Chatelaine Marie Antoinette Mandala -- Update Feb 12

[Lili]

lovely progress!!

[Fljotsdale]

I love working with the silks. They are so much easier and faster than DMC. I'm not sure why they have a reputation for being tricky.

I've been stitching so much lately I've been ignoring the horrible news of the world. I was just taking a look on the internet and remarking to my husband about how horrible it is. He said, "Don't look! Get out of that news site!" (I'm a worrier.) So I started shopping for silks and about fainted at the prices. He asked me if I was still reading the news and I told him, "No, I'm shopping for silk, but you may prefer me reading the news." He said, "Keep shopping for the silk."

Thanks for the link to that beautiful blog!

If only I'd ever had a husband like that!

Great progress! I want to do one, too, but I doubt I could afford the silks!

[tiffstitch]

Beautiful update!!

[Raine]

I want to do one, too, but I doubt I could afford the silks!

I hear you! I wouldn't be doing this if I hadn't gotten birthday money. Yay birthday money!

I don't know if silks ever go on sale, but I'm going to be on the look out.

[KerryT]

I am working on her flower fairy garden after taking out a small mortgage for the kit! I've nearly finished the first quarter except for the beads and crystals that I will leave until the end. I am loving working on this and love all of the sparklie thread

[Cockneystitcher]

Wow,what a beautiful design.

Does this one have speciality stitches or just cross stitch.

[missvintage]

Oh I absolutely adore this design, I would love to stitch this too, and you're doing a great job so far.

I love the details in this piece and I bet its so sparkly what with all the treasures and beads, can't wait to see more.

[vanessanjf]

Great work

[coffee_freak]

[Raine]

Wow,what a beautiful design.

Does this one have speciality stitches or just cross stitch.

There are specialty stitches, well illustrated.

[Raine]

I am working on her flower fairy garden after taking out a small mortgage for the kit! I've nearly finished the first quarter except for the beads and crystals that I will leave until the end. I am loving working on this and love all of the sparklie thread

about the small mortgage.

Do you have pictures of it? I looked in your gallery (beautiful) but didn't see it.

[KerryT]

I am working on her flower fairy garden after taking out a small mortgage for the kit! I've nearly finished the first quarter except for the beads and crystals that I will leave until the end. I am loving working on this and love all of the sparklie thread

about the small mortgage.

Do you have pictures of it? I looked in your gallery (beautiful) but didn't see it.

Not yet I've not taken any I was going to take some when I have finished the first quarter!

Keep up the good work

[Rose]

That is going to be so pretty an what a nice start!!!!! You are moving right along!!!!!

[Mabel Figworthy]

It's beautiful already -- what's the name of the Gloriana blue colour?
I love working with silks, and the soft ones like Gloriana are generally quite well-behaved; it's the very shiny flat silks that give silk its bad reputation

[Raine]

It's beautiful already -- what's the name of the Gloriana blue colour?
I love working with silks, and the soft ones like Gloriana are generally quite well-behaved; it's the very shiny flat silks that give silk its bad reputation

The Gloriana blue is "Velvet Night Sky."

[Mabel Figworthy]

Thanks! I'm just making my list for things to look out for at the Knitting & Stitching show, and this is definitely going on the list

[Raine]

Mabel, have you seen The Thread Gatherer Silk 'N Colors "Bugsy Ball"? It's so gorgeous too! Variegated pinks and golds and oranges.

[Mabel Figworthy]

Just looked that up on Stitching Bits & Bobs -- it's such a bright combination of colours! And looking for that one I found lots of other pretty ones... I particularly like White Pistacchio

[Raine]

Yes! White Pistachio is in this project too! I'm having so much fun.

[rcperryls]

Such pretty threads. I don't know that I am ever going to be using these but I keep bookmarking all these different websites with threads and fabrics and lovely stash. Its a good thing that the computer doesn't run out of space since I have more places bookmarked than I have time to look at and still have time to stitch.

Carole