Santa and The Mouse HAED Ornament......COMPLETED!!!

Hello to everyone!!

I'm sorry this has taken a while for me to post but with the kiddies not in school, routine is upside down.

I have a finish!! My first big finish of the year.

Santa and The Mouse HAED:

Started: 15th July 2013
Finished: 24th October 2013
Stitches: 22,500
Hours taken: 162 hours and 55 minutes

For future HAED's I refuse to use magic guide. I just could not get rid of the red lines. It went in the washing machine on a40C wash as recommended, it went in on a 30C wash, and it soaked overnight in vanish and scalding hot kettle water and I can still see the lines faintly. I will now use standard 25ct and a water erasable pen.

I also have a new start. Swirling Peacock by Joan Elliott.

Hubby really likes this and as it is so rare for him to find something he likes, I thought I'd stitch him up.

Here is the end result:

I have so far done the right side of the circle and he has some neck and a face. I hope to continue with him today :)

Until next time

xXx

Santa and the Mouse HAED Ornament

Hello again everyone!! I have a quick update on Santa and the Mouse.

I am now halfway through page 3 and I hope to have the ornament done by the beginning of November.

Here it is so far:

I have no idea why my pictures have started turning themselves again :(

Until next time

xXx

Santa and the Mouse....ANOTHER PAGE FINISH.

Good Morning to all.

Yes, you read correctly. I have another page finish. I started page 2 on October 1st, and finished it last night (October 10th).

Here it is:

Even my hubby likes him. He says he looks a very Victorian Santa :)

I bought myself a pen that you can grid your work with and is washable and it has helped me greatly. I can now do 1 colour all over a page without miscounting :)

I am now going to go back to page 3 (which I started last night).

Fingers crossed, but I think at this rate I may get this done in time for Christmas :)

Until next time

xXx

Santa and the Mouse PAGE FINISH!!

Good Morning to all.

I have had an extremely productive week and to show for it I have a page finish.

I finished page 1 of the Santa and the Mouse HAED ornament. Here it is:

I will be removing the blue lines once the ornament is fully finished :) I now have 3 pages left. I'm going to start the next page until later on when I will iron and grid up Moon Goddess in order to finish page 4 :)

I hope you all have a very productive day.

Until next time

xXx

Just a quick update

Good Afternoon everyone!!

I have a quick update for you all on my Santa and the Mouse HAED Ornament. I've become slightly obsessed with stitching him this last week.

Here is how he is looking now.

Can you see Santa starting to peek :) 

I am going to continue working on him this week until the first page is complete. I shall then go back to Moon Goddess to finish of page 4 :)

Until next time

xXx

Santa and The Mouse HAED

Good Morning to all on this horrid day here in South Wales. It is humid, but absolutely pouring down.

Over the last few days I have been working on my Santa and the Mouse HAED ornament. My rotation has gone out of the window, Winter Fairy has been put down for good (or until I can get a new fabric for her) and I can't seem to stitch more on 12 Days at the moment as I don't have the umph for it.

I have managed to get a fair bit done on S&TM, I have completed a whole column and I am working on the next.

Here is how it is looking as of last night: (to see where I left it last time, click HERE)

I am hoping that today will see the top row completed :) I will update again in a few days.

I hope you are all keeping warm and dry in this weather.

Until next time

xXx

2 ornaments in the making

Well hello everyone. I am still yet to find my TUSAL jar and photograph it for you but that will be done tonight. 

For now I have a couple of updates. 

My HAED ornament and a newly started ornament. 

First up is my HAED ornament. Here is how it is looking after the last update. 

I have also started a new little ornament from Joan Elliott's Wit and Wisdom book. It is a little snowman that I'm stitching on plastic canvas. 

This is the first time I've stitched on plastic canvas so it is a bit slow going and rough on the hands/fingers. 

Here is Mr Snowman. 

I'm now going back to my HAED as my fingers are sore. 

If you have any tips in making plastic canvas easier to use, please do share, I'd very much appreciate it. 

Hope you are all well. 

xXx

Update: Santa and The Mouse HAED

Well it is now hectic here once again. We are moving house. So in between spending hours painting the new place, I only get a few minutes here and there to get some stitching done. 

Here is how Santa and The Mouse is looking as if this afternoon. 

It is now back to painting for me :) 1 whole room, top of stairs/landing and a few touch ups left to do and we can then start giving the place a good clean and then move things in. 

Until next time

xXx

Good Morning!! A few updates for you :)

Good Morning all.

Oh boy it has been really warm here lately. So warm, that by early afternoon my feet become swollen and very painful to walk on.

I'm not sure if it is just me, but I'm finding the warmer I get, the less stitching I can do as I feel like I'm going to boil over.

I do however have a couple of updates for you including...........A NEW START!!

Yep, you read right, with all the projects I currently have, I just HAD to start another one.

In a previous blog post, I showed you pictures of some new HAED charts I bought. Well, I started one.  I decided to start with a freebie from the HAED website: Santa and the Mouse ornament. 

I also have an update on Winter Fairy, who for now has been put away as it was starting to feel like I HAD to stitch as opposed to want to. 

I also have some new stash and a pic of all my polstitches fabrics that I have.

I do hope that you are all keeping cool and safe in this hot weather.

I also want to say thank you for all the love,y comments I've received. I do enjoy reading them all :)

Until next time

xXx

How my new start is currently looking

Winter Fairy

My polstitches fabric collection so far :)