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Thursday 28 October 2010

Better Late than Never . . . . A WINNER!

A big thank you to everyone who left such complimentary messages on my last post! ~ they all mean a great deal to me xxx
A very BIG apology for the delay in posting a winner of my 'Little Owl' kit but AOL very kindly decided to close our Intenet connection down on Monday without any reason or notification to us and after some very long and heated telephone conversations (steam literally coming out of DH's ears) and a 3-day duration of no internet we have now received an apology and normal service has been resumed so without any further ado . . . . .

Sixteen entries . . . . .
Tilly ~ please pick a winner . . . . .

Number 1 ~ Crystal ~ Midnight Stitcher

With no internet available on Monday my random generator AKA Tilly decided ticket number 1 was rather tasty so Twin II and I had fun and games trying to rescue the piece of paper before having to unfold the other 15 to see which one had nearly been eaten ~ success!
Crystal please let me know address info and I will get this in the mail to you as soon as I can.

Now, down to stitching.
  As I said in my last post, 4 spooky stitches have been waiting for completion and again with no internet
connection and time to spare I squeezed a fifth in!

First up is 'Fright Turn' by Lizzie*Kate from her Halloween Highway collection stitched on 28-ct Antique White evenweave fabric with my choice of Gentle Art threads.  The star is stitched in Madeira gold metallic thread and the pumpkin fabric was from my recent fabric stash addition with brown ric rac and bronze seed beads to finish:


Next is another Lizzie*Kate design ~ 'Hats Off To Halloween' which I stitched last month.
I stitched this on 28-ct Sand Minster linen again with my choice of Gentle Art threads and have used a spider fabric to finish as a pillow:


A small design next but really cute and love its smiley face!
This is 'Itty Bitty Pumpkin' by Twisted Threads which I stitched on 28-ct Natural Linen with the suggested DMC threads.  Sorry, but yet again I finished it as a small pillow with pumpkin coloured fabrics and a raffia decoration pinned at the bottom:


'Spooky Row' by Bent Creek was another piece stitched last month and due to its size I was a little unsure what to do as a finish so a wall hanging seemed to be the best idea and 'at long last' I hear you say it's something different from a pillow finish!
I found some nice black fabric with white spots which I used for both the back and front and added some tabs at the top for hanging but found it also looks good hanging from the mantlepiece over the fire with candles sitting on the tabs holding it in place.  I added some self-cover buttons to each corner with the orange fabric used in Itty Bitty Pumpkin and they match the stitched pumpkins in the design perfectly!


And finally (hope you're still there?) a small design using two patterns from cross stitch books ~ Boo and a Black Cat.  I coffee-stained some 28-ct white linen and stitched the design in just black DMC, frayed the edges, gave the kitty 2 silver seed beads for eyes, added 4 small purple buttons with matching ribbon at 2 corners and a loop to hang and finished ~ yep! you guessed! ~ as a pillow with the same fabric as Spooky Row above.

That's me done for Halloween!  I an now in knitting mode and have just started a chunky knit cushion cover which is done on 10mm needles so literally grows before your eyes.  Knitted cushion covers in natural colours are very much in fashion here at the moment but they can cost as much as £45 (ouch!) so with this pattern only needing 3 balls and costing only £12 this is a great saving but a great temptation for Tilly who's decided to move on from eating my Gentle Art threads and feels a balls of wool is much tastier!

Take care everyone, Happy Halloween to you all for the 31st and until next time:
HAPPY STITCHING
xxx

19 comments:

Denise said...

Oh wow! Your finishes are wonderful! I might have to borrow a couple of your ideas for some of my unfinished finishes.

Tilly was just trying to help...she didn't realize apparently that picking out the paper didn't mean eating it too!

Smiles - Denise

Kathy said...

Those finishes are all fabulous!! I really love the way you finished off the Bent Creek Row pice. Fabulous job!

Cath said...

Love all your finishes , and Tilly is soo cute . X

Crystal said...

Oh Wow, I won I think this is the first thing I have won in my life. I love your finishes will be stealing a few of your ideas. Your Bent Creek Row is fantastic.

Justflo said...

Lovely stitching and finishes. Glad Tilly didn't eat everything

Annette said...

Congratz to the winner!!!
Wow you hav ebeen busy...
Love all the finishes pieces, The fabric, buttons and ribbon.
You make them so beautifull and love how you mix up the colors.
Good luck knitting, let us see it when it's done.
Happy Halloween

Mylene said...

WOW! What beautiful finishes!!

Lesleyanne said...

Wow they are all beautiful finishes. I can't decide which one is my favourite. I think Tilly is a much cuter than a random generator lol.

Daffycat said...

Oooo, what spook-tacular Halloween finishes! I really love your Fright Turn pillow. Awesome finishing and the colors are just purr-fect!

Sally said...

All of your finishes look fantastic Jane!

Aww Tilly is so cute. I just adore her :)

Myra said...

Tilly is just precious! I just love all the Halloween eye candy you have shown us. All of your finishes are fabulous. LK really has some cute Halloween designs and your finishing really spices them up.

Karen said...

Love your finishes. I love Halloween Row as a wall hanging! I think I am going to steal this idea and finish some of these that way. Your finishing and fabric choices are great.

Lynn said...

Your Halloween finishes are amazing! You may be tired of the pillow finish but I love them. Great fabric too!

Pumpkin said...

Congrats Crystal! LOVE the fact that Tilly was such a great help ;o) LOL!

WOW! Those are some fantastic finishes Jane! Your personal touches are just perfect :o)

blue star stitcher said...

Tilly is adorable! I love how you let her pick the winner. And you Halloween Row is so cute, all your finishes turned out great!

♥ Nia said...

Hi there, I'm Nia from Portugal, I'm a new follower :)
I love your halloween finishes! :D
You did a fantastic work!

Lois said...

What fantastic finishes! I feel your pain with your internet problems, I'd email problems this week and talk about frustrating!!!!

Niina said...

Just love your stitching and finishings! Found your blog via Lizzie Kate Lovers...

Lisa said...

You have been busy!!! Your home seems so festive with all of these holiday projects. I'm a bit jealous. LOVE the owl project, especially the second one with the autumn colors.

Keep Tilly away from the wool, and the thread, AND the raffia!!! (or give her some, whatever works.) She has grown up quickly!