Some Unfinished Finishes

Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite novels, so when I saw Netherfield Park by The Sampler Girl it called my name. I stitched some of this while watching Lost in Austen, which is a miniseries about a contemporary young woman who finds herself in the midst of the P & P story and affects the events therein. If you are an Austen-lover I highly recommend it. I made a few changes to NP - I swapped the called-for DMC for Crescent Colours (I used Queen Bee, Bean Sprout, Whatley Woodlands and Wavy Navy), changed the tail feathers slightly, and instead of stitching the year 1813 I substituted Elizabeth's and Darcy's initials. If I ever get my sewing machine tension fixed it will (hopefully) become a pillow, upon which I can rest my head and dream about Colin Firth (don't tell my husband!)

Netherfield Park
The Sampler Girl
Unknown 28 count linen
Crescent Colours threads

Thanks to her nice comment on one of my posts, I discovered Ma Teakettle's blog, which I am enjoying wandering through. A project of hers grabbed my attention and this is the result:

My Little Heart - February
Sylvia K. Hessen
Freebie found here

Belfast Linen
DMC threads

Isn't it adorable? It's one part of a SAL that will encompass 12 designs, which can be stitched separately, or together with a border. Please pay close attention to the birds' eyes; they are - drumroll, please - french knots! Thanks to this tutorial they came out okay, I think. I would like to make this into a floss tag but I have to get one of those gizmos that set the grommets. I have seen a rather unwieldy one at Joann's - does anyone have any recommendations for this type of tool?

That's all I have to show right now - so it's on to the next project, when I figure out what it is!

Sew Fun to Stitch

Sew Animalistic
Carol R.
30 count parchment linen
DMC 4130

After Wizard of Oz I missed doing little motifs, so this was the perfect next project. I chose one of DMC's variegated threads because it seemed to go so nicely with the squirrel and the fox. I finished this in just a few days and I miss it already. This is the second of Carol's charts I've stitched, and it won't be the last.

I'm still mulling over what will be next. My LNS just sent me an email that tomorrow everything is 20% off, and I think that compels a trip, don't you?