A Happy Happy Dance!

Yay! I finished my Custom Family Name Yesterday. After over a week of it sitting there gathering dust, the threads finally arrived and I made it to the finish line. This is again, stitched on SMF 28 count lugana Putty. I love how that sun turned out. I used DMC varigated tropical sunset on that one, it's really lovely.

Can't say much, my son is freaking out. Hope everyone will have a good weekend.

WIP Updates

I decided to take pictures of my WIPS. I had not taken any since i started, and this will give me an idea of how much I had...and of how much more I need to do. I am loving the look of those bamboo's. I decided not to use my own hand dyed flosses because I encountered weeks dye works website and they have so much color selection it's foolproof! They also have a really nice catalog-like thing of their whole collection. It took me days to finally decide which ones are closest to the dmc's the design called for...I had so much fun choosing, i thought i was in a candy shop. =D

The calligraphy is yet to be frogged, I am trying to work my way down as I am loving the tension the SMF fabric is giving me. It is by the way stitched on SMF's Putty lugana. I love how it gives the design this old look.

My second WIP is PR's Fairy Celebration, this one is being stitched using WDW thread as well, it's called spring bouquet, and i love how the color variation is giving the fairy sort of an enchanting aura. This one is stitched on SMF Gnome cashel. I knew when i received the fabby from one of Mindy's "random" choice sale on ebay, it was going to be perfect for the fairy, and I just love how it looks. I haven't gone very far yet as I am struggling with the hoop, not even my smallest scrolls will hold the fabric horizontally, so i ended up using a hoop.

I am happy with the results I am getting. It's my first time using SMF fabbies & stitching with variagated threads and I am so loving the experience. =D

Just an update!

Haven't been doing much, we got real busy around easter. Visits here and there...coloring eggs and w00T?! Easter bunnies..?? In the Philippines, where i come from it is so different. It's to commemorate the day Jesus died. The churches for sure are swarmed since the ash Wednesday. Beggining Thursday it's day off, so there is a really long weekend. If you get ashed you aren't allowed to eat meat, except fish. On Good Friday my grandma fixes us up some kind of stew with coconut milk and crops in it, basically what you are allowed to eat all day. We also have strange beliefs...like if you were to eat anything broiled on good friday you will develop freckles, or you should keep away from anything sharp to avoid cutting yourself, because jesus is dead thus your cut will heal only when Jesus lives again, and my fave, you should shower before 3 p.m. (jesus was crucified) because without his presence the entities are all around and you wouldn't be wanting to shower with them now, would you?? Okay, it sounds kind of funny...I'm sure you think we are crazies LOL. Also, there is some kind of a parade, and of people getting crucified, for real! With nails hammered through their hands, or those that are beating themselves with some kind of thorny ropes, like they did to jesus while they were taking him to Calvary. It is one of our traditions, some people make a promise to be crucified for some 10 years every holy week. It is their pact with God. It sounds horrible, but these people are very brave.

Anyways, in stitching talk, I have made a bit of progress on my Custom Family Name. I have also started on PR Fairy Celebration, I have finished the top of her head to her waist. Last night I thought again of stitching PR's Under the Arbour of Love for my son, and I recharted the mom to have long hair (like i do =D ). I can't seem to get blogger to post my picture, it's just not cooperating right now, I think the uploader is having a hiccup. Will try again later.

That is it for now...I hope everybody had a wonderful easter, although late, but better than never. =D

Hip hip Hurray!

I had just finished stitching SSM today, I was lucky that it was also immunization day, so my little family went to Walgreens to get some fresh batteries for our camera. I was then able to take a picture of her as soon as she left the scroll. She is being stitched on 28 count evenweave opalescent SOLO from Silkweaver. I just love love love her! She is one of my favorites for this year. I feel very happy that I have finally finished her. I thought those beads would never end!!

Here she is in all her glory...

I could have stitched the begining of her tail with metallics, but I thought the beads gave her a sort of 'retro' look, like a belt. And we all know how it is the fashion statement these days. hehe

I need to fix my rechart, and transfer my scribbles onto it before I could share it to anyone who wants it, I made a couple of color changes on her so that her skin doesn't looked like it was mixed up with her tail.

Thanks for lookin' =)

I dyed me flossy

I can't find the right hand-dyed floss color to use for my other current WIP. So I made my own...

This are just the standard white dmc floss. The red one is going to be used for the setting sun on the design. while the 2 green ones are going to be used for the bamboo. I am not sure yet if i want to convert the whole chart, but i am also planning to sub the calligraphy from standard floss to kreinik. I think a little bling-bling on that won't be too bad.


I started the WIP last night, and filled in a leaf of the bamboo's but it seemed like i need to frog the whole thing and start over. Here is a picture of the design. This is by the way just the sample picture. And does not exactly look like it calligraphy-wise. This is a custom-made design of our family name "Pritchard Family." is what it says.

But before stitching, laundry first...I hear them banging from inside the washing machine, and complaining about how they need to go to the drier now. LOL

My SSM WIP

Sweet Caroline...I meant Carolyn (that song is stuck in my head) LOL asked me to show my WIP of SSM. I thought I'd update my blog as she is an entry worth wasting my time for. hehe



She's stitched on 28 count solo opal lugana from SW. I have mentioned this before..I think? I really love this fabby because the top is light colored and it suddenly went darker downwards like you know...under the sea! Anyways, I still have way more to go. I actually frogged her body once because the first time she came out with abnormally long torso, that hubby commented, if she did not have a tail...you'll see something else that's not suppose to be there LOL so i went ahead and frogged her body and moved her tail upwards a little bit. She is very skinny, but i think once she's filled in with those beads she won't be looking strange anymore...I hope! She likes to eat sea-weeds LOL.

