It was a quick stitch… I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to finish it on time. In the end I was done on Saturday night. Quite happy with it. As it turned out the gold was not too yellow. I ended up adding brown to the pattern to stitch the worlds in, this made them stand out more.
After that I quickly updated the charts and added them to the patterns. Now I just wait and see if the ladies doing the class at Territory Craft enjoy stitching them. I hope they do!
These are the colours I intend to use when I stitch the model for Joy To The World. The “gold” is looking a little too yellow. I’ll give it a chance and see how it stitches up.
I finished stitching and assembling the model for Flowers and Swords. It was a quick and enjoyable stitch. It is now ready for its life as a scented biscornu… Filled with some batting and lavender flowers. I added a few drops of lavender oil to it.
I’ve created the first banner that will be used for Chanda Belle. Its a simple backstitched pattern. I guess it could be classified as blackwork.
The flower and scripted writing also serve as the basis for the current logo.
I like the simplicity of the design. When the idea of designing my own patterns came to me I spent months trying to decide on a name and a logo. Now I have both… Its an event to be celebrated.
I am off to go get myself a cup of tea… and some chocolate!
My idea is to give myself a long period of time to play around with designing and stitching my own patterns before I share them. I figure a good date will be 11.11.11.
Ideas and plans are all well and good… then opportunity comes knocking. I was chatting with my good friend Bonnie when she mentioned she is looking for biscornu charts to use in a cross-stitch class she is teaching for Territory Craft on the 20th and 27th of October. Before I had a chance to even think about it, I had offered to let her use a couple of the charts I’ve been working on. Read: had some vague ideas in my head and doodles on the borders of a notebook that I would at some undefined time in the far distant future, maybe one day, turn into a biscornu pattern. Now I have a little less than a week to chart & stitch them.
I am coming out of the closet much sooner than I had intended… but who can pass up an opportunity like this?
I’ve setup this journal to track and share my adventures in the world of cross-stitching and any other crafts that I may take up in the future.
I’ve been stitching since April 2003. Unlike other hobbies that came and went, it seems that cross-stitching is here to stay. I’ll share my first project and it’s story in a future post.
Over time I discovered that my favourite patterns are samplers. I’ve been dreaming of designing beautiful and complex samplers for years. For now, I content myself with stitching a sampler per year. I’ll share pictures of those with you as well.
Since I become a full time working mother I haven’t had much time for myself or for my stitching. As illogical as this may sound, the lack of time actually encouraged me to start designing simple patterns. Designs which I can work on during those rare and brief moments of quiet time. I hope to make most of them available once I have 6 patterns that I am happy with and figure out how to do it.
I intend to post once or twice a month to share pictures and news about my crafty projects. Don’t be surprised if some cooking, writing or photography sneaks in now and then.
Let the fun begin!
Chanda Belle 