carladee's WIPs - Tea Cosy Update 27/12

[carladee]

Ok, thought it was about time I made my thread here!

I don't have much to share as yet because I've only been stitching again for a few weeks but here we go!

Eeyore's Change of Seasons
This is what it will look like when finished...

...and here is my progress


Angel of Summer (Lavender & Lace)
This is what it will look like when finished...

...and my little bit of progress!


HAED - Hmpf!
I'd never heard of HAED until I joined this forum, I had to get one and this lovely owl caught my eye, I think I jumped in the deep end choosing this design maybe but I love it so much! Here is what he will look like, one day

and this is the tiny start I've made, about 5-6 hours worth of stitching

and in relation to the size of my fabric


All of this will be going on hold shortly though while I stitch and make this tea cosy from the coats crafts website for my Nan's Christmas pressie


Phew!

I'll keep you updated on my progress

[karen4bells]

what fantastic projects you have going!! Love the owl and I really love the eeyore project. The tea cozy looks great, can't wait to see your next updates!!

[vanessanjf]

Some lovely designs. I love the owl

[pamelam]

You've got quite a lot going there! You're doing great on them! Looking forward to more updates!

[Rose]

Those are some great projects you have. I love the way that Tea Cozy looks be sure to update us with lots of pictures!!!!!

[Squirrel]

Wow you sure have some gorgeous projects on the go - it will keep you busy for some time to come I'm sure. The tea cosy for your Nan - I am sure she will love it.

Happy stitching and hopefully no visits from mr frog.

Sally

[Mabel Figworthy]

The owl has such a lot of character and the tea cosy is gorgeous!

[Like_Fine_VVine]

That's a lot of great (and big) projects you have started. I guess you won't be getting bored with all that rotation . I love them all and I'm excited to watch your updates as they each come together!

[cassle]

wow, they are all beautiful!! What a gigantic haed project! Congratulations, you're brave!

[meerkat]

My word, you are going to be busy..your projects are all lovely. I am partial to owls,I have a lot of owl ornaments, and that HAED is gorgeous. I love the tea cosy you are stitching for your nan, looking forward to seeing that

[JuWildman]

I love the owl HAED too - he's lovely! Looking forward to watching your progress with that one especially

[Carole]

You've got a lovely assortment of projects to work on there. I do love your Eeyore

[carladee]

Hanks for all your loverly comments, there will be a tea cosy update at the end of the week

[carladee]

Here's my progress on the tea cosy so far! Haven't had as much time as I'd like so I'll have to get my skates on now to get it done for Christmas!



I'm changing some of the colours a bit as I don't normally use Anchor and there's not a shop near me selling it so I'm kind of making do but I think it will be fine

[pamelam]

This is going to be so pretty! Great work! Are you noticing any difference with the Anchor threads from what you normally use? I've been thinking of trying out the Sullivan's brand floss instead of using DMC because they're cheaper. I've heard Sullivan's doesn't fray as much as DMC does.

[carladee]

I can't say I've noticed any real difference to be honest, I've just always used DMC since I started stitching so I have lots of colours whereas I had no Anchor threads until I bought a few to do this, could have tried converting them really but never mind

I think I will be sticking with DMC as my favourite brand though, just because I'm so used to it!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Looking good!

[stitchingmae]

Very pretty!

[Like_Fine_VVine]

Looking nice!!

[Rose]

Looking great!!!!!