Prancing on a Friday!

Yee hah!! I not only remembered to photograph my Friday night stitching before I started stitching last night... but as you can see I have even managed to post today!  Will wonders never cease?! :o)

Last night I carried on stitching on Prancer.  He needs a little bit more love so that I can say I finally have a finish...

Here's what he looked like after I picked him up and stitched on Thursday night:

Then last night I finished off the Kreinik stitching at the bottom and then I started on the white part of the border:

The side part of the border I stitched twice as I was out by one thread.... so annoying.  I think the sparkle of the Kreinik and the sparkle of the thread made me miscount..... Hopefully I am in the right place now!

So that's last night's stitching progress.  I am probably going to work on him again today so that I can do his tail and then start the beading.

Til next time... whenever that may be
Happy Stitching!
Hugs xx

Serendipitous Jo's Fifteenth Frolic of the Year

Following my Happy Dance for Nora Corbett's J Fairy (see this post for photos) I used the Random Number Boy to pick my next focus project.  Another Nora Corbett!   But not a fairy or a lady this time.  This is one a series of Little Snowy buildings she did a while back.  There are six in total and I have charts for three of them.  And the bling too.  There is a LOT of bling in these buildings.

I started Little Snowy Gray Cottage on Day 19 of the DUCJC2015 and this week is the first time I have picked it up again.

Here is the first day's progress from the DUCJC2015:

And here is where we are now:

Stitched on 32 count Blue Hydrangea Opalescent from Crafty Kitten

I substituted B5200 for the Blanc which looked murky next to the sparkle.  I also substituted a Jodyri Thread called Emerald Forest for the Caron Waterlilies in the hedge.  I mean, £5 for one skein!  I can buy an actual hedge plant for that amount.

Serendipitous Jo's Thirteenth Frolic of the Year

Does that mean we are a quarter of the way through the year already?

Yesterday was Good Friday which is a Bank Holiday in England so the boys were off school for the start of their Easter Holiday.  I decided to focus on the letter J from Nora Corbett and have now finished all the plain cross stitches and backstitch.  The Kreinik will be next (the veins in the wings and some swirls) and then the beads.  Lots of beads!

stitched on 32 count Murano Love-in-the-Mist from Crafty Kitten

Close-up of the fairy: 

You can see from the gaps how much beading there is to be done!

I also spent quite a lot of Friday hopping around the Blogosphere like an Easter Bunny to collect the letters for my Easter Treasure Hunt.  This is ongoing until 8th April so if you want to join in please hop over to my blog and get hopping from there!

Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop

Serendipitous Jo's Eleventh Frolic of the Year

Posting in a much more timely fashion this week!

Friday was the second Friday of the month which means Christmas stitching.  I've chosen the Christmas Cubes from Primitive Hare for my monthly project this year and here is my progress on the third cube:

There's not a lot of progress there, mostly because I am currently obsessed with my Nora Corbett Fairies.  Here is a corner of E, I am so close to a finish I'm not showing the whole piece until she is done!

Friday was her leg, the metallic (see the glimmer?) and the backstitch including those swirls.

Today I have completed the backstitch and started the beading!  Such fun.  What a shame I have to work tomorrow instead of continuing on her.  Nevermind, she'll be a finish in the early part of next week for sure.

Serendipitous Jo's Fifth Frolic of the Year

It was a Five Friday month so according to my rotation that gave me a free choice.  I decided to crack on with my letter C from Nora Corbett.  I am stitching three letters for my Godmother's grand-daughters and really want to finish them by April when I hope to visit them.

Here is my progress so far on C:

Stitched on 32 count Oceanic Fantasia by Crafty Kitten

I chose this fabric because it means I won't have to stitch all the charted background!  It also looks good for the letter S which will be for C's sister.