Ok - one day I'm going to do something with all the completed fairy pieces I have hanging in the closet. Until then, I guess I'm just going to continue adding to the collection.
A few years ago I started working on "Spring Fairy" by Teresa Wentzler as a companion piece to "Summer Fairy". Because of the mistake I made when I did the summer fairy (stitching it on 22ct fabric), to make the pieces match the Spring fairy must be on the same material. These are some of the tiniest stitches! Last night I got it all set up on the stand, and collected all the floss (57 different colours, making up twice as many thread blends). I even had a chance to do about an hour of stitching.
At least now I have a project to work on that I'm interested in doing!
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"Lilly of the Woods" - Mirabilia
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"Lilly of the Woods" - Mirabilia
Originally uploaded by Waterloo Fords
I'm done! I'm done! I'm done!
She took forever to do (after a long hiatus in December and January), but she was well worth the time! She is going to get framed, and I'm going to hang her in my office at work...
Here are my stats for the piece:
Stitch Count: 207h x 222w
Finished Size: 13" x 14"
Date Started: July 17, 2008
Date Finished: March 7, 2009
Elapsed Time: 245 days
Total hours: 144.5
Days of Stitching: 45
Average hours/day: 3.07
I'm done! I'm done! I'm done!
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I finished the fairy last night, and I’m so happy with how it turned out. Now I just hope that my daughter likes it when she grows up (she is 1).
On to the next project!
"Bliss Fairy" - Mirabilia
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Originally uploaded by Waterloo Fords
I did this piece for my daughter, Eowyn, who is 3. I gave her a couple of patterns to choose from, and she selected this one. She doesn't have it hanging on her wall yet (its not framed).
Completed Spring 2007, and it took approx 130 hours. Its the first (and so far only) piece that I tracked my time on). Not sure if I will do that any more...
"Playful fairies" - Stoney Creek
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I did this piece for my mom in 1998. It is a small fairy from a bell pull that had 6 fairies in it.
"Enchanted Dreamer" - Mirabilia
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Wedding piece 3 of 6. A dreamer for my cousin Amanda, the dreamer. She was my bridesmaid.
Completed for May 2002.
"Fairy Moon" - Mirabilia
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James and I were married in May 2002. As gifts for our parents, my attendants, and our MC, I did a piece for each of them. This is the first piece in the set. I'm not sure what order I did these in, but lets just say they were completed in May 2002.
I did this piece for my maid-of-honour, Krista.
I love how it looks finished, but it wasn't great to do - TONS of beads (the entire moon and the swirls in the sky), and the dress part was a little boring as its only a few colours.
"Summer Fairy" - Teresa Wentzler
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The second piece I ever completed. Pretty ambitious for a second piece, but it was so beautiful I couldn't resist.
I made a mistake when I bought the material for this piece, and did it on 22ct Hardanger material - thats 22 stitches per inch. I now do all my stitching on 32ct material - thats only 16 stitches per inch.
I have some close-up pictures posted on Flickr.
Completed 1997.
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