Bee pincushion

The weather is finally getting better here in Finland. It isn't all that dark and gloomy anymore and most of the days the sun is shining, though it is still cold and we have a lot of snow.

I have been stitching a lot this month and a really wish I could show you some of my finished stitching. However, they are all mend for exchanges and gifts. It kind of frustrates me, that I have nothing to show.

But I dug out another project from last year. I finished this bee pincushion just before Christmas, but the light was so bad that I couldn't take any good pictures. Today I remembered that I haven't shown this project yet, so here it is: my bee pincushion.

The pompom ribbon is unraveling a lot and I had quite some trouble with it. By far it doesn't look perfect but it is fine for me. After all, this pincushion is not for decoration, I am using it almost daily and it will wear out eventually anyways.

The bee design is from Tantes Zolder and I stitched it with my own hand-over-dyed thread on 25ct evenweave one over one.

Something finished....

I have been struggling lately with my stitching progresses. It seems like I lost all my motivation and many days pass by without placing a single stitch. I am not found by this at all. I have a big pile of UFOs and an even bigger one of projects that are close to become UFOs if I am not getting back into stitching. 

So this morning I worked a little on my Alphabet 1900 and I intend to work on it a few more hours during the day. So therefore there is no picture of this one yet.

But I took a few pictures of projects that I finished a little while ago and just haven't had the change of taking good shots of them.

At first there is BOO! I truly love this design. It was so much fun to stitch and I think I will stitch it a few more times on different kind of fabrics.

Design: BOO!

Designer: The Stitcherhood

Fabric: some orange 29ct. 

Thread DMC 310

I have also finished the 1999 Christmas Sampler by Carriage House Samplings. I don't know yet how to finish it, but it will be with some shabby dark fabric. It was my first time stitching on black fabric and I really enjoyed it. 

Design: 1999 Christmas Sampler

Designer: Carriage House Samplings

Fabric: 18ct black aida

Thread: DMC as recommended

At last I have a little Tantes Zolder design to show you. I have started this one many years ago and just finished it just a few month ago. It is a really small design, just 3.5 x 2 inches big. I have no idea what to use it for. Maybe I'll add some lace and a pale fabric and make a lavender sachet or pincushion out of it.

Tantes Zolder

Fabric: 40 ct. white Newcastle linen

Thread: DMC

I do have one more project that I sewed last night into a cute little pouch, but it is a gift. I will post pictures of it next week after it arrived to it's new home.

See the Star and other stitching....

It seems like the stitching bug bit me again. For the last couple of days, I've been stitching, stitching and stitching. I've finished today the 18th part of my See the Star Sal. Only 7 more parts to go.

I didn't like the font of the original chart that much, so I designed a different one myself.

When taking the See the Star pictures, I've also decided to take pictures of all my other projects in progress, or at least a few of them. I have way to many. 

... beginning with this one:

Sew Red by i Stitch Designs. It is one of the first chart that Carol designed and was available as a freebie. By now she made many more beautiful little sampler designs and they can be purchased here.

Sew Red by i Stitch Designs
natural rough Indian linen
DMC thread

Here is also a little update on my latest start. The mono colour designs from the blog Tantes Zolder

Design found at Tantes Zolder
40ct Newcastle linen
DMC 3033

I like stitching this one so much that I started another little piece from Tantes Zolder

Design found at Tantes Zolder
40ct. Newcastle linen
DMC 453

This design looks like one of those medieval armorial bearings with a fish on each side. So far only one fish is ready.