Under the Sea Fabrics Sale

Under the Sea Fabrics is my favorite place to buy hand dyed fabric. I met Leslie a little over two years ago at a retreat and she is just fantastic. The sale going on right now is the Anniversary sale from when she first opened her business. You will get 15% off your total purchase and just use the code Anniversary17 at checkout. The sale ends the last day of September. Be sure and tell her that I sent you.

Leslie will also be opening up some spots to join her Fabric of the Month program at the end of September/first of October. She has a large variety of options available and at different price ranges to fit all budgets.

New Release-Mirabilia

Mirabilia is one of my favorite lines of patterns and Nora sure did not disappoint this month with the new release. She is called Lady of Mystery and I can't wait to stitch her.
Her face is gorgeous and the detail in the dress and border is so pretty.

Leslie at Under the Sea Fabrics is offering the pattern for 15.50, the bead pack for 12.50 and the specialty threads for 13.60. If you order from her by August 20, you will receive 20% off your total.

Haul

I had a couple of things come in the mail yesterday so I thought I would go ahead and share them.

Luce Mia by Mirabilia with the bead pack and some needles

July Fabric of the Month from Under the Sea Fabrics-This fabric is gorgeous! If you aren't buying fabric from Leslie, you should go check her out.


Love Child

Haul, Not Much Stitching, and Plans

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July filled with family, laughter, food, and celebration. I had four days off from work and planned to stitch the hours away. However, we were out and about and that just didn't happen. I was able to do a small amount and I have a new start! I have had the pattern since the Nashville market in March but just received my fabric. It took me a little bit to decide what to use.

Let Freedom Ring by Lila's Studio-It is being stitched on 28 count Properly Primitive by Under the Sea Fabrics. It is a very small start as I did have the border in the corner completed and after I stitched the flower, I realized the border color was not correct and I had to rip it out.

I still have not had much of a stitchy bug for a few weeks but I am hoping that is returning. At least I do feel like it is.

Now for the haul.

Properly Primitive by Under the Sea Fabrics

Zephyrus by Under the Sea Fabrics

Foxglove by Mirabilia

Bead Pack for Foxglove

Mothers Prayer by Rosewood Manor but is a kit by Janlynn

I do have a couple more items that were ordered before the Stitch from Stash started on July 1. I didn't do well at all with the first one that was from January to June so I am changing around plans a bit to make sure I do better this time. I have been thinking of a rotation that would work for me for a good while and just wasn't sure how to set it up. However, I think I now have a plan.

I have picked two Heaven and Earth Designs:
Henry VIII-one that I will be starting this weekend.
Gothic Cross

I will stitch one hour a day on Henry VIII until I get a page finish and then I will go to Gothic Cross and do the same thing. I think if I rotate between two of them this way, I can make some pretty good progress.

I have picked 7 other projects:
Let Freedom Ring-Lila's Studio I just started this one this week.

Heartstring Samplery Small I am almost finished with this project.

London-Thea Gouveneur This will be a new start as I ordered it last week on the black fabric.

Americana Series-Little House Needleworks This project is also a new start that I will start sometime next week.

Brookes Books Advent Animal ornaments It was my goal to do two a month this year and right now I am a little behind. I only have the border to finish on number 4 and I will continue to add one of these in the rotation until they are all finished.

Save the Stitches-Blackwork Journey I have started this one and am excited to get back to it.

Angel of Love-Lavender and Lace I started this piece a few months ago and this is one I have wanted to do for years.

I will stitch one one project a day so that I will touch them all each week. After I stitch on the HAED of the day for an hour, I will then spend whatever time I have left to stitch for the day on one of these. I will then add in a project when one is finished. I know that I will have to amend this a bit once stitching on George Washington Crossing the Delaware starts but I think this is a rotation that I can really do and keep up with and hopefully make a dent in my wips and get several more finishes this year.

Weekly Stitching and Goodies

Welcome to April! The weather here was fantastic over the weekend and I am so ready to plant flowers and decorate up my porch for the spring/summer season.

I am so excited as I stayed up a little too late last night but I have a finish! 272 Words by Primrose Needleworks. I started this piece on October 30, 2016.

I have a second finish this week as well. I did this square as a gift for a friend.

I have to say that my stitch friends are just the best. I got a goodie bag from one of my friends and isn't it fabulous??

My friend had already given me ABC on this set, so she just added to it.

I subscribe to Under the Sea Fabrics Fabric of the Month and she has a wish list option and that is the one I do. I just tell her each month which color I would like. This month I received Georgia Peach and I am considering stitching Villa Mirabilia on it. If you are looking to do a fabric of the month, definitely check out Leslie's site.

Weekly Stitching and Haul

This week I stitched on a bookmark that I will be giving as a gift but I will post that here after it has been received. The person it is going to, reads my blog, so I have to keep it a secret for now. I also continued working on 272 Words.

This is where I was at the last posting.

This is the progress made this week.

I only had one item of haul this week so I am combining it with this post. I received my November fabric of the month from Under the Sea Fabrics. It is called Aphrodite and I plan to use it to stitch Snapdragon by Mirabilia.

Haul

I am very excited about the haul I received this week. I had ordered most of it a while ago from Leslie at Under the Sea Fabrics and they were in the process of getting moved and the boxes of product accidentally got loaded on the truck that was taking all of their belonging to their new home. But no worries there as it wasn't like I didn't have about 50 other projects on the go right now! Leslie has such great customer service and these items were all from a sale, so it was like an extra special gift arriving. If you are thinking about doing a fabric of the month subscription, I highly recommend Under the Sea.




Belles of Ireland by Mirabilia

Snapdragon by Mirabilia

Embellishment pack for Cassiopeaia. I have her started so I can't wait to put these on.

Embellishment pack for The Raven Queen.

Embellishment pack for Gwen.

Embellishment pack for Eva.

Embellishment pack for Bella Butterfly and Bella Bee

Embellishment pack for Minerva.

Embellishment pack for Snapdragon.

Embellishment pack for Belles of Ireland.

September Fabric of the Month from Under the Sea Fabrics. I do the wish list option so I can get specific pieces of fabric to use for patterns that I already own. This piece is called Apollo and I plan to use it for Blossom Goddess by Mirabilia.

Mermaid Scales Needleminder from Gina's Unique Boutique

I received some money for my birthday and I have been wanting this lamp for a good while. A friend of mine has this one and I tried it out a few months ago and fell in love. It is the first lamp with a magnifier that didn't make me nauseous to look in. I used it for the first time this weekend and I don't know how I ever stitched without it. You can purchase on Amazon.

Haul

I love to see the haul that stitchers share on their blogs and flosstube and I hope you like seeing mine. I haven't had much for a few weeks and then I have gotten in two orders this past week and I have a couple more on the way that should come in this week. Enjoy!

The Blossom Queen by Mirabilia was the August release and I received it with the embellishments.

I am currently working on Joy by AuryTM and I am using Autumn in 18 count aida by Under the Sea Fabrics. I am going to start Faith and will do the third one in the series as well, once it is released. I have decided to do them on all the same fabric so they will match.

I currently do the Fabric of the Month with Under the Sea Fabrics and I am doing the wish list option so I can kit up for patterns that I already own. This month I received Enchanted Forest and I plan to use it for Spring Queen by Mirabilia.