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I mixed together Deep Blue Sea & Octopus Treacure Cave

About time I did an update - Evening in the Park

It has been so long since I updated on the site and as we are almost into the New Year of 2019 now seemed as good a time than any for an update.

This is my first and only Chatelaine - Evening in the Park

Hawaii

Over the weekend, I finally finished part 1 of Hawaiian Mandala.  Hoping to start the pineapples tonight.

Stitched on 28ct monaco with NPI converted to DMC and the remaining silks converted to HDF silks.

Some Works In Progress

A long overdue post from me!  It's been a few years since I posted here, but I thought it was about time that I updated you all on my progress on my Chatelaines!

First up is Celtic Maze:

Next up is Dee[ Blue Sea Mandala.  I don't have a photo of the whole thing because it is still on the scroll rods, but I have a few pictures of the different parts.

Part 5

Part 6

Part of Part 8

And Lastly, I have Medieval Town Mandala:

I hope you enjoyed looking at my progress photos!  I am currently working on MTM and am enjoying it very much, so we will see how much I can get stitched before one of the others calls to me for some stitching time. :)

~Rachel~

New to Chatelaine blog site!

First ever Chatelaine - Evening in the park

Hello all,

I am so pleased to have found your site and am inspired by all your lovely work - so much so, that I decided I would give one a go (very scary as never done specialty stitches before).

I have to admit I have totally fell in love with it - So wanted to share my progress with you all.

New here. Nearly complete Marrakech Nights

Hello to all!   So glad to find this site. I have been looking at all of your posts for inspiration. I am a married forty something mother of 2 boys. We currently live in central Florida. I am Martina's first place raffle winner from last year so I have a lot of  her designs to keep me busy. I am currently working on Pomarium, and Hanging Gardens of Semiramis.  I will post photos as soon as I figure out how to.   Just completed Marrakech Nights last night. Tila beads in center gave me a very hard time. May end up redoing them.

Serendipitous Jo's Gardens of London 2

I've reached the end of the Chatelaine round of my rotation and have thoroughly enjoyed stitching this beautiful design.  Here is where I left the piece, having just finished the Queen Stitches:

Fabric - 32count Belfast in Cotton Clouds by Crafty Kitten

Threads - DMC conversion plus Dinky Dyes, Jodyri Threads, Gloriana and Rainbow Galleries.