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24 September 2008

Cake!

... is done.

And you know what that means? Yup, ladies and gentlemen, dust off your glitter balls because we need you out on the dance floor doing the shimmy, shimmy happy dance with me ^.^ Here's Sweet Treats with all its buttons and beads attached.

Design: Sweet Treats
Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks
Fabric: 28 count Lakeside Linens Vintage Lenti Cashel Linen
Fibers: Crescent Colours
Beads: Mill Hill Beads
Buttons: JABC Buttons
Other than that, not much stitchy news today so this will be a short post. However, I did make some progress on Little House Neighbourhood.

Only managed to finish the middle tree. I'm now working on the blue house on the left. It's stitched with Vikki silk. Other than that, do you notice anything different? Look closer...

I had opted to stitch the sheep with silk chenille also by Vikki Clayton. It sure gives their woolly coats a more realistic look, doesn't it? I think they're too adorable!
I've also joined the newly created Let's Stitch blog by Becky SC. It's basically a SAL blog with no actual theme. We stitch what we like, UFOs, WiPs, New Starts, it's up to you. It exists purely for us stitchers to encourage and support each other so that hopefully, we'll get more stitching done. Judging from the success of my Sweet Treats SAL with Jessie and Carol (it's been a pleasure, ladies!), this will definitely be a huge help to me. I have quite a number of WiPs I have in mind for this SAL and also a couple of new projects I'm looking forward to starting. (Yes, yes, I know I must be out of my mind) Maybe a few of us could even agree to stitch a design which will make it an actual SAL. We'll see. Check it out and email Becky if you're interested.
I'm overwhelmed by the number of comments I received for my last post. Once again, for those of you who have taken the time to stop by for a visit, thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!
Appologies to Sherry who asked me a question regarding my Seasonal Cats and Four Seasons Chairs RR. I hope you don't mind me answering your question one post later. (I seem fond of doing that all the time :S) All the cats in Seasonal Cats are designed by the same desginer - Donna Vermillion and published by Sudberry House. I'm not sure where exactly you can find the chart. You can try contacting Renée or perhaps someone here can help out? The same goes for Four Seasons Chairs which in this case is designed by Janlynn Corporation. This one is relatively easy to find. In fact, you can buy it here. Hope that helps. Do feel free to ask more questions if you need more information.
Last but never least, here's my S.E.X. (Stash Enhancement eXperiment for those who don't know :P) for this week.

Spot Sampler Victoria by Martina, yummy linens by Sassy's Fabbys in Spun Sugar and Desert Sandstorm, Vikki Clayton Silks (of course!) and charms from A Charming Place. Remember the $10 gift certificate I was given just for mentioning their website on my blog? Well, these are the charms bought with that along with a free shipping promotion on the day these were ordered... what more could a girl ask for?

30 comments:

Carla said...

What a lovely finish Veronica!!!!

Love the thread you're using for the sheeps...they looks so cute :)

Sally said...

Congratulations on your finish Veronica! Makes me feel hungry just looking at it!

Your neighbourhood is coming along so well. I love the thread you've used for the sheep.

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

Congratulations! Sweet Treats is BEAUTIFUL!
Love the wooly sheep too :)

Sari (saristitching) said...

Your Sweat Treats is really beautiful. And those sheep are so adorable :)

Shari said...

woohoo!!!! Wonderful finish!!! I know you are happy dancing!!!!!
What a great finish!!!
Hey, are you interested in selling the patterns?!?!?!

Unknown said...

well done veronica i love it! i also think the little fluffy sheep are soooo cute! cant wait to see your progress on this

Irene said...

A delicious looking finish !! The sheep are cute.

Anonymous said...

I just love the sheep. You made a good decision to use the silk chenille. Love it!

Loreta said...

Beautiful finish! And the sheep are very lovely.

Yuko said...

Ohh Veronica,
Congratulations on your beautiful finish!!
It is looking so lovely!
I'm looking forward to seeing framed one!
And your wooly sheeps are so adorble!!

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

Sweet treats is absolutely beautiful!!!

Front Range Stitcher said...

Just found your blog and have thoroughly enjoyed visiting! You certainly deserve the blog awards you've received. Congratulations on finishing Sweet Treats, now on to the next adventure. Hope you are stitching something you love.
Madonna

Hearty Bakes said...

Yipee! Way to go girl! Lets boogie dance together :)
Beautiful finish! You are always very creative in personalising your work, i like the beads on sweet treats and your sheepy seems to come alive with their wool so cuddly soft! Great job friend!

Milly~ said...

Sweet Treats turned out WONDERFUL!! You did an awesome job.

♥ Sari ♥ said...

I love your Sweet Treats! And the beads look fabulous!

sugardoll said...

I can't help but giggle at your cute little sheep. They are so real looking.

Carmen said...

congratulations for your finish! look really yummi.

oooh the litle sheep look so cute! i love the choice of the chenille floss.

Jennifer said...

Congrats on your Sweet Treat finish, it looks wonderful.

Good choice for the sheep, it really makes them pop out!

Ginnie said...

Sweet Treats is fantastic, it would make me feel hungry everytime I looked at it!! I love the wooly sheep, great idea.

Lucy said...

Oh, I love Sweet Treats....the buttons are perfect!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your Sweet Treat HD!! Yipee!!

Oh great idea Veronica! I love woolly sheep.

And wonderful stash (again, lol!), I'm so jealous, hehehe.

Anonymous said...

Sweet Treats is beautiful!
Love the wooly sheep. :)

Dani - tkdchick said...

Congrats on your finish, it looks great!

Nicola said...

Congratulations on your lovely finish, those cakes look wonderful! Little House Neighbourhood is looking good too, love those woolly coats on the sheep.

Carol R said...

Your woolly sheep look really cute!

Anonymous said...

Oh the sheep are cute...so woolly and fluffy :). Once again beautiful stitching...everything looks so perfect.

Anonymous said...

cakes look wonderful sheep look warm and the stitching goodies look great gonna have alook at the sal now so thanks for the site..

Dovilė said...

Congratulations on your beautiful finish!! and another WIP broderies

belinda said...

Sweet treats...oh..beautiful!!

Lavendelhaus said...

Very great Blog. So much beautiful cross stitch projects. I love them.
Greatings from germany.
Bianca