The boxes I wanted to use for finishing Regal Autumn came! Actually, they came some time ago, but the delivery driver hid them well and didn’t find them until last week. I love Sudberry boxes. They make finishing so easy, come in several different sizes and finishes, and can be done by my (right now, …
I had hoped to show the completely finished Regal Autumn project today, but alas! The box I ordered to put it in hasn’t arrived yet. As soon as it comes in and I’m able to show the completed project I’ll let you know. In the meantime, I’m working on the next stitch along! I’ll post …
Click here for Regal Autumn Part H Instructions Are you ready to finish up? I’ve had fun with this project, but in looking at the completed project I think I would have made one change. Instead of the lighter green for the pavilion diamonds, in retrospect I should have used a darker green for that …
Click here for Regal Autumn Instructions Part G After the layered stitch last week, this one is pretty straightforward. But come to think of it, this could be a layered stitch as well, if you choose to make it so! Rice stitches are lovely stitches that can be upright rice stitches, cross stitches as here, …
Click here for Regal Autumn Part F Instructions I have to make a confession – what I stitched for this part was not what I had designed. The diagram looks the same, but I stitched it differently. In the diagrams I’ll show you what it should have been, and what I actually did. I intended …
Click here for Regal Autumn Instructions Part E Are you surprised? If you’ve stitched any of the previous stitch alongs, you already know that waffle stitches are my favorite. So how could I possibly not have them in this project? One thing I really like about waffle stitches is the look when stitched with an …
Click here for Regal Autumn Instructions Part D I love the look of this spicy red! After last week’s steps I wasn’t sure about the colors, but now I’m liking it a lot better. The Hungarian stitches finish out the space formed by the sprat’s heads and pavilion diamonds. I used 4 strands of floss …
Click here for Regal Autumn Instructions Part C I hope you’re ready for the next steps in Regal Autumn. This week we’re adding pavilion diamonds, a satin stitch pattern, to the giant sprat’s heads. I used 4 strands of floss, and anchored with a loop start. If you need help with loop starts, you can …
Click here for Regal Autumn Instructions Part B I’m having fun with this and hope you are too! For the next part I added really really big sprat’s heads around the center motif. I like the yellow rayon pearl, makes it shine and kind of looks like a sun motif. Of course, today we aren’t …
Click here for Regal Autumn thread list I thought I’d back track just a little, since some of you have let me know you were having trouble finding the thread list for Regal Autumn. I want to make sure everyone who is stitching along gets off on the right foot, so I’m posting the thread …