June Stitch from Stash and Pie

 It's time for Pie!

My main Focus piece for the month was Stitchy Princess' Alice in Wonderland.  I started her on the 2nd and completed her after 13.5 days of stitching.  The half day was part of the Longest Week Marathon.

stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue fabric

I used a darker fabric than the charted so had to change the blues.  The charted light blue just looked white on this fabric so I swapped it for a darker shade.

This was a nice quick stitch and all I need now is a square frame and it will be on display.

After stitching on Alice for 13 days, I switched to my Marathon.  This usually takes place as close as possible to the Longest Day in June.  But I couldn't clear a single whole day so this year I decided to spread it over a week and stitched two projects per day.  You can follow the fun on this post - Longest Day/Week Marathon

Alice wasn't the only project finished during the Marathon.  I also completed the beading on Circle Cross' Art Nouveau Tarot Zodiac Signs:

stitched on 28 count sky blue evenweave from Silkweavers

More photos:

Each of signs align with the elements shown above

The final project of the Marathon was Mirabilia's Fairy Idyll which I enjoyed so much I decided to finish IHSW on the Monday and give her another day.

stitched on 32 count Vinyard Murano from Crafty Kitten

I spent the last 6 days of the month working on my evening project - Living on the Rainbow's 3D Haunted House which is nearly finished!

stitched on 32 count purple linen

I stitched on it every evening too, so here's the evening pie:

Finally, Stitch from Stash.  I did spend some money this month.  I want to own all the fabrics for the Zodiac Girls from Nora Corbett so ordered the next three colours for the Fire signs - Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.  Now I am nagging Kate to dye the Air signs so I can get them too.

I also had my Cross Stitcher magazine sub come out this month but that doesn't count for SFS.