MCP Update and a new start

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  In 2015 I have started a mega cross stitch project named "Harmony".  You can see it here.  It went on slow and steady.  But after starting my youtube channel that project has been left unattended.  And in December 2020 I have showed the last progress.  you can view it here.  After that I was stitching now and then and completed 4 to 5 pages which I haven't recorded the progress.  Again this year I have decided to complete my long time WIP's and this is the one which I have decided to finish first.  So spending maximum time for this and made a decent progress till now.  You can see how much I have progressed from 2021 to till date from the below pictures.  Still 20% of the stitches is remaining.  Hoping to complete it soon. 

After

Before

Also I have started a new crochet project using a simple square.

Pattern used is SmoothFox's May flower - Square.  You can find the free pattern here.  

For me the square is 5".  The yarn I am using is Olivia Double knit yarn from Ganga Acrowools.  I am using 4mm hook.  And I am planning to crochet 15 of these to make a 16" cushion cover.  Will keep updating the progress.  

Hope you all like these projects.  See you soon with another interesting post.  Till then, have a nice day and have a happy time with your needle and thread.  

Work In Progress Update and two quilt blocks

Hi all

Hope all are doing good and staying safe.  It's been a long time I have given an update in my WIP's. Last time I have shown the WIP's in this post. Though From that post I have completed the kurti neck design.  You can see it here. Also I have made a good progress in the Anchor long stitch kit - Glossy flowers.  

This piece looks colourful now.  I have started the flowers and the small flowers are completed.  Within this month I hope I will complete this one.  

Also this month I have started another one crochet project.  I am showing a small portion of it. Can you guess what am I crocheting?  This will be a finish in the coming week. 

To get instant satisfaction I have done these two quilt blocks in tapestry canvas.  Just for fun I have done this.  Now thought of adding some more blocks and decided to finish it to a small coin purse.  

I have some more projects which I haven't made any progress.  Will pick it one by one and show it's progress soon.  Hopefully I will come back tomorrow with a ribbon embroidery flower.  So watch this space.  

Till then, Have a nice time with needle and thread.  Have a happy weekend. 

Tiny Cross stitch finish, WIP, New start

 Hi all

Hope all are having a safe and peaceful weekend.  Today I am happy to share with you all a tiny cross stitch I have stitched today and a little progress I have made on my needlepoint glossy flowers kit.  Also I have made a new crochet start though I have so many in my WIP basket. 

First let me show you the cross stitch finish.  I took nearly an hour to complete this. Stitched on 14 ct aida with 2 strands of thread. 

 I have no idea how to finish this tiny piece.  So I removed 1 row of threads on all sides leaving 2 stitch lines on each side.  I have pinned so many tiny cross stitch charts in my pinterest boards.  Most probably I will be making a card out of this.  For the time being it is safely kept inside my cupboard.

Next is the progress I have made in my needlepoint glossy flowers kit from Anchor. I have completed the blue flowers and leaves.  Started the red flowers and finished three of them.  The piece becomes colourful now after adding the red colour. I think I have made a good progress.

Though I have so many unfinished projects I will start a new one if the pattern impresses me at first sight.  In that way I have started a crochet cushion cover or it will become a table mat.  This is to finish my crochet threads in my stash.  Let me give you a look at it.  Will give the details about it later.  Everyday I am trying to make a little progress.  

Hope all of you like this post.  Do drop in your feedbacks in the comments section.  I will be happy to hear from you.  On Monday I will come up with a new embroidery design for satin stitch.  Till then have a nice weekend.

WIP's and a new start

 Hi all 

Hope all are enjoying your weekend.  Last month I have blogged about some of my WIP's here.  I have made a decent progress in one project and a little progress in another. You can see them today.

 

This is anchor long stitch kit "Glossy flowers".

 

This is  cushion cover which includes kutch work motifs along with other flowers. 

I have also working on my mega cross stitch project every day atleast for half an hour.  

Apart from all the WIP's I have started doing kutch work embroidery in a kurti.  It is also a kit with fabric, pattern for neck and sleeves traced, available threads with needle.  It is a spun material I think.   I am not sure.  I have purchased the kurti kits from here.   But now bedsheet kits for embroidery and design books are only listed in their website.  Totally I have purchased four kits from them.  I have already done two kasuti embroidery kurti.  You can view them from here and here.

 Hope all of you had some nice time seeing my progress.  On Monday I will be back with another new embroidery stitch design.  Till then, Have a happy time. 

Early Stitching for X-mas

 Hi all

Hope all are enjoying the weekend.  

Every year I used to think I should stitch something for the special seasons like Easter and Christmas.  But it will not happen according to my plan.  Last year I managed to stitch a cross stitch wall hanging for x-mas but not yet framed.  I have so many patterns saved in my folders.  This year I came across this post "A year of Christmas stitching".  SO I decided to stitch those tiny charts every month and finished the first one today.  

I thought it is a small design and I can stitch within an hour or two. But it took me nearly 4 hours to stitch this small design even though it is stitched in a single colour.  But the result is simple and elegant. So have a look at the design.

I will be finishing this into a wall hanging.  Once done I will post it here.  

Next one is a WIP which is a kit.  The kit was purchased 3 years back when my hubby went to thailand.  The design is a small Thai girl in traditional dress.  I have completed 1/4th of the design.  Everyday I am adding some stitches to it.  Have a look at it.

Hope all of you like the cross stitch finish.  In my next post I will come up with an embroidery design.  Till then do watch my space.  Have a great weekend.

WIP's

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Hope all are enjoying the weekend.  

