Hop into Spring by Brenda Gervais (FFO)

 First of the FFO's!

Hop into Spring has been waiting for me to paint and assemble the beautiful display board (Frilltastic board) from Chantelle's 141 Design. 

Love it!

Hello Spring - Primrose (Free Stitch Friday)

 Today's stitch was a Free Stitch Friday chart from Lindsey Weight @primrosecottagestitches. I needed something quick to stitch while I was waiting for a special package to arrive.

Summer - Cricket Collection (Finish)

 Hooray!  It's a finish.  I completed the last of my Cricket Collection seasons series.  This is the Summer one.  I hand dyed the fabric from a white 28 ct. Brittney Lugana, so I especially love it. I wish the photos would accurately display the fabric colors, but here are all 4.  Ready to FFO!

The Cross Eyed Cricket: Spring

 I decided that I have enjoyed stitching this entire Cricket  Collection series so much that I'm going to look for more to do this year.  I hand dyed the 28 ct. brittney lugana that I got from Herrschners for each of the seasons.  This was my first dyeing experience and extremely successful.  

Spring is stitched on a 28 ct. yellow-green fabric with DMC floss.  I can't wait to frame them, but I need to finish Summer first!

Wren & Snowdrops

 Just loved this little wren and snowdrops pattern from Love Poppet on Etsy! The stitch count is 62 x 65.   

 I stitched this on 32 ct. Water Spirit linen by Seraphim from Lindy Stitches with the called for DMC floss. I plan to make a small ornament for an upcoming smalls exchange.

Hands on Design - Spring Folk

It's June and I'm so excited I finally got to stitch the Gather Blessings, Gather Wildflowers (trio), and Spring Folk charts.  I will most likely FFO them together.  I stitched them on 32 ct. Platinum Lugana instead of the linen using the called for DMC flosses and the Perle Cotton (Spring Folk).  

Here's Spring Folk.  I might backstitch the bunnies with something slightly darker to help them stand out better on the Platinum fabric.

I had to rip out the text on Gather Wildflowers because I didn't notice there was charting for 1/1 stitching.  I was going to leave it 2/2, but I just couldn't. I'll post after I re-stitch it.

Word Swap: Daisies

 I decided to start the Word Swap: Daisies from Stitching with the Housewives right after I finished the Monthly Weigh-In for May. 

I was tired of stitching white daisies, so I decided to go colorful.  I went to my stash and pulled some other colors to use on the daisies.  I decided on over dyed pink & orange, and shades of purple for the petals and decided to alternate these colors in the border at the top as well. 

 I love the way it turned out!

Monthly Weigh-In: May

It's May! Time to start the next Monthly Weigh-In from Stitching with the Housewives.

 I used 28 ct. tea-dyed Monaco fabric and used the called for floss that comes in the Fat Quarter Shop kit.

I have to paint the small seasonal items from Paisleys and Polka Dots that go on the scale before I can FFO this one.  

I had a lot of interruptions while stitching this.  It took about 10 days of sporadic stitching.

More Spring Stitching!

 

I have a few quick stitches to celebrate the spring season.  I'm loving all the pretty colors!

This is "Hello Spring" by Katie Rogers from Primrose Cottage.  

Be on the look out for a few more!  Coming soon...