tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308657294195933272024-03-13T23:17:33.564-07:00steph's stitchingSteph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.comBlogger1218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-48675601141937194542020-09-15T10:55:00.001-07:002020-09-15T10:55:16.047-07:00May Stop Blogging
Good morning! Google has changed the format for Blogspot.com. They have also confiscated all my stored pictures. Since I am blogging for fun I may not invest a whole lot of time trying to figure out the format or how to retrieve my pictures. I am on Instagram if you would like to follow me there.
Thanks so much for all the support over the years. I hope I will be back!Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-31468992498329730202020-08-26T09:45:00.001-07:002020-08-26T09:48:46.093-07:00Not Since the Fourth??<p> </p><p>I can't believe it's been so long since I posted. I lost my stitching mojo a bit but got back to it with my massive sampler, His Eye is on the Sparrow. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got my initials and the year in. I am now obligated to finish in 2020. </p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9eArwn9H-JI/X0aQY9zDNXI/AAAAAAAAM6c/WpmccTJuWvsbcxYGJIIhzXcajwm5Y66YgCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG_7437.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wq8QdvI5pyA/X0aQP6gureI/AAAAAAAAM6Y/ADSTYI5uA5sveDNgqkfk6hh4XfgoorwqACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_7439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wq8QdvI5pyA/X0aQP6gureI/AAAAAAAAM6Y/ADSTYI5uA5sveDNgqkfk6hh4XfgoorwqACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_7439.JPG" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zbojYE2JP1U/XpsvOKr1tYI/AAAAAAAAMww/o8FurNNEBl07zufVO1YAvLQT2myC1IBkACPcBGAYYCw/w480-h640/RMKZ9059.JPG" width="480" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-15452302068148288352020-07-04T02:30:00.000-07:002020-07-04T02:30:08.176-07:00Happy Fourth of July!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-83858469231493796862020-07-02T07:47:00.001-07:002020-07-02T07:47:39.034-07:00Always Check the Back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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How cute is this? EG stitched this for AT who loves nutcrackers. Extra special touch is the fabric for the back. </div>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-76507230153162385392020-06-19T02:00:00.000-07:002020-06-19T02:00:01.049-07:00Clearly Need to Clean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How cute is this? I took this picture at Chaparral in Houston many moons ago. <br />
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Guess what I found in the upstairs closet? Clearly need some more organization around here. It looks like I was planning on basketweaving mine. Stitch guide for the above is by Carolyn Baird. </div>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-79968207330463222972020-06-18T02:30:00.000-07:002020-06-18T02:30:09.734-07:00More Comparisons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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A follow up from yesterday's post. Here is the same Petei Santa canvas stitched two different ways. Bothe are super cute. </div>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-5169622827196711832020-06-17T02:30:00.000-07:002020-06-17T02:30:02.823-07:00Petei Nativity Set by KH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I love to see how other stitchers interpret canvases. This set was stitched by KH. She took the guides created by Diana Bosworth at The French Knot as her starting point and went from there. Super cute backgrounds she designed. AND the finishing! Which she did herself. </div>
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Here's part of my set which is stitched from the same guides. I like KH's!<br />
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-50268181994038939952020-06-16T02:30:00.000-07:002020-06-16T04:54:25.743-07:00Coming Home from Ewe and Eye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started pulling out all my Amy stuff and wondering how much more does a girl need? So much!</div>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-54044245487676215102020-06-15T02:30:00.000-07:002020-06-15T02:30:06.379-07:00Tricks I Learned from Amy Bunger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am going to miss Amy's classes so much. Her guides are wonderful and hopefully will be available for quite some time to come but the tidbits you pick up being around her are invaluable. <br />
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Here's one example. I am now stitching the background down the side of House #5. Obviously the full pattern does not fit. What's a stitcher to do?<br />
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The guide calls for beading the weather vane on House #5. Here we go:</div>
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Done! Amazing how the light can change the way the color looks. The bat was not painted the same on both wings so I chose to bead it to look balanced. We'll see how that looks when I go over the part not beaded with the background stitch. It looks like some frogging and restitching in that area.<br />
Overall I am pleased with how it looks.<br />
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I stitched the other side of the roof of House #4. I wasn't happy with how the compensation made the peak of the roof on the left side look. I took DC's advice and put a long stitch at the peak and it made me like the end result more. The guide calls for using Wired Kreinik to outline the peaks. I did not like that stuff. I think it would be good for curled areas but it would not straighten out completely. When I formed the peaks, the metal showed through the fiber. Lastly, GG pulled on it to help me and a piece just broke off. I am going to try regular Kreinik size 16 to see if I can get the result I want.<br />
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Hello! I've been out at the lake with some of the SWANs. We had a good time stitching and catching up. I took my Melissa Shirley Halloween House Row with the stitch guide from Amy Bunger. I did a lot of background while talking but did get the moon done. I LOVE IT. Not so hot on my execution of the witch's skirt. That's a redo for sure. <br />
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The moon stitch is the Ming Divided. The outline thread is Petite Silk Lame and the inside is filled in with two strands of silk. It's beautiful.<br />
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I finished this years ago. I didn't know what I wanted to do with it so it lay dormant. Carolyn Baird had these fabulous ribbons at her store, The Ribbonry. It's inside Chaprral. The vintage sunflower strip down both sides is going to be heavenly. This is a Melissa Shirley canvas with a stitch guide by Amy Bunger. I think the guide is available for sale at amybunger.com.<br />