I got to stitch more on her last night so I got more of her tail done..I also eliminated her 'tendrils..or tentacles' whatever they were cuz then she would end up looking like an octupos, not very pretty.

I am hoping to work on her more, time and my baby permits me. I actually am excited to get her finished. By then, I would be very sure to share my conversion, I can't gamble as of now yet, I wasn't born to ruin ones project. hehehe

Have a good 'un.

Happy Dances!!

I have Happy Dances currently going on...I'm still shaking my booty from all that i have accomplished.

First off, I would like to Thank my beautiful friend Sara (saranne, saranne6) for sending me this lovely fairy bag. It's very handy for going to the park whenever my son decides he wants to go feed the ducks.









I finally finished this birth sampler for my japanese goddaughter Maiko-chan. This must be the worst Mirabilia pattern I have ever stitched. There was absolutely no way to get away from those confetti stitches on both sides, i was so close to trashing it and make another one of different design. Oh, for the love of God!!! I was about to lose my mind!!! *runs around screaming* lol but thankfully i have regained my sanity, now that i see it all finished. ;) I forgot to mention that the fabby was 28 count Blue Ice from country stitch, it was a RAK gift from beautiful Andrea aka stitchitandie. Thanks Andrea, the fabby was one of the reason why I pursued on this design..=)

Now she is ready for lacing/framing and off to Japan she will go!

Did i mention that this must be one of my most horrible backs?? I could not help it, i just had to drag all that thread and pull them, i just did not care anymore, I probably would have done it still, no matter how many miles away it needs to go to complete another single stitch... *sigh face*

Que horror!





By the way, here is a picture of cutie pie Maiko. The birth sampler is for her. =)



Oh oh, and then I will never forget to mention my World of Warcraft toon, I finally reached max level 70 woooo hooo!!! I
played her everyday spending my rested periods, and did gain
level fast.
Now I am happily mounting the newest released flying mounts. I got the snowy griffon, it's just the basic, I can't afford the epic mounts as of the moment...But hey who am i to complain? It flies...No more getting ganked by a whole buttloads of mobs trying to complete a certain quest, after all i rode my felsteed up until I was level 69.

I also cannot believe i found this gear, it had this thing in the back that looked like a playboy bunny tattoo, just like i do IRL, plus it's so hot and sexy and a rare item at that!







Weeeee...I'm so proud of her!!!

A job well done...

Cheering on for Amanda aka MiLighthouse. She has done this gorgeous "cameo" of my recharted version of the Lady of the Mist.

You can also see this LOTM at Amanda's Webshots Album .

I was finally able to see how it would look all stitched up... I think my rechart worked out quite nicely...whad'dya think?

She converted the hair to black, and added the necklace herself, which enhanced the beautiful miss even more...

I am just thrilled to see the outcome, it was hard work doing a conversion...But seeing it stitched by some1 so beautifully just made my heart swell and all the hard work has paid off...

There were quite a number of people who asked for my conversion, but i haven't seen any of the other ones yet...Can't wait ti'll they actually get to stitch her...

Thank you Amanda, for giving this a shot...And for such a beautiful finish you deserve an applause!!!

My new start...

I am going to start South Seas Mermaid tonight, I finished recharting her last night and it went really quick, I really want her to look less of an 'egg roll' I want her bare, in my head it will make her look less eel-y. She needs a curve...

This will be the fabby I will be stitching her on...

It's a silkweaver solo and i think it will fit her perfectly. It is actually alot more green-ish/bluish combo than it looks, and all the other colors mixed in quite nicely.

I envisioned her naked-ness LOL to look like this...

I can't wait to put her into magical stitches...But Life always gets in the way and I can't get away from it...But she will be started tonight and I can't wait...my itchy hands...can't wait...=)

A Happy dance for mwa!

I happy danced today. After i washed and pressed my finished piece, i started strutting around the house LOL. Actually i finished it last night, hubby was a little worried after i started dancing, he must think i had gone cuckoo!

I love love this piece, it is soooooooo fab, in my opinion. Who doesn't believe in destiny? Let me know and i will wipe some on to you..j/k!

Here it is (ala grand entrance)...

I personalized by adding our names. You won't believe how many times i had frogged the names off of this piece. I needed something that won't overpower all the other letters, it had to fit of course!

This is stitched using 32 count opalescent lugana "SUNRISE" from stab and stash. Very pretty!

I also did a rechart on Lady of the Mist (by Mirabilia) last night, I finished it this morning, and i think she will look more pleasing now without the roses in her chest. I really did think that those roses were out of place and I cannot stop thinking how she looks like she has very

hairy chest! It's just wrong! I up'ped her bodice a little bit and charted them with skin instead of those roses. I can't really imagine someone shoving roses in there! Besides of them having thorns, I'd probably bleed to death. tee hee... Plus I wouldn't want to be swarmed with critters, unless it's a dragon of course!

I don't have time to stitch her yet, but I would like to stitch her this way, skin is way better than those flowers! =)