Noni's January Post #4

Better late than never.... just managed to squeeze one more post in before the end of the month!

Last Friday I had an annual leave day (Australia Day was on Thursday so I joined in with probably about 75% of the country and took Friday off for the 4 day weekend!) - sorry I digress.... so I had Friday off and had plans to just stitch all day ...

However.... my plans to stitch on my Joan Elliott piece didn't quite go to plan as I got sidetracked a bit!

Instead of stitching on Faces of JE on Friday night I finished off my moon on my Halloween Happiness project for the Halloween Ornie Blog.

My JE project will come back into the Friday night rotation again this week and will stay out until I get the Holly Fairy finished at the very least!

Til next week.... have lots fun frolicking and stitching!

First Frolic 2017

It's the first time that I join you this year. And it's not a Friday Frolic but a Saturday Frolic, a late Saturday night Frolic, lol.
I pulled out my Rocky Mountains & Northwest Sampler by Ginger & Spice, which I started back in January 2014. The last time I stitched on it was in June 2016 and I left it here

On Saturday I added a pine tree in the bottom row.

Of course I couldn't put it down and have been stitching on since then.

Happy stitching,
Brigitte

Barbara from The Flashing Scissors 2017 #1

Hello everyone,

I hope you haven't forgotten me, it's been so long since I posted here!

Last year I bought myself one of those magnifiers, with a light, that you hang round your neck. After the initial problems working out how to put batteries in, the light and magnifier has been a great help with my stitching. At first I couldn't get on with the weight of the magnifier balanced round my neck, but now I wouldn't want to stitch without it!

Unfortunately DH found its light distracting when we were watching TV ..... he could see it out the corner of his eye, however I now know to sit slightly facing away from him, and I think the problem is solved!

I'm so pleased I bought this little gadget! After purchasing I read on line that people were very unhappy with theirs, (mainly because of the problem putting the batteries in) but I've found mine has really helped me to keep my threads neatly aligned, and given me more of an inclination to cross stitch.

A week ago on Friday night I prep'd this Jane Greenoff UFO that has been lurking in our bookcase for  years.

Pattern from Jane Greenoff's book:

"55 Country Cross Stitch Charts" 

I found my stitching hoop, printed a copy of the pattern and stuck it onto card, punched holes for the threads and transferred them from the old scrap of card I'd used before.

I started working on these little flowers.

After all the prepping I only managed a few stitches, but that was good 'cos I was able to frolic along with the rest of you again this Friday night ..... although I haven't had a chance to take any more photos yet!

There are a number of  other cross stitch UFO's lurking in our Dreaded Cupboard, and this year I'm aiming  to go all out on completing some of them ..... making space for some new ones, of course!

I hope you were stitching last night too, and I look forward to reading what you are working on!

Hugs,

Barbara xxx

My Fourth Frolic for 2017...

 In true FF fashion, I faithfully went to my Girls' Nest to randomly choose a WIP/UFO.  This week my hand fell upon this gorgeous very large UFO....

"Secret Santa" by Lavender and Lace.

Now, as is usual with a lot of my WIPs/UFOs, I have no idea when I started it, but as there is absolutely no mention of it on my main blog, Kitten Stitching, and I started that blog in 2011, it must be sometime before then!

This is what it looked like before FF: (not very much at all, really!)

And this is where I was up to after Friday night.....

And this is what it will look like - one day!

I hope that everyone else had a really great Friday Frolics, too.

hugs, Kaye

Noni's January Post #3

Hi there!

Yet another Friday has come and gone... and I managed to put a few more stitches in on the "Holly Fairy".  Not a lot of progress but every stitch done is a stitch less to do!

I am now planning to keep this WIP out for a bit longer than January so hopefully I will actually finish this square at long last!  Maybe it might just have to stay my Friday night project until the whole project is completely finished!

Til next week,  happy stitching and may the frog not come for a visit at your house! :o)
Hugs xx

Bohemian Paisely Embroidery Frolic

Can embroidery count as part of the Friday Frolicking? I hope so because it is my Friday Frolic project at the moment.

I started this kit by Plaid Bucilla last Saturday as my 'Friday' Frolic project for the month. It is my fun break away from crocheting.

I bought the kit from Joann's Fabric with a 50% off coupon so it was only $3.50. You can't beat that price for a fun project to try out your embroidery skills on :)

I made progress by filling in the satin stitch areas, doing some outline stitches around the French knots, and attempting to stitch some lazy daisies. I don't know why, but I've never been a fan of the lazy daisy stitch. When I stitch one, it never seems as 'full' as what is pictured on my design.

If I try to leave them bigger, it seems like the stitch isn't secure so I pull the stitch tighter. I'm seriously considering pulling out those stitches and satin stitching those areas.

Does anyone in the Frolic group work on embroidery designs? If so, do you have any tips for lazy daisy stitches? Is it supposed to be a loose stitch?

After a few more weeks of frolicking, I should have this project finished. My next project for the Frolicking Fridays will be a Halloween design from last years JCS Halloween magazine as I had purchased the fabric and threads for it back in October.

Until next time ^____^

My Third Frolic for 2017 ....

For my third frolic for this year, I "broke" the "rules" and actually chose a brand new project to stitch on rather than going to my Girl's Nest and choosing a WIP/UFO at random - oh well, all stitching is good stitching in my book!

This pretty design was a gift to me from a dear friend - isn't it pretty?  I am in love with the 32ct spotted grey fabbie (the first pic shows the correct colour).

Design: Do more of what makes you happy

Designer: Abbey Rose Designs

Fabric: 32ct Grey-spotted

Floss: Mixture of suggested and own choice over-dyed threads

Pretty happy with my progress on this piece.

As this Friday was the third Friday in the month, this is also my Friday Night Sew In piece - you can check out what everyone else stitched for FNSI by clicking on the link.

hugs, Kaye