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fiddler wrote:Hi Karen. You have made a great start to this one I love it and plan to do it when I have finished my poppy fairy. The next one is lavender fairy due out 14 march. Another one for the to do list. My Joan Elliot list is almost as long as my Faye Whittaker list Looking forward to seeing more updates. Ann

Thanks everyone--I really am enjoying this one so much!! She has such pretty colors in her.
Thanks for the info on the lavender fairy--I'll be keeping my eye out for that one--do you have a preview picture of her?? Looking forward to your next update on poppy fairy!

karen4bells wrote: Thanks for the info on the lavender fairy--I'll be keeping my eye out for that one--do you have a preview picture of her??

Joan Elliott has a preview pic on her site. She says it will be in issue 208.

mechie

mechie wrote: Joan Elliott has a preview pic on her site. She says it will be in issue 208.

mechie

oooooooooh she's sooooooo pretty!! Thanks for the link---I'll be keeping my eyes out for that issue for sure!!!!!

She is so pretty. I hope someone (hint hint for all you who stitch Joan Elliott's lovely ladies)will be stitching her and posting pics.

Carole

This is such a lovely project! I can almost see why people like fairies...

Beautiful!!

Love it!!

Time for yet another update!! I'm really having fun with this one!!

Such beautiful stitching and amazing colors

She is looking better and more beautiful with every update. I can see why she is fun to stitch. And I love how it looks on that fabric.

Carole

So pretty!

I think you've made up my mind for me. I'm going to have to stitch this one for my daughter!

mechie

mechie wrote: So pretty!

I think you've made up my mind for me. I'm going to have to stitch this one for my daughter!

mechie

I'm sure you will have as much fun stitching her as I am, and I am pretty sure that your daughter will love it!! I'm using petite beads for mine--I prefer how they sit on the 32 count fabric better than the normal size seed beads.

Thanks for the advice! I don't have too much experience with beading, so I'll take all the advice I can get . I haven't decided if I want to stitch her on 28 or 32ct. It may just depend on what my LNS has in the way of pretties. If I'm lucky, I can get her all stitched up in time for my daughter's 5th birthday in September.

mechie

She is wonderful!!!!!!!

mechie wrote:Thanks for the advice! I don't have too much experience with beading, so I'll take all the advice I can get . I haven't decided if I want to stitch her on 28 or 32ct. It may just depend on what my LNS has in the way of pretties. If I'm lucky, I can get her all stitched up in time for my daughter's 5th birthday in September.

mechie

That also means you will need a much smaller beading needle, should you opt for the petite beads, I have been using John James Ball Point Bead Needles Size 10. Maggie was so kind as to let me know that they work nicely with the petite beads. They come 6 to the package and are less than $3. I do hope you find some lovely fabric to stitch her up on soon!!

Such lovely colors! Wonderful job

She's looking lovely! I never thought I'd ever do more than glance at a fairy thread!
There is another one I like as well - mostly white, which is in this forum somewhere!

You lot are corrupting me!

Such beautiful work!!

She's coming along so beautifully Karen!

It looks like there's a natural flow to the stitching and you're doing a lovely job.