Cross Stitch 2021-2025 - Solarbrations

2021

I’m Dreaming Christmas ornament

Started 12/7/2021
Finished 12/12/2021
Shepherd’s Bush 2017 Christmas ornament, chart+button

Up on the House Top Christmas ornament

Started 11/19/2021
Finished 12/5/2021
Shepherd’s Bush 2016 Christmas ornament, chart+button

O Little Town Christmas ornament

Started 11/15/2021
Finished 11/18/2021
Shepherd’s Bush 2015 Christmas ornament, chart+button

Hark ornament

Started 9/20/2021
Finished 11/4/2021
Shepherd’s Bush 2014 Christmas ornament, chart+button

Mexican Angel ornament

Started 10/1/2021
Finished 10/4/2021
Pattern: my own Inspired by Frida Kahlo and a Southwestern Angel ornament from the defunct Southwest Crafts magazine (1990). The face is a little small, otherwise I’d add the unibrow. 😉

Dreaming Frida

Started 9/15/2021
Finished 9/30/2021
Design by Barbara Ana Designs

Scare Ewe Pillow

Started 9/11/2021
Finished 9/13/2021
Kit by Shepherd’s Bush

Sirens of the Sea sampler

Started 8/4/2021
Finished 9/9/2021
Design by Just Nan

Summer Stroll mini

Started 7/22/2021
Finished 8/2/2021
Completed 8/20/2021
Design by Just Nan

Finishing Work

Completed 08/20/2021
Cording and pillow materials from stash

Signs of Summer picture

Started 7/15/2021
Finished 7/21/2021
Completed 8/20/2021
Design by Bent Creek

Peacock Tapestry mini

Started 6/23/2021
Finished 7/12/2021
Pattern and charm by Just Nan

Beach Roses mini

Started 6/10/2021
Finished 6/23/2021
Completed 8/20/2021
Pattern and charm by Just Nan

Mermaid Heart

Started 5/20/2021
Finished 6/9/2021
Pattern by Just Nan
Modifications: Used a greener color of Kreinik Blending Filament

My Fair Ladybug

Started 5/15/2021
Finished 5/17/2021
Completed 8/20/2021
Pattern by Just Nan

By The Sea Needle Roll

Started 6/20/2020
Finished 4/3/2021
Completed 8/20/2021
Kit from Sweetheart Tree

Blue Moon mini

Started 3/21/2021
Finished 3/23/2021
Completed 8/20/2021
Chart and button from Sunflower Samplings

Peacock Majesty

Started 7/1/2004
Back into rotation on 4/27/2020
Finished 3/20/2021
Chart and embellishments by Just Nan

Tucson Twilight

Started 6/8/14
Finished 3/11/2021
Charted needlepoint design by Laura J Perin
Modifications: Replaced the original Caron Watercolors and Wildflowers color (Bark) with Scheherazade with some strands of Amethyst; did not place all of the stitches in a couple of sections

Renaissance Mermaid

Started 5/27/2020
Finished 2/27/2021
Pattern by Mirabilia

2022

Little Orange Fish

Started 8/11/2022
Finished 9/30/2022
Little Red Fish Design by Barbara Ana Designs
Renamed it “Little Orange Fish” because there is no way that this design has any red in it!

Hot Enough For Ya Day

Started 6/7/2022
Finished 7/24/2022
Pattern and buttons from JABC
Assembly delayed for now

Sailing Dreams

Started 6/17/2022
Finished 7/5/2022
Design by Barbara Ana Design
Assembly delayed for now

Summer Garden

Started 6/2/2022
Finished 6/6/2022
Pattern and buttons from JABC
Assembly delayed for now

Bee Hive Violets

Started 5/26/2022
Finished 5/31/2022
Pattern by Just Nan
Assembly delayed for now

Big Bee, Little Bee mini

Started 5/13/2022
Finished 5/28/2022
Pattern by Just Nan
Assembly delayed for now

Flower Girls mini

Started 3/13/2022
Finished 4/22/2022
Design and frame by Just Nan

Lilith of Labrador mermaid

Started 1/17/2022
Stitching done 3/13/2022
Finished 3/25/2022
Pattern by Mirabilia
32 count Belfast Linen in Blue-Grey

Finishing Work

Completed 1/14/2022
Cording and pillow materials from stash

Winter Silver and Gold

Started 1/7/2022
Finished 1/12/2022
Silver and Gold Limited Edition kit from Bent Creek

The Mermaid and The Sea

Started 4/4/2021
Finished 1/6/2022
Finishing work 1/14/2022
Design by Examplars From The Heart
Overdyed linen fabric from an unknown vendor
Modifications: Did not complete the sampler as written. I did not like the antique style and the way that the colors were pooling. I finished the large mermaid, added another fish, added 4 stars , and called it a day.

O Tannenbaum Christmas ornament

Started 12/14/2021
Finished 1/2/2022
Finishing work 1/14/2022
Shepherd’s Bush 2018 Christmas ornament, chart+button

2023

Mermaids of the Deep Blue Sea

Started 4/1/2023
Finished 11/11/2023
Stitching completed 9/14/2023
Pattern by Mirabilia
32 count Belfast Linen in Blue-Grey

Finishing Work

Completed 4/27/2023
Cording and pillow materials from stash

Princess Violets pillow

Stitching completed in 1985 (best guess)
Finishing work completed 4/27/2023
Kit from Good Shepherd
Did not use lace or backing in the kit; did not stitch the outside border

Purple Heart Flowers mini pillow