Garden Grumbles and Cross Stitch Fumbles: January 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010

I Love You - A Finish

Design - "I Love You" (Pearls)

Designer - Sam Sarah

Fabric - 32 count white linen

Started - 30 January 2010

Completed - 31 January 2010

Notes: I used 32 count white linen instead of the 18 count Antique White Graziano, and used "Mistletoe" Sampler Thread for WDW "Dried Sage".

Saturday, January 30, 2010

I Love You - A Start

I decided to take a snowman break and kit up a small heart!

Friday, January 29, 2010

From the Cross Stitch Archives

Design - "Love Your Hearts"

Designer - DMC

Fabric - 32 count white linen

Started - 29 April 2009

Completed - 3 May 2009

Uses DMC variegated floss

Thursday, January 28, 2010

From the Cross Stitch Archives

Design - "Sweet Violets"

Designer - Ceder Hill

Fabric - 28 count R & R Irish Cream linen

Started - 20 April 2008

Completed - 31 May 2008

Changed color of violets from a blue as charted to truer purples and violets.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

From the Cross Stitch Archives

Design - "A Weeping and a Blessing"

Designer - Barrick Samplers

Fabric - 40 count R & R Antique Cotton

Started - 2 August 2001

Completed - 21 October 2001

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

From the Cross Stitch Archives

Design - "Spring Violets"

Designer - Hands to Work

Fabric - 40 count R & R Ink Spot Black

Started - unknown

Completed - 15 February 2009

A January sentiment, surely!

Monday, January 25, 2010

January Creatures

The covey of thirteen California Quail appear to be full-time winter residents.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Stash Additions - More Snowmen!

Recent purchases include charts by Homespun Elegance

and Val's Stitchin Stuff.

Can't have too many snowmen!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

More Stash Additions - Rabbits

Some very interesting charts to stitch this spring.

Am especially looking forward to the Erica Michaels chart.

Friday, January 22, 2010

ABC Sno - Further Progress

Can I finish it this weekend? Probably not!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Flosses - Of Many Colors

Belle Soie, Crescent Colors, and Weeks Dye Works

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Marjorie Massey Book

So very pleased to find this on Ebay - and win!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

ABC Sno - Progress

It's coming along nicely - very soothing colors!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Avid Gardeners' Meeting

At the Avid Gardeners' Meeting tonight,

I was lucky enough to win an assortment of nine "black" plants:

three chocolate delphiniums

three black pansies

and three clumps of mondo grass

Also this cool book!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

ABC Sno - A Start

I am on a roll with Angel Stitchin projects!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

'Tis the Season - Finish

Chart - 'Tis the Season

Designer - Angel Stitchin

Fabric - 28 count Lambswool linen

Started - 15 January 2010

Completed - 15 January 2010

This turned out to be a quick, one-day stitch. In part because after three or four attempts, it became apparent that the duplicate stitch heart pattern on the mitten was way beyond my skill set!

Friday, January 15, 2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Happy Snow Snow Day - a Finish

Chart - Happy Snow Snow Day

Designer - The Trilogy

Fabric - 32 count Summer Khaki Belfast

Started - 11 January 2010

Completed - 14 January 2010

Very pleased with this - I find the brown / blue letters to be soothing!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

A Round January - A Finish

Kit - A Round January

Designer - Pine Mountain Designs

Fabric - unknown

Started - 12 January 2010

Finished - 13 January 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

A Round January - A Start

If I can't have snow like the rest of the country,

at least I can stitch "snowy" stuff!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Happy Snow Snow Day - Progress

This is good, fast fun to stitch!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Ahh Snow - A Finish

Design - "Ahh Snow"

Designer - Angel Stitchin

Fabric - 10" x 11" 28 count French Country Mocha linen

Started - 30 December 2009

Completed - 9 January 2010

Friday, January 8, 2010

From the Cross Stitch Archives

Design - "Snow Flake"

Designer - Bent Creek

Kit - Name Tags - Snow Flake

Fabric - 32 count linen

Started - 1 January 2005

Completed - 24 April 2005

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Disneyland Gardens

Planting in Disneyland

Even in early January the plantings at Disneyland and California Adventure theme parks were amazing!

Cyclamen at California Adventure

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Ahh Snow - Progress

A great "travelling in the car" project!

Big blobs and squares of color - very easy to count!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles is remarkable in so many ways. There are the amazing collections, the special exhibits, the architecture, the gardens, and the vistas! We lucked out as it had rained the day before and the skies were clear and the vistas long!