A couple of finishes and progress

After a little hiatus I finally picked up my needles and started working on my cross stitch pieces. 

Since my last post, I finished two projects. The first one is "Viva la Vida" by Barbara Ana Designs, I started this design on December of last year, days before I went on a vacation to Mexico with my sister and our kids, as a way to commemorate our first trip to that country.

I really love the way it turned out!  I did everything as charted except the skin colors, for mine I used DMC 951 and DMC 3856 for the shadows. 

Design: Viva la Vida by Barbara Ana Designs

Stitch count 89w x 138h

Fabric: 32ct Chocolate Mil Lugana (Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie)

Threads: DMC

Started: 18. December. 2018

Finished: 15. June 2019 

The second piece I finished was Ice Princess by Heaven and Earth Designs. This was a freebie design that was posted on HAED's website many years ago, the original design had an owl on one of the princess' hand but I was not a fan so I cropped it off. I started this piece on 2015 when my daughter was 4 years old and a huge fan of Frozen, she's not into that movie anymore but she likes the design and is happy that it's done and that it will soon be hanged in her bedroom ;)

Design: Ice Princess by Heaven and Earth Designs

Stitch count 170w x 233h

Fabric: 25ct Lambswool Jobelan (1 over 1, full cross)

Threads: DMC

Started: 09. October. 2015

Finished: 24. June 2019

After I finished this pieces I lost my stitch bug but I did add a few stitched on a couple of pieces. 

One of the projects I worked on was Sans Souci by Long Dog Samplers, you can see in my previous post that I was almost done with page 3. That page is now done and made a start on page 4. 

The designs has a total of 9 pages so  I'm not even 50% done with it. I will try to work on it on a regular basis, because I feel I make a lot of progress on each stitchy session and I don't have to change colors constantly. 

Another piece I worked on was Pennywise by Alisa Okneas. I'm missing a few color for this design so it will be put away for a few days until I get them. 

Hopefully I'll finish it before the second part of the movie "IT" ;)

At the beginning of the  year I started a YouTube channel about my cross stitch. The videos are in Spanish but if you are interested in watching here is a link to my latest video. 

Sans Souci SAL

This is my current progress on San Souci by Long Dog Samplers. I'll finish stitching page 3 tonight so I can start working on the second row of pages this week. 

I'm using this project for a 100 day stitching challenge that's taking place on a Spanish Facebook group. I'm working on it for half an hour everyday (well almost everyday ;P ); 74 of those 100 days have passed and I think I've made good progress on this piece. 

Este es mi avance en San Souci de Long Dog Samplers. Terminaré la página 3 hoy para poder así comenzar la segunda fila de páginas esta semana.

Este proyecto lo estoy haciendo para el desafío de los 100 días de un grupo de Facebook. Estoy bordando en él media hora todos los días (bueno, casi todos los días ;P); 74 de esos 100 días ya han pasado y creo que he logrado un buen avance en este bordado.

A chimpanzee

Last year I signed up for the Into the Jungle SAL by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. I didn't keep up with it so I'm still working on it. Last night, I finished the 7th block, the chimpanzee.

The chimpanzee was the first thing I stitched in that block and I messed up the placement so I had to make little adjustments to the block. 

El año pasado, me anoté al SAL de The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery, Into the Jungle. Para variar no me mantuve al día con el por lo que sigue siendo un proyecto en progreso. Anoche, terminé el séptimo bloque, el chimpancé.

El chimpancé fue lo primero que bordé en ese bloque y me equivoqué en la ubicación por lo que tuve que hacer pequeñas modificaciones en el bloque. 

Creepy but cute

This week I've been working on a small design called Pennywise (the clown from the movie "It").

 

The designer of this piece is Alisa Okneas and I'm stitching it on 32ct Sudden Storm Jobelan (Silkweaver). The original design is only the head of the clown and the balloon and I will be adding a quote from the movie.

I love this kind of designs... creepy but cute :P

Esta semana he estado bordando en un diseño pequeño llamado Pennywise (el payaso de la película "Eso")

La diseñadora de este proyecto es Alisa Okneas y lo estoy realizando en 32ct Sudden Storm Jobelan de Silkweaver. El diseño original es solo la cabeza del payaso y el globo rojo y yo además le añadiré una frase de la película. 

Sans Souci SAL

This year Sew and So released a Mystery Stitch-A-Long designed by Long Dog Samplers. The design is called Sans Souci (in English, no worries) and so far four pages have been released (Im' still working on page 2). 

I'm stitching on it on a daily basis (half an hour each day). I'm doing mine on 32ct Antique White Jobelan with two strands of Anchor 134. 

