Working like crazy on Lizzie Kate's ABC Halloween

I have the rest of the skeleton and three more rows to go to be done. I'm averaging about a row every 3 days. My plan is to send it to Jill Rensel in Ogden, UT, for mats. I can send it with The Mermaid and the Sea. When they get back I can frame them locally.

I was going through a box in my closet and came across a bunch of boring, old cross stitch charts. However, in amongst them, was a partially stitched SB ornament (wisemen) from one of the annual JCS ornament magazines. I even had the sterling silver charm with it! It is now in my soon-to-be-finished pile.

Next up is a Blackbird Loose Feathers design from a couple of years ago. Although I can't recall the name of it right now, it's the one with the three different fabrics that are sewn together after stitching and then embroidery is done over the seam.

Done!!

I finished The Mermaid and the Sea on Saturday. HOORAY!!!!!!! On Sunday I remembered to run the threads under to neaten the back up. Here's a picture of it on the designer's blog.

I used a wonderful hand-dyed fabric from Crossed Wing. Sunflower Samplings (I think) was at one of the cross stitch festivals in Valley Forge, PA, and they had it framed and had used a beautiful, water-inspired fabric.

It's too big to scan in one piece so I'll have to do it in parts.

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Mermaid and the Sea

ARRRRRGHHHH!!!! I'm still stitching on this never-ending piece! It takes so long to get one motif done. I still have Neptune's rock, the mermaid's rock, seaweed, the clam and my initials and the year to do. I want it done in time for Woodlawn, but I have to consider all the Christmas framing that will be submitted this time of year.

More hyperbolic planes, a bleached coral, and my winning reef

leaves

round hyperbolic with edging



round hyperbolic plane





bleached coral

bulky yarn sea slug

My blue ribbon winning coral reef!

More crochet coral pictures

Here are some more pictures. All are hyperbolic planes.















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Some crochet coral reef pictures

I finally got around to taking pictures of my finishes for the Smithsonian Community Reef. Here are some of them, but first is a picture of me at the 2010 Folklife Festival helping demonstrate and teach crochet.



Hyperbolic plane

boucle hyperbolic plane

brain coral

corkscrews

top down view of sea anenome

Hoping my yarn order arrives today

Of course, I've been hoping it'd arrive "today" since the day I ordered it late last week! LOL It's Knitting Fever's Flounce in blue/brown/purple . It makes a very lacy looking scarf (2 skeins) and requires a special technique. I hope to receive the yarn and get the scarf knitted in time to enter it in the Damascus Community Fair next Thursday. So I really, really need it "today"! LOL

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