So the reason I put her away is because I just had to make a new start. It looks all gray in the photo, but there are hints of purple throughout. I am stitching her on 16ct Aida, a one of a kind piece dyed for me by Fantasy Dyed Fabrics, specifically for this project. This is a beautiful piece and I am hoping to finish her this year. I didnвЂ™t get to stitch much on her this time, but this is where I left off on her. Moon Sweet Moon startДЄnd here is how she looked when I picked her up in early March. This is how it looked when I started the SAL. Before sending out the PDFвЂ™s, she watermarked each personвЂ™s copy with their name and address. She then halted the SAL and released the entire design to each person that had paid for it. I think a couple of sections had come out when someone stole her design from her computer. This design, by Passione Ricamo, was a Mystery Stitch-A-Long back in 2017. This is what the finished piece will look like. I hope to get it finished someday, but that time is not now. Ugh It is also hard to see the holes, so back into her bag and away she went. I had made a mistake and found out how much of a pain it is to rip out on Lugana over 1. This one is being stitched on 25ct Lugana in White over 1. This is as far as I had gotten on it before having to put it in time out again. He mentions it every now and then, reminding me that I havenвЂ™t finished it, LOL So I thought I would pull it out and work on it.

This was a project I started for my husband. The pattern is Gossamer Princess Storykeep from Heaven and Earth Designs. I donвЂ™t remember when I started this project. Hello Blogging friends! When I finished stitching the Winter Snowfall project in February, I pulled out an older WIP. After all the time it took me to find the perfect fabric and a scroll frame that wouldnвЂ™t drive me crazy, I donвЂ™t have much stitching to show. I thought it would be perfect for Esmeralda. I am going to stitch her on 16ct Aida Oberon from Fabrics by Stephanie. I am not using the 32ct fabric that was included in the kit. I am so lucky to have gotten her and very quickly I might add. This was a recent limited design by Bella Filipina Designs for the Casa Cenina shop in Italy. I am sure I will get back to Rosamund and Blossom, but last night I decided to do this: Esmeralda I think they each have their own style, that is different from each other. I thought it was very distasteful what the Mirabilia designer posted. There were so many negative comments going around and I just felt awful about the whole thing. But after the Mirabilia designer posted on social media that she thought the Bella Filipina Designer was copying her designs, I couldnвЂ™t stitch on her Saturday night. I am really enjoying stitching on this Mirabilia. But since this is a vertical design, my needle automatically went to the right and wow! She is beautiful and I do love stitching on her.ДЄnd this is where I left off before the weekend. I feel that if I do her face first, I may get bored and my progress to get her done will really slow down. I usually work from the middle down and then the middle up. I rarely ever do a face first when I am cross stitching. There are only 2вЂі on the sides for framing, and I am wondering if any of the black will show. I worked with the dyer to get the fabric painted so that I wouldnвЂ™t lose the edges into a frame.

I am stitching her on 16ct Aida Salem from Fiberlicious Yummy Fibers. I fell in love with her the moment I saw her and immediately started stitching on her as soon as I received her and the fabric. Anyway, a lot of my recent nights have been spent stitching on Rosamund by Mirabilia. So much for trying to get through my WIPвЂ™s. And on Sunday night I started yet another cross stitch project. But after the events that unfolded on Social Media over the weekend, I couldnвЂ™t even stitch on Saturday nightвЂ¦at allвЂ¦on anything! That almost never happens with me. I was stitching on 2 MirabiliaвЂ™s and the Fox & Rabbit Mystery Sampler.

So, what have I been stitching? Well, my cross stitch projects have seemed to have expanded in the last few months. I had a big cross stitch post planned, but plans change and I have decided to go in a different direction. So many things get in the way and yet I canвЂ™t remember most of them. It is now past mid-June and creating a blog post has been longer than I had planned.

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