Remember when I said I didn't know what I was in the mood for? It took me a couple of new starts plus some work on the 2012 Challenge piece and 2 WIPocaylpse pieces to settle down. Here are the new starts.
Martina Weber: Japanese Box
My plan with this is to frame the panels. It will have better protection framed than it will done up as a box- at least at my house.
Sorry about the wonky picture. I didn't want to take it off the Q snaps because I want to return to it. The panels work up pretty fast.
I changed the material since my first picture of supplies. I changed it out twice. I went from Platinum 32 ct to a beautiful Waterlily 32 ct then back to a Platinum but 28 ct. I think Waterlily is a discontinued color now, but even if it hasn't been discontinued in a 28 count, I really wanted to work out of my stash. The Platinum works well though the Waterlily would have been really lovely. The Waterlily is of that wonderful DMC 500 range.
The reason I went to 28 was because I didn't want to crowd the stitches. I have other Chatelaine pieces on 32 which I now sort of regret. I can get the stitches to lay down, but the stitching process isn't as relaxing for me when I have to work that much at it.
Everything else on this is as charted, except that I swapped out the solid NPI for the less expensive DMC.
Lizzie Kate Winter Alphabet
I started this a couple of weeks ago but didn't have pictures handy until now. It was fun but my short attention span took me away to other things.
Charted threads on 36 count flax, 1 strand over 2.
All week I have been feeling the pull of other things. I have been concentrating on trying to finish all 4 blocks of Chatelaine's Dragonfly Quilt, Row A. I am so close to the finish.
Is it going to happen? No. Not at this time. The border is done except for the beading - which is not in the original pattern but the rest was beaded so I added beads to the border pattern. Block 4's plain X around the perimeter with assorted little bits on the inside...I can't do any more. I keep walking away to other distractions so time to put it away for a bit.
As much as I thought the dragonfly was my favorite block I think I like Block 3, with the gold and blue beads background the best.
Meanwhile, I am being called by these other 3 projects which I kitted up this week when I needed to walk away from the almost finished piece above. These have been calling to me for sometime I just didn't have them ready to go. Now they are - not in any particular order:
Chatelaine's Japanese Octagon Box that will not be a box. The cloth is a greenish 32 ct Platinum. I am still not convinced about the color. The other alternative is a 32 ct raw linen.
The only thing I'm convinced about that choice is that the white will show up. Part of me keeps wanting to try it on 32 ct Flax but I know from experience the white thread won't show up very well on that. Since I didn't finish the Dragonfly piece I can't bring myself to start this one.
Which leaves one of these as a February start:
Lizzie Kate's Winter Alphabet on a 36 count ancient mystery Green Mountain dyed cloth. The cloth is a grayish khaki with slight mottling and some stray marks. 1 strand over 2. I love 1 strand work.
Lizzie Kate's Autumn Alphabet on a 36 ct tea dyed edinborough. Different teas produce slightly different results. This one had slightly more beige-tan than the other piece I was thinking about.
At least I waited until February.
With the exception of the 2012 semi- BAP challenge, I finished the 2 pieces I started in January. We will see if I can continue the trend of finishing what I start in the same month started.
I started this a couple of weeks ago but didn't have pictures handy until now. It was fun but my short attention span took me away to other things.
