Finish!

Watergarden is finally done!

Watergarden

Last night, I finally finished all the stitching on Watergarden.  I've gotten the beading of the very central bit with the fishes done so far today and I'm hoping to get the rest done tomorrow.  This is one of my oldest WIPs and I'm very excited to see it almost completed!

February's here already??

I haven't posted my Chatelaine updates here as often as I should so I'm here, now to correct that.  

Last year after I finished Deep Blue Sea and Summer Knotgarden, I pulled out Watergarden which, at the time, was my only remaining Chatelaine WIP.

Here's where it was when I pulled it out in early August.  The center was complete, but I had just moved to the border and the gates.

early September

and early November when I put it away for a bit.

I pulled it back out this weekend and have made a little progress around the bottom left corner.  

I did have a new Chatelaine start  in November as well.  I've had the Rose Garden Mandala kitted up and ready to go since it was released in the Gift of Stitching Magazine.  I finally decided it was time to start it.

This is how it currently looks.

Now, back to the Super Bowl and Watergarden.

  

New to the group

Hi everyone!

I'm new to the group, but not new to Chatelaine, as you'll soon see! Joyce has asked me to share some pics of (all) my Chatelaine WIPs!

I fell in love with Medieval Town Mandala probably nearly 6 years ago - it was the first Chatelaine design I ever saw and it completely blew my mind! I was lucky to be able to join the Yahoo group for it towards the end and so downloaded all the parts of the design. For the following Christmas and birthday, I got all the silk threads - I'd never stitched with silk before!

And for about 5 years now, I've had MTM as a WIP. In July 2010, I completed part 5.

However, over the last 4 years I've had 2 children, so stitching has had to take a back seat (I've been crocheting instead), but I've now dug out MTM again. I'm working on a basis of at least 12 stitches per day, which doesn't make for fast progress, but it's wonderful just to be working on it. In the last week I've done this -

As for my other Chatelaine WIPs, in a fit of enthusiasm, while I was waiting to get going on MTM, I started Watergarden ....

... and St Petersburg.

But they're now both hibernating until I finish MTM.

I also have a completed Tiny Rose Garden (which I love) which I completely forgot to take photo of!

In my stash, I also have at least Taj Mahal, Egypt Garden, Evening in the Park, and I've now signed up for the 15th anniversary design - am I crazy or what??

I've also been drooling over everyone's stitching here - they're all so beautiful!

Happy stitching everyone!

Kathy's Chatelaine WIPs

Hi Everyone, my name is Kathy, I would first of all like to say Thank you to Joysze for letting me join this lovely group, I just adore Chatelaines, and as you can see I have 5 on the go lol.

 This first one is Autumn Watergarden, I have started Part 5 and I still have about 7 more sections to go as well as 3 parts of Part 5 left.

 This next one is Pompejian Gardens, I only have the whole of the top section to go which are Parts 5,6, 10, 11 and 12 left to go, am hoping to get this one finished this month.

The next one is the start of Taj Mahal, I have hardly started this piece and it is still waiting to be worked on lol.  Not sure when I will get around to it, but I hope to soon.

Next one is Watergarden, this is one of the pieces I started back in January as one of 15 2011 Crazy January challege and so far this is all I have done on it.

And last but not least is White Nights in St Petersburg, I have done parts 5, 6 and 7 on the top section.  I just need to finished those 3 sections on the bottom now, then I can get it finished.  I have been very slow at getting all these started and finished, but I am hopping no that I can post here I will get all the encourgement I need to get them all finished.

I am hoping to start Butterfly Haven in November, so that will be 6 to my collection started lol, and I am hoping to keep on top of that piece til the end, fingers crossed lol!!!!

Watergarden WIP - first posting

Hi ladies!!  I finally have a progress picture to share with you on my first Chatelaine!  I so enjoy looking at all your beautiful pictures!