Les Olympiades des Gnomes - Sunday Update

Sunday Update

 

Les Olympiades des Gnomes

 

Title: Les Olympiades des Gnomes

Pubhisher: Jardin Prive

Deisigner: Nathaalie Cichon

Fabric: on 40 ct 6 3/8" x 5 7/8"

Country Mocha Newcastle linen purchases at 123stitch.com

started during opening ceremonies 2024 Paris summer Olympics 7/26/24

The blue is much deeper than what shows here.

Fully finished my night temperature chart yesterday. The leaves are based on the low nightly temperatures of 2022. 

Pattern: Temperature Tree pattern by StitchinMommy

Stitching completed Dec 31, 2022

Fabric: unknown fabric, 32 count

Peacock Feathers: Happy Dance!

 Not only have I finished, fully finished, but it has been photographed and put on the wall!!!

July1 progress on Peacock Feathers

Making progress

 Took this picture last night. I only have time to stitch approximately 1,000 stitches a week, so maybe I will be able to finish this next weekend?

 Making progress. 

Steampunk Cat

 

Disclaimer: I own a large number of printed items like this one. If I can locate the original pattern maker, I will go to their website or an authorized seller and purchase the pattern. Many of them I haven't found, like this one. So if you happen to know, please share the info with me.

I enjoy stitching preprinted pieces while I am on the phone with clients or when I am exhausted in the evenings. I have a learning disability that makes counted patterns almost impossible at times (dyslexia and dyscalculia).

I love the way this face came alive! I started this guy two years ago. I hope to finish him next year. He is full converge and a lot of stitches!

250 x 170=42,500 stitches

Purchased on AliExpress; pattern designer is currently unknown

Begun sometime in 2022-I only had finished the eyes before I picked it up again this spring. 

Peacock Feathers progress

 Update. Still stitching!

Mail Day with Brennen the Tri-Pawed Cat

 

PhD - Potential Happy Dance (The Cheshire Stitcher)

 Was watching a FlossTube today by Karen, The Stitching Owl. She credited the above youtube with this lovely acronym!

Sunday Morning Hydrangeas

Cameron took some lovely pics this morning. These are from our front yard.  The pics might come in handy for color inspiration at some point. I love the differences that hydrangeas can produce from one bloom or another only a foot or two apart.

Peacock Feathers

My name is Grace and I love to stitch. The act of pulling thread through fabric is meditative, peaceful, and relaxing. It stills my overly busy mind. It brings me satisfaction. It connects me, however, distantly, to thousands of other people worldwide who also love to stitch. 

I've been stitching for over 50 years. Sometimes I stitched daily and sometimes years passed between picking up my needle due to school, work, divorce, or tragedy. But I always came back back to stitching.

I stitch a bit of everything, using a wide diversity of threads, fabrics, counted or printed. I will be sharing current and sometimes past projects here, for my own records and for the joy of stitching. Sometimes I know where I got supplies and sometimes I don't. Sometimes I know that the title is, and who to credit. Sometimes I don't. 

This is the project I am working on today. I started it in February 2022, completed the center and got distracted by a myriad of other equally delightful things. I've decided that I'm going to finish it over the next few weeks. I love the colors and want to frame it. 

Title: Peacock Feathers

Designer: Caroline Manning Designs

Stitch count: 131 x 131 (17,161 stitches)

Thread: DMC called for colors

Fabric: 14 count Aida

I purchases the pattern from 123 Stitch and the above picture is their illustration of the completed piece.