Helloooo, blogland~ I hope you guys are ready for another fun Blog Hop courtesy of our
Spooktacular Hostess, Jo! I've been remarkably (regrettably) remiss with blogging this latter part of the year but how can I miss these fun hops?! If you're happening upon my post randomly, please start your journey at Jo's blog to collect the letters in order~
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| Google-y Oogley |
This year I accomplished a tiny finish of a Mill Hill kit. I bought this in a thrift store when visiting my Grandma last year, and I brought it back to her house this year to work on! Grandmas make enthusiastic observers and she was suitably impressed with the tiny beads, teasing me for stitching with "grains of sand".
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Wendy's Rosey's cat |
Obviously I had to have this one because of the black cat, right! I really liked the black "rainbow" beads. It's like they were a beaded oil slick of color. This is the first Mill Hill I've worked on where it had one of the special, fancy beads (the pumpkin collar charm). Of course I made a few minor changes because what's a piece without personalization~? I regret not using more floss though. The kit suggested using three strands for the cross-stitches but I like my loop starts. This has been done in two strands and hindsight being 20/20, I should've gone up to four strands. There were definitely enough materials to do so! So kitty looks a little bald in spots haha~ It's mostly noticeable here in the photos; it's not bad in person.
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| oil slick black beads |
To finish it off, I glued (eeeeek!) some black felt to the back to
hide protect the stitches, and then attached the magnet that came with the kit. I considered making this another ornament finish but now I can decorate my fridge for Hallowe'en instead of an ornament tree that I don't have. Win/win!
Technical Details
- "Wendy's Cat" - MH18-5206, a counted glass bead kit by Mill Hill.
- Perforated paper, teeny tiny beads (most were petites), magnet.
- Started October 4, 2019; finished October 18, 2019; unknown hours.
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And of course, you're here for the letter!
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| capital i, not lowercase L! |
So ghoul your way on to the next haunting, which is
Tiffstitches a Blog! She always has some awesome Hallowe'eny stuff. Since I schedule these posts for the early morning hours, I'll come back and edit the links to go to the specific pages once they're (and I'm!) up.
HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!
