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Name: Dede

Location: Georgetown, DE

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WIPs

Witness the Obsession
(My Picture Gallery - also a Work in Progress!)

  1. Alpine Seasons Garden
  2. American Sampler
  3. And They Sinned
  4. Angel of Frost
  5. Angel of Healing
  6. Antares
  7. Babysitting
  8. Ballet Pigs
  9. Beauty and the Beast
  10. Beauty and the Beasts
  11. Blue Rose Sampler
  12. Bubble Flower
  13. Calling the Crows
  14. Celestial Dragon
  15. Chloris
  16. A Confabulation of Dragons
  17. Curl Up with a Good Book
  18. Days of Advent Sampler
  19. Desert Rose
  20. Dragon Fae 1
  21. Dragon Skies
  22. The Dreamer
  23. Dutch Beauty
  24. Egyptian Garden
  25. Emblem of Love
  26. Emily Lucille
  27. Fairy Dreams
  28. Fairy Moon
  29. Florabundance
  30. Flower Power
  31. Heaven Above
  32. Hope
  33. Houses of Hawk Run Hollow
  34. Jane Longstreth
  35. Jewel of the Sea
  36. Luna, Sol and Stella
  37. Martyrs
  38. Mistress Winter and Jack Frost
  39. Mouline Rouge
  40. Noah's Sub
  41. Peace
  42. Peacock Garden
  43. The Pheonix
  44. Pheonix 1
  45. Pirate and Mermaid
  46. Polar Lights
  47. Princess Asleep
  48. Rae QS
  49. Red Witch
  50. Rose
  51. A Rose Among Thorns
  52. Rose Fae
  53. Salamander
  54. Sea of Roses
  55. Song of the Dead
  56. Soul Mates
  57. Spanish Geometric Sampler
  58. Storykeeper
  59. Taj Mahal
  60. The Tower at Stony Wood
  61. Tree of Life with Dragon
  62. True Colors
  63. Watergarden
  64. Woodland Faerie







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Recent Posts

And now it's becoming a trend
On a Roll... Another Finish!!
Tower of Stony Wood - FINISHED!!!
Quick Update
This was a surprise
Losing my stitching mojo again?
Trying something new for the new year
And back to my darling
And what have I been up to?
Progress with new rotation

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Sunday, December 15, 2013
And back to my darling
I've finally hit the half-way point on Darkling Mini.  She is stitching up very well and I'm seriously considering swapping out a couple of my other projects for their mini version.  That way I still get the pleasure of stitching them and might actually also get to finish them! 


I'm also dying to start Treasure Hunt Bookshelf.  The only question is do I go for the enormous version or the simply very large version?  Michelle posted a mock up of the bottom corner of each on Heaven and Earth Designs Facebook page and I have to say I'm leaning toward the enormous one.  Just what I need, another project that I probably will not be able to finish in my lifetime.

And this brings up a question that Cathy asked.  How to handle all that fabric?  I have a StitchMate floor stand (which I absolutely love, but sadly the gentleman who made them has passed away) and a Lokscroll frame.  I love this thing, the largest size the have is 30" and everything fits on them except Peace, Flower Power, and Hannah Lynn Montage. For those I have tried a variety of things.  I purchased a couple of 48" dowels and was using clamps from my q-snaps to attach the fabric and the sidebars that came with the floor stand (you stick the ends of the rods through holes in the sidebar and then tighten it down).  That worked okay enough for Peace (although I damaged the q-snap clamps since they weren't quite big enough), but it was nigh impossible to roll up Hannah Lynn since you need a couple of inches clearance at each side to grab.  Then I found some 48" scroll rods with the No Baste velcro from American Dream Products and decided to give them a try, but it was really hard getting the fabric tight enough.  I might try them again when I'm down to the second row of pages and can roll some of the top fabric around the rod.

Ultimately, I end up back with the q-snap frames.  I twist up all the excess fabric and gather it together in a pony tail holder to keep it contained and out of the way. 

Monday, December 09, 2013
And what have I been up to?
So far I have managed to stick with the new rotation... kinda.  I've been following the order, but not the timing.  For example, I was enjoying Bubble Flower so much that I decided to keep going until I reached the edge.  So instead of four days, I worked on that for two weeks or so. I'm going to dispense with the commentary and just post the pictures:

Dream Dance Fear


Hannah Lynn Montage


Beauty and the Beast


Darkling Mini (still my precious)


Days of Advent (Rahab Block)


Tower at Stony Wood


Bubble Flower



As always, clicking on the names will take you to a web page with more information.

And, finally, I wanted to share some pictures from the marvelous adventure my daughter and I had at Universal Studios!




We had the best time ever and even after a week didn't want to leave!  Can't wait to go back (another year of penny pinching, but it is SO worth it)!



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