Steotch 8 is happening!

 

Steotch 8 is the cross stitching mystery stitch-a-long (SAL) that usually happens every year and it's back, BABY!!!

There are competitions between teams, individuals, pairs, countries, continents, languages, etc.....  Thousands of stitchers from around the world join in every time to compete for the World Championship of Cross Stitching!! 

Steotch.com is the website with all the info and where you can purchase the patterns from previous years.  A portion of the mystery pattern is released on a weekly basis for 6-8 weeks or however long Em & Matt decide it's going to be.  It's always fun to see the guesses from everyone until it's revealed what it is!  

The "suggested" materials list was released yesterday with two different thread palettes:

Palette 1

DMC 336 Navy Blue
DMC 919 Red Copper
DMC 501 Blue Green- dk
DMC 3883 Copper- md lt
DMC 794 Cornflower Blue- lt
DMC 676 Old Gold- lt

Palette 2

DMC 3838 Lavender Blue- dk
DMC 3835 Grape- md
DMC 3053 Green Gray
DMC 153 Violet- vy lt
DMC 3840 Lavender blue- lt
DMC 3047 Yellow Beige- lt

I've ordered DMC colors to fill out the first palette, but I have Palette #2 sets available in my Etsy shop now!  

Feel free to stop in and check out some of the hand dyed Mystic Fabrics I also have available for sale.

Happy Stitching!!

2021.06.23 WIPs Wednesdays

This month's International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW) had the theme of butterflies.  My daughter, Avalon, loves butterflies and we had previously picked out this pattern from Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) a mini size of Butterfly Effect from the artwork by Kate Powell.  I chose a pale sky blue hand dyed Aida from Mystic Fabrics from my stash and started at the bottom center.  The needleminder is from the cover art of the book "The Mists of Avalon" by Marian Zimmer Bradley. 

This story is what prompted my mom to suggest naming my daughter Avalon Rose.  As I was looking for the right name to accompany my son's name, Tristan William.  Their names are a reflection of my history background with a focus on English monarchs.  Which also explains the Henry VIII pattern I'm working on, LOL!!  

Tristan is named after the character in the movie, "Legends of the Fall" portrayed by Brad Pitt.  His middle name is honor of my stepdad William "Bill" Vanderheid and my stepbrother William "Little Bill" Vanderheid.  

After mom suggested Avalon, I knew her middle name would be Rose not only for my city, Portland, called the "City of Roses", but also for a very dear friend, Cecil aka Tonya Rose.  This would solidify our family as part of the "Rose" drag family forevermore.  

Slainte Mhuth (Much health)

2021.06.02 WIPs Wednesday

 

2021 Stitch Maynia results

 

2021.05.05 WIPs Wednesday

 

2021.05.01 FFO Extravaganza

This weekend, one of my cross stitch challenge FB groups called Semi Sane Stitchers had a challenge for this weekend only called FFO Extravaganza.  FFO is short for "Finally Finished Object".  This was a challenge to take a completely stitched piece out of a drawer or box or wherever it has been stashed since the final stitch was placed and FINALLY finish it into an object.  It could be framed, made into a pillow cover, a decorative block, or mounted on to a wooden finishing.  Whatever we want!!  

To keep everyone honest, you have to include a handwritten password in your photos that isn't given out until the beginning of the weekend, so no one can pass off pictures they took a month, 6 weeks or even a year ago.  That is why you'll see a paper with the word "Gold" in the following pictures.

This stunning pattern was created by Steotch for their annual mystery Stitch-A-Long (SAL).  This past year with all the restrictions due to CoVid-19 they changed the name from Steotchalong to Steotchalone2020!!  Bless This House features a hyper realistic portrait of Hugh Laurie as TV's Dr. House.  I added a line from the show "Rule #1:  Everybody Lies" as that is something quoted around my little family.  My son suggested the use of a rainbow colored border, so I stitched it using a variegated floss called "Bradley's Balloons" by ThreadWorX.  The fabric is an 18 count Aida hand dyed by Mystic Fabrics called "Opal".

I decided to create some collage pics of the different steps along the framing process to make it easier to share on social media.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics of the frame moulding being chopped to size with the miter cuts using the circular saw (my boss is the master at this as she has to eyeball the length when they get this small).  

I hope you enjoyed this virtual field trip to my place of employment Hangin' Custom Picture Framing which is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (a suburb of Portland, Oregon).  You can visit the FaceBook page to look for our annual anniversary giveaway of a $100.00 gift certificate that starts June 1st at www.FaceBook.com/HanginCustomPictureFraming.  To see more wonderful stitcheries, paintings, collages, shadowboxes and general framing visit our blog at www.HanginCPF.blogspot.com.

Slainte Mhuth (Much health)