"How Does Your Garden Grow?" Parts 5 - 6

I have not been stitching much lately but I finished Parts 5 and 6 of Papillon Creations sampler "How Does Your Garden Grow?" If you remember I wanted to wait a little till Part 6 of the sampler is published. I needed a bigger piece of the sampler done , Part 6 is almost half of the sampler, to decide on the beads.






In these pictures you can see that I experimented a little with the beads and put some in Parts 4-6. I think they look all right and will probably be my final choice.



I like how "my garden grows" and is happy that almost half of it has already been done.

I have had a few kits by Needle & Frame for a rather long time and I either could not find time for them or when I had time I thought they are boring and put them aside - there is not a single cross there but.... there are a lot of beads there! So I decided to try one kit. It is called "Moon Light" Beaded Ribbon Scissor Case Necklace ans Pincushion Scissor Fob. What a name!

Ok, when you finish the kit you will get two pieces: a scissor case and a fob. Of course, I read the instructions very attentively and did everything my way. As a result I got a little piece of the ribbon left which I used to make a pincushion and it turned out so cute. I only had to look for two big beads to finish the pincushion the same way as two other pieces.

Now I know for sure that Needle & Frame kits are rather fun to work on for those who like beads. In their instructions it is shown how to make 'bead lace edging' which is really a great finishing technique. I enjoyed working on this project and will certainly make another one.

Happy holidays to American stitchers!

Happy stitching to everybody!

How does your garden grow?

I have finished Part 2 of Papillon Creations "How does your Garden grow?"From three versions of the Sampler I have chosen the one with specialty stitches and beads. One more color was added for the vases in Part2.

I enjoy stitching this sampler and now is wondering what else is going to bloom in this garden.

EMS "Rose Sampler" Part 2

Today I have finished Part 2 of EMS "Rose Sampler"which was the task for February. Very few colors are used in it but I like how the design is coming out.

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to Olenka's Stitches Blog!

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by!

As you have noticed this is not the best organized blog, actually if somebody ever thought of naming the worst blog I would probably be the only nominee.

Actually I did not intend to start blogging without introducing myself but I am new in blogging and instead of writing to my SAL blog I published the post in my blog. Sorry!

While I was thinking what to start with and how to do it, I was tagged by CinDC! Thank you for such a nice welcome, it is really very unexpected and pleasant. I think I will need a couple of days to find some more bloggers to tag . If somebody wants to be tagged, let me know, OK?

I hope everybody had a nice St. Valentine's day with lots of flowers and presents. I wanted to show you what I stitched for my husband. Here it is


This is Just Nan "A Lady's Heart"; 28 ct. Glass Blue Evenweave, DMC floss, Mill Hill beads and Swarovski Crystals. Note: for those who will wish to stitch this pattern - on Just Nan site this is a correction to Band 5. I found this just before going to have the sampler framed.

I will post another picture of it when we get the sampler framed.

Feel free to leave a comment and happy stitching to everybody.