Este año Sew and So publicó un Mystery Stitch-A-Long diseñado por Long Dog Samplers. El diseño se llama Sans Souci (es español, sin preocupaciones) y a la fecha ya han sido publicadas cuatro paginas (yo aún estoy por terminar la página 2). 

Este proyecto lo estoy bordando media hora al día y lo estoy realizando en 32ct Jobelan (Blanco Antiguo) con dos hebras de hilo Anchor 134. 

First post of the year and third cross stitch finish :)

Third finish of 2019! This one has been on my WIP pile since 2012!!!

This year I decided to have a few old wips in my rotation and I'm happy to say I finished the first one *Ü*

The design is from Soda Stitch and it's called Scent of Wind (SO-380). I'm a huge fan of this designer, her designs are always super cute and I have many more to stitch some day ;)

I started this piece when my daugther was almost 2 years old and I kind of forgot about it for a few years. This year my stitchy bug has return in full force so I'm trying to finish some old wips while still starting new projects. 

Design: SO-380 Scent Of Wind by Soda Stitch

Stitch count 105w x 100h

Fabric: 32ct Antique White Jobelan

Threads: DMC & Anchor

Started: 06. January. 2012

Finished: 19. April. 2019 

¡Tercer proyecto terminado del 2019! ¡Este ha estado en mi pila de proyectos en progreso desde el 2012!!!
Este año decidí tener algunos proyectos antiguos en mi rotación y me alegra decir que terminé el primero * Ü *

El diseño es de Soda Stitch y se llama Scent of Wind (SO-380). Me encantan los diseños de Soda Stitch, sus diseños son siempre super tiernos y tengo muchos más para bordar algún dia ;)

Comencé a bordar este proyecto cuando mi hija tenía casi 2 años y  por algunos años me olvidé de él. Este año mis ganas de bordar han retornado con mucha fuerza así que estoy tratando de terminar algunos proyectos antiguos mientras sigo iniciando nuevos proyectos.

Black Hat Society is done!

On Friday I had my third cross stitch finish of the year! I finally finished Black Hat Society by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery.

I started this piece last year but, as always, I got distracted with other projects so it took me a little over a year to finish it :P

I have an idea of how I want to finish it but that will have to wait until next week because I have a few crochet pieces I need to finish before Monday.

Design: Black Hat Society by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery

Stitch count 129w x 106h

Fabric: 28ct Echo Cashel Linen (Pïcture This Plus)

Threads: DMC

Started: 17. September. 2017

Finished: 21. September. 2018 

Punch of Color ~ Day 80

Yesterday I reached day 80 for the 100 days of HAED challenge.

This is how it looks so far...

Like I said before, I'm only doing the black outline for this challenge and so far I've completed all the black for the first 8 pages (6,301 stitches)

I want this done in time for Halloween 2018!

Yesterday I worked on Black Hat Society for about half an hour and I managed to finish the little pumpkin. The only thing left to do is a witch...

Oops! I dissappeared again!

I've been super busy lately and blogging completely slipped my mind :P

I'm still working on Punch of Color Girls 10 for the 100 days of HAED challenge. There have been several days where I only added one stitch to this projects but so far I've not misses a single day stitching on it...which is great!

Here is my progress after 70 days...

Day 40 and a Baby Whale

Last Saturday was day 40 of the 100 days of HAED challenge. This time around I didn't have much time for cross stitching so I had very little progress. 

Most days I only added 1 stitch just to be able to stay in the challenge. 

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What kept me occupied most of last week was a baby whale I had to finish for a nursery. 

The mother, an old friend of my sister from university, commissioned me to make a humpback whale for her baby's ocean themed nursery. 

 Pattern:  Baby Humpback Whale by One Woof Dog

Yarn: 100% Cotton

Hook: 4mm (G)

Started: 05. August. 2018

Finished: 10. August. 2018

I love this whale and I think is the perfect size for cuddles. Here is a pic of my 7-year-old holding it. 

I'm still working on the small amigurumi I'm doing for my daughter's classmates. I'm a little behind with my plans, hopefully, I can catch up this weekend. 

Projects I need to finish this month!

Halloween is fast approaching so need to finish Black Hat Society soon so I can display it this year in my home. I started this piece last year in September and I'm still working on it!

As you can see I don't have much left to do so I think I can finish it sometime this month.

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By the end of the month, I'll be visiting my daughter's classroom to talk about her and show pictures and videos of when she was a baby up until now. 

Parents usually take small gifts for each child when they visit; so Maria Fernanda asked me if I could make amigurumi because she always tells them that I make stuffed toys for her. So now I need to finish 29 small amigurumi for my visit on August 29th. 

