Needle Guardian Stitchery Part Finished !!!!

Name: Needle Guardian Needlebook
Type: Counted Cross Stitch
Finished Chart Size: approx. 4" x 5.75" (10.16cm x 14.61cm)
Designer/Publisher: Teresa Wentzler - © 2007 TW Designworks / PatternsOnLine

Started: August 14, 2007
Finished: October 7, 2007

As usual my skill with a camera is less than average and the pictures are slightly out of focus.




I tried to take pictures up close of the Kreinik metallic braid and beads as they kind of get lost on top of the stitching for the head and tail.




I haven’t decided as yet how I’m going to finish it. I’m not just going to fringe the edges. Maybe a checkbook type of flat fold with either a bead or ribbon closure. I did a Google search on needlebook finishing techniques and found a few ideas to get me started. Anyway, it will be awhile before I get that part of the project done. But when I do don’t worry I’ll be posting it to the blog.

Rotational Stitching: Well I’m back in my stitching groove, now that I’ve actually finished something. So it’s back to my side bar WiPs and I’ll be pulling out the French Mystery “Once Upon A Time”. Of the 16 parts Annick has posted up through 11 and so far I’ve only done up through part 3 so I really need to get moving. It’s free if anyone’s interested in stitching it – check it out!!

Dragon Project Update #3

Gosh can you believe that two weeks went by in just a blink. My little dragon is showing a bit more progress so I thought I’d take a quick picture and post it today. I hope the picture is a little brighter than the last one I took.

I’m going to put in a few hours today and maybe tomorrow on him. Then I’m going to be taking a break from stitching. I’m seriously falling behind on my novel reading and need to catch up on four books, as you can see from my side bar items.

Well anyway here he is...

Dragon Project Update #2

I managed to get a little more work done on my needle case, and that’s only because of the 3-day (labor day) holiday. Friday night, *ALL* night, was spent in a 12 hour marathon reading of “Noble Intentions”. I started at 8pm and finished at 8am. Then promptly crawled into bed and managed 2 ½ hours of sleep before someone started mowing their lawn, and I was up for the rest of the day Saturday.

Well here he is so far….


*Next time I'll try to get a little brighter picture.

Now I’m off to start reading Katie’s sequel “Noble Destiny”. And no, it won't be a marathon reading session. I have to be up at 5:30am Tuesday for work. Rats!!!

Just a small dragon project...

Back in July I bought Needle Guardian by Teresa Wentzler from Patternsonline.com. And after waiting almost 6 weeks I finally got the supplies from Paw Prints Cross Stitch.

I decided I needed a small project to get me back in the mood to work on my larger WiPs. Being that I only have 2 hours a night after dinner to do anything; I thought a small project that I could get done in a reasonable amount of time would make me feel like I'm accomplishing something.

So last Wednesday I scrounged around and found a piece of Monaco 28 count Ivory evenweave by Charles Craft. I did have white but thought using the ivory would make the specialty stitches more noticeable. Anyway I've only been working on it for 4 days which is roughly 8 hours of work. Mind you I'm stitching while I watch TV so I'm more apt to be stitching during the commercials, which means not much gets done. Anyway here's the progress so far.....



Hopefully I'll show enough progress to post an update on future weekends.