Mirabilia Mediterranean Mermaid

Stitched on 16# Stormy Night from Enchanted Fabrics.
She's stitched with DMC and the recommended Mill Hill and Kreiniks. Took about 3 days to stitch her and a week for all the bloody beads, seriously if you do this wear a thimble or better yet get someone else to so the beads theres thousands of em!!!

A Nudge from Mum

Stitched on 14# Aida as supplied by Needle Treasures. Took about a week to stitch and for black Aida suprisingly easy on the eye. Now hanging in the living room.

Mirabilia Sweet Pea & Model Stitching

This is Sweet Pea, stitched on another of Emma's Fabbies. She took around 5 days to stitch but the beading took me three days on top as I had a flare up over the weekend. She stitched using the recommended DMC and Caron Waterlilies floss with Kreinik and Mill Hill also. I did swap out one of the MH Magnifica beads for a colour similar to her skirt as the recommended ones looked awful to me.

This is a copy of Manga in Cross Stitch by Helen McCarthy. I did some model stitching for this book last year (see below for the pics of my name and my work). Im not into Manga myself but know a few people that are, from what Ive seen this book is awesome as it combines the 2 hobbies. The charts are on a cd rom rather than in the book which is so different to normal XS books. If you can check this book out its worth it in my mind. Retails at most online book sites ie Amazon etc.

Mirabilia Pansy

This is Pansy by Nora Corbett. Stitched on 28# Evenweave dyed by Emma. She has all the recommended beads,treasures and Kreiniks. She took about 5 days to stitch. FYI if your using the recommended Kreiniks you'll need 2 of 080HL.

Wednesday 15th July

This is Teal Flapper/Charleston Lady or Lady in Turquoise whichever you want to call her. Design by Vervaco. Stitched on 14 ct Lurex Pearl Fleck Aida. She took just over a week to stitch and was a nice pattern with hardly any confetti at all.

This Lady in Pink. Design by Vervaco. Stitched on 14 ct Lurex Pearl Fleck Aida. She took just over a week to stitch and was a nice pattern with hardly any confetti at all.

Tuesday 16th June

This is Petal Fairy framed. She was stitched on Enchanted Fabrics 16# Aida Raindrop using all the called for materials.

Bliss Fairy is now finsihed and framed! She was stitched on Enchanted Fabrics 16# Aida Celadon using all the called for materials. I really enjoyed this one.

Wednesday 10th June

Here is Mirabilia Iris. Stitched on 14# Zweigart Vintage Country Cream Aida, with DMC, Krenik and Mill Hill.

This is Mirabilia Morning Glory.Stitched on 14# Zweigart Vintage Green Aida, with DMC, Krenik and Mill Hill.





Both were a pleasure to stitch, the stitching on each took around 5 days and 2 days more for all the beading.

Friday 22nd May

Heres a HAED I finished on Tuesday and framed yesterday along with another HAED.
Both were stitched on DMC White 18# Aida with DMC Floss. They took roughly 3 weeks each to stitch, they also had very little confetti stitching which was fantastic.

This is Selena Fenech's Tiny Treasure Alphabet M.

This is Selena Fenech's Tiny Treasure Alphabet D.

Tuesday 5th May 2009

This weekend was a finishing weekend so here are the ones I managed.

Here is Frogscornu, Barbara Ana. Stitched on 16# Clay Aida from Zweigart.


















This is Spiders by Lizzie Kate stitched on 25# Lugana dyed by me.



















This is Black Cat by Lizzie Kate stitched on 25# Lugana dyed by me.



















This is Eek by Lizzie Kate stitched on 25# Lugana dyded by me.

Wednesday 22nd April

Well today has been a sorting out, making up kinda day. My Fibro has shifted for bad to worse so i havent been able to do much. I have been finishing off making some ornies. this is from a Round Robin I was in in 2008. Ive added some Dress It Up Buttons and lsome Bells and Light Strings I had. Im very pleased with it. Its a shame it can only be out in December though I want it all year!

The design is Christmas Reindeer by Lucie Heaton stitched on 14Ct Aida with DMC Flosses.

Monday 20th April

Well I've just finshed off Petal Fairy and have to say I have loved every single stitch. Next project is Frogscornu by Barbara Ana. Then its back to my Mirabilia's I think im going to do Bliss Fairy next then I can get matching frames for Petal and Bliss as a pair.
Bliss Fairy will be done on 16# Aida from Enchanted Fabrics colour Celadon.

Wednesday 1st April 2009

Here's my latest finish, another Mirabilia. This is Lilly, stitched on 28# Autumnal Abstract E/Weave, dyed by Emma (emmaslittleangels on Webshots). The fabric is fab to stitch on andpersonally I think Em has dyed it to perfection.
This was a joy to stitch, it seemed to stitch up in no time at all. It took me approx 5 days to finish.

Here is my next WIP Petal Fairy on Enchanted Fabrics 16# Aida Raindrop.

Wednesday 25th March

Latest finishes lots of piccies!

Here are my Mirabilia finishes they are





Halloween Fairy, LTD ED Kit. I swapped the linen for 18# Monet from Picture this Plus. I love how the purple makes the colours stand out.










This is Fern. I have stitched her on Silkweavers 32# Ocena Mist. I've also entered her into Silkweavers Comp for this year.
















This is Tigerlily. I have stitched her on Polstitches 28# Shades of Narcissus Opal.


















This is Holly. I have stitched her on 14# Zweigart Vintage Green Aida.

















These are my Barbara Ana finishes.



This is Going Batty stitched on 14# Silweavers Solo.














This is Pumpgrin stitched on 14# Aida dyed by me.













This is EEK! Stitched on 14# Aida dyed by me.

This is Witches Brew Stitched on 14# Aida dyed by me.

This is Thinking Of You, Stitched on 14# DMC

This is Merry Xmas Deer Friend, Stitched on 14# Lurex Aida.

















This is Hand Over The Coffee, Stitched on 14# Zweigart Vintage Peach Aida.

And Finally This is Swirly Snow, Stitched on 28# Silkweavers Solo.