May, June & July catch up!

Each month during 2017 I will be stitching on the design Halloween Happiness by Sandra Cozzolino / Imaginating.  I have picked a portion of the chart that fits with the themes with the aim to get it all fully stitched by the end of 2017!

Oh my goodness... I haven't posted here since April - are you serious!! I can not believe it! (Channelling my inner McEnroe!)

So without further ado, here is where my gorgeous Halloween Happiness is at now:

Halloween Happiness (Sandra Cozzolino)

Fabric: 28ct plain purple fabric
Threads: all DMC

May: Black cats - stitched the "N" tree and cat
June: Anything Green - stitched green words, frogs x 2 and orange "L" with lizard
July: Ghost -  ghostly "A" and started (almost finished) small tree "L"

Hopefully I will be back on track with posting at the end of August!  But for now, happy spooky stitching!

All caught up! Jul/Aug for Anne S

Wow, I really got 'in the zone' this weekend with my stitching - I think I even surprised myself yesterday!!  Here are my choices for July and August.

July - Ghosts

"Happy Halloween" by Simple Stitches (freebie)
Stitched on 32ct summer khaki (or dirty?) Belfast linen
with my own choice of DMC threads (similar to the charted GAST)

August - Creepy Trees

I once again went back to Prairie Schooler's When Witches Go Riding to stitch the main tree - this is where I can see the colours are very different between the witch and the tree, so I guess I'll have to re-stitch the witch etc before I'm 100% happy with it.

Gwen: July Ghost

After some trial and error, I finally came up with a pattern to stitch for this month's theme.

My ghost is a freebie from Hobby Loco. More about the selection process and my finishing plans on my blog. 

 I stitched him with Kreinik #8 054F.

And yes,he glows it the dark! 

(slightly out of focus, will try later for a better picture)

Rita's July Ghosts

Hi, remember me?  I'm SO behind with this group (I've been traveling and model stitching-one was a big one) that if I'm to have a ghost of a chance (get it?) to catch up, I needed to get going this month.

My ghost is part of the design "It's Midnight" by Teresa Murgida.  It appeared in the 2016 JCS Halloween issue.  I thought I'd cut a piece of 32 count natural  linen but I think it's really 28 count.  I subbed WDW chalk, CC Blackbird, and GAST Bittersweet for the called-for colors.

Happy Spooky stitching!

July - Ghosts

Prairie Schooler Freebie 2013

11 count fabric Dohler originally white dyed by me with fabric light grey paint

   Anchor Cotton Thread Colour Code 314 Orange

Anchor Cotton Thread Colour Code 403 Black

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July: Ghosts - Lili

Hello!

Theme month is ghosts! 

I stitch four!

My choice is also a large piece.

Design by The Prairie Schooler - All Hallows Eve

Fabric: 40 count Oil Green by xjudesign

Floss: DMC (White and 921), Weeks Dye Works Concord, and BarbaralCreations Black Tulip

See you next month!

Happy stitching,

Lili

Cheryl's July Ghost

This little ghostie was an experiment.  I was stitching a blackwork pumpkin & thinking about my July ghost.  I wondered if I could make it look like a little ghostie was flying past a patterned wall & the wall would show through him due to his transparency ... hmmm.

So here he is! The entire stitched area is only 1-1/2" tall and just a bit wider.  But I think he turned out pretty cute.

July - Ghosts

The Eyes Have It by Vicki Hastings
The Cricket Collection #277

Jo's July Finish - Ghosts

Working backward through the word Halloween I have now reached A with a sweet little ghostie:

And here's the whole piece so far: