Serendipitous Jo's Forty-First Frolic of the Year

Thanks to last week's mix-up this was actually the First Friday in October and should have been Spooky Stitching but instead I made a start on my Second Friday stitching which is Christmas themed.

Here is the next block in the Primitive Hare's Christmas Cubes series:

stitched on 35 count Country Mocha linen

I also complete another Hallowe'en Cube finish on Sunday:

Only one more to go!

Serendipitous Jo's Thirty-Seventh Frolic of the Year

The second Friday of each month is Christmas stitching and this year I'm stitching the Christmas Cubes by The Primitive Hare.  This week was the turn of "I":

and here are the seven I have stitched so far:

And I managed to finish another of her Hallowe'en Cubes:

Serendipitous Jo's Thirty-Fifth Frolic of the Year

Last Friday was the 26th of the month which means it is time for the Now I Know My ABCs SAL on FB.

I chose a design by Lavender & Lace for this SAL but have completely changed the colours and will be adding various little extras to make it my own.  Or  mine, Marilyn and Just Nan's!

stitched on 28 count Tiger Lily evenweave by Sparklies

I also finished another cube, L this time:

Now I have three cubes and the computer from 2001

The backing fabric is the same print in three different colours.

Serendipitous Jo's Thirty-Third Frolic of the Year

Last Friday was the second Friday in the Stitch Maynia Olympics and the theme given was The Triathalon, or stitch three different projects.

No problem for me, I do two a day anyway and it just meant adding one more in.  Here are my three pieces:

In the morning I worked on Gathering Honey by Jannlynn:

In the afternoon I worked on Christmas Cubes by The Primitive Hare:

In the evening I worked on Ghostly Mandala by Ink Circles:

And on Sunday, I made another cube:

Two down, seven to go!

Serendipitous Jo's Thirty-Second Frolic of the Year

Last Friday was the first day of the Olympic Stitching Challenge in the Stitch Maynia FB group.  The admin there have given us a theme for each day and Friday's was The Olympic Rings - Blue.

So I stitched some of the blue on Little Snap Dragon by Kustom Krafts.  Not as much as I wanted because I was called into work to cover someone in the morning.  But I managed some:

stitched on 32 count Murano Evening Sky from Crafty Kitten

Close-up to show the area I worked on: 

On Sunday I spent the afternoon doing some finish-finishing.  Last year I stitched the Hallowe'en Cubes by The Primitive Hare and this year I am determined to finish them properly to display in time for the spooky season.  I decided to make a "low-sew" cube.  Not a "no-sew" because I still have to whip stitch the edges on these ones but they work well.  This one took over two hours but hopefully I will get quicker the more I make.  The plan is to make one every weekend and then start on the Christmas Cubes so they will be done by this Christmas.  Posting on here each weekend might help me keep on track!

This post shows my technique - "low-sew" cube

Here is H:

The orange fabric came from Plush Addict and I got the same design in purple and black so I can vary the colours.  I also bought some wadding to add a padded front to the cube.  Gosh, don't you get a lot of wadding for your money?  I spent £3.95 and got loads!

Serendipitous Jo's Twenty-Eighth Frolic of the Year

This Friday was the second in the month so that means Christmas stitching!  I am stitching the Christmas Cubes by The Primitive Hare for the Christmas Ornie SAL Blog.

This month we had a Free Choice.  As luck would have it, one of the block didn't fit into any of Kaye's themes so it was perfect for the Free Choice.

This is exactly as charted apart from the substitution of B5200 for Blanc.  I wasn't looking forward to the large block of the house, but once I'd done the windows it was actually fairly quick, just filling inbetween the white.

Here are the five so far:

stitched on 35 count Country Mocha from Willow Fabrics

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 Seventh Frolic of the Year

Friday was a very exciting day for me, I had a great Happy Dance for a lovely project.  Sadly for you all, I'm not showing the photos until my Gifted Gorgeousness post on the 15th!

Instead you can see what I stitched on after my fabulous finish:

This is the next cube in the Primitive Hare Christmas Cube series.  I'm stitching it on 35 count Country Mocha linen from Willow Fabrics.

This design is going to fit in with the Christmas Ornie SAL Blog theme of Snow for February.

OK. I give in and I'll give you a sneak peek of my Friday Finish too:

That's all you're getting!

Serendipitous Jo's Second Frolic of the Year

OK, I'm doubling up on posts with the Christmas Ornie SAL Blog so please excuse me!

Firday will be the start of the rotation for me each week.  The second Friday is designated Christmas Ornie Friday.  I have decided to stitch the Christmas Cubes by Primitive Hare as my Christmas project this year.  I looked at the themes which Kaye had chosen for this year and all but two are covered by the Cubes.  Perfect!  It does mean that I will stitch the letters out of order but I can cope with that.

Here is Cube One - C:

I'm stitching them on a lovely 35 count linen called Country Mocha by Willow Fabrics using the recommended DMC.  I have changed the white to B5200 rather than Blanc because it will pop more against the neutral fabric.  I also changed the words to 814 instead of Black because it's Christmas. not Hallowe'en!