Today I am here to share some of my WIP's with you.  These are long term projects which I have started earlier.  They are all going in a slow pace.   I  have started to do tutorials and designs for the embroidery stitches from last year and therefore these projects are staying behind and I am not working on it regularly.  

To get an inspiration to work on those projects I have planned a post to show the progresses once in a week or once in every two weeks.  Here I have showed 5 projects and some more are still lying in WIP basket.  I will concentrate on these first and then move onto the other.   So here they are.

This is again a needlepoint stitch kit from Anchor - The Last Supper.  I am working on with half cross stitches.

This is a long stitch Kit from Anchor under the name Glossy flowers. 

This is "Never Ending SAL" from here.  I am going to complete panel 1 from that.  

This is Rainbow Sal which I have started in 2017.  I have completed three months designs.  And luckily I have saved all the parts of the SAL in my laptop.  That page was not available now.  

This is a kutch work design I am working for a cushion cover.  

Apart from these I am working on an embroidery kurti and a saree which will be finished soon.  3/4 th of the designing is over in both.  So I will show them once it is finished.  

In crochet a cushion cover and a blanket (started in 2018 - joining process is going on) is in my basket.

I have made some quilt blocks also.  I will show it in the future.  

Even though I have these many projects in hands I always start something new.  This keeps me busy and also it is a way not to get disturbed by the things that are going on around and keeps me away from worrying about those things.  Because there is no solutions for some problems, only time can solve all those.  

It is always better to have some aim to achieve something in life.  For me finishing the "The last Supper" project and another Cross stitch project is one such aim for the next two year.

So, what's your aim in crafting.  Put down your thoughts in the comments section.  I would like to hear it and take it as a dose of inspiration.

On Monday I will come up with a new embroidery design.  Till then have a nice day.

Two Tone doily, New start

Thanks all for your lovely comments on my kutch work kurti.  I like that simple design of diamonds and now my hands are itching to make a kutch work bag with these diamonds.  It's in the planning stage. Should I make the design for the whole bag or should I make it in patches. Not able to decide. If it is done for a whole bag it will be a big project again.  Let me see how it works out.

Here I am presenting to you the two tone doily which is a very famous one in the world of crocheters, Easy to do and with two colors it's wonderful.  I have made it in a day and after blocking I like it very very much.  

The pattern is from here.

Thread used: Anchor knitting cotton 382 and 386.

I have first seen this doily in Ninu's blog.  I like her Lavender and yellow combo and I will make one more doily with that color combo coz this doily has been sold out in the church sale.  Hop over to her blog. You can see wonderful crochet creations with nice colors.

I live in a hot place and I don't need yarn blankets but whenever I see crochet blankets in the blogland I go crazy and I wanted to make one.  Last year I made Sophie's universal blanket and that too has been sold in the sale.  So I started to make a granny stripe blanket to show case in my bed during day. Also it is a stash buster project because I have sooo many local brand acrylic yarns in my stash which I have collected over 2-3  years. I have finished first set of red and orange colors and started off with green now.  I have decided to make one row in a day but sometimes I go mad and go on crocheting 4,5 row at a time.  It's  nicely coming up.

A small cross stitch project is in the finishing stage. Stitching part is over and I am going to finish it into an ornament.  I will show it once completed.

On the crafty side, I am busy and next week we will be going to my mothers place for a short vacation.  Will catch u all after that.  Till then, Take care, Have a happy time with needle n thread, yarns.

Kutch work kurti finish, WIP update

Hello my dear readers

Thanks for your comments for my previous post.  I have finished a kurti done using kutch work.  It took more time than I expected but I like the final outcome.  I have seen a similar design in one of the online kurti shop.  Then drew the picture in a graph paper, traced on the fabric and then embroidered it.  simple design but forms beautiful diamond pattern upon working repetitively.  

Thread used: Anchor 255 & 167

No of strands : 2

I am trying to put this design in pdf format so that viewers who need it can download it and trace it without altering the scaling of the image.  If I succeed I will put up a link and let you know

Some close ups.

This piece has been embroidered on custom order for my co-sisters colleague.

After a long time I have completed the next page in Harmony Mega cross stitch project. I have completed page6.  Hereafter I have decided to do 100 stitches everyday.  I am sticking on to that decision and that's why I was able to finish page 6.

Before

After - U can see some more leaves, stem and a small flower has been added on the right side. 2 more pages for the first row to be finished.  

Now I am concentrating on the kasuti sampler which I have left unattended for months. I have promised u to show the doilies in this post.  Since my previous posts are related to crochet I wanted to show something embroidered and that's why kutch work kurti came into the show.  One more kasuti kurti is waiting for its turn to get embroidered.  Preparations are all done and next week I will start doing it.

The crocheted sofa cover which have been completed a week before is awaiting for the end threads to be weaved in.  After weaving it will take its turn to show up in the blogland.  Till then, Have a happy week end.  Have a nice time with needle and thread.

My WIP's ...............

This year I have planned for a some projects in embroidery, crocheting and cross stitch.  Among those these are some which I have started.  Also I have joined in two CAL((crochet alongs) and a small cross stitch finish for a month sal.

1)  Crochet blanket - twilight shells throw(pattern from redheart.com). .  I am using Laura Knitting cotton with hook size 3.5mm.

2)  A cross stitch kit from pony.  Started long back and decided to finish within March.

3) Sophie's Universal SAL blanket - I will give the links in a separate post.  

4)  Kutch work blouse

Embroidery in the neckline part of the blouse will be completed this week hopefully.  I will give the update of my crochet blankets once in every two weeks.  Wish me good luck.

In my next post I will come up with a small finish in Kantha embroidery.  TIll then have a happy time.