Finishes - recent and otherwise

Just two for today. :-)

One I finished today, starting it around the 27th or 28th of December 2013. I have had the pattern for about a decade now, so it's about time I did it. There is a second, complementary one, that I will be stitching in the new year.

The other is one I stitched many many years ago for my sister, and having Christmas Day celebrations at her place this year meant that I was able to take a photo of it with a digital camera, being that when I stitched it I had neither scanner nor digital camera at my disposal!

So here they are:

1. NON-FREEBIE - Stitched for me by me:

Design - Vase of Flowers Picture

Designer - Cross Stitch Collection 52 week part set thing

Fabric - 14 count ecru aida

Threads - as per the chart

2. NON-FREEBIE - Riolis - 'Oriental Lady' - for my sister:

(apologies for the angle of the photo)

Design - Oriental Lady

Designer - Riolis

Fabric - white aida (possibly 14 count)

Threads - red and black

Presents and the like

Now that Christmas is over, pretty much, I can show all the things I made as presents for people and family.

So here goes:

1. NON-FREEBIE - Round Robin:

Design - Round Robin Kit

Designer - Mouseloft via Hobbycraft.co.uk

Fabric - 14 count blue aida

Threads - what was in the kit

2.  FREEBIE/NON FREEBIE - Geisha Girls:

Design - Geisha Girls (from Joan Elliott's Oriental Collection)

Designer - Joan Elliott

(free with #177 of The World of Cross Stitching)

Fabric - 14 count ecru aida

Threads - as per the chart (DMC)

This chart came from a booklet that was free with a magazine. So really the chart isn't free as you have to buy the magazine to get it.

3. UNKNOWN - The Angels Have The Phone Box:

Design - The Angels Have The Phone Box

Designer - UNKNOWN

(possibly from Etsy though?)

Fabric - 18 count Ecru Aida

Threads - DMC

Oddly enough, the Geisha Girls above took me two days to stitch, even though there were a multitude of colour changes. The Dr Who cross stitch, however, took me four very long days to stitch, the TARDIS taking up three of those days all by itself. I'll be happy not to have to stitch any Weeping Angels or TARDIS' again any time soon!

4. FREEBIE - Cyberman Head:

Design - Cyberman Head

Designer - Hancock's House Of Happy

(http://hancockshouseofhappy.blogspot.com/2011/10/free-cross-stitch-chart-dr-who-cyberman.html)

Fabric - 14 count Ecru Aida

Threads - three shades of grey, black

5. FREEBIE - Dalek:

Design - Dalek

Designer - Hopper Artz

(http://hopperartz.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-Who-Cross-stitch-Patterns-290605273)

Fabric - 14 count ecru aida

Threads - Red, Yellow, Black

6. FREEBIE - Star Trek: The Next Generation Communicator Badge:

Design - Star Trek: TNG Communicator Badge

Designer: Starrley

(http://starrley.deviantart.com/art/Star-Trek-TNG-combadge-pattern-for-cross-stitch-289413905)

Fabric - 14 count Ecru Aida

Threads - two shades of yellow, two shades of grey, black

7. FREEBIE - Racing Greyhound:

Design - Racing Greyhound

Designer - Gorgeous Greyhounds

(http://gorgeousgreyhounds.blogspot.com/2010/10/knitting-patterns-for-greyhounds.html)

Fabric - 14 count Ecru Aida

Threads - 310 Black

8. FREEBIE - Squirrel:

Designs - Figure 71

Designer - Priscilla Filet Crochet Book 1

(http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/html/warm/catalog.htm)

Fabric - 14 count Ecru Aida

Threads - cheap thread pack

I think that's most of them. If there are any others I have forgotten, I will add them in the days to come.

Finishes, mostly old

I've been finishing off stuff to go in the post for overseas Christmas presents. Unfortunately, I cannot yet display them, however, in my travels I found some other things I CAN display.

I have no idea about designers and such, and they are old, old, old. Both are, I think, from British craft magazines, however.

1. NON-FREEBIE - pink rose

Apologies for the quality of the picture. Mum did the crocheted edge and the crocheted tie, but I did the stitching, on white 14 count aida. It was made for the mother of a friend, back in around 2000.

2. NON-FREEBIE - Santa Claus

I know this comes out of a freebie booklet from one of the British Magazines - possibly Cross Stitcher or Cross Stitch Crazy? Can't tell you when I made it, but maybe around 2004-2006?

After Christmas there will be more pictures to display, because everything that has been made will have been sent and received.

Stay tuned.

More UFO finds

I've found some more unfinished projects while going through my cross stitch hoard, and thought I would share (again). Will I ever run out of UFO's? I doubt it. Will I ever FINISH the UFO's? Possibly - slowly.

:-)

1. NON-FREEBIE - "Rooster" - ('On The Farm' booklet - DMC):

Design - Rooster

Designer - Jeanette Crews Designs (On The Farm DMC booklet)

Fabric - 14 count green aida

Threads - 310, 321, 414, 415, 712, 762, 841, B5200 (white)

(original design in rayon threads)

I started this one for my Dad, who breeds hens and roosters. Back in the day when it was possible to walk into any craft store and buy various coloured aida fabric, I bought a gorgeous green (never seen the same colour since though, which is a shame, as it is a stunning green, not at all shown to its best in the scan above). This rooster, when he is finished, is destined to be the centre of a cushion, the fabric around to be farmyard-based. From the booklet, I know I had planned this to be Dad's Christmas present in 2004, so I must have started it that year. 

2. NON-FREEBIE - "Christmas Alphabet" - (Cross Stitch Alphabets)

Design - Christmas Alphabet

Designer - (BOOK) - Cross Stitch Alphabets

Fabric - 14 ct ecru aida

Threads - as per design

This one will eventually declare itself as "Merry Christmas". I might even get it finished in time for a future Christmas :-)

Recent Finishes, or lack thereof

Unfortunately, I cannot show my most recent finish, as it will be sent overseas soon, along with others, as Christmas presents.

I've been struggling with lack of sleep recently, and then being so tired during the day that I tend to fall asleep at bad or inconvenient times, and end up getting very little accomplished during the day.

It makes for less than stellar stitching sessions!

I promise to post stuff soonish, when I can get things done that I can show off :-)

FREEBIE - Colourful Christmas Tree

Having trawled through my Works In Progress box, I came across this rather pretty tree, half stitched. So I thought it time to finish it, and just in time for the Christmas season!

Design - Colourful Christmas Tree

Designer - Judi Utter (for Cyberstitchers)

(http://www.cyberstitchers.com/free_patterns/pattern/colorful_christmas_tree)

Fabric - 16 ct white aida (possibly)

Threads - as listed in chart

Freebie Finish

I treated myself to almost all of the DMC threads I was missing from my collection today. I'm still missing about 10 (not including the 16 new ones being released in October, and some metallics and all of the new varigated colours). But at least now, I have very little excuse for not finishing projects, if I have nearly all of the DMC range of colours!

Anyway.....

FREEBIE - The Prairie Schooler - Jun 2013

Design - Jun 2013 freebie (Halloween design)

Designer - The Prairie Schooler

http://www.prairieschooler.com/free.htm

(this changes a few times a year, but currently it's the Halloween design)

Fabric - 14 ct ecru

Threads - 3371, 921