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I finished the White Farm in the last few months. This is a canvas from Painted Pony Needlepoint and stitch guide by Amy Bunger. Yes, I adore Amy Bunger and her stitch/thread selections. This one won't have any ribbon or mat. <br />
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She's done! Thank you Amy Bunger and Melissa Shirley. On to House #4...<br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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House #5 is up. The bottom story is Framed Hungarian using four strands of silk for the diamond shape and size 8 Kreinik for the frame. It's coming along!</div>
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Back to Halloween House Row by Melissa Shirley. I am stitching this using a guide created by Amy Bunger. It is available for purchase at amybunger.com.</div>
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I just did not feel like working on that big background of my Halloween House Row. Did I go to another part of the canvas so that I might finish it someday? NO! I pulled this beauty out. I believe it's called Love is Kind by Diane Ulmer Pedersen from Painted Pony Needlepoint Designs. </div>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-86190585970133610052020-05-20T08:23:00.002-07:002020-05-20T08:23:58.317-07:00Halloween House Row by Melissa Shirley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning! There is not much to report here. When I'm stitching I am stitching the background on this big'n. Amy Bunger chose the perfect stitch and thread. It's Alternating Stones using one strand of NPI silk. There is a lot of area to cover. I'll just keep plugging away. </div>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-38910046232152947832020-05-15T09:39:00.001-07:002020-05-15T09:39:44.213-07:00Halloween House Row<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am certainly skipping around on projects around here. I put the Halloween House Row from Melissa Shirley back on the stand. I am using a stitch guide that is available from Amy Bunger. It's so fun to stitch. </div>
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The background stitch is Alternating Stones. I am using one strand of silk. It is perfect for this canvas. <br />
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I stitched the stones leading to the houses and filled in the grass. I am using three strands of Dinky Dyes in the Cobblestone stitch. Pretty cute!<br />
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The stones for House #5 were a bit different. The guide calls for a different thread but I goofed and used the wrong one. I'm not sure it's worth taking out and redoing. </div>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-33681283128399308092020-05-13T08:24:00.000-07:002020-05-13T08:24:36.785-07:00Sunday on the Commons<br />
Another Diane Ulmer Pedersen canvas from Painted Pony Needlepoint Designs! I love these designs. I took this canvas to my last Rent Amy Day. She has the best stitch ideas for these canvases. I sure do miss her and Jill and the other lovely ladies at Amy's Golden Strand. I so hope we get to go on this year's trip. <br />
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Oops. Forgot to flip it when I downloaded the photo. The common area is the Staggered Leviathan stitch using one strand of overdyed floss changing the color to match the shading on the canvas. <br />
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This tree top is stitched using Staggered Cross with a strand of Wildflowers. Some of the small cross stitches are done using two strands of an overdyed floss to create the shading. So perfect. </div>
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The bush in the lower right hand corner is a Helen's Lace variation using an overdyed floss. <br />
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Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-76438282219500418072020-05-05T02:00:00.000-07:002020-05-05T02:00:03.632-07:00Let the Earth Be Glad <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I am trying to be more consistent about finishing projects but I couldn't help myself and pulled this out. ANOTHER Diane Ulmer Pedersen from Painted Pony Needlepoint Designs. I took it to Amy Bunger's last September and got a couple of stitch ideas. </div>
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Lots and lots of Smyrna crosses in my future on these trees. This amount of finished crosses took about an hour. I am not tying off each one but pretty close. I believe the plan for the field includes a pretty open stitch so I don't want to drag that Neon Rays too much. I'm a happy girl.<br />
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-82070965140734235132020-05-04T07:48:00.000-07:002020-05-04T07:48:47.659-07:00Almost Finished with The Hart Hunt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am a little further along than the above image. You can see some of the other finished elements in the photos below. I finished the field in the front. It's the Spotted Hide stitch and I love it. The guide calls for a different stitch but I had just done that stitch on another canvas so Amy graciously found me a new one. The stitch and thread selections are from a guide written by Amy Bunger available at amybunger.com. The canvas is a Diane Ulmer Pedersen from Painted Pony Needlepoint Designs.<br />
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-10893197794354947162020-04-29T09:25:00.000-07:002020-04-29T09:25:03.902-07:00House #5 of Halloween House Row <br /><br />This is another cutie from the mind of Amy Bunger. I love the roof. It's a Fern Stitch variation using three strands of silk. <br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-13412369470391969352020-04-27T07:57:00.001-07:002020-04-27T07:57:49.512-07:00Halloween House Row<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Steph's Stitchinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238613701337940831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230865729419593327.post-75505175688474813242020-04-24T11:18:00.000-07:002020-04-24T11:18:03.415-07:00Halloween House Row House #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am still stitching on Melissa Shirley's Halloween House Row using the stitch guide from Amy Bunger. This is a fun one to stitch. The glass on the front door is satin stitched with two strands of Accentuate. The window glass is stitched using one strand of Accentuate. Easy way to get the glass window effect and not cover up the ghosts. </div>
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