For the boys, I chose to make mini sharks and for the girls, kawaii watermelon slices. So far I've done 3 sharks of 15 I need to make, and 1 watermelon of 14. I need to get busy with these or I won't finish them on time!!! 

A doll called Maria and progress on the challenge

A couple weeks ago I was asked to do a doll with olive skin and I came up with this cutie ♥

I've called her Maria, like my daughter. She kind of reminds me of Moana so I made her a dress with colors that remind me of the ocean :)

Yarn: 100% Cotton

Hook: 4mm (G)

Started: 20. July. 2018

Finished: 23. July. 2018

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Yesterday was day 30 for the 100 days of HAED challenge. I'm very pleased that I'm keeping up with the challenge, some days I just added 1 stitch to the piece but 1 stitch is still progress, right?

In the last 10 days I added 1,198 stitches to the piece and most of those stitches were done on Sunday. 

Last week's update

Winter break just started for schools here in Peru and my daughter had a dance presentation on Friday. She and her second grade classmates danced a zamacueca (an Afro-Peruvian dance) ....they did a wonderful job!!!

Here they are all dress up and ready to perform (Maria Fernanda is the fourth one from right to left)

A small extract of their dance...

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As mentioned in my last post, I usually finish one amigurumi per week. Last week's finish is a cute penguin. This time I made him in royal blue  and I think he turned out super cute ❣❣

I love his big head and rosy cheeks *Ü*

Pattern:  Pen-Pen the Penguin by Tapanee Chaovanavatee

Yarn: 100% Cotton

Hook: 4mm (G)

Started: 09. July. 2018

Finished: 17. July. 2018

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On Saturday I completed 10 more days of stitching for the "100 days of HAED challenge". There were some days that I just picked it up for less than 15 minutes because I was just too tired to stitch.

An amigurumi finish and progress for HAED's challenge

I usually make one amigurumi a week and here is the one I finished last week: Bobble the Sheep.

I think he turned out ADORABLE ❣️❣️ For his body the designer used bobble stitch and I love the texture that it gives to the sheep's wool. 

Pattern:  Bobble the Sheep by Alyssa Voznak

Yarn: 100% Cotton

Hook: 4mm (G)

Started: 27. June. 2018

Finished: 03. July. 2018

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I'm trying to be more constant with my cross stitch like I used to, so when I heard about the "100 days of HAED challenge" I signed up immediately. 

So far things are going great, I've stitched at least half an hour every single day since July 2. 

The design I chose is Punch of Color Girls #10 by Hannah Lynn, and I'm stitching it 1 over 1 full cross on 25ct Lugana (Easy Count)

Here is my progress for the first 10 days of the challenge: 

A wolf and a new challenge

Last night I finished another letter from my Soda Stitch piece: Alphabet Learning (SO-G39). I'm stitching it on 32ct Dirty Belfast Linen with Anchor threads. 

This piece was my 2017 New Year New start and I only have 3 more letter to add and it will be DONE!!! *Ü*

I have very little time to cross stitch but I still signed up for the 100 Days of HAED Challenge on Facebook. The challenge consists in adding at least one stitch to a HAED piece for 100 days (sign up closed on Sunday).

For this challenge I chose a new start: Punch of Color Girls 10 by Hannah Lynn.I've been wanting to start this one forever and the challenge was the perfect excuse *Ü*

My plan is to do all the black outline first and then fill in the colors. My goal for these 100 days is to finish all the black. 

The crocodile block

I finished May's block of the Into the Jungle Stitch-A-Long. I will now put it away for a few weeks to work on my other wips. 

The next one in my rotation is Soda's Stitch G-39 Alphabet Learning. I only have four more letter to add and it will be done! I'll post a pic of that piece on my next update.

Finishes and progress

Since my last update, I finished two amigurumi: a tiny beagle puppy and a mosquito.
I usually don't make amigurumi this small but the beagle would be used as a keychain so it needed to be small.

Pattern:  Beagle by Mitsuki Hoshi

Book: Ami Ami Dogs

Yarn: 100% Acrylic

Hook: 3mm

Started: 16. June. 2018

Finished: 20. June. 2018

And last night, I finished a mosquito that will be traveling to Spain. This is fun and fast design to work, specially if you just started making amigurumi. 

Pattern:  Dale the Mosquito by Fresh Stitches

Yarn: 100% Acrylic

Hook: 4mm (G)

Started: 22. June. 2018

Finished: 25. June. 2018

I've also been working on finishing the fifth block of Into the Jungle. This block is represented by a crocodile accompanied by three black birds (at least I think they are birds). Only a few more lines of water to add and I'm done with this block!