Mabel's WIPs -- thread now retired

[Nachstenliebe]

What a cute whale!
Faith

[Shin]

I love them both, great work Mabel.

My mum would love that Thank God bookmark.

[pamelam]

Lovely work on them both

[Mabel Figworthy]

My mum would love that Thank God bookmark.

It's a Lizzie*Kate chart, you can see it here. I'd offer to lend it to you but I've got two more to stitch....

[karen4bells]

Very nice on both of them Mabel!!

[Rose]

They are both great!!!!!!

[Lizzieh]

I love that whale. It is so simple but effective.

[Mabel Figworthy]

I've been a busy bee this weekend -- in spite of the village fete I managed quite a bit of stitchy time

So here's what I've finished this weekend (though some of it was started way back...):

Turned my Folk Sampler into a cushion for the spare bedroom. I used a dark green evenweave for the back (which was also used for a dog rose flat cushion that is in the spare room) and made it up using a whip stitch finish, in three colours (just to see how it would work ). I backstitched the beige fabric in dark green, the dark green fabric in beige, and whipstitched in red. This is what it looks like:



Here's the cushion from the side:



And here it is in its final place:



Edited: Here's the other (flat) cushion that it goes with in the spare room:

[freelady]

So neat. So pretty.

[Mabel Figworthy]

Then I made the Time For God stitching into a bookmark -- whipstitch finish along the long sides, double running stitch along the short sides:



One down, two to go

[Mabel Figworthy]

I also finished another Madonna (all those lovely Caron Impression threads were just calling to me from my workbox!) -- this one is on cream 20ct aida using three shades of Caron Impressions Lavender Gray:



and I made a (small) start on Dare To Be Different:

[Mabel Figworthy]

And finally I worked some of the mini Hardangers -- the ones that will be Christmas cards for the ladies at my stitching group. They are really quick to stitch up, and great fun to do!

The first one is on red Hardanger using off-white pearl cottons and Kreinik #4 braid (095 Starburst):



And the second is on off-white hardanger using variegated dark red pearl #5 and solid dark red pearl #8, and black Petite Treasure Braid (sorry the sparkle doesn't really show in the pic):



There, that was my weekend

Edited:

The second hardanger piece was also my first ever Greek cross filling ! It's a bit uneven , but I'm quite pleased with it.

[Murmured]

You have been so busy! The hardanger just looks stunning! I'm sure the ladies in your stitching group will love them.

[mags]

Gosh you have been busy, everything is lovely.
Hope you are okay

[mig-3]

Bravo! You're a true technician! I mean that in the best way possible. Artistry of color & design is one thing; however, the technical skill to pull off good hardanger stitches, flat double runners and such is the sauce for me. BTW, your Greek cross looks as good as any I've seen. It's harder than it looks due to the changing tension as it builds.

[pamelam]

All of your projects look lovely!!

[Nachstenliebe]

You've been very busy....and doing such wonderful work... You have a lot of skill.. Each piece looks amazing!
Faith

[karen4bells]

You've been very busy Mabel!! They are all very nice--Love them all!!

[annkor26]

Nice! I like how dramatic looking that dark red is on the second one.

[burgundyice]

Wow you've been busy! Love the Russian animals and the bookmark

Louise