An April finish in July!

Well, it's still July and I finally finished April!  Although the weather here has been on the cool side, and I have seen seeing quite a few bunnies.   

  I decided the bottom and right side vines needed some colour, so I changed the green to purple.  I think that's the only change I made this time.  I would have changed the letters, but I had already done them and didn't want any frogs on this piece! 

Angela and Beth, I'm impressed with your progress, keep on going!  Parsley, where are you in the midst of the flowers?

December's Holly Complete

Halfway there!!!

Yay!! December's Holly is complete.

Which also means that the Winter panel is also done. :)

The below picture of both my Winter and Spring panels more accurately shows the color of the fabric.

Next up is June on the new color fabric. This just goes to show that if you are going to do a project with more than one piece of fabric you should get all the fabric at the same time because you never know when a color will be discontinued.

Ta Ta for now,
Angela CG

December's Holly

Hello,

I decided to stitch this series in a set of 4 panels. The Spring panel is complete, and am almost finished with the Winter panel.

Spring Panel: March, April & May

Isn't it beautiful how the colors compliment each other?

I had such a hard time trying to decide what to work on after Lessons but I finally decided on My Garden Journal. I figured I would complete the second panel of the 4 seasons and started on December's Holly. I am really enjoying the colors in this one. I have been a little slow this last week on stitching (only stitching about every other day and sometimes only about 15 stitches at a time). I am hoping to complete December this weekend...we will see. If so, I will be half finished with this series. It is so fun to see these designs come together.

About half way as of last night when I finally put it down.

Ta Ta for Now,

Angela CG in TX

August Stitch in June

Here it is in all its glory!  

I don't know why it took me so long to stitch this.

Design - "August's Poppy"

Designer - Cottage Garden Samplings

Fabric - 28 count Waterlily linen

Fibers - GAST, WDW, & DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 30 March 2014

Completed - 10 June 2014 

I used the fabric and the fibers as charted.  This series by Cottage Garden Sampling is available at an Local Needlwork store or online store. It's a super fun series to stitch. 

I love the colors. The informality of the poppies is perfectly captured in this design.  Wonderful. Another winner in this super series. 

And here are some of my poppies - they applaud my stitching efforts!

We Have Blossoms!

I've made some progress on "August's Poppy" and have stitched the blossoms.  Now I just have stems and leaves left to stitch.  Then on to September's design. 

August's Poppy - The Border

Whoop Whoop!

The border is done!  The border is done!

On to stitching poppies.

August's Poppy - Still Stitching

The weather changed late Saturday night to rain, so I was able to get some stitching done on Sunday. "August's Poppy" now sports a sailboat and anchor and the completed sentiment. There's still lots of border work to be done before I tackle the poppies.