Ghoulish Goings On With an Autumnal Twist

Dear friends and fellow bloggers,

A warm welcome to November. The leaves on the trees have definitely turned. The heating is on so it's nice and cosy inside.

 

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Today I have a stitching finish and a fully finished piece which I am very pleased with. First the stitching finish. I did manage to finish on the evening of October 31st. I'm not going to rush trying to fully finish it now, it will wait until sometime next year. I was pleasantly surprised to see how the colours worked on this, they are lovely, a real Autumnal feel as well as a witchy twist. I did change the GAST Chamomile that was charted. I think it said DMC 3011 as an alternative on the chart but I looked at another conversion and that mentioned DMC 371 which I preferred. It is stitched on 40ct Silvery Moon Newcastle. This is the first time I have used Silvery Moon and it just has a hint of greyness to it.

Ghoul Tidings - Plum Street Samplers.

40ct Silvery Moon Newcastle linen.

Stitched with the recommended threads except

DMC 371 instead of GAST Chamomile.

 

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Did I show my last Autumn finish … I don't think I did. Well I have a fully finish on it now. I'm so pleased.

 

 

Oktober Feast - With Thy Needle and Thread / Brenda Gervais.

40ct Lecacy PTP linen.

Used recommended threads.

Used thin handmade twisted cord for bow instead of 6-strands of thread as called for on the chart.

Pom-pom trim is Vintage by Dames of the Needle

 

 

It is stitched on 40ct Legacy Picture This Plus linen with all of the recommended threads. The only thing I did change was the bow on the neck of the squirrel. It said to have 6-strands of thread but I decided I would make a thin twisted cord and just sew it on the front of the piece. Not sure whether I'll keep the ends that length, may be a bit too long looking at the photo … I can always make them shorter at a later date.

I really wanted to finish it similar to the way Brenda Gervais did on the photo on the chart. However there was no way I was going to send to the USA for one of the little tables … customs duty and all that … I would of wanted a second one for another chart of her charts that is finished in the same way. Good old Ebay came to my rescue. I looked under "wooden candlestick" and on the first page there was my answer. It was meant to be. In the centre of the candlestick was a shallow plastic dish with a small spike (to hold the candle on) in the middle held in by 2 tacks. I tried to get the spike off with some pincers but instead pulled the whole shallow dish out which was even better. Everything was going so right. It was then a case of making the stitching in to a round as you would an ornament. The pom-pom trim was attached to the piece before I attached it to the candlestitck. It's wonderful - even if I do say so myself - perfect colour too, I didn't have to do anything to it at all, except dismantle the plastic part.

 

 

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Don't foget the Christmas RAK has been announced on the previous post. Get your comments in on at post if you haven't done so already.

 

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Until next time …….