one was done on Platinum 14ct Aida (2x1 full) and I don't remember the brand.  I'm not sure I like it.  It feels very thin, almost like paper.  It feels like it will tear at the slightest tug; even though it doesn't.  I love the color Platinum so I'd use this color again for other projects but I'll have to find out what brand this is so I avoid it in the future.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Year of the Rooster

Here's my next Chinese Zodiac finish.  It's the Year of the Rooster, 14ct green Aida, 2x1 full.  This one was very easy to do and I think my stitching is getting neater after each one.  Not that it was messy to begin with, but there's just more uniformity to how they look.  I'm hoping my orange paint for the frame will match this one and not clash.  Otherwise I guess I'll have to use the yellow paint.

Pirate - Page 3 COMPLETE!

So here is my latest progress on Pirate.  Page 3 is now complete.  And I've met my yearly goal for this project that I set for myself on the HAED BB.  Yeah me!  Tent stitching is so fast, especially with large blocks of one color.  So far the confetti stitching has been manageable but we'll see how things get when I get into the thick of things.  After working on a couple of 28ct projects this 25ct seems large and easy to see.