Saturday, July 25, 2009

Birthday Gifts, WIPs and a Finish

I bought this Biscornu kit with a gift certificate from Kim in the ILCS B-day Club.




This is what I've stitched so far. It is quite hard! The blackberries are made by grouping several beads together.



WIP Hardanger Project for the ILCS Hardanger Club this is Lesson 1 & 2.



I've had this leaflet entitled Heart of My Heart. I've had this leaflet since 1997 and never finished anything out of it because I needed several Kreinik Blending Filaments and Mill Hill beads in order to stitch anything in it.



With Gift Certificates from Vicki and Linda in the ILCS Birthday Club I was able to get the blending filaments and beads I needed!!



I finished "Victorian Heart" from the above leaflet.



Here is a pic after I cut it out.



This is a WIP entitled Forget Me Not Heart also from the above leaflet. It is going to barealy fit on the canvas as I moved too far over to start with. OOPS!!

11 comments:

Carolyn NC said...

Great job stitching it all. Wonderful work!

Shelley - ILCS said...

Congrats on the goodies you bought with your birthday certs. Love the beadwork on your victorian pieces.

EvalinaMaria said...

It looks lovely!

Rene la Frog said...

Everything looks great. Did you know there is a fob chart that matches your Biscornu. I have both but haven't stitched them yet.

5 Foot Runt said...

Nice job on your finishes. I really like your Biscornu kit. Congrats on your stash!

Nancy M said...

Sweetheart tree things are very pretty, but are pretty intense in the backstitching department! Your Castle SAL looks great! Part 4 is out, you just have to go to their website and get it, no email this time. It's nice you got some specialty stuff to do those patterns you've been wanting to do for so long! They are very pretty!

~~~Melinda said...

Thanks for the comments everyone. Thanks Nancy for alerting me that part 4 is out!! I was going to the webpage seeing the message it was going tobe late but not signing in . I got it now!!!

Kathy said...

My goodness you have been busy. And all of it is beautiful. I love the Sweetheart tree one. And the fabric you are usuing. Great work.

Sandy In Montana said...

Fantastic stitching Melinda!! I love "The Sweetheart Tree" kit's and charts. Blackberry was one of the one's I thought about in June but went with "Tranquility" instead.

Meari said...

Nice job on your WIPs, as well as the gifts you bought with the GC's. :)

Myra said...

Wow! You made out like a bandit with those gift certificates. That biscornu is going to be soooo pretty.