Petal Fairy WIP

Hello friends. Here's my progress on Petal Fairy.
 This particular shoot had me listening to The Who and Van Morrison. Of course, it's DH who put it on. Nothing like intense Keith Moon drumming to give much needed adrenaline rush. Personal faves: Baba O'Riley (or more popular to me as Teenage Wasteland); Moondance and Crazy Love. 

I'm just so into doing her dress. The wings got some lovin' too.

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Summer Fragrance WIP

Hello friends. It's time.
Yes, it's time to show you what I've been up to with the Lady.
She's happy, I'm happy.

I'm doing the halfstitches by color, only one blended thread remaining. Then the backstitch. This one I really plan on having framed as soon as it gets done.
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Advance Gift

Hello dear friends. If you could still remember from my previous posts... May is my birthmonth...which means I'm entitled to spend, haha. Well, this does not really qualify as a "splurge" as yet:

I was over at Michael's and Joann Fabrics recently. I found that Snag Nab It that I read from CraftyCat's blog (I'm so sorry guys, I don't know how to create a link yet). Thanks to her, it won't be difficult now to rid of those threads that keep popping out from underneath the fabric. I just can't wait to use it (but for your ultimate blogging experience, I had to wait, haha).
And if you notice, all my projects are done on 14 count aida. Never stitched on anything smaller or any other fabric. So I grabbed some 16count aida to train on. I'm eyeing some charts on the net that could use a smaller count (that's where the splurge will come from, teehee!) Hopefully I would get the hang of it (stitching that is, not the splurging).
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Petal Fairy (again)

Hello Friends. I hope you're all having a nice Sunday. 
Better get this thing out there before Monday morning comes knocking eh?
Almost  16 colors done on Petal Fairy, woohoo!

Progress on the flower and I started that skirt part of her dress (which I'm so eager to see unfold:)
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Petal Fairy WIP

Hello blogging friends. 
Here's a quick update on my stitching. 12 colors in for Petal Fairy;)

Mostly stitched on the flower and the antique violet on the wings. 

Don't worry, I listened to all the advice of the stitching mensas (you know who you are and thanks for the encouragement). I kept stitching on Summer Fragrance little by little, we'll get there somehow. Be patient (that's me talking to myself).

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Happy Month

Hello dear blogging friends;)
It's my birthmonth! And birthmonth girl already started surfing the net for presents, haha. Need to add some stuff in that cart so Kreinik 9300 won't feel so lonely (yeah, the only missing material for Petal Fairy). 
This requires a lot of weeding out... Ooh, so many to choose from. I'm limiting myself to two patterns (See how matured I am, eh?)

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Petal Fairy WIP

Hello friends. 
I'm checking in for my end of the week update on Petal Fairy.
I'm 7 colors in! 

I'm really in the groove stitching this one despite the big size, probably because I'm still reeling from the daunting task of Summer Fragrance. I already planned to put in a few stitches on that Lady this weekend, spend some quality time with her. 

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Petal Fairy XL

Hello friends. 

I'm stitching Petal Fairy on a 14ct. beige aida instead of the linen it requires (for reasons stated in my post a long time ago). And I did not expect it to be this HUGE.

Yep, I said huge because it's covering most of my body while stitching. Please, no questions about height. I think I plateaued at the tender age of 12, lol.

Here it is, with 2 shades in.

 Do you hear what I hear? Doesn't it look like a giant ear?
Can't avoid those creases due to handling difficulties.
I caught DH eyeing my swamped state. That look that either says he feels sorry for you or he feels sorry for himself...or maybe both, haha. (Oh well, as long as I'm happy, I know he's happy).

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On Track (for now)

Hello dear bloggers. I hope you all had a nice, relaxing weekend.
Done with the greens and all the whole xstitch on the background. Here's Summer Fragrance in various lighting (coz I can't make up my mind if she looks better on spotlight or dim lights to hide the white gridlines, hehe)

Gazillion of halfstitches in the background up next. 
At this point I can already sense getting off track (what else is new?). I'm trying to figure out how to manage her future. Should I stitch by block/page or by colors still. Then comes the backstitch...ooh, I feel a headache coming my way, hahaha.

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Crazy Cool

Hello again friends. Want to see something crazy cool?

 Yep, DH thinks it's crazy, I think it's cool.
Two ORT jars to see me through. One for Summer Fragrance and one for ABC Sampler. I was monitoring their orts to keep me on track on both pieces. Even if sampler proved to be more stitcher-friendly, there's no playing favorites on this side of the stitching table, lol.

Want to see something crazier, cooler?

TA-DA!

 ORT jars galore! Ridiculous huh? Don't worry (that includes you DH), 3 will be my max.  Just wanted to take a group picture of the 3 little stooges before I empty out the sampler's. 

I think you've already guessed what the last one's for. Yes, finally put in the first stitch on Fairy, it's been long time coming. I hope I don't get tempted to start a new one to fill in the sampler's spot. I think I'm good, got my hands full right now.

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Petal Fairy preps

Hello blogging friends. Now would you think I'm going to waste time regarding this matter:

 

Yes, finally... I have gathered the stuff for Petal Fairy (deal is a deal). There's something missing though, overlooked the Kreinik when I ordered online. No luck with Michael's and Joann. So I guess I need to get it online. Anyway that will be one of the last to be stitched, so I'm okay for now. Time to cut that fabric to size, woohoo!

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ABC Sampler Finish

Hello friends. Dance day (or night) at last.

Close-ups:

 Done with all the stitches. Well, for me it's done. The magazine chart actually had small quilt heart buttons (in autumn colors) scattered on the big alphabets. The buttons are no longer available at Jeremiah Junction, looked it up on Amazon and they have it for around $5-6. I think the design is ornate enough. Should 9 buttons make a big difference and at that price? It's already on my wishlist, maybe when the price gets cheaper I'll bite.

Zoom in that woman's evil smile please, Petal Fairy awaits.

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