Day 6 Gymnastics Events - Specialty Stitches

For Gymnastics : Specialty Stitches, I chose my WIP of Around the world in 80 Stitches by Papillion.


Here you can see more of the overall design.




A closer look at my before photo...






And the after!






 I did the Ray, Chinese, and Clematis Stitch.  I have learned so many new specialty stitches working on this design :)


See you soon and Happy Stitching!

Around the World in 80 Stitches Part 7

I completed Part 7 of this SAL sometime last fall.

I missed getting a photo of it before I started on some of the specialty stitches, but here is the first progress shot.



Here is the view of the overall design with Part 7 in progress.



I really love the delicate look of these specialty stitches and how they really resemble flowers on a vine.



I am almost done with this part of the SAL...



And here is Part 7 Completed!



I really love the design of this block and I think it came out well considering this was my first time attempting some of the stitches.  I still have a few more parts to catch you up on.  Until then...Happy Stitching!

Around the World in 80 Stitches Part 6

I moved along to part 6 of this SAL.

Here is the start of the cross stitch outline...





Sorry this picture is a little blurry, but this part stitched up so quickly that I didn't have time to take any progress shots before I completed it!

Around the World in 80 Stitches Part 5

I also completed Part 5 last fall of my Around the World SAL.

Here is the start of the cross stitch outline.



I started the specialty stitches!



Getting ready for those tricky lazy daisy stitches...



And I finished!



This is how the design looks overall right now.



I am really enjoying the challenge of attempting all of these new stitches and working with metalics (although there aren't any in this part).

Around the World in 80 Stitches Part 4

Sometime last fall I continued to work my way through the SAL for Around the World In 80 Stitches by Papillion Creations.

This is the cross stitch outline for the two sections of Part 4.



Here is my closeup of some of the specialty stitches.



Here is the first section complete and starting on the second one...



And here is section 4 Completed!



This Part seemed to stitch up so much faster than Part 3, and I am really enjoying learning all of these new specialty stitches.  I have completed a bunch more on this so I will work on catching you up soon on my progress.

Happy Stitching!

Around the World in 80 Stitches SAL Part 3

Hello again!  Next I moved on to Around the World in 80 Stitches Part 3.

Here is the piece with the full cross stitches finished.



And some progress shots...



I think the gold thread really pops with the colors of silk and the fabric here.







And here she is all complete!  I really LOVE the way the veriegated silk colors seem to give character to the lazy daisy stitched flowers in this part.  I hope you enjoy seeing my progress.  Until the next time...Happy Stitching!

Around the World in 80 Stitches SAL Part 2

Hello again!  Way back in April I started the Around the World in 80 Stitches SAL with a small Facebook Group.  I got a bit behind with the big Earthquake last year but then I slowly started to catch up with everyone else last fall.  This is designed by Papillion Creations and has many parts to it. The fabric is Jaded by Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie and the floss is silk floss by Mo's Sale.

Here are some progress shots of Part 2 which covers two large areas.

















I have completed quite a few more parts of this design so I will show them off later.  Until then...Happy Stitching!

Around the World in 80 stitches SAL

At the end of 2014 when I decided to join the stitch only from stash group on Facebook, this was the last project I bought supplies to kit up.  Originally I think this design was a SAL from Papillon Creations in 2013. Coming to this party way late and getting to see some of the finished pieces made me excited to start stitching this.  There are two options for this design, a cross stitch version and a specialty stitch version.  Part of me really wanted to just do the cross stitch version.  But I decided that I needed to challenge myself because I only knew a couple of specialty stitches including French knots.  Then at some point someone in a cross stitch group I'm in on Facebook told me they were going to start a SAL of this design starting in May.  I was so excited because I've always wanted to be a part of a true SAL (Angie Designer was my first but I was always really far behind everyone else to count it) and here was my chance!  Since I had ordered a few options for the silk thread colors I decided to do a floss toss and see what colors would look best with my fabric.  Here is what that looked like as I started to prepare for the SAL at the end of March...

The fabric is a color called Jaded by Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie, and the flosses are hand dyed silk floss from Mo's Sale.  I don't know why but I decided to challenge myself not only with learning new specialty stitches, but also with using silk floss for the very first time too!

Well working with silk was a little different, but I sort of got the hang of it.  Here is where my stitching was when I decided to get a head start on the borders on April 23rd...

Part 1 is the two hearts and Part 2 is the sort of tulip looking flowers in between them.  Well even with the Earthquake and deciding to take some time with my children away from Nepal for a little bit, I did start stitching Part 1 in May like everyone else!  Here are my progress photos...

I finally finished Part 1 on June 18th! A little behind my goal of June 1st but a lot of life happened that I was still dealing with this summer... You can really see how much changes in lighting affect color especially with my fabric.  I've gotten a bit further since then but I'll share more progress with you later.  Until then...Happy Stitching!