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Sunday, 17 April 2022

Happy Easter and Gifted Gorgeousness - April 2022

Happy Easter. We had an Easter card exchange at Needlecraft Haven and I received this pretty card from Clare. These colours are so delicate. I wish I had an Easter egg tree in my my garden :)

Easter card from Clare, Needlecraft Haven

For this exchange Clare was my partner and I stitched an egg design from The Cricket Collection.
Tisket-a-Tasket Egg - The Cricket Collection
Fabric: 28ct Jobelan, The Crafty Kitten, January 2018 Limited Edition
Threads: Suggested DMC threads

I'm still stitching on my Jardin Privé Temperature SAL and this is my progress as at 31 March 2022. The range between my daily and minimum temperatures in March is broad.
Projet Météo 2022 - Jardin Privé
Fabric: 32ct Zweigart Light Lilac linen
Threads: Suggested range of cool, warm and other DMC colours
and using a 4 degree Celsius range between colours

In recent weeks I wasn't able to stitch as much as I would have liked on Chatelaine's Alpine Seasons Garden nor Wiehenburg's Cottage Garden SAL but at least some progress was made.

The final side of the border on Alpine Seasons Garden has met up (bottom border) and I am currently filling it in. When that is completed I'll have 'just' the corner flowers to stitch and then it will be time to start beading.
Alpine Seasons Garden - Chatelaine as at 9 September 2022
Fabric: 32ct Belfast Sand linen
Threads: Recommended silk threads

I'm still stitching the first part of the Cottage Garden SAL. While I like it on the cream fabric I wonder if it would 'pop' more if I had used a fabric that was slightly darker. I'm not inclined to restart it so I will continue on cream.
Cottage Garden SAL - Wiehenburg
Fabric: 40ct Zweigart Ivoire/Cream
Threads: Suggested DMC threads

To see who else has taken part in April's Gifted Gorgeousness and to learn more about it, please visit Jo at Serendipitous Stitching.


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8 comments:

  1. MartinaM18 April 2022 at 08:55

    You got a beautiful card. With your temperatures SAL, the colors are now slowly changing, with us it is still very cold in the morning, but by noon it is already really warm.
    Enjoy Easter Monday, Martina

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  2. Anonymous18 April 2022 at 16:07

    Those are wonderful cards you exchanged. Your Alpine Seasons Garden is splendid!

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  3. Carol18 April 2022 at 17:29

    Both cards are so lovely, Mary! Yes, an Easter Egg tree would be lovely indeed :) Hope you get more stitching time this week as your Alpine Seasons Garden deserves to grow--so beautiful. Take care now ♥

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  4. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname18 April 2022 at 20:45

    I do like your cards, eggs make perfect Easter cards because of the shape! I'd also love an Easter Tree in my garden.
    Your Chatelaine is just stunning.
    ps there's been a change to commenting on some blogs, it is defaulting to "anonymous" instead of asking people to sign in.

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  5. Anonymous18 April 2022 at 21:26

    What lovely stitching! I've been watching your Alpine Seasons Garden come along for a while now, it's so beautiful! I'm stitching on the Cottage Garden SAL too! The cards you exchanged were lovely...what a fun exchange!

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  6. FlashinScissors19 April 2022 at 13:57

    In case Blogger changes my comment to Anon I’m Barbara of The Flashing Scissors 😁.
    Lovely cards you and Clare stitched - love the egg tree!
    I think your stitching looks great on the fabric you are stitching on!
    Happy stitching! 😁🙋‍♀️👍

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  7. Clare-Aimetu21 April 2022 at 08:36

    I love my card, thank you. Alpine Seasons Garden is looking great and you can really see the changes in your temperature sal

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  8. Sheryl26 April 2022 at 17:11

    Lovely cards stitched and exchanged. I love how the Alpine Seasons is coming along, such a wonderful design.

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