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"...And Black Cats Are Seen."

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Miaou!~ "When Witches Go Riding And Black Cats Are Seen... The Moon Laughs and Whispers, 'Tis Near Hallowe'en." I started this little guy with plans to make a cute floss tag to match PS When Witches... , which I've prepared--I actually blocked out a perimeter grid on last night. I wanted to make a "small" after the rather large (to me) BtSS. I'm going to be starting at the bottom on When Witches because I don't have "enough" blackbird to stitch the whole thing (I need 2 skeins, though I'm gonna' buy 3 matching because running out on BtSS has made me suspicious.) I'm planning to use some Belle Soie Lasagne (Quite possibly the best Hallowe'en colour ever) to fill in the orange section with a satin stitch! :D The full version will use a cotton CC, (Colonial?) Copper. Aaaand, here's a progress pic on BtSS: I felt that I didn't get much progress on this one at all, though when I compared it to Monday's shots I su

October Happy Dance

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Hello, Everyone! It's beyond time for an update on what I've been up to in stitchy land! Here follows the floss toss (which I meant to post a while ago) for the piece I've been working on: I just fell right in love with this piece after seeing it on Nicole 's blog around Memorial Day, so off I went looking and looking for it on the 'net. Now, at this time I didn't know a BBD from a pair of BVDs, and so of course had No Idea that it was a Loose Feathers Design and also OOP. OOps! Well, in the end I was really blessed because kind Nicole agreed to lend it to me! So, it arrived mid-July, and then the battle to acquire fibers and fabric began. It was long and arduous battle with many setbacks--the less said the better! Note: This fabric is Silkweaver's Purely Primitive (28ct. Cashel), which is the same colour if not count as the one Nicole used. And Now, progress as of this Morning: I realized after taking this that the floss is entirely in the dark. All I can