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Halloween House Row House #2
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...
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Halloween House Row
Hello to House #4FoundationOverviewBurden stitch for the green roof
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House #5 of Halloween House Row
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. OverviewCheckered Cross stitch using three strands of silk
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Almost Finished with The Hart Hunt
OverviewI 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...
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Let the Earth Be Glad
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...
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All of The Hart Hunt
These are all the photos of The Hart Hunt by Diane Ulmer Pedersen from Painted Pony Needlepoint Designs.
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Sunday on the Commons
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...
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Halloween House Row
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...
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Halloween House Row by Melissa Shirley
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...
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Love is Kind by Diane Ulmer Pedersen
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...
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Back to Halloween House Row
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.House #1 is completeDoors and trellis for House...
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Halloween House Row
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!
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Halloween House Row - House #3
She's done! Thank you Amy Bunger and Melissa Shirley. On to House #4...House #3
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To the Finisher
We have a great framers here in Austin called Blue Skies. They do a great job framing needle art. These lovelies are off to let those ladies work their magic.Can't remember the designer I finished...
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Been Out at the Lake
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...
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Halloween House Row Update
The guide calls for beading the weather vane on House #5. Here we go: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...
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Tricks I Learned from Amy Bunger
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. Here's one...
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Coming Home from Ewe and Eye
I started pulling out all my Amy stuff and wondering how much more does a girl need? So much!Lousy lighting but you get the pictureCute colonial knots for the flowers? Stones?Random Diagonal Cashmere...
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Petei Nativity Set by KH
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...
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More Comparisons
A follow up from yesterday's post. Here is the same Petei Santa canvas stitched two different ways. Bothe are super cute.
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Clearly Need to Clean
How cute is this? I took this picture at Chaparral in Houston many moons ago. Guess what I found in the upstairs closet? Clearly need some more organization around here. It looks like I was...
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Always Check the Back
How cute is this? EG stitched this for AT who loves nutcrackers. Extra special touch is the fabric for the back.
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Not Since the Fourth??
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. I got my initials and the year in. I am now...
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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...
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