Summer Pie and a Round-Up of the Month

It's been a busy month, with the Stitching Olympics, the Daily Art Challenge and time off work and then being back at work etc.

Here are some of the things I've worked on this week since my last post.

I completed nearly all the backstitch in the top right corner of Gathering Honey by Jannlynn Designs:

I just spotted one lonely yellow flower at the bottom!  There's also some yellow accents to add.

I completed the 1862 Snowflake by Forget-Me-Not in Stitches from JCS 2010:

I used silver thread instead of beads and removed the petite white beads I had started to add last tine.  You can see the shape of the snowflake much better without them.

stitched on 28 count Millenium Blue evenweave

Nice progress on Ghostly Mandala by Ink Circles, I have nearly reached the bottom left corner now:

stitched on 32 count Autumnal Woodland by Crafty Kitten

I added another letter to The Enchanted Alphabet, this is based on the design by Lavender & Lace but I am stitching the letters in black and adding little spooky touches from various Just Nan designs:

Stitched on 32 count Tiger Lily Murano from Sparklies

My aim has been to finish a cube per week and I've done three so far:

Hallowe'en Cubes by The Primitive Hare

I am using the same fabric but in three different colourways.  Hopefully I can finish them by Hallowe'en and then start on the Christmas ones!

That fabric and the wadding was the bulk of my expenditure this month:

Backing Fabric	£24.95
Charms	£11.83
3 Victoria Sampler Charts	£  7.50
Kreinik (Skulls)	£  6.50
Perforated Paper (Skulls)	£  7.44

Total                                            £ 58.22

I also bought a chart which will be the prize in the Tenuous Shoehorn Summer Linky Party.  Remember that?  I still have to pick a winner, I'll let you know when I do!

And now for Pie:

Gathering Honey was my focus piece for August and I managed to stitch on it for nearly a fortnight!  The Olympic Challenge meant a lot of pieces got a day or two and also that I stitched on more than one piece in several days.  So there are more than 31 days there!

September could see me reduce to six/seven projects throughout the month, depending on how the Sugar Skulls go.

Finally, the Daily Art Challenge:

Day 26 - Eyes

Day 27 - Sport

Day 28 - Doodles

(I drew or doodled this on graph paper!)

Day 29 - Monsters

Day 30 - Fun

(Round Robins are the ultimate fun project!)

Day 31 - Time